Case #29

Having increased your confidence in completing well child exams for children aged birth-three years, you are eager to see similar patients in the future. Your preceptor provides you with a list of references (below) for further reading on this topic. Your preceptor also gives you 10 multiple-choice questions to assess what you have learned in clinic.

Authors:

Sara Davis, MS IV
Class of 2007
Penn State College of Medicine
March, 2007

Case reviewer:

Anne Kantner, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Penn State College of Medicine

Faculty reviewers:

Shou Ling Leong, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Penn State University College of Medicine

REFERENCES:

Atkinson, et al. CDC. General Recommendations on Immunization: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and American Academy of Family Physicians. MMWR 2002; 51: 1-36.

Behrman, Richard E., M.D. and Robert M. Kliegman, M.D. Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 2002.

Web References:

American Academy of Pediatrics: Children’s Health Topics. http://www.aap.org/topics.html Information retrieved March 2007.

CDC: National Immunization Program. http://www.cdc.gov/nip/default.htm Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Information and Schedules. Information retrieved March 2007.

Georgetown University: Bright Futures at Georgetown University. Nutrition Supervision. http://www.brightfutures.org/nutrition/pdf/infancy.pdf Information retrieved March 2007.

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