Nature

A History of Pediatric Specialties

This month, Pediatric Research is pleased to begin a series of articles on the history of the development and achievements of pediatric specialties. Dr. Larry Finberg and Dr. Richard Stiehm co-chaired ...
Medscape

Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Part 1: The History of Pediatric Drug Therapy: Learning from Errors, Not Trials

Introduction Pediatric Pharmacology Disasters Testing Drugs in Children Legal and Regulatory Developments: Pediatric Pharmacology in the United States References Legal and Regulatory Developments: ...
Kaleido Scope

History of the Division of Pediatric Rehab Medicine

In 2002, the UAB Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine faced financial difficulties and the long term stability of the faculty dedicated to pediatric care was in jeopardy. The ...
Nature

Pediatric Pulmonology: A Developmental History in North America

An understanding of the function of the respiratory system and descriptions of disorders that affect the lung date back to antiquity. This historical perspective of the discipline of pediatric ...
Kaleido Scope

History of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care

Pediatric Critical Care as a formal specialty at Children’s of Alabama and within the UAB Department of Pediatrics, began with the recruitment of Dr. Samuel Tilden as the first division director of ...
Medscape

Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Part 1: The History of Pediatric Drug Therapy: Learning from Errors, Not Trials

One of the earliest disasters in modern pediatric drug therapy has, unfortunately, been the most repeated. In 1937, 2 years after adults had begun benefiting from sulfa antibiotics, an elixir of ...