pediatric housecalls Robert R. Jarrett M.D. M.B.A. FAAP

Hello, and welcome to Pediatric House Calls. I am…
A Physician board certified in Pediatric medicine with Clinical experience including caring for infants, children and teens – well these days mostly children and teens up to twenty-one;
An Administrator experienced in top medical management for several national health insurance companies;
An Author of health care manuals, newspaper columns and even children's stories;
A Business Medical Consultant for drug companies, insurance companies and physician practices;
A Veteran of the US Navy in the Vietnam era;
And…
I make House-Calls.

New Emergency Measles Guidelines

Toddler in hospital severely ill with measles

I really hope that by now you’re getting the idea that everyone who truly understands the problem is scrambling around trying to plug the dike on “this measles thing.” The American Academy of Pediatrics Read more→

A Good Book is Like A Secret Door

Mac Barnett lies to children for a living … he writes children’s books. He calls them “honest lies” – I call them: “masterful stories.” I don’t know the guy personally, but I’d like to sit with him over a soda sometime and try to figure out if it’s possible to get some of what he has. “A blue whale is longer than thirty dogs lined up nose to tail,” he writes. “Its tongue weighs as much as four hundred cats. Blue whales make terrible pets….Just ask Billy Twitters.”

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New Guidelines: Autism, Flu and ACL Tears

Child with knee injury during soccer game

We’ve been reviewing all the new pediatric health-care guidelines published last year in the past two articles. So far we’ve found that new research prompted governing groups to release care-guidelines for Congenital Dislocated Hips, Calcium supplementation, Fluoride supplementation, Read more→

‘Disneyland’ Measles Still Racing Through The US

Infant in ICU during measles outbreak

I hate that silly label. Disneyland really had nothing to do with the epidemic except doing it’s job so well that thoughtless parents would rather take their sick child through the park than give up a planned vacation; WHILE at the same time children of equally thoughtless parents traversed the park unimmunized!
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2014 New Children’s Health Guidelines

Child with RSV on top of asthma

Eight major sets of published guidelines for children’s health care were developed in 2014. We are discussing them (in lay terms) and how they affect the way we help children stay healthy.
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2014: New Medical Guidelines Intro/Index

Testing for Congenital Hip Dysplasia

Two Thousand Fourteen was a busy year for medical organizations making treatment guidelines. I counted at least seven of them applicable to children, from ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) tears to Flu Vaccinations.

Of course, these are made so physicians can have the advantage of new research and developments being analyzed and recommended by specialty organizations; and so there might be at least some standardization in treatment.

4 Posts in "2014 Medical Guidelines" Series

  • 2014 Medical Guidelines: Intro/Index – 2 Feb 2015
    The Intro/Index to the 2014 Medical Guidelines Curated Series of posts.

  • Dislocated Hips, Calcium and Flouride – 3 Feb 2015
    We go from previous posts on “Vintage Medical Advice” to several new treatment guidelines so “hot off the press” they are still smoking! Dislocated Hips, Calcium and Flouride

  • RSV, Drug Testing – 7 Feb 2015
    Today we’ll cover new 2014 guidelines for the prophylaxis against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) as well as how we now think best to handle drug testing in children and teens.

  • ACL Tears, Flu Vaccination and Autism – 15 Feb 2015
    We’ll finish the set of new 2014 Healthcare Guidlines by examining the new recommendations for physicians treating: Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears, Influenza Vaccination and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

If you’re wondering about how guidelines are made you may like to try a previous post about evidence-based medicine in the top 50 doctors of all time series.