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New evidence-based guidelines update recommendations for automated vision screening to detect amblyopia and other eye abnormalities in children before they can read traditional eye charts.

New research reveals that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are 5 times more likely to have eating problems and subsequently nutritional deficiencies than children who do not.

A new prediction rule helps doctors decide when to use computed tomography (CT) scans in children with blunt trauma to the torso. The findings will enable emergency department physicians avoid using unnecessary radiation.

The year 2011 saw a record number of US children covered by health insurance, and the rate increased for the fourth year in a row, according to new report from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.

Limiting salt and boosting potassium in children’s diets will reduce the risks of hypertension, heart disease, and stroke in future populations, says a WHO report.

New research has linked obesity in adolescent girls with an increased risk of pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) or clinically isolated syndrome.

Food insecurity affects more than 16 million U.S. children : How to screen and intervene Oral and facial trauma : How to proceed in an emergency Dermcase : Patterned bruises on 2 infants

You care called to the emergency department to evaluate a 4-month old girl with multiple areas of purpura, including a distinctive bruise on the later aspect of the left thigh. The child's mother states that she noticed these lesions after picking up the infant from her biologic father, whose was watching the child alone. No trauma history is reported. The child has been otherwise in good health, with no signs of infection.

Preventing tragedies like Newtown isn't just about reducing the availability of guns. We need to look at all of the variables.

The UN reports that the US mortality rate for US children under 5 is lower than most countries, but our adolescent birth rate is higher than many.

To answer this question, researchers used detailed administrative and billing data from 38 of the largest freestanding US children's hospitals to identify conditions that met any of these 3 criteria: high cost, high prevalence, or demonstrated high variation of resource use (costs).

Investigators determined that the fecal calprotectin level of a child with suspected inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could serve as a screening test to identify those with a high likelihood for IBD, reducing the number of children and teenagers who undergo endoscopy.

Investigators evaluated the effectiveness of booster seat laws in reducing motor vehicle fatalities in children aged from 4 to 7 years.

Increased pain while driving over speed bumps makes acute appendicitis diagnosis more likely.

Mouth injuries are common in children, but pediatricians may not feel confident in handling them. These guidelines can help you identify the problems, make timely referrals, and educate patients and their families in prevention.

You are working in your outpatient pediatric clinic, when an apparently healthy 6-year-old girl is brought in with a chief complaint of a unilateral "white pupil" noted on photographs taken at her kindergarten graduation. Prior photographs of the patient had never before revealed this.

Many pediatricians are downright timid when coding our acute care notes for established patients. To upgrade your practice to v2.0, you need to maximize practice revenue by optimizing coding of visits so you can derive all appropriate charges per visit.

Childhood hunger brings to mind swollen bellies and wide eyes from other parts of the world. These images are why food insecurity in the US can go unnoticed.

Children who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest may survive to discharge with fewer neurologic problems if they receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for a longer time, says new research.

Children and adolescents newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) should be given metformin therapy and dietary and activity guidance as first-line treatments for the disease, says AAP.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen and naproxen given for pain or fever may cause acute kidney injury in children, even when taken in the correct dose, according to new research.

Bathing children who are hospitalized in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) with chlorhexidine solution once daily can reduce their risk of bloodstream infections, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

A retrospective study of infants hospitalized with pertussis showed that the babies who had more severe disease had much higher white blood cell (WBC) counts and experienced rapid jumps in WBCs after onset of the illness compared with babies who had less severe infections.

Twenty-nine children have died in the influenza outbreak that now is widespread in 48 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The pediatric deaths so far compare with 122 that occurred during last year’s flu season.

New evidence from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that prevalence of obesity has leveled and even declined among low-income, preschool-aged children in New York City (NYC) and Los Angeles (LA) County, California, although other US regions are still experiencing increases.

A multicenter clinical trial of a new sublingual immunotherapy has shown promise in desensitizing severe allergic reaction to peanut powder.

Children and adolescents who eat 3 or more meals from fast food restaurants each week are at increased risk for asthma and severe eczema, according to latest findings from an ongoing international study.

Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine given in the thigh to children aged 3 years and younger presents a significantly lower risk of a local reaction needing medical attention than does intramuscular (IM) injection in the arm, a new study shows.