This is the first of two posts. The second will be: 10 bad things about pediatrics.

The toothless grin of a 4-month-old child when you walk into the room
Dealing with mostly healthy patients
There are very few 30-minute visits
There are lots of 5-minute visits
A long pediatric problem list will be 4 problems long [...]

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Yes, I know "Cancer" and "Terminal" are really at the top of everyone’s list, but this is not that kind of list.

"Get the hemoccult cards"
"Speculum"
"Just try to relax and take deep breaths."
"Do you have someone to drive you home?"
"It should stop hurting in a few weeks."
"Dang.  You really look sick." [...]

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Note:  The audio files are there for the words I could find.  There are some where I put together words to (sort of) approximate what the word sounds like.

Recrudescence - This term is often used in medical talks. It makes you look really smart if you use it. Why not just say recurrence? [...]

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"It’s not bad enough pain to use one of those strong pain medications." - patients not wanting narcotics are wonderful (Narcotics make life complicated for physicians).
"Waaaaaaa……" - during a tense c-section. You are really fearing the baby will be really sick. As the pediatrician in attendance, the best thing to hear is that loud [...]

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