Pediatrics
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Asthma step-up therapy in children improves outcomes
Strategies that step up pharmacotherapy, as opposed to working on medication adherence alone, may be beneficial for some patients.
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Infants’ responses to multiple vaccines affected by maternal antibodies
Maternal antibodies may blunt infant response to immunizations.
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Children’s asthma risk reduced with prenatal vitamin D supplementation
Maternal vitamin D supplementation may reduce children’s risk of asthma or allergies.
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Time to therapy for gram-positive bacteremia reduced from 60 hours to 4 hours
The time to establish effective antibiotic therapy was reduced from 60 hours prior to the use of multiplex PCR to 4 hours for MRSA.
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Cushing’s appears to begin its cardiovascular effects during childhood
ORLANDO – Cushing’s disease may begin to exert its harmful cardiovascular effects quite early, a small pediatric study has found.Children as young...
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Preterm infants face increased pertussis risk
Preterm delivery increases the risk of pertussis, but does not reduce the efficacy of vaccination.
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Revaccinate HIV-infected teens with hepatitis B vaccine
Most HIV-infected adolescents will need to be revaccinated with the HBV vaccine.
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FDA warns against use of codeine, tramadol in children
Commonly used cough and cold, and pain medications for children will now carry stringent warnings.
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Maternal antidepressants unrelated to autism in offspring
Two studies add to the data that maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy does not result in autism in children.
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Teens’ marijuana use higher during pregnancy
Prevalence of marijuana use among pregnant teenagers is more than double that among teens who are not pregnant.