Pediatricians and the promotion and support of breastfeeding.

Objectives: To survey pediatricians on their breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, and practices and to compare these results with those of a 1995 study.

Design: Cross-sectional follow-up survey.

Setting: The Periodic Survey of Fellows survey conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Informed consent and confidentiality for adolescents.

This article reviews the rights of adolescents to consent to medical treatment, their expectation of privacy, and the applicable New Jersey state law.

Acute pancreatitis in children from Valproic acid: case series and review.

Valproic acid (VPA) is a commonly prescribed medication approved for use in the United States for epilepsy, migraine, and bipolar disorder. Although the common adverse effects associated with VPA are typically benign, less common but more serious adverse effects can occur. These include hepatotoxicity, teratogenicity, possible polycystic ovaries with the potential for sterility or carcinogenesis, and pancreatitis.

Auditory hallucinations associated with migraine.

Objective: Two children experienced auditory hallucinations during migraine (one with migraine without aura and one with migraine with aura). These hallucinations only occurred during headache.

Background: Auditory hallucinations are rarely reported in patients with migraine.

Public perceptions of cerebral palsy.

Neurologic disorders are often described in terms that relate to symptoms rather than specific etiologic factors. Such descriptive terms are confusing to healthcare professionals and to the parents of children in whom these disorders are diagnosed. Cerebral palsy is one example of a descriptive term that is applied to a disorder that is heterogeneous in its etiology, morbidity, and mortality.