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Most Young Pediatricians Satisfied With First Jobs

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Most engaged in clinical care; report that allocation of time for specific duties is consistent with goals
The Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors have developed the 2015 Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program together with the American College of Cardiology

Revised Guidelines Released for Peds Cardiology Fellowship

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Societies release revised training guidelines, updating 2005 guidelines
Interventions can increase blood culture ordering in children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia

Interventions Up Blood Culture Ordering in Pediatric Pneumonia

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Increase in blood cultures for kids hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia; no impact on LOS
Considerable safety concerns surround use of melatonin for children with sleep disorders

Melatonin Use in Children Raises Safety Concerns

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Reproductive effects in animal models; long-term endocrine effects have not been assessed in children
Unituxin (dinutuximab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat children with high-risk neuroblastoma.

FDA Approves Unituxin for High-Risk Neuroblastoma

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First approval for a therapy aimed specifically to treat the rare pediatric cancer
Subthreshold manic or hypomanic episodes may be a diagnostic precursor to bipolar disorder in the children of parents with bipolar disorder

Subthreshold Mania May Mean Bipolarity in High-Risk Youth

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Subthreshold episodes are a diagnostic risk factor in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder
Successful cognitive behavioral therapy for an anxiety disorder in childhood is associated with lasting protection against suicidal ideation

Psychotherapy for Child Anxiety Offers Long-Term Benefits

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Responders less likely to endorse lifetime, past-month, past-two-week suicidal ideation
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has released the first publicly accessible report of surgical outcomes from its Congenital Heart Surgery Database.

STS Releases Outcomes for Congenital Heart Sx Database

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons has made data available for pediatric, congenital heart surgery

February 2015 Briefing – Pediatrics

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pediatrics for February 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
Doctors commonly get requests from parents to delay young children's vaccinations -- and often give in

Majority of Doctors Yield to Parents’ Vaccine Delay Requests

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But most believe it puts children at risk, researchers find