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Guidance on Schools and Return to Sports

Updated COVID-19 Interim Guidance  Updated COVID-19 Interim Guidance  Guidance on Schools and Return to Sports    Two years into the pandemic, the AAP calls for renewed emphasis and support to keep schools open, stating in updated guidance that in-school learning should be prioritized, with  diligent adherence to safety measures such as vaccination, universal masking, and physical distancing. The AAP also updated its guidance on ... Read More

Guidance on Schools and Return to Sports2022-01-31T09:44:24-05:00

CDC Recommendation of Pfizer Vaccine for 5- through 11-Year-Olds

Statement From New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli on CDC Recommendation of Pfizer Vaccine for 5- through 11-Year-Olds Effective immediately, New Jersey children 5 through 11 years of age are eligible to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The Department of Health urges everyone ages 5 and older to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon ... Read More

CDC Recommendation of Pfizer Vaccine for 5- through 11-Year-Olds2021-11-03T10:41:17-04:00

New Member Benefit

NJAAP MEMBER REFERRAL PROGRAM Dear Friend and Colleague, As a member you already know of the value that belonging to NJAAP has to offer. Advocacy on your behalf in Trenton Chapter e-News NJ Pediatrics CME/CNE/MOC Training Opportunities Registrations Discounts to one of our many Annual Events Networking Opportunities Free Webinars Practice Management Support Support of ... Read More

New Member Benefit2021-10-01T12:44:31-04:00

Legislative Update

Joe Simonetta Public Strategies Impact Tracie DeSarno Public Strategies Impact As we write this article, the Legislature is about to introduce a budget bill for FiscalYear 2022 which must be signed by Governor Murphy by July 1, 2021.We are hopeful that NJAAP’s top state budget priority, funding for the Pediatric Psychiatry Collaborative, will be funded ... Read More

Legislative Update2021-07-19T14:38:11-04:00

Legal Update: Spring Cleaning for Your Medical Practice

Guillermo J. Beades, Esq. Frier Levitt, Attorneys at Law When Spring comes around every year, with it comes a sense of rebirth as we see flowers bloom, trees growing leaves and birds singing. The warmer weather and longer days are much welcomed after a long dark winter. Many treat Spring as a time to do ... Read More

Legal Update: Spring Cleaning for Your Medical Practice2021-07-19T14:34:50-04:00

Brief: Management of a Surgically Complex Neonate in a New Jersey Hospital

Victoria H. Koa,b; Abigail Walshb, and Christopher A. Gitzelmannb aDepartment of General Surgery, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, 185 S. Orange Ave, Newark, NJ 07103, USA bDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, 94 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039, USA ABSTRACT Neonates with multiple, complex congenital lesions necessitating surgical intervention require medical and ... Read More

Brief: Management of a Surgically Complex Neonate in a New Jersey Hospital2021-07-19T14:30:54-04:00

Brief: Infections in Children with Juvenile-Onset Systematic Lupus Erythematosus

The following study was conducted in order to: (1) determine the number and type of infections over a 5-year period in a cohort of jSLE patients, and (2) determine the relationships between the number of infections and potential risk factors such as complement levels and disease activity.

Brief: Infections in Children with Juvenile-Onset Systematic Lupus Erythematosus2021-07-19T14:22:49-04:00

Case Study: Salmonella Gastroenteritis in a 4-Month Old Infant

Alec A. Rudentein, MS3 Rowan SOM; Raveena K. Midha, MS3 Rowan SOM; Puthenmadam Radhakrishnan MD, MPH, FAAP INTRODUCTION Salmonella gastroenteritis is an infection that can result in serious and life-threatening complications in the pediatric population. Infants below the age of 12 months are especially at an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Our case is a 4-month-old ... Read More

Case Study: Salmonella Gastroenteritis in a 4-Month Old Infant2021-07-19T14:11:54-04:00

Case Study: Seeing Double: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Uveitis, and Selective IGA Deficiency in Twins

Ellen Cahill, BA1; Sepideh Tara Rousta, MD2; Dalya Chefitz, MD3; Kristen J. Bryant, MSN, CPNP-AC4; Lakshmi Nandini Moorthy, MD, MPH5 1Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 2Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Rutgers RobertWood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ,Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 3Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson ... Read More

Case Study: Seeing Double: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Uveitis, and Selective IGA Deficiency in Twins2021-07-19T14:05:43-04:00

Case Study: An 11-Year-Old With Fatigue, Thrombocytopenia and Leukopenia

Jaya Isaac, MD1; Susan Brooks, MD1; Dalya Chefitz, MD1, and Joann Carlson, MD1 1Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School An 11-year-old girl with a history of migraine headaches presented to our hematology clinic for evaluation of leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. The patient had been healthy until approximately six months prior to presentation, when ... Read More

Case Study: An 11-Year-Old With Fatigue, Thrombocytopenia and Leukopenia2021-07-19T13:59:41-04:00
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