Doctor and hospital visits, tests, surgery, insurance paperwork, and medicines: let us help you take some confusion out of the process.

Doctor & Hospital Visits

• Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
• Chemotherapy
• Finding Your Way in the Health Care System
• Finding a Doctor for Your Child
• Going to the Emergency Room
• How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor
• Is it a Medical Emergency?
• Making Sense of Medical News
• Medical Care and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
• Preparing Your Child for Visits to the Doctor
• Radiation Therapy
• What's a Nurse Practitioner?
• What's an Osteopath?
• When Your Child Outgrows Pediatric Care
• When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Who's Who in the Hospital

Checkups

• When Your Child Outgrows Pediatric Care
• Your Child's Checkup: 12 Months (1 Year)
• Your Child's Checkup: 15 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 18 Months ( 1-1/2 Years)
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 to 4 Weeks
• Your Child's Checkup: 3 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 4 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 4 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 5 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 9 Months
• Your Child's Checkups
• Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital

Caring for a Seriously or Chronically Ill Child

• Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
• Birth Defects
• Caring for a Seriously Ill Child
• Chemotherapy
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Common Diagnoses in the NICU
• Cystic Fibrosis and Nutrition
• Financial Management During Crisis
• Finding a Camp for Your Child With Special Needs
• Giving Teens a Voice in Health Care Decisions
• If Your Child Has a Heart Defect
• Is a Clinical Trial Right for Your Child?
• Managing Home Health Care
• Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome
• Neurocutaneous Syndromes
• Neurofibromatosis
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Radiation Therapy
• Sending Your Child With Special Needs to Camp
• Speech-Language Therapy
• Spina Bifida
• When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
• When Your Baby's in the NICU
• When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Medical Tests & Exams

• A Directory of Medical Tests
• All About Genetics
• Aspiration and Biopsy: Bone Marrow
• Basic Blood Chemistry Tests
• Biopsy
• Blood Culture
• Blood Test: 17-Hydroxyprogesterone
• Blood Test: Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT, or SGPT)
• Blood Test: Allergen-Specific Immunoglobulin E (IgE)
• Blood Test: Amylase
• Blood Test: Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST, or SGOT)
• Blood Test: Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
• Blood Test: Bilirubin
• Blood Test: C-Peptide
• Blood Test: C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
• Blood Test: Complete Blood Count
• Blood Test: Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)
• Blood Test: Dehydroepiandrosterone-Sulfate (DHEA-S)
• Blood Test: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
• Blood Test: Estradiol
• Blood Test: Factor VIII Activity
• Blood Test: Ferritin (Iron)
• Blood Test: Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
• Blood Test: Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase (GGT)
• Blood Test: Gliadin Antibodies
• Blood Test: Glucose
• Blood Test: Hemoglobin
• Blood Test: Hemoglobin A1c
• Blood Test: Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
• Blood Test: Hepatic (Liver) Function Panel
• Blood Test: IGF Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3)
• Blood Test: Immunoglobulin A (IgA)
• Blood Test: Immunoglobulin E (IgE)
• Blood Test: Immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM)
• Blood Test: Insulin
• Blood Test: Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)
• Blood Test: Lead
• Blood Test: Lipase
• Blood Test: Lipid Panel
• Blood Test: Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
• Blood Test: Magnesium
• Blood Test: Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)
• Blood Test: Phosphorus
• Blood Test: Prolactin
• Blood Test: Prothrombin Time (PT)
• Blood Test: Reticulocyte Count
• Blood Test: Somatomedin C (IGF-1)
• Blood Test: T3 Resin Uptake (T3RU)
• Blood Test: T3 Total (Triiodothyronine)
• Blood Test: T4 (Thyroxine)
• Blood Test: Testosterone
• Blood Test: Thyroglobulin Antibodies (TgAb)
• Blood Test: Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies
• Blood Test: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
• Blood Test: Tissue Transglutaminase IgA, IgG
• Blood Test: Uric Acid
• Blood Test: Valproic Acid
• Blood Test: von Willebrand Factor (vWF) Activity – Ristocetin Cofactor
• Blood Test: von Willebrand Factor (vWF) Antigen
• CAT Scan: Abdomen
• CAT Scan: Chest
• CAT Scan: Head
• CAT Scan: Neck
• Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Chloride Sweat Test
• Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Respiratory Screen: Sputum
• EEG (Electroencephalogram)
• EKG (Electrocardiography)
• EMG (Electromyography)
• Gene Therapy and Children
• Genetic Counseling
• Genetic Testing
• Hearing Evaluation in Children
• Joint Aspiration (Arthrocentesis)
• Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Brain
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Cervical Spine
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Lumbar Spine
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Prenatal Tests
• Spirometry
• Spirometry: Pre and Post Beta-Agonist
• Stool Test: Bacteria Culture
• Stool Test: C. Difficile Toxin
• Stool Test: Fecal Blood
• Stool Test: Giardia Antigen
• Stool Test: H. Pylori Antigen
• Stool Test: Ova and Parasites (O&P)
• Stool Tests
• Strep Test: Rapid
• Strep Test: Throat Culture
• Ultrasound: Abdomen
• Ultrasound: Bladder
• Ultrasound: Head
• Ultrasound: Infant Hip
• Ultrasound: Pelvis
• Ultrasound: Renal (Kidneys, Ureters, Bladder)
• Ultrasound: Scrotum
• Urine Test: 24-Hour Analysis for Kidney Stones
• Urine Test: Automated Dipstick Urinalysis
• Urine Test: Calcium
• Urine Test: Creatinine
• Urine Test: Dipstick
• Urine Test: Microalbumin-to-Creatinine Ratio
• Urine Test: Microscopic Urinalysis
• Urine Test: Protein
• Urine Test: Routine Culture
• Urine Tests
• What Is Informed Consent?
• What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
• Wound Drainage Culture
• X-Ray Exam: Abdomen
• X-Ray Exam: Ankle
• X-Ray Exam: Bone Age Study
• X-Ray Exam: Cervical Spine
• X-Ray Exam: Chest
• X-Ray Exam: Elbow
• X-Ray Exam: Femur (Upper Leg)
• X-Ray Exam: Finger
• X-Ray Exam: Foot
• X-Ray Exam: Forearm
• X-Ray Exam: Hand
• X-Ray Exam: Hip
• X-Ray Exam: Humerus (Upper Arm)
• X-Ray Exam: Knee
• X-Ray Exam: Leg Length
• X-Ray Exam: Lower Leg (Tibia and Fibula)
• X-Ray Exam: Neck
• X-Ray Exam: Pelvis
• X-Ray Exam: Scoliosis
• X-Ray Exam: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract (Upper GI)
• X-Ray Exam: Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG)
• X-Ray Exam: Wrist
• Your Child's Vision
• Your Daughter's First Gynecological Exam

Medical Procedures

• Appendectomy
• Blood Transfusions
• Gastrostomy Tube (G-Tube)
• Laryngoscopy
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• When Your Child Needs a Cast

Medicine

• Alternative Medicine and Your Child
• Chemotherapy
• Frequently Asked Questions About Immunizations
• Medications: Using Them Safely
• Reye Syndrome
• Talking to the Pharmacist

Resources for Parents

• Anesthesia - What to Expect
• Anesthesia Basics
• Preparing Your Child for Anesthesia
• Types of Anesthesia
• U.S. Poison Control Centers
• When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Surgical Conditions

• Circumcision
• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Cochlear Implants
• Could That Lump Be a Hernia?
• Enlarged Adenoids
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Intussusception
• Middle Ear Infections and Ear Tube Surgery
• Stem Cell Transplants
• Tear-Duct Obstruction and Surgery
• Tonsils and Tonsillectomies
• What Is "Minimally Invasive" Surgery?
• What Is Informed Consent?
• When Your Child Needs a Heart Transplant

When Your Child Has Surgery

• Anesthesia - What to Expect
• Anesthesia Basics
• Appendectomy
• Blood Transfusions
• Gastrostomy Tube (G-Tube)
• Laryngoscopy
• Preparing Your Child for Anesthesia
• Preparing Your Child for Surgery
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Types of Anesthesia
• What Is "Minimally Invasive" Surgery?
• What Is Elective Surgery?
• What Is Informed Consent?
• When Your Child Needs a Heart Transplant
• When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit