Pediatrics (all articles)
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People
16 Jul, 2017 | 23:35h | UTCClinical Review: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)
Guideline: Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient
16 Jul, 2017 | 12:46h | UTC
Enuresis: practical guidelines for primary care
16 Jul, 2017 | 12:47h | UTCEnuresis: practical guidelines for primary care – British Journal of General Practice (free)
Effect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Death or Disability at Age 18 Months Among Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:35h | UTCEffect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Death or Disability at Age 18 Months Among Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Interview with the author: Effect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Death or Disability at Age 18 Months Among Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts (free resource to find articles of interest)
Beverage Intake During Pregnancy and Childhood Adiposity
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCBeverage Intake During Pregnancy and Childhood Adiposity – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages during pregnancy linked to childhood obesity – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Drinking sugary beverages in pregnancy linked to kids’ later weight gain – Science News (free)
Mandatory vaccination to fight against preventable disease
11 Jul, 2017 | 18:13h | UTCFrance is making 11 vaccines mandatory to fight against preventable disease – World Economic Forum (free)
Related: Editorial: The Guardian view on vaccinations: a matter of public health (free)
Related 2: A short history of vaccine objection, vaccine cults and conspiracy theories – The Conversation (free)
See more on mandatory vaccination in other countries in our May 29 issue, see #6
Early Hearing Detection and Vocabulary of Children With Hearing Loss
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:00h | UTCEarly Hearing Detection and Vocabulary of Children With Hearing Loss – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: Early Detection Improved Vocabulary Scores in Kids with Hearing Loss – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Effect of a Baby-Led Approach to Complementary Feeding on Infant Growth and Overweight
11 Jul, 2017 | 17:42h | UTCCommentaries: Baby-led weaning doesn’t reduce chances of obesity – OnMedica (free) AND Self-Fed Weaning Babies Less Fussy: But no effect on weight in randomized trial – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Infant Self-Feeding May Confer Some Benefits but Doesn’t Reduce Obesity Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
“Baby-led approaches to introducing solids neither improve nor reduce growth vs traditional spoon-feeding” (RT @JAMAPeds see Tweet)
Global burden of respiratory syncytial virus in young children
9 Jul, 2017 | 00:42h | UTCInvited commentary: Determining the burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease: the known and the unknown (free)
Commentary: Experts urge action to cut child deaths from deadly lung virus – University of Edinburgh, via EurekAlert (free)
“We estimated that globally in 2015, 33.1 million episodes of RSV-ALRI, resulted in about 3.2 million hospital admissions, and 59 600 in-hospital deaths in children younger than 5 years”. (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Pictograms, Units and Dosing Tools, and Parent Medication Errors
7 Jul, 2017 | 14:08h | UTCPictograms, Units and Dosing Tools, and Parent Medication Errors: A Randomized Study – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Most Parents Give Kids Wrong Doses – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Proper tools may help prevent medicine errors at home – Reuters (free)
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: An Update on Clinical Aspects, Genetics, Diagnosis, and Future Treatment Strategies
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:32h | UTC
Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm and Allergy
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:31h | UTCReview: Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm and Allergy – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)
Autism spectrum disorder and epileptic encephalopathy: common causes, many questions
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:25h | UTCReview: Autism spectrum disorder and epileptic encephalopathy: common causes, many questions – Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (free)
Allergy Testing in Children With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy Symptoms
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:26h | UTCAllergy Testing in Children With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy Symptoms – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Penicillin Allergy in Children Substantially Overreported – Medscape (free registration required) AND No Penicillin Allergy Found in Most Kids with Non-Specific Symptoms – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Low risk allergy symptoms not linked to true penicillin allergy – 2 minute medicine (free)
Related article: Penicillin Allergy Is Not Necessarily Forever – JAMA (free)
The 8 Things That End Childhood Too Soon
3 Jul, 2017 | 16:59h | UTCThe 8 Things That End Childhood Too Soon: What Clinicians Should Know – Medscape (free registration required)
See also: Stolen Childhoods: End of Childhood Report 2017 (free PDF) AND Save the Children Website (free)
“In this report, Save the Children examined the life events that often signal the end of childhood for too many of the world’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged kids: girls, refugees, street children, and children with disabilities” (from Medscape)
Moisturisers improve eczema symptoms and lessen the need for corticosteroids
29 Jun, 2017 | 00:32h | UTCMoisturisers improve eczema symptoms and lessen the need for corticosteroids – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Emollients and moisturisers for eczema – Cochrane Library (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Effect of Nebulized Hypertonic Saline Treatment in Emergency Departments on the Hospitalization Rate for Acute Bronchiolitis
25 Jun, 2017 | 16:34h | UTCEffect of Nebulized Hypertonic Saline Treatment in Emergency Departments on the Hospitalization Rate for Acute Bronchiolitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: No Benefit of Nebulized Hypertonic Saline for Acute Bronchiolitis – Journal Watch ($ resource to find articles of interest)
Hypertonic saline clearly does not have any benefit for bronchiolitis (RT @JAMAPeds see Tweet)
What’s the best way for children to lose weight?
23 Jun, 2017 | 13:46h | UTCNews release: Latest health evidence shows that making changes to diet, physical activity and behaviour may reduce obesity in children and adolescents – Cochrane Library (free)
Review 1: Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Review 2: Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese adolescents aged 12 to 17 years (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Commentary: What’s the best way for children to lose weight? Here’s what the research says – The Conversation (free)
Continuous positive airway pressure for children with undifferentiated respiratory distress
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:00h | UTCInvited commentary: Every breath you take… (free)
Commentary: CPAP improves respiratory and survival rates in children in Ghana – Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, via EurekAlert (free)
Every Newborn Action Plan – World Health Organization
22 Jun, 2017 | 01:55h | UTCEvery Newborn Action Plan – World Health Organization (free) (RT @WHO see Tweet with infographic)
Related report from UK: Each Baby Counts – Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (free PDF) Each Baby Counts Homepage (free resources) AND Reducing baby deaths and brain injuries during childbirth – BBC News (free)
Every year, 2.7 million babies die in the first 28 days of life. 75% of these deaths are preventable.
An update on Zika virus infection
22 Jun, 2017 | 15:20h | UTCAn update on Zika virus infection – The Lancet (free registration required)
“Update on Zika virus infection (2017): review focuses on important updates & gaps in the knowledge” (RT @TheLancet see Tweet)
WHO toolkit for the care and support of people affected by complications associated with Zika virus
21 Jun, 2017 | 18:28h | UTC
Can Zika infection attack the brains of newborns?
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:10h | UTCCan Zika infection attack the brains of newborns? Scientists head to field for answers – STAT News (free)
Related: Is Zika Dangerous For Kids? It Probably Depends On The Age – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Free online course. Starts today! Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents
19 Jun, 2017 | 12:58h | UTCFree online course. Starts today! Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents: from Evidence to Action – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, via FutureLearn (free)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Childhood and Adolescence
16 Jun, 2017 | 01:10h | UTCInflammatory Bowel Disease in Childhood and Adolescence – Deutsches Ärzteblatt (free)