associated with low birth weights. The hospital costs for low birth weight infants during the first year of life in 2001 totaled $5.8 billion‚ representing forty-seven percent of all infant hospitalizations costs and twenty seven percent of all pediatric hospital costs. Even if the infant’s family has insurance‚ the co pay amount is significantly large‚ if we include cost of travel‚ lodging‚ food‚ time off from work and loss of productivity; it is very expensive and unaffordable for the society and
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Parkinson’s disease. It is said that music can help not just a person’s mood‚ but also their overall well-being. The participants used in this study were 272 premature infants that were 32 week gestation or older‚ 42 children age three to eleven from a pediatric emergency room‚ and 40 Parkinson’s disease patients. The researchers started off using the premature infants. The babies had to listen to three different types of music; there was a lullaby sang by the child’s parents‚ an ocean disk‚ and a round
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Application to Therapeutic Services Date: 16 November 2012 Enifome 1 Enifome Uyeh Ms. Lewis Applications to Therapeutic Services 16 November 2012 Career Essay My career goal is to become a Doctor of Pediatrics. I chose this career because I adore children. I love being around them and taking care of them. I feel that they are the seeds of life‚ and I want them to sprout into beautiful‚ healthy‚ and strong flowers overtime. I believe that this job is
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Akron‚ Ohio. The children’s hospital that started as a day care nursery a century ago has become one of the largest pediatric healthcare system in Northeast Ohio‚ operating two freestanding pediatric hospitals and servicing 80 locations across the region. Akron Children’s Hospital offers 30 practice areas of medicine and surgery‚ specialized for children. More than 3000 pediatric specialists draw close to half a million patients each year not only from all 50 states but also from all around the
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References: Acharya‚ S.‚ & Tandon‚ S. (2011). The effect of early childhood caries on the quality of life of children and their parents. Contemporary Clinical Dentistry‚ 2(2)‚ 98-101. DOI: 10.4103/0976-237X.83069 Plutzer‚ K.‚ & Keirse‚ M.J.N.C. (2010). Incidence and prevention of early childhood caries in one- and two- parent families. Child: care‚ health and development‚ 37(1)‚ 5-10. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-
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Best‚ D.‚ & Mcpherson M. E. (2011‚ February). Fighting Childhood Obesity: Resources to help the community pediatrician curb this epidemic.. Contemporary Pediatrics‚ 28(2)‚ 40-51. CINAHL Dolinsky‚ D. H.‚ Siega-Riz‚ A. M.‚ & Armstrong‚ A. C. (2011‚ January). Recognizing and Preventing Childhood Obesity. Contemporary Pediatrics‚ 28(1)‚ 32-42. CINAHL. Lawrence‚ S.‚ Hazlett‚ R.‚ & Hightower‚ P. (2010‚ May). Understanding and Acting on the Growing Childhood and Adolescent Weight Crisis:
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developmental disability in the United States and almost 400 000 people are affected. AD is not a disease but a syndrome with multiples genetic and nongenetic causes. It is more common in males than females (4:1 ratio). Practice management in dentistry of autism child is challenging for the dentist and his staff and requires awareness‚ training as well as from the parents. But one of the articles states that these patients need more familiarity with dental and preventive care that the dental treatment
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Clinical Section The distal shoe space maintainer: chairside fabrication and clinical performance Warren A. Brill‚ DMD‚ MS(HYG) Dr. Brill is in private practice and a clinical associate professor of pediatric dentistry‚ School of Dentistry‚ University of Maryland‚ Baltimore‚ Md. Correspond with Dr. Brill at wbrill@erols.com Abstract The chairside-fabricated distal shoe appliance‚ with a stainless steel crown as the retainer‚ is an efficacious and cost-effective appliance for guiding the
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Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry dealing with irregularities of the teeth and their correction. An orthodontist is responsible for fixing the patient’s teeth and doing it safely.Orthodontics is a challenging yet rewarding profession. The process is long‚ academically challenging and expensive but it also has the highest average earnings potential out of any job in the USA. The first thing an orthodontist does with the patient is making a diagnosis‚ determining what is wrong‚ and coming up
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Dr. Walter Lopez is the person that I interviewed specifically for this informational assignment. He is a dentist who specializes in pediatric and odontology. Dr. Waly has his workplaces both in Guatemala and Texas. Since I was not able to interview him face-to-face‚ I used WhatsApp to communicate with him through a video call. The day of our interview was on Wednesday‚ November 8th. There was no much of difficulty in setting the time that worked for both of us to proceed the interview since the
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