title: Office laboratory procedures, office economics, parenting and parent education, and urinary tract infection.
abstract: Four areas of pediatric office practice are again reviewed: office laboratory procedures, office economics, parenting and parent education, and urinary tract infection. Screening for celiac disease and the use of rapid antigen testing for extrapharyngeal group A Streptococcus infections are included in office laboratory procedures. Utilization of health care among patients with public insurance, electronic medical records, billing among pediatric residents, and satisfaction surveys are reviewed in office economics. Challenges related to breastfeeding, obesity management and timely immunizations are covered within parenting and parent education. Finally, the use of an augmented urinalysis and a discussion of imaging for first febrile urinary tract infections are included in the area of urinary tract infection.
authors: Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. sarah.mcbride@tch.harvard.edu
authors: Sarah C
authors: SC
authors: McBride
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*