Pediatrics (all articles)

Progress in the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Disease in Children

1 Aug, 2017 | 17:11h | UTC

Review: Progress in the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Disease in Children – Current Fungal Infection Reports (free)

Metabolic syndrome induced by anticancer treatment in childhood cancer survivors

1 Aug, 2017 | 17:12h | UTC

Review: Metabolic syndrome induced by anticancer treatment in childhood cancer survivors – Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism (free)

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants

28 Jul, 2017 | 15:35h | UTC

Review: Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)

Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football

27 Jul, 2017 | 16:03h | UTC

Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football – JAMA (free)

Author interview: Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players (free video)

Commentaries: High Prevalence of Evidence of CTE in Brains of Deceased Football Players – JAMA Network (free) AND Brain disease CTE seen in most football players in large report – STAT News (free) AND 110 N.F.L. Brains – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Signs of brain disease in 99 percent of ex-NFL players studied: paper – Reuters (free) AND Study: CTE Found In Nearly All Donated NFL Player Brains – NPR (free)

“A neuropathologist has examined the brains of 111 N.F.L. players — and 110 were found to have C.T.E., the degenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head” (from NYT).

Effect of Sport Specialization on Lower Extremity Injury Rates in High School Athletes

27 Jul, 2017 | 01:13h | UTC

A Prospective Study on the Effect of Sport Specialization on Lower Extremity Injury Rates in High School Athletes – American Journal of Sports Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Student Athletes Who Specialize Early Are Injured More Often, Study Finds – NPR (free)

Abuse of online games

25 Jul, 2017 | 00:59h | UTC

Put cult online games to the test: There are now vast opportunities to study the effects on young minds – Nature News (free)

“Abuse of online games does not have to rot the brain to be a disorder worth investigating” (RT @NatureNews see Tweet)

Guideline: Approach to Syncope in the Pediatric Patient

25 Jul, 2017 | 00:55h | UTC

Canadian Cardiovascular Society and Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association Position Statement on the Approach to Syncope in the Pediatric Patient (free)

Policy Statement: Guiding Principles for Team-Based Pediatric Care

25 Jul, 2017 | 00:47h | UTC

Policy Statement: Guiding Principles for Team-Based Pediatric Care – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: AAP issues guidelines for ideal pediatric care teams – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

First Neonatal MRI Device Cleared for Marketing

25 Jul, 2017 | 00:45h | UTC

First Neonatal MRI Device Cleared for Marketing – Physician’s First Watch (free)

FDA News Release: FDA clears first neonatal magnetic resonance imaging device (free)

Critical Issues in Food Allergy: A National Academies Consensus Report

25 Jul, 2017 | 00:37h | UTC

Report: Finding a Path to Safety in Food Allergy: Assessment of the Global Burden, Causes, Prevention, Management, and Public Policy – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free)

Summary: Critical Issues in Food Allergy: A National Academies Consensus Report – Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Food Allergy: Consensus Report Stresses Diagnostic Accuracy – Medscape (free registration required)

Review: Update on pediatric sepsis

25 Jul, 2017 | 00:03h | UTC

Update on pediatric sepsis: a review – Journal of Intensive Care (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Universal antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children: a review of the benefits and risks to consider during implementation

23 Jul, 2017 | 23:37h | UTC

Review: Universal antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children: a review of the benefits and risks to consider during implementation – Journal of The International AIDS Society (free)

High-Dose Vitamin D Doesn’t Prevent Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children

23 Jul, 2017 | 22:47h | UTC

Effect of High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Wintertime Vitamin D Supplementation on Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Young Healthy Children – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: High-Dose Vitamin D Does Not Prevent Kids’ Colds in Winter – Medscape (free registration required) AND High-dose vitamin D ‘doesn’t prevent colds and flu in kids’ – NHS Choices (free)

Study: Alcohol Misuse Prevention Programme

23 Jul, 2017 | 19:47h | UTC

Intervention delivered in Northern Irish and Scottish schools reduces binge drinking – NIHR Signal (free)

Original study: Steps Towards Alcohol Misuse Prevention Programme (STAMPP): a school- and community-based cluster randomised controlled trial – Public Health Research (free)

Prophylactic Early Erythropoietin for Neuroprotection in Preterm Infants

23 Jul, 2017 | 19:06h | UTC

Prophylactic Early Erythropoietin for Neuroprotection in Preterm Infants: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Early EPO Offers Neuroprotection for Preemies: Meta-analysis – Medscape (free registration required)

Guideline: Prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism in pediatric trauma

23 Jul, 2017 | 14:42h | UTC

Prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism in pediatric trauma: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Pediatric Trauma Society (free)

Maternal intake of sugar during pregnancy and childhood respiratory and atopic outcomes

22 Jul, 2017 | 22:25h | UTC

Maternal intake of sugar during pregnancy and childhood respiratory and atopic outcomes – European Respiratory Journal (free)

Commentaries: Sugar intake during pregnancy is associated with allergy and allergic asthma in children – Queen Mary University of London Science Daily (free) AND Mom’s sweet tooth may be linked to child’s allergies, study says – CNN (free) AND Eating Sugar During Pregnancy Is Linked to Kids’ Allergies – TIME (free)

Observational study suggests maternal intake of sugar during pregnancy may increase allergic problems in offspring.

Three psychological therapies are effective for adolescent depression

22 Jul, 2017 | 22:30h | UTC

Three psychological therapies are effective for adolescent depression – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Cognitive behavioural therapy and short-term psychoanalytical psychotherapy versus a brief psychosocial intervention in adolescents with unipolar major depressive disorder (IMPACT): a multicentre, pragmatic, observer-blind, randomised controlled superiority trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Commentaries: From efficacy to pragmatic trials: does the dodo bird verdict apply? – The Lancet Psychiatry? (free) AND New ways to treat depression in teenagers – The Conversation (free)

“Three psychological therapies equally effective for adolescent depression” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)

Antidepressants during pregnancy and autism in offspring

21 Jul, 2017 | 17:49h | UTC

Antidepressants during pregnancy and autism in offspring: population based cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Prenatal antidepressant use and risk of autism (free)

Commentaries: Antidepressants and pregnancy: study didn’t find they actually cause autism – The Conversation (free) AND Antidepressant use in pregnancy linked to autism in children – OnMedica (free) AND Study finds slight autism risk link to antidepressants in pregnancy – Reuters (free)