Black Infant Mortality Gap Decreases When Black Physicians Provide Care
Excess Black infant mortality gap is halved when Black newborns are cared for by a physician of the same race vs a White physician.
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Knee Pain in Adolescents Linked With Long-Term Pain and Functional Deficits
The aim of this study was to investigate prognostic factors in adolescents with knee pain using individual participant data meta-analysis.
Revised Pediatric Concussion Guidelines Reduce Duration of Symptoms
Changes in pediatric concussion management are tied to a shortened length of reported symptoms, according to recent study results.
ACIP: 2021 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule Updates
Fewer childhood vaccines have been administered due to a decline in outpatient pediatric visits resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Assessing Risk for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases in Children of Affected Adults
Study authors assessed registry data to evaluate the risk of developing childhood chronic inflammatory diseases dependent on disease status of the parents.
Parental HPV Vaccine Hesitancy Increased During 2012 to 2018
From 2012 to 2018, there was an increase in the proportion of unvaccinated adolescents who were recommended the HPV vaccine by their provider.
Undiagnosed Depression and Anxiety in Children and Youth With Epilepsy May Contribute to Suicide
This study explores the rate of suicidality in children and youth with epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidities.
Recognizing Signs and Symptoms of ADHD Across the Lifespan
Untreated ADHD in adults is associated with increased rates of unemployment and poor performance in educational and work settings.
Atopic Dermatitis Associated With Increased Cataract Risk in Pediatric Patients
Lens densitometry values significantly higher in children with atopic dermatitis.
Delayed Recognition of Emotions Due to Mind Wandering Among Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder in adults are often undiagnosed and overlap in psychopathology. In this study, the researchers investigated the transdiagnostic traits of emotion recognition and mind wandering in a sample of 103 adults.
Nerivio Device Cleared for Migraine in Adolescents
The approval was based on data from an open-label, single-arm study that evaluated the efficacy and safety of Nerivio in patients aged 12 to 17 years with migraine.
Novel Inflammation Marker May Predict Coronary Artery Lesions in Kawasaki Disease
The C-reactive protein to albumin ratio is a novel inflammation marker that may be a valuable predictor of coronary artery lesion formation in Kawasaki disease.
Kindergarteners Are Missing Doses of MMR Vaccine
Overall, 2.3% of kindergarteners were not up to date with MMR vaccination and did not have an exemption in the 2019 to 2020 school year.
Laser Therapy Promising for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Children
More than half of children treated with MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) achieve seizure freedom at 1-year follow-up.
Neighborhood Deprivation Predicts Poorer Liver Transplant Outcomes in Children
A team of researchers sought to determine whether neighborhood deprivation affected outcomes in pediatric patients having undergone hepatic transplantation.
Teen Suicide Rate Quadrupled Over the Past Decade
This study aims to characterize rates of clinically documented “diseases of despair” over the last decade and identify sociodemographic risk factors.
Odds of Anxiety, Depression, ADHD Up With Congenital Heart Disease
Youth with congenital heart disease have increased odds of anxiety and/or depression or ADHD, regardless of disease severity,
AAAAI/ACAAI/CSACI Consensus Statement on Infant Food Allergy Prevention
The AAAAI, ACAAI, and the CSACI have published a consensus statement and recommendations on nutritional interventions for the prevention of food allergy.
Pandemic-Related MMR Vaccine Decline Persists
There has been a 10% decline in young children receiving their first measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccination by age 16 months.
Infants With COVID-19 May Present With GI Symptoms
Among 10 infants hospitalized with COVID-19, most had mild disease and most commonly presented with gastrointestinal symptoms.
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