Signs & Symptoms in Pediatrics

Henry M. Adam, MD, FAAP: Until recently, Dr. Henry M. Adam was a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Hamilton College and studying as a Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellow at Yale University, he graduated from the State University of NY-Upstate Medical Center in 1979, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Following pediatric residency training at Mount Sinai Medical Center in NYC, he was a Fellow in general and behavioral pediatrics and then joined the faculty at Einstein.He has directed the Pediatric Outreach Program (1984-86), the AIDS Day Care Center (1987-90), and the Pediatric AIDS Primary Care Program (1990-94), all at Jacobi Medical Center. As an educator, Dr. Adam directed the pediatric residency training program at Montefiore Medical Center (1994-2002), has received the Lewis Fraad Teaching Award, and has been elected to the Leo Davidoff Teaching Society. Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP, has spent more than 35 years in pediatric primary care, public health, administration, and medical teaching. Her special interests include mental health services in pediatric primary care and school settings, access to health care for underserved populations, primary care of children with special health care needs, and residency training in mental health, community pediatrics, and advocacy. Dr Foy received her bachelor of arts from Wellesley College and her doctorate of medicine from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in pediatrics at University of North Carolina hospitals. She has held several academic positions and is currently professor of pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and medical director of the Northwest Community Care Network (a regional network of North Carolina Medicaid providers). She is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), having served as chair of the AAP Task Force on Mental Health from 2004 to 2010 and currently serving as past chair of the AAP National Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health; member of the AAP Mental Health Leadership Work Group, and member of the AAP Board of Directors. Roles in other organizations have included the presidency of the North Carolina Pediatric Society (North Carolina Chapter of the AAP) from 1998 to 2000 and cofounder and director of the School Health Alliance for Forsyth County from 1999 to 2011.

1.  Abdominal Distention
2.  Abdominal Pain
3.  Alopecia and Hair Shaft Anomalies
4.  Amenorrhea
5.  Anemia and Pallor
6.  Anxiety
7.  Ataxia
8.  Back Pain
9.  Cardiac Arrhythmias
10. Chest Pain
11. Constipation
12. Cough
13. Cyanosis
14. Depression
15. Diarrhea and Steatorrhea
16. Disruptive Behavior and Aggression
17. Dizziness and Vertigo
18. Dysmenorrhea
19. Dysphagia
20. Dyspnea
21. Dysuria
22. Edema
23. Epistaxis
24. Extremity Pain
25. Facial Dysmorphism
26. Failure to Thrive: Pediatric Undernutrition
27. Family Dysfunction
28. Fatigue and Weakness
29. Fever
30. Fever of Unknown Origin
31. Foot and Leg Problems
32. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
33. Gender Expression and Identity Issues
34. Headache
35. Hearing Loss
36. Heart Murmurs
37. Hematuria
38. Hemoptysis
39. Hepatomegaly
40. High Blood Pressure
41. Hirsutism, Hypertrichosis, and Precocious Sexual Hair Development
42. Hoarseness
43. Hyperhidrosis
44. Hypotonia
45. Inattention and Impulsivity
46. Irritabilitya and Fussiness
47. Jaundice
48. Joint Pain
49. Learning Difficulty
50. Limp
51. Loss of Appetite
52. Lymphadenopathy
53. Macrocephaly
54. Medically Unexplained Symptoms
55. Microcephaly
56. Nonconvulsive Periodic Disorders
57. Odor (Unusual Urine and Body)
58. Petechiae and Purpura
59. Polyuria
60. Proteinuria
61. Pruritus
62. Puberty: Normal and Abnormal
63. Rash
64. Recurrent Infections
65. Red Eye/Pink Eye
66. School Absenteeism and School Refusal
67. Scrotal Swelling and Pain
68. Self-harm
69. Self-stimulating Behaviors
70. Short Stature
71. Sleep Disturbances (Nonspecific)
72. Speech and Language Concerns
73. Splenomegaly
74. Stridor
75. Substance Use: Initial Approach in Primary Care
76. Symptoms of Emotional Disturbance in Young Children
77. Syncope
78. Temper
79. Tics
80. Torticollis
81. Vaginal Bleeding
82. Vaginal Discharge
83. Vomiting
84. Weight Loss
85. Wheezing