Pediatrics (all articles)
Study finds childhood obesity occurring at greater frequency, with more severity and at younger ages.
11 Jul, 2022 | 12:10h | UTCNews Release: Study finds childhood obesity occurring at greater frequency, with more severity and at younger ages – Emory University
Original Study: Changes in the Incidence of Childhood Obesity – Pediatrics
RCT | Balovaptan no better than placebo for social communication in childhood autism spectrum disorder.
8 Jul, 2022 | 11:38h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In this RCT, balovaptan did not demonstrate efficacy in improvement of socialization and communication in pediatric autism spectrum disorder (ASD), highlighting challenges faced in #ASD trial design, such as outcome measure sensitivity & placebo response. https://t.co/FFAJeu5xv0
— JAMA Psychiatry (@JAMAPsych) July 6, 2022
Podcast | BRUE’s Clues: understanding brief resolved unexplained events.
8 Jul, 2022 | 11:34h | UTC#54: BRUE’s Clues: Understanding Brief Resolved Unexplained Events with Dr. Tieder – The Cribsiders
M-A | Antithyroid drug therapy in pregnancy and risk of congenital anomalies.
8 Jul, 2022 | 11:36h | UTC
Evaluation of the molecular landscape of pediatric thyroid nodules and use of a multigene genomic classifier in children.
8 Jul, 2022 | 11:20h | UTC
Commentaries on Twitter
A multigene classifier reveals that malignant pediatric thyroid nodules have a unique molecular landscape vs those in adults. The classifier had a sensitivity of 96% & specificity of 78% for cancer detection & might reduce the need for diagnostic surgery: https://t.co/hdsPjGe9IR
— NatureRevClinOncol (@NatRevClinOncol) June 16, 2022
Pediatric thyroid cancer is on the rise. Its genomic landscape is unique; but, this retrospective case series shows that it may still be amenable to molecular classification—potentially decreasing diagnostic surgery & opening avenues for targeted therapy. https://t.co/KiYMsB1qGM
— JAMA Oncology (@JAMAOnc) June 10, 2022
WHO Guideline | Fortification of wheat flour with vitamins and minerals as a public health strategy.
7 Jul, 2022 | 13:02h | UTC
Review | Sickle cell disease.
7 Jul, 2022 | 12:59h | UTCSickle Cell Disease: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Audio Clinical Review: Sickle Cell Disease – JAMA
Registry-based cohort study | Interventions in adults with repaired coarctation of the aorta.
7 Jul, 2022 | 12:29h | UTC
Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on neonatal and infant mortality across 106 middle-income countries.
7 Jul, 2022 | 12:26h | UTC
AAP Policy Statement | Individual medical emergencies occurring at school.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:57h | UTCIndividual Medical Emergencies Occurring at School – Pediatrics
M-A | Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrheal disease in children in low-income and middle-income settings.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:56h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
WASH meta-analysis in @TheLancet
Effectiveness of WASH interventions on child diarrhoea in LMICshttps://t.co/yVtoyattQd
How effective are
– water supply (by level of service)
– POU water treatment (by type)
– sanitation (by LoS)
– handwashing with soapRead to find out!
— Environmental Health Group, LSHTM (@LSHTM_EHG) July 1, 2022
FDA orders Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from US market.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:46h | UTCFDA orders Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from US market – The BMJ
See also:
FDA orders all Juul e-cigarettes off the market – POLITICO
The FDA orders Juul to pull all of its vaping products from the U.S. market – NPR
FDA orders Juul Labs to remove products from US market – CNN
FDA News Release: FDA Denies Authorization to Market JUUL Products – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
RCT | Odevixibat treatment in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:35h | UTCInvited Commentary: The first new drug for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
New research – Thompson et al – Odevixibat treatment in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial (PEDFIC 1)https://t.co/hPLmPLMcDt#livertwitter #cholestasis #PFIC pic.twitter.com/oUMMh1H0kv
— The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (@LancetGastroHep) July 1, 2022
Position Paper | The role of surgical management in chronic pancreatitis in children.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:37h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Pancreas committee of NASPGHAN published position paper on the role of surgical management in chronic pancreatitis in children: https://t.co/XnI7SCsbWQ pic.twitter.com/nBWoSd14cU
— JPGN (@JPGNonline) May 30, 2022
RCT | Testing the effects of combining azithromycin with inhaled tobramycin for P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:31h | UTCCommentary: Does Azithromycin antagonize the effect of inhaled tobramycin in cystic fibrosis? – Medical Dialogues
Commentary on Twitter
Original research: Testing the effects of combining azithromycin with inhaled tobramycin for P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis: a randomised, controlled clinical trialhttps://t.co/z9dGX52dAe pic.twitter.com/tpiOqIIQjb
— ThoraxBMJ (@ThoraxBMJ) May 23, 2022
Registry-based cohort study | Neonatal morbidity after fetal exposure to antipsychotics.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:24h | UTCNeonatal morbidity after fetal exposure to antipsychotics – BMJ Open
Development and validation of a prediction model for perinatal arterial ischemic stroke in term neonates.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:21h | UTCSystematic Review | Maternal and child outcomes associated with the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:11h | UTCIndeterminate pediatric acute liver failure: clinical characteristics of a temporal cluster of five children in the Netherlands in the spring of 2022.
5 Jul, 2022 | 12:09h | UTCRelated:
Sudden onset hepatitis in children – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – Multi-country – World Health Organization
Outbreak of hepatitis in children: clinical course of children with acute liver failure admitted to the intensive care unit – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Investigating Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Origin in Children – American Society for Microbiology
What’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both? – Science
Puzzling pediatric hepatitis cases echo an earlier mysterious illness – STAT
Why COVID is a key suspect in severe hepatitis cases in kids worldwide – CBC
Hepatitis outbreak in children: What do we know so far? – Imperial College London
Explaining the unexplained hepatitis in children – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Unexplained hepatitis cases in kids rise to 348 in 20 nations – CIDRAP
Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children – World Health Organization
WHO says 12 countries have reported unusual cases of hepatitis in kids – STAT
Could Mysterious Hepatitis Cases be Triggered by COVID-19? – Health Policy Watch
U.S., U.K. investigating unusual cases of hepatitis in young children – STAT
Mysterious liver illness seen in kids in US, Europe – Associated Press
Consensus | Pediatric headache in primary care and emergency departments.
5 Jul, 2022 | 12:00h | UTCPediatric Headache in Primary Care and Emergency Departments: Consensus with RAND/UCLA Method – Life
Position Statement | A practical approach to identifying pediatric disease-associated undernutrition.
5 Jul, 2022 | 11:57h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Position Paper of ESPGHAN Spec. Interest Group on Clin. Malnutrition: practical approach to identifying disease-associated undernutrition (DAU), with algorithm for nutritional screening and recommendations for identification of children with risk of DAU.https://t.co/S0saqCgbLk pic.twitter.com/Ix2S6iwiCE
— JPGN (@JPGNonline) May 28, 2022
Review | Management of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome.
5 Jul, 2022 | 11:42h | UTCManagement of paediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome – BJA Education
M-A | Predictors of sleep disordered breathing in children with Down syndrome.
5 Jul, 2022 | 11:33h | UTCRCT | Immobilization of torus fractures of the wrist in children.
4 Jul, 2022 | 12:46h | UTC
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
The FORCE study is in @TheLancet – https://t.co/oyYvMMxjln has awesome stuff to implement result – ED pathway, animations & patient info leaflets (multiple languages).
Thanks to @PERUKItweep and everyone who made it possible. https://t.co/Wq67MgcQhB pic.twitter.com/mrA03tGzCs
— Dan Perry (@MrDanPerry) July 1, 2022
Brief Review | Sudden onset hepatitis in children.
4 Jul, 2022 | 12:41h | UTCSudden onset hepatitis in children – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Related: WHO Updated Report: Severe acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in children. (several articles on the subject)
Commentary on Twitter
NEW! In this COMMENT by @ZaniaStamataki & @kellyda60 summarise what we know so far about sudden onset #hepatitis of unexplained origin in childrenhttps://t.co/AYTR8wrG3C
Read-only link https://t.co/dgyzRhpODT#paediatrics pic.twitter.com/1WLQfaRrdx
— Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (@NatRevGastroHep) July 1, 2022