Arch Pediat Adol Med
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Aug 1998
The smoking gun: do clinicians follow guidelines on firearm safety counseling?
To describe clinicians' behavior regarding firearm safety counseling practices, develop a model to predict current counseling behavior, and identify resources that might positively influence willingness to counsel according to medical guidelines. ⋯ In Los Angeles County gaps exist between clinicians' views of the benefits of counseling families with young children regarding firearm safety and their actual behavior. Guidelines and handouts are available from major medical organizations. Research should focus on how to get practitioners to use available materials, enabling them to better adhere to guidelines.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Aug 1998
Case ReportsPseudomethemoglobinemia: a case report and review of sulfhemoglobinemia.
To see if methemoglobin could potentially be misdiagnosed and the limitation of present cooximeters. ⋯ There is a potential for the diagnosis of methemoglobin with some of the limitations of present co-oximeters. The laboratory diagnosis of sulfhemoglobinemia can be difficult to make.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Aug 1998
General pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists, and pediatric primary care.
To assess the respective roles of general pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists in the provision of primary pediatric care. ⋯ Perspectives on the degree to which pediatric subspecialists provide primary pediatric care vary depending on generalist vs subspecialist self-identification.