Pediatrics News

• EAN 2020Most Adult Epilepsy-Related Deaths Could Be Avoided Epilepsy death rates are still high among young adults and have not declined over time despite treatment advances, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 29, 2020
• Alert FDA Recall Extended-Release Metformin Due to NDMA Impurities The FDA advises voluntary recall of extended-release metformin made by five manufacturers after NDMA contamination found in some batches.
  News Alerts, May 29, 2020
• Scientific Doubt Tempers COVID-19 Vaccine Optimism US officials and some industry leaders have promised a vaccine within 6 months. But with a novel virus, first-ever technologies, and safety hurdles, many scientists say a better bet is 12 to 18 months.
  Medscape Medical News, May 28, 2020
• ASCO 2020Targeted Tx Improves Outcomes in High-Risk Pediatric Cancers 'Real-world data' show it is possible to identify precision targets in relapsed pediatric cancers that can guide clinical decision making.
  Medscape Medical News, May 28, 2020
• Even Short-term Vaping May Promote Oral Disease The mouths of healthy e-cigarette users resemble those of patients with severe periodontal disease, countering claims that vaping is a safer alternative than conventional smoking, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 28, 2020
• For Mothers With Coronavirus, Baby's First Coo Is Over the Phone 'It's a girl and she is fine, we all are fine,' said Rayhona, 23. 'They have shown her to me on a smartphone.'
  Reuters Health Information, May 27, 2020
• COVID-19 Is Likely Airborne, Aerosol Scientist Says Something has been bothering Kimberly Prather, PhD: everything she reads about COVID-19 points to a pathogen that travels through the air.
  WebMD Health News, May 28, 2020
• USMLE Step 2 CS Suspended for at Least 1 More Year Some say a crucial tool for ensuring proficiency will be sorely missed. Some say the test material is covered elsewhere and that it should be permanently replaced, regardless of COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 28, 2020
• Immunotherapy, Steroids Outcomes Positive in COVID-19–Associated MIS Children may experience an acute cardiac decompensation from the severe inflammatory state following SARS-CoV-2 infection, termed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a study says.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Retesting Positive for SARS-CoV-2 May Not Mean Infectious Those who again test positive for COVID-19 after being discharged from isolation or the hospital are not considered infectious, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Alert FDA Approves New Biologic for Atopic Dermatitis in Children Dupilumab (Dupixent) injection has been approved for adults since 2017. The new indication is for children whose atopic dermatitis is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies.
  FDA Approvals, May 27, 2020
• Autopsy Confirms Severe Alveolar Damage in COVID-19 Autopsy findings from patients who have died from COVID-19 shed light on the underlying pathology and resulting clinical symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Shorter Course of Antibiotics Just as Effective for Kids With Pyelonephritis Treating children with pyelonephritis with antibiotics for six to nine days may work just as well as treating them for 10 days or longer, a recent study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 22, 2020
• Can You Catch COVID-19 Through Your Eyes? To study whether SARS-CoV-2 could infect the eyes, researchers at Johns Hopkins looked at whether the eye's surface cells had key things that made the virus more likely to enter and infect them.
  WebMD Health News, May 26, 2020
• JAMA Journal Retracts Paper Linking Doctor Burnout to Patient Safety A JAMA journal has retracted a 2018 paper linking physician burnout to poor patient care, after a misconduct inquiry found evidence of shoddy work but not data fabrication.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2020
• Disruption to Global Immunization System Could Delay COVID-19 Vaccinations Massive disruptions to global immunization programs from the COVID-19 pandemic have health experts fearful that much of the developing world will not be able to get a vaccine for the new coronavirus, even once one is ready.
  Reuters Health Information, May 22, 2020
• Mavacamten Phase 2 Results Hopeful in Nonobstructive HCM Good treatments for the condition are scarce, so benefits seen in symptomatic adults who took the drug, an inhibitor of cardiac myosin, in MAVERICK-HCM seem to 'offer a glimmer of hope,' say observers.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2020
• Cannabidiol May Interact With Methadone, Increasing Sleepiness, Fatigue A 'significant' drug-drug interaction between methadone and cannabidiol was described in a recent case report.
  Reuters Health Information, May 22, 2020
• U.S. Plans Massive Coronavirus Vaccine Testing Effort to Meet Year-End Deadline The United States plans a massive testing effort involving more than 100,000 volunteers and a half dozen or so of the most promising vaccine candidates in an effort to deliver a safe and effective one by the end of 2020.
  Reuters Health Information, May 22, 2020
• Ultrasound Can Diagnose Many Arm Fractures in Kids While ultrasound can accurately diagnose many upper extremity fractures in children, a new study suggests it may not always catch elbow fractures.
  Reuters Health Information, May 22, 2020