Ace The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Board Exam

Glycogenic hepatopathy (GH) is a rare or possibly under-diagnosed complication seen in children and young adults with poorly controlled type 1 diab ...

Methanol (CH3OH) is a toxic alcohol that is found in various household and industrial agents. The term “toxic alcohols” is a collective ...

Botulinum antitoxin, also known as botulism antitoxin, is comprised of antibodies or antibody antigen-binding fragments that block the neuroto ...

Alkalosis is an abnormal pathophysiological condition characterized by the buildup of excess base or alkali in the body. It results in an abnormall ...

The first therapy to work against HIV was the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor zidovudine. The FDA approved this in 1987. By 1996, resear ...

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder defined by restriction of energy intake relative to requirements, leading to a significantly low body w ...

Previously known as Lyell syndrome, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are variants of the same condition, and are ...

Antibodies or immunoglobulins (Ig) play an important role in the immune system mechanisms of defense. They fight off extracellular pathogens, for i ...

Healthcare professionals should understand chemical burns from exposure to acids (pH less than 7), alkalis (pH greater than 7), and irritants  ...

X-linked agammaglobulinemia or XLA is one of the most common pediatric primary immunodeficiencies that prevent affected individuals from making ant ...

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a life-threatening syndrome associated with the use of dopamine-receptor antagonist medications or wit ...

Initially described in the 1960s by Dr. Angelo Di George , velocardial facial syndrome (otherwise k ...

Cystitis refers to infection of the lower urinary tract, or more specifically the urinary bladder.

The American Academy of Pediatrics published a clinical practice guideline in 2016 recommending replacing the term apparent life-threaten ...

Intraosseous (IO) vascular access refers to the placement of a specialized hollow bore needle through the cortex of a bone, into the medullary spac ...

Septic arthritis is joint inflammation secondary to an infectious etiology, usually bacterial, but occasionally fungal, mycobacterial, viral, or ot ...

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone ADH release (SIADH) is a condition defined by the unsuppressed release of antidiuretic hormone ...

A spinal cord injury is a potentially crippling injury which often results in severe and permanent disability. Quite often when we encounter multi- ...