NMS Pediatrics

1 Child Health Supervision

I. Goal and Scope of Pediatric Practice
II. Health Supervision Visits
III. Early Infancy Health Supervision
IV. Late Infancy Health Supervision
V. Preschool Years Health Supervision
VI. School-age Years Health Supervision
VII. Adolescence

Injuries and Poisonings

I. General Considerations
II. Motor Vehicle Injuries
III. Pedestrian Injuries
IV. Bicycle Injuries
V. Drowning/Submersion Injuries
VI. Burns and Fires
VII. Firearms
VIII. Choking
IX. All-Terrain Vehicles
X. Falls
XI. Poisoning

Psychosocial Pediatrics

I. Introduction
II. Caregiver Status
III. Failure to Thrive
IV. Child Abuse and Neglect
V. Foster Care
VI. Adoption
VII. Divorce and Separation
VIII. School Issues
IX. Violence
X. Media Exposure
XI. Poverty
XII. Chronic Illness and Disability
XIII. Advocacy

Growth, Developmental Disorders, and Behavioral Problems

I. Introduction
II. Growth
III. Developmental Disorders
IV. Behavioral Problems
V. Common Recurrent Pain Syndromes
VI. Enuresis
VII. Encopresis

Adolescent Health

I. Overview of Adolescent Health Care
II. Health Supervision Issues
III. Preparticipation Sports Examination
IV. Common Health Issues
V. Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs

Neonatology

I. General Principles
II. Delivery Room Management of the Newborn
III. General Aspects of Newborn Health Supervision
IV. Specific Aspects of Newborn Care
V. Special Management Problems in the Newborn
VI. Care of the Parents

Critical Care

I. Goal and Scope of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
II. Pediatric Resuscitation
III. Respiratory Intensive Care
IV. Cardiovascular Intensive care
V. Neurologic Intensive Care
VI. Trauma
VII. Nutritional Support During Critical Illness
VIII. Ethical issues in Pediatric Intensive Care

Genetic Disorders and Dysmorphology

I. Medical Genetics:: Overview
II. Dysmorphology:: Overview
III. Single Gene Disorders
IV. Chromosome Disorders
V. Nontraditional Inheritance
VI. Environmental Factors
VII. Multifactorial Disorders

Immunologic, Allergic, and Rheumatologic Diseases

I. Introduction
II. Host Defense Systems and Immunologic Deficiencies
III. Hypersensitivity Reactions
IV. Allergic Disorders
V. Postinfectious Arthritis
VI. Chronic Arthritis of Childhood
VII. Spondyloarthropathies
VIII. Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases
IX. Vasculitis

Infectious Diseases

I. Introduction
II. Fever of Unknown Origin and Fever Without Localizing Signs
III. Bacteremia and Sepsis
IV. Central Nervous System Infections
V. Upper Airway Infections
VI. Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
VII. Fever and Rash
VIII. Other Systemic infections
IX. Cardiac Infections
X. Skin, Joint, and Bone Infections