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Excerpt from the New York Times, October 8, 2008
WASHINGTON – Manufacturers of pediatric cough and cold medicines announced Tuesday that they would voluntarily change their products’ labels to say that they should not be used in children under age 4.
In addition, products with certain antihistamines will get new language warning parents not to use them to sedate or make a child sleepy. While many parents believe that getting a sick child to sleep is the best medicine, the use of sedatives is widely discouraged by medical experts, who say they can worsen breathing problems caused by illness…
…Many injuries from pediatric cough and cold medicines occur when young children get their hands on medicine bottles without their parents’ knowledge. But accidental overdoses have also resulted when parents confuse dosing instructions or give their children two products without realizing that those drugs share ingredients.
…Most of the pediatric injuries occurred among children under 4 and …banning the drugs’ use in that age range should therefore solve a vast majority of problems.
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We feel it is very important to keep our patients updated on the purpose of the influenza vaccination.
Throughout modern times, vaccination has proven to be the most effective preventative measure for certain serious and deadly infections. Despite the common belief that ‘The Flu’ is just a bad cold it can be very serious. We realize that vaccination is not a guarantee of preventing an influenza infection but is your child’s best option.
In compliance with the new guidelines for the 2008-09 influenza season set forth by the Center for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics, the flu vaccine is recommended for:
- ALL children aged 6 months up to fifth birthday
- ALL children with asthma, chronic medical conditions, immunodeficiency
- ALL close contacts of infants and children with high risk conditions
If feasible, vaccinate ALL healthy children aged 5 through 18 years old.
Please note: Any child under 9 will need a second vaccination if they have never received a flu vaccine in the past.
We hope to have ample supplies of both Flu Shots and Flumist (nasal spray vaccine). Children aged 2 and over without medical conditions can receive the Flumist which is a painless and very effective means of prevention. We expect to receive our vaccines in September and will be giving them during check-ups and on certain days with our nursing staff.
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Tenafly
Pediatrics is very interested in the opinions of our
patients and their family members concerning the
care received at our practice.
Your feedback is very important to us and
will be used to help us improve our service.
We ask that you kindly take a moment to
complete this survey,
which is voluntary and confidential.
Please fax,
deliver or mail the form to your Tenafly location.
Thank you.
(Note:
This survey is saved as a PDF file. You'll need
Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. To
download, click here.)
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We, at Tenafly Pediatrics, would like to ensure your child's health and well being. In order to do so it is important that we see our patients for regular health maintenance visits. You will notice that these visits are most frequent during the first year of life. This is because your child will change more in the first year than at any other time in his or her life. During these visits we will also administer vaccines and perform bloodwork to further ensure your child's well being as well as any answer any questions you may have about your child.
The schedule for well visits is as follows:
- For vaginal birth – few days after birth
- For C-section – 1 week after birth
- 2 week visit
- 4 week visit
- 2 month visit
- 3 month visit
- 4 month visit
- 6 month visit
- 9 month visit
- 12 month visit
- 15 month visit
- 18 month visit
- 2 year visit
- 2.5 year visit
- 3 year visit
- Annual visits after age 3.
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For your convenience, Tenafly
Pediatrics is making important forms available for
download! Below we have posted PDF files for our Patient
Registration form and our Family History form.
Simply
click on the PDF file and print. Once you have
filled out the appropriate information, please hand
deliver the forms to the appropriate Tenafly
location.
(Note:
These forms are saved as a PDF file. You'll need
Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. To
download, click here.)
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Welcome to Tenafly Pediatrics,
P.A., where you'll find health care professionals
and staff dedicated to providing you with the
highest level of quality care... personal,
considerate, sensitive, and knowledgeable. Our
highest priority is you. Your comfort. Your
well-being. Your total health.
We want to bring you the best
in health care services. One way we do that is by
offering you, our patient, this Web site to get to
know us better and access health services and
information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Since our inception more
than twenty years ago, Tenafly Pediatrics has been
committed to providing the finest in pediatric
health care. Now in our third decade of practice, we
have the pleasure of watching our former pediatric
patients, now parents themselves, bring their
children to us.
Our pediatricians are
board-certified and received their education and
training from some of the country's most renowned
medical schools and pediatric residency programs. We
are very proud of our backgrounds, which are
provided for your review in this web site.
We are committed to making
each visit as pleasant as possible for you and your
family. Our nurses and receptionists share our
passion for caring for children. The Tenafly
Pediatrics facilities are child-friendly and
comfortable, and our offices are established in
convenient locations. We are open 365 days a year,
and our offices include evening and weekend hours to
accommodate working parents. We enjoy listening to
our patients and families so that we can improve the
care and service we provide to you.
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