Pediatrics
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Study: Pretreatment ECG not always needed in babies with hemangiomas
A study of infants who underwent ECG screening before receiving propranolol indicates that routine ECG is “not likely to be an effective screening...
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Experts share tips on minimizing the trauma of skin biopsy in children
DVDs, iPads, toys, “sweeties” to suck on, buffered lidocaine, and a distracting “angel’s pinch” are just a few of the strategies that...
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Nasal infantile hemangiomas develop most complications
Infantile hemangiomas of the nose develop more complications than those at all other sites combined.
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Daily moisturizing to prevent AD found cost effective
Daily full-body moisturizing of babies from birth to 6 months of age was cost effective and may prove to be a simple preventive strategy to reduce...
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Presume parents want HPV vaccines for tweens
Clinics in which providers presented HPV vaccination as an assumed part of tween health care had a 5% increase in HPV vaccination coverage,...
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Parents look online for atopic dermatitis advice
Common questions about corticosteroids involved duration of use, where and when to apply, and confusion over the strength of different...
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Rate of resistant P. aeruginosa in children rising steadily
The rate of infection with resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among children has risen steadily by 4% annually since 1999.
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How social media solved a skin outbreak
Several teens who came home from a trip abroad with ulcerated skin lesions in 2014 got vague and unhelpful diagnoses: Physicians thought they had...
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Targeted interventions aid in HPV vaccination uptake
ATLANTA – An intervention to improve human papillomavirus vaccination by a large health care system in Washington and Oregon was highly successful...
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Prenatal exposure to hydroxychloroquine cuts risk of neonatal cutaneous lupus
WASHINGTON - Prenatal hydroxychloroquine reduces the risk of cutaneous neonatal lupus by 60% among the infants of women with a systemic autoimmune...
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HPV vaccination rates tripled with practice’s comprehensive intervention
ATLANTA – A comprehensive intervention tripled HPV vaccination rates in a pediatric health care group practice.