Pediatrics

by Dr. Weijen Chang MD FAAP, SFHM Recently, Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the CDC, in response to criticism about the reduced efficacy of this season’s influenza vaccination has been prominently advocating use of antiviral medications (oseltamivir and zanamivir) for the treatment of influenza infections in adults and children. In short, his philosophy can be […]

by Weijen Chang, MD, FAAP, SFHM Last August, I sat in a packed ballroom at PHM 2013 in New Orleans, enjoying a raucous yet edifying romp through the highlights of a year’s worth of literature at Top Articles in Pediatric Hospital Medicine.  Barrett Fromme and Ben Bauer wove together education and entertainment while tackling what […]