Tag: CHIL
Housing Insecurity Linked to Poorer Teen Health Outcomes
Adolescents who experience moderately and highly insecure housing have reduced odds of excellent health
Recommendations Issued for Advanced Imaging for Pediatric Patients in ED
Pediatric emergency departments should ensure appropriate imaging resources are available or have transfer protocols in place
Pediatric Surgical Opioid Prescribing Concentrated Among a Few Procedures
Tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy accounted for most MMEs in opioid prescriptions dispensed after surgery
Childhood Physical Activity Levels Tied to Risk for Liver Disease in Young Adults
Increasing physical activity in childhood tied to reduced risk for severe liver steatosis and liver cirrhosis
Longer Sleep Duration, Earlier Sleep Onset Linked to Lower BP in Children
Longer sleep duration linked to better daytime blood pressure parameters among patients referred to pediatric nephrology clinic
Marked Increase in Pediatric RSV Hospitalizations Seen Postpandemic
Additionally, there have been higher advanced respiratory support needs in older children with fewer comorbidities than prepandemic
Trametinib Safe, Effective for Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Seven of 10 children with relapsed or refractory JMML completed all 12 cycles of therapy or used trametinib as bridge to HSCT
Cervical Spine Injury Prediction Rule in Children Can Guide Imaging Use
Prediction rule can help physicians determine which children should undergo imaging on presentation to the ED after blunt trauma
New Neurocognitive/Functional Morbidity Explored in SARS-CoV-2, MIS-C
New neurocognitive/functional morbidity at hospital discharge more likely for children with SARS-CoV-2, MIS-C with neurological manifestations
Bilateral Gene Therapy Safely Restores Hearing in Children Born Deaf
Bilateral hearing restoration seen for all five patients; speech perception and capability of sound source localization restored