Pediatrics News

• Novel Coronavirus: Study Suggests Multiple Shedding Routes The novel coronavirus responsible for the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak may shed through respiratory, fecal–oral, or body fluid routes, new data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2020
• Vaccine Schedule Not Followed for One Third of Children in US Even if children ultimately get caught up on their vaccines after early delays, they remain susceptible to vaccine-preventable diseases for longer right when they're most vulnerable to complications.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2020
• It's Not Just Hospitals That Sue Patients Who Can't Pay Until very recently, the separate company that runs the emergency department at Nashville General Hospital in Tennessee was continuing to haul patients who couldn't pay medical bills into court.
  Kaiser Health News, February 21, 2020
• SCCM 2020Latest Guidance on Vaping Distress Syndrome The step-by-step advice is designed to give clinicians the tools they need to identify, triage, treat, and monitor patients exposed to vaping.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2020
• WHO: Need to Seize 'Window of Opportunity' to Contain Coronavirus The WHO's director-general said medical facilities in Wuhan have regained the capability of checking COVID-19 cases with lab tests, detailing a "signficant decline in newly reported cases" in China.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2020
• Adolescent Obesity Linked With Midlife Cancer Risk The findings underline the need to tackle obesity early in life, writes an editorialist.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2020
• Specific Gut Bacteria in Infants Linked to Future Anxiety Lower levels of a specific gut bacteria in infants are associated with the development of anxiety in toddlers, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2020
• Banning Indoor Tanning Devices Could Save Lives and Money Banning indoor tanning devices outright in the United States, Canada, and Europe could prevent as many as 448,000 melanomas and 9.7 million keratinocyte carcinomas, according to a recent study.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2020
• Many Kids With Distal Radius Fractures Undergo Unneeded Reductions New research suggests children with distal radius fracture often undergo unnecessary closed reductions in the emergency department.
  Reuters Health Information, February 19, 2020
• When Parents Hope for a Miracle, Communication Is Key When parents hope for a miracle for their critically ill child, pediatricians must maintain a careful balance between advocating for good medicine and respecting the parent's beliefs, according to a new report.
  Reuters Health Information, February 19, 2020
• Silent COVID-19 Cases May Stymie Screening Efforts Researchers tested 126 people who recently traveled to China. "Our findings demonstrate that screening for signs & symptoms of infection, including the temperature, might not be sufficient," said one.
  WebMD Health News, February 20, 2020
• Abbott Removes Libre Diabetes Monitor From Diasend Platform Abbott have blocked their glucose monitor from connecting to the diasend data management system in most countries, a "backward" move for diabetes care that's attracted the ire of the UK health service.
  Medscape Medical News, February 20, 2020
• SCCM 2020Critical Care Admissions Up for Pediatric Opioid Poisonings The proportion of children and adolescents admitted to critical care for serious poisonings has increased in recent years, according to a study of more than 750,000 reported opioid exposures.
  Medscape Medical News, February 20, 2020
• Kids' Survival After Kidney Transplantation Improving Survival after kidney transplantation during childhood and adolescence has improved substantially in the past four decades, according to findings from the Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplantation (ANZDATA) Registry.
  Reuters Health Information, February 18, 2020
• Clinicians' Challenge: 'Bring Climate Change to the Bedside' Over 100 healthcare leaders gathered at a Boston symposium recently to discuss the urgent need to move climate change from theory into practice to 'prevent the harms that are foreseeable.'
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2020
• Exposure to Cleaning Products May Compromise Infants' Lungs Infants who were frequently exposed to household cleaning products during their first 3 months of life were at higher risk for asthma by age 3 years, data from a Canadian birth cohort suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2020
• Influenza Activity in US Remains High, and Still Rising Influenza activity is still high and rose again during the week ending February 8, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2020
• Rethinking Milk: Science Takes on the Dairy Dilemma Authors of a new review in NEJM say eating too much dairy may cause harm to our bodies and the planet. One of the authors called calcium recommendations in the United States "fundamentally flawed."
  WebMD Health News, February 19, 2020
• Poll: Americans Unaware STIs Are Common and Increasing Despite evidence showing that some STIs are occurring at an all-time high, a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows American adults are unaware of STIs' prevalence and management.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2020
• Why UK Physicians Are Now Getting Sued More The UK is seeing a surge in medical malpractice lawsuits, with payouts similar to those in the US. Here's why.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2020