Pediatrics Review 2014

Anemia in Childhood and Adolescence ITP in Childhood Childhood Leukemias: Presentation and Treatment Update Coagulopathies: Hemophilia, von Willebrand’s Disease and Thrombophilia-What’s New? Sickle Cell Disease: Diagnosis, Treatment and Infection Pediatric Solid Tumors Cancer Survivors and Issues for the Primary Care Providers Primary Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs

Provide a definition for children with special health care needs and understand the prevalence and implications for health care costs and utilization of this group

Understand the major effects of chronic disorders in children Describe the role of the child’s primary care physician in providing a “medical home” for children with special health care needs