The American Academy of Pediatrics, through the hard work of Dr. S. Andrew Spooner, has organized a set of live Internet links which are available on the Pediatrics In Review web site and throught the AAP's Website.  Below are links to other interesting sites.  We use the same icons as the AAP to indicate the content of the link.
 

Medical Journals:

Archives of Diseases in Childhood

DermAtlas

This website was designed by Bernard A. Cohen, M.D., Division of Pediatric Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Christoph U. Lehmann, M.D., Division of Neonatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for educational use by health care professionals, parents and patients.  There are currently over 3500 images, 847 diagnoses and 70 categories in the database.

DynaMed

This site is effectively an up-to-date medical encyclopedia on-line, with hyperlinks to current references.  Formerly at a cost, the site is now free.

Emedicine Home Page

This new innovation on the web contains full medical texts (under constant revision), peer reviewed, edited and displayed on-line with pictures and tables.  Last revision dates are clearly shown.

General Pediatrics

Described in Pediatric News as "a cheat sheet for pediatricians cruising the web", Dr. Donna D'Alessandro, a general pediatrician in Iowa City, has compiled an organized list of medical links (including some of those listed on this page) which are all free.  There are sections for professionals and for patients.

Infectious Diseases in Children

Injury Prevention

Published by the British Medical Journal Publishing Group, this site is open access to raise the profile of injury prevention and to provide a resource for injury prevention for workers worldwide.

JAMA

Journal Watch - Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Physician-authored summaries and commentaries from the publishers of The New England Journal of Medicine
 

Lancet

Medical Letter

Some excellent summary articles published in The Medical Letter are available to everyone in .pdf format.

Merck Manual - Home Edition

Now in it's second version, this is a wonderful resource for home.

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report

 

National Library of Medicine

PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature.  Access to the full text of articles in PMC is free, except where a journal requires a subscription for access to recent articles.  Any investigator whose research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been asked, and strongly encouraged, by the NIH to voluntarily submit the latest version of the resulting manuscripts to this site within a year of publication

New England Journal of Medicine

Subscribers to the NEJM can now get the last five years of every article and picture on the Internet.

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

This database, maintained by the US National Center for Biotechnology Information and the Johns Hopkins University, is an online catalog of human genes and genetic disorders, containing more than 9000 entries that can be searched for by using keywords.  For each condition listed, users can access information about the disorder's biochemistry, pathology, diagnosis, and molecular genetics.  Included are references that link the user directly to the US National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database for further references.

Pediatrics On-Line

Pediatrics and Pediatric Electronic Pages.  Full access to the articles are available to subscribers of the printed journal.

Public Health Image Library

U.S. National Library of Medicine

Medline for everybody.

Vaccine Fact-Finder

Produced by Facts and Comparisons, this is an online vaccine/immunization fact finder with links to many reliable resources on vaccines.

Medical Organizations and Interests:

ABCs of Safe and Healthy Child Care

An especially useful part of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's site, this section focuses on childhood diseases.  Although geared toward child-care professionals, the information can be of general interest to parents.  It features more than 40 fact sheets covering diseases and conditions from asthma to yeast infection.  Each 1-page fact sheet is clearly written.

AIDS/HIV Treatment Information Service (ATIS)

This site, a joint effort of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has been maintaining an online posting of HIV treatment guidelines since 1998.  The files can be obtained in HTML or PDF format.

Alternative Medicine Database Online

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) have launched a new collection of 220,000 references culled from 4,500 journals which date back to 1966 and is called CAM on PubMed.  These abstracts are a subset of the larger citations database.

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

This site features 24 parent-information brochures in a question-answer format.  Topics range from early orthodontic care to malocclusion, as well as x-ray use and safety.  Members of the Academy can view the organization's calendar of events, access its publications, or view a directory of useful Internet links, such as links to dental schools and foundations.

American Board of Pediatrics

Atlas of Reproductive Health  

This public resource by the CDC uses technology to generate state, urban, and county maps and tables displaying reproductive data.  An estimated six million displays can be generated.

BiliTool 

This free site includes both the hour-specific bilirubin normogram for hyperbilirubinemia risk stratification and the 2004 phototherapy guideline from the AAP.  The site will return a risk zone and the AAP phototherapy recommendation when the infant's age in hours and the total bilirubin is entered.

BreastFeeding.com

Very good online source for breastfeeding information.

United States Breastfeeding Committee

This site, sponsored by the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS), has useful information about economic, workplace, legislative and child care issues and breastfeeding benefits.

Cancerfacts.com

An online source of information about cancer for physicians and patients.
 

Champions for Inclusive Communities

This site is an excellent resource for anyone caring for Children with Special Health Care Needs
 

Clinical Trials - There is a growing effort to help people find and interpret clinical trials and results on the internet.  Below are a number of sites: 

Clinical Trials Database This is the National Library of Medicine's registry of current clinical trials for serious illnesses, with explanations of how the experiments work and other information regarding enrolling in these studies. Cancer.gov This is the National Cancer Institute's list of open cancer trials; links to the latest results with easy-to-read summaries. Center Watch Lists over 41,000 active studies and summarizes completed trials. Trials Central TrialsCentral™ provides free and confidential access to listings of clinical trials. This information about current clinical research studies helps to support informed, evidence-based decision making in health care.

CME Online by Dr. Bernard Sklar
          Dr. Sklar's site lists over 250 online CME sites offering more than 11,000 courses and more than 
          20,000 hours of CME for various specialties, with a brief description of each course or presentation.

CPT Codes OnLine  

Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics  

The Pediatric Development and Behavior Homepages is an independent web site created to promote better care and outcomes for children and families affected by developmental, learning, and behavioral problems by providing access to clinically relevant information and educational material for physicians, fellows, resident physicians, and students. The site may also be of interest to psychologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, therapists, educators, and parents.  The handouts include both original and borrowed material suitable for parents.  The practice section features practical information and tools to support primary and specialty practice. It includes forms, checklists, and other useful practice tools.

Screening Tools Presented by the School of Psychiatry of the Massachusetts General Hospital, this site offers links to many screening tools for young persons' mental health conditions.

Diabetes Files  

A blog discussing practical matters for patients with diabetes.
 

Drug Information for Parents:
          Parents: The Antidrug
          Media Campaign

Foodborne Illness Primer from the American Medical Association

This primer is intended to provide health professionals with current and accurate information for the diagnosis, treatment and reporting of foodborne illnesses.  The primer also provides health care professionals with patient education materials on prevention of foodborne illness.

Growth Charts

The NEW growth charts are available on-line in PDF format, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection and the National Center for Health Statistics, and the title link will bring you to the Clinical Chart page. This link will bring you to the Individual Growth Chart page.

...and The new WHO Child Growth Standards
 

 ...and Body Mass Index (BMI) data

The CDC has BMI tables, graphs and calculators on their web site.  These are both gender and age-specific.

Herbs and Other Botanicals  

This website, maintained through Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center by a full-time pharmacist, aims to publish unbiased monographs that cite the literature to bolster or refute the purported clinical properties of each herb or supplement listed.

Harriet Lane Links

The Harriet Lane Links are an edited and reviewed collection of links to PEDIATRIC resources on the World Wide Web.  The Harriet Lane Links are compiled, reviewed, scored and updated by physicians of the Johns Hopkins University. Currently more than 4000 links to resources for parents, children and health care providers are included in this largest collection of pediatric resources.

ICD-9 Codes OnLine  

PMIC and Medical Coding & Compliance Solutions, LLC provide the health care industry free use of their ICD-9-CM/DRG electronic coding software.  Search by diagnosis code, description or keywords right on the internet.  Stop and go buttons assure selection of codes to the highest level of specificity.  Free and unlimited 24/7 access to the ICD-9-CM/DRG coding module (other modules accessed with registration).  No registration or sign-on is required.  No downloads or resident software is needed. No cookies, adware or spyware will be placed on your PC.

Immunization Action Coalition

One of the better items on this site is the most recent update of the "Summary of Rules for Childhood Immunization" which can be downloaded into Adobe Acrobat.

Infectious Diseases

Food-Borne Diseases  -  This is the FDA "Bad Bug Book", with information on pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment.
Parasitology  -  Superb educational resource.

 

Interactive Autism Network  

IAN, the Interactive Autism Network, is an innovative online project designed to accelerate the pace of autism research by linking researchers and families.  Anyone impacted by an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can become part of IAN's online community to stay informed about autism research, provide feedback, and make their voices heard. 
In addition, families of children with an ASD can share information in a secure online setting and become part of the nation's largest online research effort.  As a result, researchers will obtain valuable data, explain findings, and collaborate with families and one another.  This dynamic exchange could lead to new discoveries about causes, diagnosis, treatments, and a possible cure for this puzzling group of disorders.
Families, researchers, and anyone impacted by ASDs can take part in the IAN Community - a comprehensive online library and meeting place focused solely on ASD research. Visitors can learn about the latest research, become more informed consumers of research, and join in a worldwide collaboration of people dedicated to finding answers. 

International Pediatric Chat

Pediatric Clinical Guidelines

Pediatric Development and Behavior

Resources for both physicians and parents.

Kidnetic

This website is filled with age-appropriate educational material on childhood obesity, activity and healthy eating that is interactive and gets kids up and moving while they're online.  Featured in the February 2003 Pediatric News.

Kids Count

Do you need demographic data on children for a presentation?  Local and national data from the 2000 Census are available at this site and can be downloaded in Excel format.

Kids Doctor

KidsHealth

This is a site dedicated to Kids, with sections for parents and the professional.  One of the more valuable pages is the professional links to other Pediatric Web sites.

KidsHealth at the AMA

This site, produced by the American Medical Association and the Nemours Foundation, has several easy-to-navigate areas, including safety and accident prevention, infant development, childhood infections, and emergency care.  Topics are presented in a brochure-like format with a mix of text, graphics, and figures. Readers might want to check a related section on the site that covers adolescent health: http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/h_focus/adl_hlth/teen/teen.htm.

Kids Page

In 1996, 356,000 children visited hospital emergency departments for bicycle-related injuries according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, which produces this page.  Another 58 000 children required emergency treatment for injuries from in-line skating, the agency says.  This site includes a section dedicated to information on potentially hazardous products developed for children and adolescents.  The documents, available in portable document format (PDF), cover bicycle, roller skate, baseball, and skateboard safety.

Medical Spanish

A free tutorial website for medical Spanish, with audio.

Medication Reminder!  

Did you ever forget to take your medication?  This website by Caretext allows your to securely send personalized, scheduled text messages to your cell phone.  You can use prewritten messages or write your own, and you set the time and date for each reminder.  It is currently available at no cost.

Medscape

This is one of the fastest growing Internet providers of medical information.  Once you register, you can access breaking medical news, career information, and specialty society meeting coverage.

MIOTI

This is a new online resource designed to allow Physicians, and others in the health care field to quickly and easily access the vast amount of valuable information available on the World Wide Web.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Do you remember the missing persons campaign on milk cartons?  This is the web presence of the same group established in 1984 to serve as a clearinghouse for missing and exploited children. They can also be contacted at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678), and you can report online episodes of suspected exploitation at CyberTipline.

National Guideline Clearinghouse

Launched by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the AMA, and the American Association of Health Plans in January of 1999, this site hopes to catalogue hundreds of guidelines published by peer-reviewed organizations in a searchable database for reference by health professionals.

National Immunization Information Network

A coalition of the AAP, The Infectious Disease Society of America, The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the American Nurses Association dedicated to providing education and communications about immunizations issues.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Produced by a unit of the US National Institutes of Health, this site focuses on research in pediatrics and human development and lists information on intramural and extramural programs.  It also lists National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-sponsored scientific conferences.  A neonatal reviews section is provided by the Cochrane Neonatal Collaborative Review Group and includes a series of meta-analyses of the neonatal literature.  This site also includes a useful patient-information section advising users of current clinical trials being conducted at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and instructing them on how they may inquire about becoming study participants.

Nutrition Navigator

This site, sponsored by Tufts University Center on Nutrition Communication, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, provides a rating of nutrition web sites for accuracy, content and usefulness.  Links to these sites are provided.

Obesity Resources:

Resources for Pediatricians: AAP Recommendations Order a Pediatric /Adolescent BMI Calculator wheel (publication #4950) from the NY State Department of Health

Resources for Pediatricians and Patients: 2005 My Pyramid Nutritional Guidelines www.americanheart.org www.fns.usda.gov/fns/default.htm www.nhlbi.nih.gov www.nutrition.gov CDC Resources

Parent Soup

This site, sponsored by iVillage, is designed for parents, and has been described as "one of the most comprehensive sites for parents on the Web."  Shouldn't you know what your parents are reading?
 

Pediatric Advisor  

This site from the University of Michigan's Heath center and the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital offers links to the Pediatric Advisor information sheets from Barton Schmitt.

Pediatric Database (PedBase)

This site contains over 550 childhood illnesses, with information based on at least three sources.

Pediatric Videos

DrMDK.com was started by Dr. Melvin Koplow who asked noted Pediatricians in the New York area, many from our Chapter, to film instructional videos in areas of their expertise.  There are over 660 videos to view.

PediatricLinx.com

A sub-page of MD-Linx.com, this site offers a selection of Pediatric top stories on a daily basis.

Pediatrics (Medical Specialties)

PedInfo

An index of Pediatric information on the Internet.

SERMO

"MySpace for Physicians" - Now doctors have their own online community, where they discuss everything from the latest medical break-throughs to potentially faulty drugs. It's called Sermo, not MySpace.

Traveler's Health by the CDC

A frequently updated site with information on specific destinations.  There is a section dedicated to pediatric travelers, and a link to the CDC publication Health Information for International Travel, or the Yellow Book.  You can also download the Yellow Book free of charge.

Vaccine Information Sheets 

Download the newest official Vaccine Information sheets in .PDF format.
 

Bioterrorism Resources for Pediatricians: How Pediatricians Can Respond to the Psychosocial Implications of Disasters (AAP Policy statement) The Pediatrician's Role in Disaster Preparedness (AAP policy statement) Child Deaths Hit Communities Hard: Disasters Demand Psychological Triage (AAP News article) The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has suggestions for "Helping Children After a Disaster." They can be found at http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/disaster.htm The National Center for Children Exposed to Violence -  a web site maintained by Yale University, supported by a grant from the US Department of Justice

Internet Links: The John Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies American Academy of Pediatrics Terrorism site The Biological Terrorism site from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention      One of the newer sites on this page is on Smallpox Vaccination and is definitely worth checking out. The Infectious Disease Society of America National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder   New York City Office of Emergency Management       Newly designed!

Government Organizations in New York:

Governor's Traffic Safety Commission
            Find locations to do a car seat safety check by clicking the Child Passenger Safety link.

New York State Department of Health

New York State Department of Education

New York State Governor's Traffic Safety Committee

Valuable information for patients and physicians.

  Compliance Program Guidance for Individual Physicians and Small Group Practices

This information in PDF format from the Office of the Inspector General is intended to promote adherence to the statutes and regulations applicable to the Federal health care program requirements.

New York State Mandated Courses

Take the New York State "Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse" and "Infection Control and Barrier Precaution" courses that you need for licensure on-line!

Disclaimer:  The medical information on the above web pages and their internal links are the sole responsibility of the designers of those sites.  New York Chapter 2 has not verified the medical data on these sites.  You should use the information from these sources at your own discretion.

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