Pediatrics (all articles)
Research: Association of Noncigarette Tobacco Product Use With Future Cigarette Smoking Among Youth
8 Jan, 2018 | 00:41h | UTCCommentaries: Youth Use of Cigarette Alternatives May Raise Risk of Trying the Real Thing – TCTMD (free) AND Noncigarette tobacco product use is associated with future cigarette smoking – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Electronic Cigarette Use and Smoking Among Adolescents – The ASCO Post (free)
Delayed Antibiotic Prescribing’ for Respiratory Infections may Reduce Antibiotic Use
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:25h | UTCA strategy of ‘delayed antibiotic prescribing’ for respiratory infections may reduce antibiotic use – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections – Cochrane Library (free)
Systematic Review: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Weight Gain in Children and Adults
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:11h | UTCCommentary: New review confirms link between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and overweight, obesity – The Medical News (free) AND Review confirms link between sugary drinks and obesity – Medical News Today (free)
Research: Effect of Hydrolyzed Infant Formula vs Conventional Formula on Risk of Type 1 Diabetes
4 Jan, 2018 | 16:57h | UTCEffect of Hydrolyzed Infant Formula vs Conventional Formula on Risk of Type 1 Diabetes: The TRIGR Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Weaning To Hydrolyzed Infant Formula Did Not Reduce Risk of Type 1 Diabetes – MedicalResearch (free) AND Study Finds No Link Between Baby Formula Made From Cow’s Milk And Diabetes Risk – NPR (free) AND Avoiding Cow’s Milk Doesn’t Cut Type 1 Diabetes Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Modifying Baby Formula Doesn’t Prevent Type 1 Diabetes in Children – University of Pittsburg (free)
Research: Endoscopic Treatment versus Shunting for Infant Hydrocephalus
3 Jan, 2018 | 14:24h | UTCCommentaries: Two surgical approaches equal in treating infection-caused hydrocephalus – PennState Health News (free) AND Surgery For Saving Babies From ‘Water On The Brain’ Developed in Uganda – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Research: Exposure to Fine Particulate Pollution and Preterm Birth
3 Jan, 2018 | 14:28h | UTCCommentary: Exposure to fine particulate pollution linked to increase in early births: study – The Sidney Morning Herald (free)
Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
See related news and commentaries on The Impact of the Environment on Children’s Health and on Air Pollution and Mortality
Research: Broad- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics in Children With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections
3 Jan, 2018 | 13:28h | UTCAssociation of Broad- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics With Treatment Failure, Adverse Events, and Quality of Life in Children With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study: For kids with respiratory infections, broader isn’t better – CIDRAP (free) AND Treatment Failure, or is Treatment the Failure? – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note Blog (free)
Scientific Statement: Childhood and Adolescent Adversity and Cardiometabolic Outcomes
3 Jan, 2018 | 13:26h | UTCNews release: Abuse and adversity in childhood linked to more cardiovascular risk in adulthood (free)
Commentaries: Distressing experiences as a kid impact cardiovascular health later in life – AHA News (free) AND Adversity In Childhood and Adolescence Sets Stage for Cardiometabolic Outcomes – AHA Centers for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Research: Suicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents
3 Jan, 2018 | 13:22h | UTCSuicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents in the United States, 2015 – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: LGBQ teens face serious suicide risk, research finds – CNN (free) AND LGBQ Adolescents at Much Greater Risk of Suicide than Heterosexual Counterparts – MyScience (free) AND Suicide Risk Rife in Sexual Minority Teens – Medscape (free registration required) AND Sexual minority young people are at a higher risk for suicide – San Diego State University, via EurekAlert (free)
Systematic Review: Probiotics to Prevent Clostridium Difficile Diarrhea Associated with Antibiotic Use
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:33h | UTCSee related meta-analysis: Timely Use of Probiotics in Hospitalized Adults Prevents Clostridium difficile Infection
“Based on this systematic review and meta-analysis of 31 randomized controlled trials including 8672 patients, moderate certainty evidence suggests that probiotics are effective for preventing C. difficile-associated diarrhea”
Research: Topiramate Use Early in Pregnancy and the Risk of Oral Clefts
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:27h | UTCTopiramate use early in pregnancy and the risk of oral clefts: A pregnancy cohort study – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Topiramate in early pregnancy increases risk of oral clefts – OnMedica (free) AND Risk of Oral Clefts with Topiramate May Be Dose-Dependent – MedPage Today (free) AND Epilepsy Drug Could Raise Birth Defect Risks – MedlinePlus (free)
New Change4Life Campaign Around Children Snaking
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:06h | UTCNew Change4Life Campaign Around Children Snaking (free resources for the public)
News release: PHE launches Change4Life campaign around children’s snacking – Public Health England (free)
Commentaries: Limit children to two sugary snacks a day, parents told – The Guardian (free) And Limit children’s snacks to 100 calories, health body says – BBC (free)
Consensus Statement: Unanticipated Difficult Airway Management in Children
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:00h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Meta-Analysis: Maternal Smoking and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Offspring
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:28h | UTCMaternal Smoking and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Offspring: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Cigarette smoking during pregnancy linked to ADHD risk in offspring – Reuters (free)
Systematic Review: Nebulised Hypertonic Saline for Acute Bronchiolitis in Infants
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:26h | UTCIs hypertonic saline solution via nebuliser effective and safe for infants with acute bronchiolitis? – Cochrane Library (free summary)
Original article: Nebulised hypertonic saline solution for acute bronchiolitis in infants – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (via @CochraneUK see Tweet with Infographic)
Guideline: Administration of Influenza Vaccines to Egg Allergic Recipients
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:19h | UTCCommentaries: Flu vaccine safe for individuals with egg allergy – Clinical Advisor (free) And Egg Allergy No Bar to Flu Vax, Experts Say – MedPage Today (free)
Systematic Review: Feed Thickener for Infants up to Six Months of Age with GERD
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:08h | UTCFeed thickener for infants up to six months of age with gastro-oesophageal reflux – Cochrane Library (free)
Original article: Feed thickener for infants up to six months of age with gastro-oesophageal reflux – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Paediatric Amendment to Adult BSH Guidelines for Aplastic Anaemia
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:42h | UTCPaediatric amendment to adult BSH Guidelines for aplastic anaemia – British Journal of Haematology (free)
Systematic Review: Breastfeeding and Maternal Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Outcomes
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:41h | UTCBreastfeeding and maternal cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes: A systematic review – PLOS One (free)
See related study and commentaries on breastfeeding and cardiovascular risk
Systematic Review: Antisecretory Treatment for Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:34h | UTC
Measles Deaths Fall to a Record Low Worldwide
29 Dec, 2017 | 16:54h | UTCMeasles Deaths Fall to a Record Low Worldwide – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Research: Healthy Diet, Happy Child?
28 Dec, 2017 | 18:12h | UTCCommentaries: Healthy diet, happy child – BMC Series Blog (free) AND Healthy eating linked to kids’ happiness – MedicalXpress (free)
Report: Strategies to Limit Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Young Children
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:20h | UTC
Treating Anxiety in Children
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:08h | UTCTreating Anxiety in Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Fewer Large Babies are Born to Pregnant Woman With Type 1 Diabetes With Continuous Glucose Monitoring
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:13h | UTCFewer large babies are born to pregnant woman with type 1 diabetes if their glucose was monitored continuously – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article and commentary: Continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (CONCEPTT): a multicentre international randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free) AND Commentary: Continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (free)