Pediatrics
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Lipid screening uncommon before 2011 recommendations
Key clinical point: More children and adolescents will likely be newly identified by the universal lipid screening.Major Finding: Overall, 9.8% of...
Guidelines
AHA wants e-cigarettes regulated but notes they help some smokers quit
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Pediatricians and colleagues call for childproof caps on e-cig refills
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Psoriasiform lesions in Kawasaki disease may spell trouble
Key clinical point: Further study will need to determine if treatment, time to diagnosis, or other factors influence the association between...
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AEDs, not screening, most effective to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes
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Pediatric obesity may be leveling off
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Radiation exposure in children with heart disease highest for transplants
Key clinical point: Imaging radiation associated with heart transplants raises children’s lifetime cancer risk by 6.5%.Major finding: Children...
Conference Coverage
Adding ECG helped spot heart abnormalities in young athletes
Key clinical point: The addition of an ECG in screening of young athletes significantly increased the odds of identifying cardiac problems.Major...
Conference Coverage
No link seen between ondansetron and tachyarrhythmias in healthy children
Top clinical point: The study findings support cardiac monitoring for children with cardiac diagnoses who are receiving ondansetron.
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Physical inactivity is the top factor for heart disease in women
Major finding: Of four cardiovascular risk factors – high BMI, physical inactivity, smoking, and high blood pressure, physical inactivity had the...
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Childhood obesity predicts adult cardiovascular risks
Major finding: Overweight but metabolically normal children were twice as likely to develop diabetes and six times as likely to develop metabolic...