Pediatric Mental Health Tops 2023 List of Safety Concerns
The pandemic increased anxiety and depression among children; other leading safety concerns include staff shortages, violence in health care facilities, and medication list discrepancies. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Treating Gender Nonconforming Youth Goes Beyond the Physical
(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare providers have a duty to uphold their oath -- first, do no harm -- and approach care from the lens of treating the entire individual. For example, we cannot effectively treat diabetes without addressing a patient... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 15, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Youth firearm injury: a review for pediatric critical care clinicians - Kaufman EJ, Richmond TS, Hoskins K.
Firearms are now the leading cause of death among youth in the United States, with rates of homicide and suicide rising even more steeply during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. These injuries and deaths have wide-ranging consequences for the physical and emotiona... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Skeletal survey yields in low vs. high risk pediatric patients with skull fractures - Isaac R, Greeley C, Marinello M, Herman BE, Frazier TN, Carroll CL, Armijo-Garcia V, Musick M, Weeks K, Haney SB, Wang M, Hymel KP.
BACKGROUND: To assess for occult fractures, physicians often opt to obtain skeletal surveys (SS) in young, acutely head-injured patients who present with skull fractures. Data informing optimal decision management are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To determi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The variability of recovery from pediatric concussion using multimodal clinical definitions - Corwin DJ, Metzger KB, McDonald CC, Pfeiffer MR, Arbogast KB, Master CL.
BACKGROUND: While concussions are common pediatric injuries, a lack of agreement on a standard definition of recovery creates multiple challenges for clinicians and researchers alike. HYPOTHESIS: The percentage of concussed youth deemed recovered as part o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Plasma thrombin generation kinetics vary by injury pattern and resuscitation characteristics in pediatric and young adult trauma patients - MacArthur TA, Goswami J, Howick AS, Ramachandran D, Polites SF, Klinkner DB, Park MS.
This study aimed to assess how thrombin generation kinetics vary in pediatric and young adult (YA) trauma patients by clinical characteristics and injury pattern. METHODS: P... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Increasing paediatric emergency visits for suicide-related concerns during COVID-19 - Geoffroy MC, Chadi N.
uicidal ideation and suicide attempts are common during adolescence, with an international prevalence of 14-23% for suicidal ideation, and 5-17% for suicide attempts among people younger than 22 years. Despite this high prevalence, only a minority of adole... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Studying Trends of Auto-Regulation in Severe Head Injury in Paediatrics (STARSHIP): protocol to study cerebral autoregulation in a prospective multicentre observational research database study - Agrawal S, Placek MM, White D, Daubney E, Cabeleira M, Smielewski P, Czosnyka M, Young A, Watson S, Maw A, Hutchinson PJ.
INTRODUCTION: Studying cerebral autoregulation, particularly PRx (Pressure Reactivity Index), is commonly employed in adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) and gives real-time information about intracranial pathophysiology, which can help in patient managemen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
New algorithms could improve pediatric tuberculosis diagnosis
A new, evidence-based scoring system developed by a Yale School of Public Health-led team will help inform diagnoses in under-resourced clinics worldwide. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - March 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Race, Ethnicity Reporting in Pediatric Clinical Trials Has Improved
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- Race and ethnicity reporting has improved significantly in pediatric clinical trials, but there is still underrepresentation of certain racial and ethnic groups, according to a study published online March 14 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Want to Make E-Cigs a Turnoff for Kids? Try Standardized Packaging
(MedPage Today) -- Standardized packaging may reduce the appeal of e-cigarettes for potential young users, while still maintaining their appeal among adults trying to quit smoking, a survey study from Great Britain suggested.
Youths ages 11 to... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 14, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
FDA Approves Daybue, the First Treatment for Rett Syndrome
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Daybue (trofinetide) for the treatment of Rett syndrome in adult and pediatric patients aged 2 years and older.
Approval was based on results from the phase 3... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
The mission of Synaptic Pediatric Therapies? To become the No. 1 provider of pediatric health care in DFW
Mohammad Elashi, CEO of Synaptic Pediatric Therapies, is looking to add new verticals for current patients such as psychiatry, neurology, orthopedics, dentistry, ENT and nursing, as the health care provider angles for growth in Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 14, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Davie Nguyen Source Type: news
2 new children's hospital leaders to know in Austin
The two moves will bring fresh hospital leadership to town as both pediatric-focused facilities expand on the city's north side. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 14, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Will Anderson Source Type: news
Neonatal Bilirubin Meters Need Better Accuracy Neonatal Bilirubin Meters Need Better Accuracy
Point-of-care meters tended to underestimate neonatal bilirubin levels, compared with conventional laboratory-based quantification.MDedge News (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - March 13, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
