Walker and Harris emphasize the importance of early hearing loss detection, screening, and intervention to support optimal child development.
A 5-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department in 2016 with altered mental status, decreased activity, fever, and decreased oral intake. What's the diagnosis?
Delaying diagnosis and treatment for this early childhood disorder can lead to worse outcomes, so early recognition is crucial.
This article discusses past and future development of mRNA vaccines, and how they have been used throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today's hospitals and medical practices face the challenge of remaining relevant in an extremely dynamic, competitive, and evolving market.
Here is what pediatric health care providers need to know about this often debilitating disorder.
New research suggests adolescent obesity could increase risk of type 1 diabetes in young adulthood.
Todd Wolynn, MD, stresses the need for effective communication within the pediatric physician community to combat misinformation, particularly about influenza vaccination.
Pediatric health care providers understand that eating disorders are not lifestyle choices but life-threatening mental health conditions.
In a newborn nursery, a newborn boy shows signs of irritability, high tone, and tremors on day of life 1. His mother’s past medical history is significant for preeclampsia, previous opiate and cocaine abuse, and current tobacco use and she was incarcerated during the pregnancy. What's the diagnosis?
The European Commission has granted an expanded approval to ravulizumab-cwvz to include children with a body weight of at least 10 kg, as well as adolescents, with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
Find out how pediatricians play a crucial role in early autism diagnosis and how to advise families post-diagnosis.
A higher TRV was significantly associated with cerebrovascular disease and persistent albuminuria in children with SCD across two large cohorts.
As safe and effective gene-editing and gene-replacement therapies become more attainable, developing the delivery systems that ensure these treatments are equitably available will be equally essential.
A look at the highlights from the 30th annual Pediatric Pharmacy Association meeting.
ATA publishes 2024 policy agenda after solid year of advocacy in 2023.
Bobbie Monaco, MSN, CPNP-PC, provided a recap of her NAPNAP session regarding period poverty, and called for continued advocacy and awareness in the United States and globally.
A 16-year-old girl presents for evaluation of a rash on her left forearm, which was 2 enlarging red areas that became increasingly pruritic and edematous. What's the diagnosis?
A 5-month-old girl with a large scalp infantile hemangioma (IH), present since 6 weeks of age, is evaluated in the emergency department for lethargy and pallor.
Walker and Harris emphasize the importance of early hearing loss detection, screening, and intervention to support optimal child development.
Brittany Craiglow, MD, and Angela J Lamb, MD, share closing thoughts on the role of pediatricians and emerging treatments in the pipeline for pediatric AD.
Jay T. Rubinstein, MD, PhD, emphasized that children with hearing loss should receive genetic testing, as the investigational DB-OTO gene therapy demonstrated positive results.
Get to know the essentials of pediatric palliative care.
A 17-year-old male patient presents with multiple lesions developed on his trunk, face, and extremities that had previously been solitary, red expanding lesion on his right arm at the site of a tick bite that occurred during a hike.
Catch up on all the latest in ADHD from the The American Professional Society of ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and Related Disorders (APSARD) virtual 2022 Annual Meeting.
We seek to reduce vaccine side effects—but what about the social media-compounded fears of anti-COVID vaccination?
The COVID-19 vaccine, and the speed at which it was developed, is the medical breakthrough of our lifetimes.
Errors in patient records are surprisingly common, so easing access to them could harm outcomes.
Research suggests that COVID-19 vaccination may serve a therapeutic effect, possibly reducing the risk of developing long COVID when administered to those currently infected.
This past year has seen several important new drug approvals and labeling updates for children. Here is what you should know.