Pediatrics
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Measles vaccination at 12-15 months = lower seizure risk
Major finding: The relative risk of vaccine-associated seizures was significantly greater (RR, 6.5) among children immunized at 16-23 months of...
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Cranial radiotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia linked to impaired neurocognition
Major finding: Compared with controls, survivors who had cranial radiotherapy had significant reductions in white matter integrity and lower...
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Hospitalist comanagement cuts LOS for pediatric neurosurgery patients
Major finding: After the transition to hospitalist comanagement, the mean length of stay fell significantly, from 8.6 days to 5.6 days, and the...
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Labor induction, augmentation may be tied to autism risk
Major finding: Children born of mothers who had induced or augmented labor had 23% higher odds of being diagnosed as having autism than were those...
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Meningococcal vaccine now approved for infants, toddlers
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Anxiety associated with structural brain differences in children with epilepsy
Major finding: Compared with the children with epilepsy alone, the brains of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy and comorbid anxiety showed...
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Epilepsy patients can face long-term social problems
Major finding: More than half of adults with childhood generalized epilepsies had at least one problematic social issue.Data source: The Nova...
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Vibration platform strengthened bones, improved walking in moderate cerebral palsy
Major finding: After 5 months of vibration platform therapy, children with moderate cerebral palsy could walk about 30 m more in 6 minutes.Data...
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Stringent DSM-5 criteria may affect prevalence rates of autism spectrum disorders
Major finding: More than 46% of toddlers diagnosed on the autism spectrum under DSM-IV-TR are expected to no longer meet ASD criteria under the...
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Structural brain abnormalities predict enduring seizures
Major finding: Among children with an early history of medically intractable seizures, those with abnormal brain imaging were significantly less...
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Ketamine may help refractory status epilepticus
Major finding: Intravenous ketamine resolved 14 of 17 refractory status epilepticus cases in children.Data source: A prospective study involving...