Pediatrics
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: New vaccinations drop as the case count rises
About a quarter of all 12- to 15-year-olds and 37% of 16- and 17-year-olds have been fully vaccinated.
Opinion
Respiratory infection– and asthma-prone children
The pathogenesis, development, severity, and clinical outcomes of respiratory infections are largely dependent on the resident composition of the...
Conference Coverage
Nadolol bests propranolol for infantile hemangioma treatment out to 52 weeks
Kaplan-Meir analysis showed that patients in the propranolol group responded slower to treatment (P = .019), while safety data was...
Feature
Married docs remove girl’s lethal facial tumor in ‘excruciatingly difficult’ procedure
This patient was much like the cases they treat every day, only “several orders of magnitudes greater,” Dr. Waner said. “On a scale of 1 to 10 she...
Conference Coverage
Study eyes impact of isotretinoin on triglycerides, other lab measures
“Clinicians must weigh the laboratory values with the costs of laboratory testing, including opportunity costs such as time, monetary costs, and...
Conference Coverage
Isotretinoin benefits similar in overweight, obese adolescents, and those in normal weight range
However, the proportion of patients reporting headaches differed significantly between the groups.
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Sublingual immunotherapy: Where does it stand?
Because there are few published trials of food SLIT, confusion about which doses are optimal, how early to start, and how long the benefits last...
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Direct-care allergy clinic specializes in sublingual immunotherapy
Few allergists treat food allergy patients with the immune-modifying treatment, sublingual immunotherapy, which delivers allergens through liquid...
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There’s a much safer food allergy immunotherapy – why don’t more doctors offer it?
For protecting against accidental ingestions, SLIT "is pushing pretty close to what OIT is able to provide but seemingly with a superior ease of...
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The case for suicide-risk screening in primary care
New research found that screening for suicide may identify cases that typically fall through the cracks during depression screening.
Conference Coverage
Study spanning 2 decades offers insights into pediatric psoriasis trends
The researchers did not find that obesity was a marker of psoriasis severity in the cohort.