Myasthenia Gravis in Pregnancy and the Newborn
(Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - April 1, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
A 6-day-old Newborn with Sudden Severe Respiratory Distress
(Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - April 1, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Neonate With a Diffuse Maculopapular and Nodular Rash
(Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - April 1, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Psychiatric and behavioral concerns of perampanel with concomitant levetiracetam in children with epilepsy - Kim JS, Kim WS, Sung WY, Woo H.
PURPOSE: Perampanel (PER) is expanding the therapeutic scope for pediatric epilepsy owing to its efficacy and favorable safety profile. However, concerns about psychiatric and behavioral adverse events (PBAEs) in combination therapy with levetiracetam (LEV... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Pediatric injury trends in Rhode Island during the COVID-19 pandemic - Savarino JR, Hanson HR, Pomerantz WJ, Zonfrillo MR, Formica MK, Ruest SM.
BACKGROUND: Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) visits nationally decreased while the proportion of injury-related PED visits increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Little is known about the trends in Rhode Island (RI). METHODS: This is a planned... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Optimizing triage practice in pediatric trauma: lessons from under-triage and over-triage rates and risk factors - Ngo LC, Carroll HM, Massimilian SS, Garapaty N, Palladino K, Samuels SK, Lao OB, Parreco JP, Levene T.
BACKGROUND: Triage accuracy is essential for delivering effective trauma care, especially in the pediatric population where unique challenges exist. The purpose of this study was to investigate risk factors contributing to under-triage and over-triage in a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
BusinessWoman of the Year 2024: Ashley McPhie of Tampa Family Health Centers
McPhie began work at Tampa Family Health Centers in 2014 as a general pediatrician. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Brooke Strickland Source Type: news
Oral Corticosteroids Ease Preschoolers' Acute Wheeze
(MedPage Today) -- Oral corticosteroids helped reduce wheeze severity and length of hospital stay in children experiencing acute preschool wheeze, a pooled analysis of patient-level randomized trial data showed.
The medication reduced wheezing... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 29, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
FDA Expands Indication for Gilead's Vemlidy (tenofovir alafenamide) to Treat Chronic HBV Infection in Pediatric Patients as Young as Six
March 28, 2024 -- FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Vemlidy® (tenofovir... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - March 28, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Seattle Children's receives $50 million gift for pediatric cancer research
The gift from the William Lawrence and Blanche Hughes Foundation will be used to develop treatments for childhood cancers using cell and gene therapies. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rick Morgan Source Type: news
Computer-facilitated screening and brief intervention for alcohol use risk in adolescent patients of pediatric primary care offices: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial - Shrier LA, O'Connell MM, Torres A, Shone LP, Fiks AG, Plumb JA, Maturo JL, McCaskill NH, Harris D, Burke PJ, Felt T, Murphy ML, Sherritt L, Harris SK.
BACKGROUND: Alcohol and other substance use disorders usually begin with substance use in adolescence. Pediatric primary care offices, where most adolescents receive health care, are a promising venue for early identification of substance use and for brief... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Why Walking Isn ’ t Enough When It Comes to Exercise
Walking is often thought of as a mere mode of transportation: a way to get from point A to point B. Few of us consider the fact that it’s one of the most fundamental, accessible physical activities a person can do.
What’s so great about walking?
Walking might not be as impressive as holding a plank or doing mountain climbers, but “it’s considered a bodyweight exercise, because your large muscle groups are working to move the weight of your body,” says Dr. Marie Kanagie-McAleese, a pediatric hospitalist at University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health and the leader of the Bel Air...
Source: TIME: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ashley Mateo Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Industry payments to radiologists total out at $392M
Out of 39 specialties, radiology was in the top third when ranked by industry payments to doctors over a nine-year period, according to an article published March 28 in JAMA.Between August 2013 and December 2022, 50% of 68,718 radiologists received industry payments totaling $392 million, lead author Ahmed Sayed, of Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, and U.S. colleagues reported. The total for all U.S. physicians over the period was $12.1 billion.“Despite evidence that financial conflicts of interest may influence physician prescribing and may damage patients’ trust in medical professionals, such relationships remai...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Parents to be supported to strengthen bonds with their baby
Over two-thirds (73%) of parents would welcome support in nurturing their connection with their baby, and over a third (41%) are unaware that mental health starts to impact a child’s development before they reach the age of two, a survey commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has found. The finding was... Read moreThe post Parents to be supported to strengthen bonds with their baby appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 28, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Paediatrics Start for Life Source Type: news
Trends in substance-related visits among youth to US children's hospitals, 2016-2021: an analysis of the Pediatric Health Information System Database - Ball A, Hadland S, Rodean J, Hall M, Mendoza J, Ahrens K.
This study evaluates recent trends in substance-related visits among youth visiting children's hospitals. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of substance-related visits to pediatric hospitals within the Pediatric Health Informat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
