Upstate earns re-verification as level 1 trauma center
Upstate is the second busiest adult and pediatric trauma center in the state. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - April 4, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news
How to Talk to Kids When a Parent Has Cancer
The U.S. is expected to hit a bleak milestone this year: For the first time, more than 2 million people will be diagnosed with cancer. More than 600,000 will die, according to projections from the American Cancer Society.
Yet when you consider how many people are affected by a single diagnosis, those numbers balloon. As people with cancer grapple with fears about their health, they often describe being equally anxious about how their news will affect their family. When Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed on March 22 that she was being treated for cancer, she emphasized that she and her husband had “taken time t...
Source: TIME: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Klein Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
France Takes Another Step Toward Banning E-Cigarettes France Takes Another Step Toward Banning E-Cigarettes
A ban on the devices, which have been criticized as a gateway to smoking, could be in effect before the end of this year.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - April 4, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Workplace violence in the pediatric emergency department: a national survey of physicians in the United States - Huang CJ, Boulos AK, Field S, Wang VJ, Yen K.
OBJECTIVES: Previous work shows that health care workers, and particularly emergency department (ED) staff, are at an above average risk of workplace violence (WPV), defined as verbal threats or physical violence in the workplace. Previous data suggest tha... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Non-suicidal self-injury at a Canadian paediatric emergency department - Cherry JC, Fitzpatrick EA, Sandila NK, Lovas D, Hurley KF.
OBJECTIVE: Our primary objective was to determine agreement between non-suicidal self-injury recorded at triage and during subsequent mental health assessment. The secondary objective was to describe patients who reported non-suicidal self-injury. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
France May Soon Ban Disposable E-Cigarettes France May Soon Ban Disposable E-Cigarettes
A ban on the devices, which have been criticized as a gateway to smoking, could be in effect before the end of this year.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Comparison of nine trauma scoring systems in prediction of inhospital outcomes of pediatric trauma patients: a multicenter study - Khavandegar A, Salamati P, Zafarghandi M, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Sharif-Alhoseini M, Fakharian E, Saeed-Banadaky SH, Hoseinpour V, Sadeghian F, Nasr Isfahani M, Rahmanian V, Ghadiphasha A, Pourmasjedi S, Piri SM, Mirzamohamadi S, Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei MS, Naghdi K, Baigi V.
Hereby, we aimed to comprehensively compare different scoring systems for pediatric trauma and their ability to predict in-hospital mortality and intensive care unit (ICU) admission. The current registry-based multicenter study encompassed a comprehensive ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Pediatric poisoning management: how clinical practice can benefit from forensic approach - Basilicata P, Marisei M, Guadagni R, Sibilio M, Niola M, Pieri M.
Pediatric population represents the most vulnerable and at risk for unintentional poisoning, with children younger than 6  years old accounting for nearly half of poison exposures. Poisoning is a time-dependent emergency. The need to reach a scientific agre... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Conservative management of maxillary and mandibular fractures in a pediatric patient with a modified open cap splint: a case report - Ragit R, Fulzele PR, Wadewale SN, Bhola N, Solanki DR, Thosar NR.
Pediatric maxillofacial fractures, which are not very prevalent, account for around 5% of all face injuries. Children under the age of 13 are more susceptible to craniofacial injuries because they have a larger cerebral mass-to-body ratio than adults. The ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
The injury prevention program to reduce early childhood injuries: a cluster randomized trial - Perrin EM, Skinner AC, Sanders LM, Rothman RL, Schildcrout JS, Bian A, Barkin SL, Coyne-Beasley T, Delamater AM, Flower KB, Heerman WJ, Steiner MJ, Yin HS.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The American Academy of Pediatrics designed The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP) in 1983 to help pediatricians prevent unintentional injuries, but TIPP's effectiveness has never been formally evaluated. We sought to evaluate the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Pediatric CNO Characteristics Can Predict Therapy Needs Pediatric CNO Characteristics Can Predict Therapy Needs
Patients with unifocal disease at diagnosis may require shorter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug monotherapy courses than those with multifocal disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Lab Tests Are Key for Diagnosing Chickenpox Lab Tests Are Key for Diagnosing Chickenpox
Clinical diagnosis continues to be the primary method for diagnosing varicella, but only about half of clinically diagnosed cases were positive for the VZV in a new study.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: news
No Response to TNF Inhibitor in JIA? Another May Do the Trick
(MedPage Today) -- Kids with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who received a second tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor after failing one initially did just as well as those who changed to a different type of drug, a registry... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 3, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Better Outcomes With Early HETs in Pediatric-Onset MS Better Outcomes With Early HETs in Pediatric-Onset MS
Early initiation of HET in pediatric-onset MS was linked to slower progression to disability compared to treatment with low-efficacy therapy or no treatment.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - April 2, 2024 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news
Waist-to-Height Ratio Bests BMI for Predicting Fat Mass in Children
TUESDAY, April 2, 2024 -- Waist circumference-to-height ratio (WHtR) is an inexpensive alternative to body mass index (BMI) for predicting fat mass (FM) in pediatric patients, according to a study published online March 5 in Pediatric... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
