Frequently Asked Clinical Questions

Our pediatric experts offer answers to your frequently asked clinical questions. These brief but informative answers to the most common pediatric problems will hopefully save you time on the phone.  You may want to print and share them with your partners or file the answers for future reference.  Please email questions to us and we will try to include them here. 

Pulmonary

• An infant in our practice has an initial CF newborn screen is that is positive. What do I do and what do I tell the family? What is the likelihood this patient has CF?
• A school age patient has a chronic cough for 3 months. What do I need to do and what diagnoses should I consider?
• An infant in our practice has persistent oxygen needs. What should I do? When should you see this child?
• In toddlers with wheezing, how should I evaluate and treat the patient? Does he/she have asthma?
• Common sleep questions .