Pediatrics
From the Journals
Mothers’ sleep issues promote poor outcomes for infants
Infants born to mothers with sleep apnea had a significantly increased risk for any adverse outcome.
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Parental atopic dermatitis, asthma linked to risk of AD in offspring
The detailed analysis of AD risk associated with parental atopy in early life “may help to risk stratify infants to optimize early interventions...
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Chromosomal test may ID risk for sudden infant deaths
The study findings were limited by several factors, including the small sample size and the inability to conduct CMA analyses on parents or obtain...
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Children and COVID: Hospitalizations provide a tale of two sources
Thanksgiving travel seems to have had little effect on new pediatric cases.
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Pediatric emergencies associated with unnecessary testing: AAP
Several common pediatric conditions do not require diagnostic tests.
Feature
RSV surge stuns parents and strains providers, but doctors offer help
The parents of the child who had a severe case of RSV reflected on the their son’s bout with the illness.
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Flu, RSV infecting children at staggering rates
“What’s concerning to us are not only the number of infections, but the severity of these infections, leading to a high number of emergency room...
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Covid vax prevents death in children regardless of variant
But the vaccine’s effectiveness decreased over time.
Opinion
The surprising failure of vitamin D in deficient kids
Having lower levels of vitamin D is not necessarily the thing causing bad outcomes.
Feature
U.S. flu activity already at mid-season levels
Nationally, 6% of all outpatient visits were because of flu or flu-like illness for the week of Nov. 13-19.