Tag: Kids: Misc.
AAP Advises Doctors on How to Identify Child Abuse
New guidance offers suggestions on protecting children, too
High Sodium Intake Does Not Appear to Raise BP in Teen Girls
But higher potassium intakes inversely associated with blood pressure change throughout adolescence
PAS: Hypothermia Offers No Benefit in Comatose Children
No survival benefit for survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
VNN1 Gene Potentially Useful Biomarker in Childhood Asthma
Linked to efficacy of corticosteroids
High-Dose Oral Insulin Promising for Prevention of T1DM
Daily capsules trigger protective immune response in high-risk children
Strategies Successful for Helping Children Swallow Meds
Five strategies identified that help get the medicine down
Sports Participation Seems Safe for Children With LQTS
No cardiac events or deaths in treatment-compliant genotype-positive LQTS pediatric population
Quality Improvement Intervention Cuts Lost OR Time
Instruction sheets, text-message reminders can cut time lost due to cancellation on day of surgery
Improvement Seen in the Pediatric Readiness of ERs
Median weighted pediatric readiness score 68.9, with increase by pediatric patient volume
Cases of Melanoma Declining in U.S. Children
Researchers credit better education on risk of UV rays, changes in children's play
