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Soni A. 2014. The five most costly children's conditions, 2011: Estimates for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized children, ages 0-17. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6 pp. (MEPS statistical brief; no. 434)

Annotation: This statistical brief presents data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey on medical expenditures associated with the five most costly conditions for children ages 0–17 in 2011. Topics include mental disorders, asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, trauma-related disorders, acute bronchitis and upper respiratory infections, and otitis media.

Keywords: Acute diseases, Adolescents, Asthma, Bronchitis, Children, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Costs, Infants, Mental disorders, Otitis media, Pediatric care, Pulmonary disorders, Respiratory diseases, Statistics, Trauma

Kleinman RE, ed. 2013. Pediatric nutrition handbook. (7th ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 1477 pp.

Annotation: This handbook is intended to serve as a ready reference for practicing clinicians on the requirements and metabolism of specific nutrients, methods of assessing nutrition status, and the nutrition support of healthy infants, children, and adolescents, as well as children with acute and chronic illness. Topics that arise frequently in pediatric practice, such as breastfeeding, the impact of diet on long-term health, the use of fast foods and vegetarian diets, food technology and novel foods or ingredients that may become available to consumers, and food labeling are also covered in individual chapters.

Keywords: Acute diseases, Adolescents, Child health, Child nutrition, Children with special health care needs, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Food, Food labeling, Food preferences, Infant nutrition, Manuals, Nutrients, Nutrition assessment, Nutritional status, Pediatrics, Technology, Vegetarianism

Lane PA, Buchanan GR, Hutter JJ, Austin RF, Britton HA, Rogers ZR, Eckman JR, DeBaun MR, Wang WC, Mathew P, Iden S, Recht M, Cohen JD, Fruge E, Embry L, Hsu L, Mueller BU, Goldsby R, Quinn CT, Mann M, Lloyd-Puryear MA. 2002. Sickle cell disease in children and adolescents: Diagnosis, guidelines for comprehensive care, and care paths and protocols for management of acute and chronic complications. [Rev. ed.]. [no place]: Sickle Cell Disease Care Consortium, 37 pp.

Annotation: This manual provides information about the diagnosis of sickle cell disease, an overview of comprehensive care, and clinical paths and protocols for the management of some of the more common acute and chronic complications. The manual includes the following main sections: (1) principles of care for children and adolescents with sickle cell disease, (2) diagnostic testing for the common sickle cell syndromes, (3) newborn screening follow-up guidelines, (4) sickle cell disease -- comprehensive care, (5) acute illness in sickle cell disease: illness requiring urgent medical care, (6) transfusion therapy for acute complications, (7) clinical care paths, (8) general anesthesia and surgery, (9) chronic transfusion protocol, (10) hydroxyurea protocol, (11) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, (12) transcranial doppler ultrasonography, and (13) references. Two appendices include a list of sickle cell disease care consortium members and a list of other contributors. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Acute diseases, Adolescents, Children, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Comprehensive health care, Diagnosis, Disease management, Guidelines, Management, Neonatal screening, Protocols, Sickle cell disease, Sickle cell screening
   

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