Today's date: September 05, 2010
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We Are Equals
Last week, I participated at a continuing medical education conference in Texas. After presenting my session, a physician from the audience approached me and apologetically asked a clinical question, stating that the question was simple and perhaps silly. Well it wasn't, I did not know the answer, and together, as equals, we speculated what that answer could be. And suddenly I "time travelled" to the AAP NCE some 25 years ago when I timidly approached the podium at the end of a session to ask the world famous speaker a question. The speaker responded with a smile, stating he had no idea what the answer was and commented that he did not have the "smarts" to figure out the answer. He then asked how I dealt with the question at hand. I was silent for a few moments and despite my misgivings I gave my answer. What followed was an engaging discussion that revealed the speaker's interests, skills and … admitted fallibilities. My lesson? When it comes to practicing pediatrics, we are all equals. Read More...
Metabolic Syndrome: The Treatments Are Changing Quickly
Interest in the metabolic syndrome in children has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, dramatically affecting how practitioners view obesity and metabolic diseases in pediatric patients. The NCE provides an opportunity to see why. Read More...
Hospital Medicine Section Looks at Rounding, Reform
With such topics as state-of-the-art rounding, health care policy changes and clinical reviews of diabetic ketoacidosis and nutrition, the daylong "Section on Hospital Medicine" (H2025) program promises to interest both hospital-based and general pediatricians. The October 3 program also features the section's annual poster session and business meeting. Read More...
A Primer for Wilderness Medicine
While getting kids off the couch and into the great outdoors brings lasting health benefits, the wilderness does have its many hazards.

Taking a cue from the Boy Scout motto, Andrew Gregory, MD, FAAP, FACSM, will give NCE attendees the tools to be prepared to treat common injuries when medical care is not nearby. Read More...
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August
AAP Community Takes Children’s Health to New Heights
The health care landscape is changing rapidly, and that pace is evident in the educational sessions at the 2010 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition, October 2-5, at Moscone Center in beautiful and historic San Francisco. Read More...
The Familiar and Not So Familiar
For vacation this summer, my family tried something new. We rented an apartment in a foreign city immersing ourselves in the local community. This was not my idea and I confess I had agreed to this plan with some unexpressed, albeit wisely unexpressed, trepidation. So we went and … I had a blast. Read More...
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to Speak During Peds 21 Plenary
The federal government's authority on health information technology (HIT), David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, will speak during the Peds 21 plenary session October 1 about the benefits of HIT on the eve of reimbursement incentives for eligible professionals and hospitals. Read More...
Systems Science Expands Approaches to Obesity
A growing emphasis on using systems science to deal with the multifaceted issues related to childhood obesity will be examined in an October 3 NCE plenary presentation, "The Complexity of the Childhood Obesity Problem" (P2061). Read More...
Fussy Babies: What Doctors Should Not Order
Is it gastroesophageal reflux (GER) or is it common gastrointestinal upset? Learn the crucial difference in the etiology of GI symptoms in babies by attending "The Fussy Baby, Colic, GER, and Breastfeeding" (X4007) October 5. Read More...
Oral Immunotherapies May Change Treatment of Food Allergies
Advances in the use of oral immunotherapies that could dramatically change the treatment of patients with food allergies will be discussed in "Desensitization: Closer to a Cure?" during an NCE plenary October 4. Read More...
Late-Breaking Hot Topics Sessions to Take on Pneumonia Vaccine and Latest Status of H1N1
For the grand finale to the October 5 Plenary, leading experts will present the most recent developments in pneumococcal conjugate vaccines and pandemic influenza as part of the late-breaking AAP Hot Topics presentations. Read More...
Got Milk, but Still Not Enough Vitamin D?
Vitamin D was originally added to milk in the 1920s to make bones stronger and reduce the incidence of rickets, but it is now known that vitamin D has other positive effects. Those effects and possible changes to the recommended amount of vitamin D for children will be discussed October 4 in the plenary presentation, "Vitamin D: It's Not Just for Bones Anymore!" (P3067). Read More...
Neurologist Looks at Neuroscience’s Reach
During the Opening Plenary Session, a neurologist will explore the seemingly limitless influence research in neuroscience has on the disciplines of education and health. Read More...
Taking Steps to Recognize Shock Early in Clinic Setting
Pediatricians can take effective steps in their practices to recognize the early symptoms of shock in children that can make the difference between recovery and death. Learn how during "Saving Lives: The Early Recognition of the Critically Ill Child" (F1047) on October 2. Read More...
Coming Soon: The AAP NCE Mobile Application
Stay up to date on all aspects of the 2010 AAP National Conference and Exhibition by using the new AAP mobile application for your smartphone. Once you download the application to your phone, you will be able to: Read More...
Drawings Speak Volumes in Improving Communication
Children can often say more with their drawings than words, prompting one pediatrician to use well-visits for 35 years to give his young patients the opportunity to express themselves with a paper and a marker. Read More...
Making NCE Affordable!
One-day and exhibits-only registration are options that let you experience the AAP conference affordably. An exhibits-only pass gets you daily admission into: Read More...
Commercial Support/Sponsorships
Abbott Nutrition
Chapter Reception; Medical Student, Resident, & Fellowship Trainee Reception & Poster Display; Exhibit Hall Aisle Signs; Section on Allergy and Immunology Bret Ratner Award; Section on Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Murray Davidson Award; Section on Perinatal Pediatrics Thomas Cone, Jr., MD, Lecture; Virginia Apgar Award; Friends of Children Fund Contributor Read More...
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July
Connections
The one thing I was really fascinated by in my college freshman psychology class was Carl Jung's concept of synchronicity or the idea that events unrelated by cause are related by meaning. From that day I have always tried to come up with ways to connect unrelated events. Other people do this too. We love conspiracy theories where we try to make connections that do not exist (MMR causes autism!). There is the "Six degrees of Kevin Bacon" trivia game that asserts that Mr. Bacon's role in one film can be linked to any other film actor's role by a series of films within six somewhat related steps. And as physicians well trained in clinical reasoning, we try to connect the various history, physical and laboratory findings into a pattern we recognize as the diagnosis. Read More...
Teachable Moments: Fight Fallacies When Parents Express Fears about Vaccines
In one week in June, Fresno County, California, reported 229 cases of pertussis, compared with 27 for all of 2009, just one more example of a disease spreading when a vaccine is readily available to prevent it. Read More...
Returning to Critical Basics of Childhood
When Michael Rich, M.D., MPH, FAAP, conjures up Huck Finn during his NCE plenary address, he won't be selling the idea of Huck's friend, Tom Sawyer, that whitewashing a fence is fun, but he will be embracing Tom and Huck's adventurous childhood attitudes. Read More...
Plenary to Examine Effects of Intimate Partner Violence
The Academy recently published a clinical report on the effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) on children, which will be examined October 5 in a plenary session presentation, "Opening Pandora's Box: Why Pediatricians Should Consider Screening for Intimate Partner Violence" (P4047). Read More...
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June
Short but Sweet
Summer is coming and as the days are lengthening, our attention span is shortening as we anticipate vacation (or should I say my attention span?). So I promise to keep this column short. Read More...
Keynote Speaker to Discuss Theory of Nature Deficit Disorder
Helping children connect with nature to improve their mental and physical health is a growing movement that will take form at the NCE in the person of keynote speaker Richard Louv, the force behind the theory of nature deficit disorder. Read More...
Plenary to Look at the Changing World of the General Pediatrician
Marcus Welby, MD, the respected family doctor from the world of 1970s television, is as far removed from modern medicine as his plaid suits and wide ties are from current fashion. In fact many of today's graduating pediatric residents may not even know who Marcus Welby was. How medical practice has changed will be examined October 3 during an NCE plenary session. Read More...
Community Program Helps Hospitalized and Healthy Children
Out of the need to help children with health problems, Ron Marino, DO, MPH, FAAP, created a fundraising program that serendipitously showed how to help healthy children learn about community involvement and aiding others. Read More...
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April
Things to Come
It may strike you that receiving "2010 convergeNCE ePreview" in April for the October 2010 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition (AAP NCE) is premature, but because so much has happened since our last AAP NCE, we want to make sure you are well aware of what will be available when it comes time to register. Read More...
Health-care Reform Battle Now Moves to the States for Implementation
The health reform legislation passed by Congress is expected to usher in a new age in health care in the U.S., but it will also trigger incredible change and uncertainty. Read More...
Presentations to Highlight AAP Disaster Preparedness Efforts
Supplies that sat unused in the weeks after the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January demonstrated that the need to be prepared for the worst is as important as the humanitarian relief that inevitably follows a natural disaster. Read More...
Evidence Often Lacking for Promising Diagnostic Technology
New technology increasingly offers insights into how the brain functions or how genes affect behavior, but some parents may be putting too much faith in unproven tools, a dilemma that will examined during an NCE plenary session. Read More...
Listen to the Hottest Session from last year's NCE
If you missed a live AAP CME event, get the audio downloads on MP3/CD now. Read More...
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