Pediatric Eye Care 'Deserts' Pervasive in the U.S.
(MedPage Today) -- The vast majority of U.S. counties are pediatric eye care "deserts," a cross-sectional study found.
Of the more than 3,000 counties in the nation, just 9.7% had at least one pediatric ophthalmologist and 6.5% had at least one... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 15, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
COVID Infection Not Linked to New Asthma Diagnoses in Kids
(MedPage Today) -- A positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) result for SARS-CoV-2 was not associated with a new asthma diagnosis in children, according to a retrospective cohort study.
In adjusted analyses, PCR positivity for SARS-CoV-2 had... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 12, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
1,000 Paper Cranes Can Bring Our Patients One Step Closer to Healing
(MedPage Today) -- Japanese folklore says folding 1,000 paper cranes can make a wish come true and restore health after an illness. The legendary tale of paper cranes was mostly unknown to the world until Sadako Sasaki's story became famous: a... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 11, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Cass Review Finds Weak Evidence for Puberty Blockers, Hormones in Youth Gender Care
(MedPage Today) -- The Cass Review -- of which an interim report changed youth gender-affirming care services in England -- has been published in full, concluding that there's no high-quality evidence supporting puberty blockers and hormones... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 10, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Can You Guess Which New EPA Rule Offers $13 Billion in Annual Health Benefits?
(MedPage Today) -- I grew up in a majority immigrant community in Baltimore with large-scale factories and several major highways surrounding us. Breathing in toxic pollution and diesel was part of living in my neighborhood. In fact, we knew the... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 7, 2024 Category: 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
Extra Measures to Secure Kids' Peripheral IV Catheters Cuts Failures
(MedPage Today) -- Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) secured with integrated securement dressings and tissue adhesive failed significantly less than those with standard-of-care bordered polyurethane, a randomized clinical trial of 383 kids... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 1, 2024 Category: Pediatrics 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
Most Moms Knew About Safe Sleep for Infants, But Still Engaged in Unsafe Practices
(MedPage Today) -- Despite knowledge of and intention to follow safe sleep guidelines for infants, mothers often engaged in non-recommended sleep practices, a series of small focus groups and surveys showed.
Among 25 mothers, 80% reported holding... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 26, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
How the U.S. Is Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis
(MedPage Today) -- In part two of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), about... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 21, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Child Deaths Rise in U.S.; Water Beads Warning; Cancer Studies Retracted
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U.S. life expectancy improved in 2022 as COVID-19 and other leading causes of death dropped but deaths among children rose, as did deaths due to drug overdoses... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 21, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Weight-Based High-Flow Oxygen for Bronchiolitis May Reduce ICU Admissions
(MedPage Today) -- Transitioning from an intensive care unit (ICU)-only high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) protocol to a weight-based non-ICU HFNC protocol was associated with reduced ICU admission rates for hospitalized children with bronchiolitis... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 20, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Are Your Patients' Allergies Worsening? Climate Change May Be at Play
(MedPage Today) -- 'Tis the season of warmer temperatures, blue skies, and the slow shedding of layers. While I, like many others, welcome this warmer weather, I am also weary of how unseasonably warm the winter has been. This past January was... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 17, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Trump's Anti-Vax Rhetoric; Amputations After NFL Game; 'Overdose' or 'Poisoning'?
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"I will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate or a mask mandate." -- Former President Donald Trump's anti-vaccine comments are alarming public... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 11, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
CDC Addresses Rebound of Mycoplasma Pneumonia in Kids
(MedPage Today) -- In the fall of 2023, emergency department (ED)-related visits for Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children rebounded somewhat from a lull during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the numbers were still not as high as before the pandemic, according... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 23, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
