Pediatrics News

• Tapinarof Effective for AD in Patients as Young as 2 years Tapinarof cream, 1%, an aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist, was approved in 2022 for treating plaque psoriasis in adults.
  MDedge News, November 28, 2023
• Alert FDA Warns of Potentially Lethal Reaction to Seizure Meds Levetiracetam and clobazam can cause a rare but serious drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms that can be life threatening if not diagnosed and treated quickly, the FDA warns.
  Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2023
• HS: Positive Results Reported With Anti-IL17A/F Therapies One of the trials evaluated a nanobody inhibitor, sonelokimab, a molecule with a substantially smaller size than traditional monoclonal antibodies.
  MDedge News, November 28, 2023
• EADV 2023 At 52 Weeks, Hair Growth Still Climbing on Deuruxolitinib With response curves still climbing at follow-up to date, the results are 'truly, truly remarkable.'
  MDedge News, November 28, 2023
• Global Measles Deaths Increased by 43% in 2022 The rise in measles outbreaks and deaths is not surprising, given the recent decline in vaccination rates, said an official of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2023
• China Says No Unusual Pathogens Found in Respiratory Outbreaks Chinese health authorities have not detected any unusual or novel pathogens and provided the requested data on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, WHO has said.
  Reuters Health Information, November 23, 2023
• Adolescents With Migraine Need Smooth Handoff to Adult Care For adolescents with migraine or other recurring types of headaches, planning and structuring a transition from pediatric to adult health services is recommended for a potential of better outcomes.
  MDedge News, November 27, 2023
• Extra Messages About HPV Shots Boost Vaccination Rates Children whose parents received a reminder notification that their child was due for vaccination against human papillomavirus were 56% more likely to get the potentially lifesaving shot.
  WebMD Health News, November 27, 2023
• Cyberattacks Challenge Canadian Health Information Systems A new analysis recommends a four-stage plan for physicians and health systems to improve their cybersecurity practices.
  Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023
• Parent Concerns a Factor When Treating Patients With AD For a parent whose child has an inflammatory skin disease, pigmentation changes, rather than inflammation, might be the reason that he or she brought the child to the clinician.
  MDedge News, November 23, 2023
• Questionnaire Measures Patient Satisfaction With Acne Tx A dermatology-specific questionnaire assessed three aspects of treatment in patients with acne.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2023
• Physical Activity Gains Last When Financial Rewards Fade Withdrawing financial incentives for a physical activity program in Canada after a year led to modest but not clinically meaningful declines.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2023
• Clinicians May Not Prescribe New Postpartum Depression Drug The 14-day oral medication for postpartum depression will be available soon, but will clinicians prescribe?
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2023
• AHA 2023 'Smart' Stethoscope Spots Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Screening with an AI-enhanced digital stethoscope doubled the diagnoses of life-threatening peripartum cardiomyopathy in Nigeria, where the incidence is the highest in the world.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
• AHA 2023 Alternative Antirejection Regimen in Pediatric Heart Transplant Results of the head-to-head TEAMMATE trial show the combination of everolimus and low-dose tacrolimus can be considered an alternative to MMF plus tacrolimus in pediatric heart transplant.
  MDedge News, November 21, 2023
• More Preterm Babies Survived After Delayed Cord Clamping Deferring umbilical cord clamping reduced deaths before discharge by around 30%.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
• Are We Ready for Systematic Newborn Genome Sequencing? Routine sampling and analysis of newborn DNA would enable screening for hundreds of childhood genetic diseases, but also raises concerns about privacy and ethics.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
• Placental Cell Disruption Tied to Adult Depression, CVD Disruption of placental Hofbauer cell function caused by prenatal infection or preterm birth may increase the risk for depression and cardiovascular disease in adulthood.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
• How Will Germany Respond to the Global Nursing Shortage? Hospital officials propose a system in which greater education and qualifications lead to more autonomy, increased responsibility, and greater salary.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2023
• Two Metabolites Predict Prediabetes in Hispanic Youth A phytochemical and a medium-chain fatty acid were linked to prediabetes beyond the typical risk factors, finds a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2023
• Lebrikizumab Gets the Nod in the EU for Atopic Dermatitis Lebrikizumab, an interleukin-13 inhibitor, is not yet approved in the United States.
  MDedge News, November 20, 2023
• Maternal Depressive Symptoms May Start at Pregnancy Contrary to current dogma, maternal depressive symptoms probably start at pregnancy, not during the postnatal period, and continue up to 2 years after childbirth.
  Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2023
• Should Physicians Go to Work When Sick? Although most doctors believe it's best to stay home if they're ill, today's healthcare system makes the answer much more complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2023
• Rethinking Approach to Manage Fever in ED for Children With Sickle Cell Disease Lower risk of bacteremia in children with sickle cell disease presenting to the emergency department with fever calls critical reexamination of long standing approach towards management of SCD in children.
  Medscape Medical News, October 03, 2023
• Diagnosing Pediatric Forearm Fractures: Radiograph or Ultrasound? A study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) supported using ultrasonography for the initial diagnostic imaging of suspected pediatric forearm fractures and reserving radiography for follow-ups and diagnosis that lead to cast immobilization.
  Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2023
• Emergency Pediatric Readiness Improves Despite Challenges
  Medscape Medical News, September 19, 2023
• First Guidelines Developed for Childhood EGIDs Beyond EoE Limited existing literature spurred the development of a consensus document to guide the diagnosis and treatment of rare eosinophilic diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, August 23, 2023
• UK's First Living Donor Uterus Transplant a Success After 25 years' preclinical research, a British surgical team reported the UK's first living donor uterus transplant, with both donor and recipient doing well 10 weeks post-operatively.
  Medscape News UK, August 23, 2023
• As MOC Debate Heats Up, Cardiology Societies Weigh In The MOC process is once again under attack by cardiologists and other specialty physicians. A petition aiming to end the requirements has garnered more than 17,000 and counting signatures.
  Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
• Robotic Patients? They're Useful but Have Limitations Increasingly sophisticated robots mimic various conditions and enable medical students to apply the tools of clinical practice. Nevertheless, their cost has been a subject of criticism.
  Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
• Study Links Preterm Births to Mother's Poor Mental Health Women with mental health issues are 50% more likely to give birth to a premature infant, according to a new study of 2 million pregnancies in England.
  WebMD Health News, August 17, 2023
• Genetic Diagnosis Tied to Less Mental Health Care for Autism Children with an autism-associated genetic diagnosis were less likely to receive mental health care than were those without such a diagnosis in a proof-of-concept study.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2023
• A1c Not Linked to Postop Complications in Kids With Diabetes Findings suggest no need to delay elective surgery in order to optimize glycemic control in children with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2023
• Medical Treatment for Appendicitis Effective Long-Term More than 70% of patients who avoided appendectomy in two Swedish clinical trials had successful outcomes over two decades later.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2023
• Chickenpox to Blame for £24 Million Lost Yearly in Income and Productivity Study has calculated the cost of childhood chickenpox in the UK, with working women more likely than men to care for children with the infection.
  Medscape News UK, April 26, 2022