For Kids, Sleep Study Needed to Parse out the Kind of Snoring That Means Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- Mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was not easily distinguishable from primary snoring in children without polysomnography, analysis of randomized clinical trial data showed.
The only clinical and demographic factors significantly... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - December 15, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Very Early ART Can Result in Sustained HIV Suppression in Neonates
(MedPage Today) -- In neonates with acquired in utero HIV infection, administration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) within 48 hours of life can lead to sustained HIV virological suppression by 2 years, a phase I/II proof-of-concept study indicated... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - December 11, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Conservative Oxygenation Outperforms Liberal Targets for Critically Ill Kids
(MedPage Today) -- Conservative oxygenation targets in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) improved outcomes and reduced costs for ventilated patients, a randomized clinical trial found.
The rank-based endpoint of duration of organ support... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - December 6, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Early Surgery for Kids' Mild Sleep Apnea Doesn't Boost Executive Function
(MedPage Today) -- For children with habitual snoring and mild sleep apnea, early adenotonsillectomy did not improve executive function or attention compared with watchful waiting, a randomized clinical trial showed.
Average improvement in executive... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - December 5, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Atropine Drops for Kids' Myopia Fail to Boost Long-Term Visual Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- The short-term use of atropine eye drops to treat myopia in children did not affect long-term visual outcomes, the prospective observational ATLAS study of participants from two randomized trials showed.
The mean spherical equivalent... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - December 4, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Handguns From Home Account for Most Adolescent School Shootings
(MedPage Today) -- School shootings perpetrated by adolescents have mainly used handguns, typically obtained from family members, a cross-sectional study showed.
Among 253 adolescent school shootings from 1990 through 2016, 85.5% of firearms discharged... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - November 27, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
We're Failing to Treat Early Psychosis Symptoms in Black Children
(MedPage Today) -- A 16-year-old Black boy sits before me in the pediatric emergency department, his mind slipping away. He expressed his paranoid thoughts about food. He will not eat unless it's prepackaged because he worries that he is being... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - November 14, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
More Investment in Pediatric Readiness Will Save Lives in the ED
(MedPage Today) -- Children experiencing a medical emergency should have access to high-quality care that meets their distinct needs, no matter where they live. Every clinician shares this goal -- emergency physicians, nurses, pediatricians... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - November 14, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
What Causes Conjunctivitis? A Panoply of Pathogens, Study Shows
(MedPage Today) -- Pathogens associated with acute infectious conjunctivitis varied among regions, a cross-sectional study showed.
Among 52 patients from four sites in the U.S. and one in Israel, RNA deep sequencing found human adenovirus species... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - November 3, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Vape Use May Have Turned a Corner Among High Schoolers
(MedPage Today) -- Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) may be on the decline among high school students, but they remain the most popular method of smoking, an analysis of this year's National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) found.
In a nationally... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - November 2, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Quick Genetic Test Offers Hope for Sick, Undiagnosed Kids, but Few Insurers Cover It
(MedPage Today) -- Just 48 hours after her birth in a Seattle-area hospital in 2021, Layla Babayev was undergoing surgery for a bowel obstruction.
Two weeks later, she had another emergency surgery, and then developed meningitis. Layla spent more... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - October 30, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Black Kids Twice as Likely to Die of Sepsis, Single-Center Study Finds
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Black children treated at an Arkansas hospital had more than twice the risk of dying from sepsis than white children, even when clinical responses were similar, a retrospective study found.
According to preliminary... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - October 26, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Suicidal Ideation Common Among Transgender, Gender Diverse Youth in ED
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- A keyword-based search in the electronic medical record (EMR) at an urban emergency department (ED) showed high rates of suicidal ideation among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth, according to a retrospective... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - October 25, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Antibody Slows Beta-Cell Loss Early in Type 1 Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- A course of teplizumab (Tzield) may help preserve beta-cells when given early after a type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis, similar to the anti-CD3 antibody's delay on progression from preclinical disease, the randomized PROTECT trial... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - October 18, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Certain Factors Predict Weight Regain After Big Losses
(MedPage Today) -- DALLAS -- Certain factors predicted who kept the weight off after successful losses with a commercially available weight-management program, a researcher reported here.
Among nearly 3,000 people who participated in WeightWatchers... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - October 17, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
