Contemporary Pediatrics, Digital Edition, April 2012
Abnormal childhood aggression : When systems are unbalanced
Mastering the language : Communicating with parents who have low health literacy
Dermcase : Now where did he get that big blister?
Puzzler : Chest pain in child with persistent fever
Updates : Alcohol screening, FDA approves Lucinactant Medication Poisoning, Chlamydia testing, PPACA Home Health Provision
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November 13th, 2026 Review some of the top stories from the Contemporary Pediatrics website over the last week, and catch up on anything you may have missed.
November 13th, 2026 Schools without stock epinephrine were over 4 times as likely to lack a device in an allergic emergency, a survey of 349 school nurses found.
November 13th, 2026 In a matched cohort of children aged 6 and younger with EoE, dupilumab was linked to less incident asthma than swallowed budesonide (10.5% vs 16.2%).
November 12th, 2026 Non-English-speaking families were far less likely to introduce peanut by 6 months (OR, 0.21) in a 3,170-child study presented at ACAAI 2026.
November 12th, 2026 In an ACAAI 2026 survey, 85% of clinicians knew food allergy panels often yield false positives, yet many ordered them for unvalidated uses.
November 12th, 2026 Full OptIMMize-1 results show high skin clearance rates with risankizumab in children and teens with psoriasis, sustained through 52 weeks.
November 11th, 2026 Classroom engagement scores in digital gradebooks predicted substance use by eighth grade better than GPA (cross-validated AUC, 0.79 vs 0.63).
November 11th, 2026 Children living more than 60 miles from their surgical hospital had higher complication odds and longer stays after common procedures.