At one time, oncologists rarely worried about the reproductive side effects of treatment because so few pediatric patients survived.
One key is access - for many of these low income families, they don't see any other professional for their child before they enter kindergarten, so the pediatric office itself is a place where educational resources could be made available to families.
Because so many pediatric specialists are located in academic medical centers, it is likely that they are less sensitive to the price differences between Medicaid, SCHIP, and private insurance.
The "so-called" pediatric tubes are often used when collecting smaller blood volume is necessary, particularly in pediatric patients or in case of difficult/recurrent sampling.
The increased prevalence of serotype 1 in HIV-negative compared with HIV-positive individuals, and the converse for the so-called pediatric serotypes in PCV7, has been shown before [ 14, 15, 26, 31].
The largest cluster contained strains previously described from several continents, including French clone ST-8, Mediterranean clone ST-80, and the international, so-called pediatric clone ST-5 (SCC mec type IV).
First, antibodies generated by immune reactions against an infectious agent may turn out to recognize some epitopes on healthy cells (see [ 75]), a typical mechanism proposed to account for some neuro-behavioural alterations observed within the so-called pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (i.e., PANDAS).
So for decades, pediatric surgeons and other specialists have had to make do, using adult-size devices "off label" in children.
So that means pediatric clinics, mental health programs, libraries, museums, the K-12 school system.
So the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation has been working there to help stop newborn babies becoming infected, helping women and their babies gain access to HIV testing and treatment.
