It was a very busy week for the Contemporary Pediatrics team.
This week’s top articles included:
How well can a brief step test assess exercise tolerance?
A 6 minute test is frequently used to test a child's ability to tolerate exercise, but a study investigates if a 3 minute test could work just as well.
Dangers of the TikTok Benadryl challenge
Teenagers lulled into ingesting large amounts of diphenhydramine through social media are facing serious health consequences.
How innovation during the pandemic will save the world
The COVID-19 vaccine, and the speed at which it was developed, is the medical breakthrough of our lifetimes.
Shorten time to antibiotics for oncology patients with suspected neutropenia
A quality improvement sought to shorten the time to antibiotics in pediatric oncology patients who are suspected to have neutropenia.
Fluoxetine helps refractory nocturnal enuresis but not for long
March 29th 2023A 12-week study in Egypt of the efficacy of fluoxetine (a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) in children with treatment-refractory nocturnal enuresis (NE) found that though the treatment achieved a good initial response, it was not sustainable.
Meet the Board: Vivian P. Hernandez-Trujillo, MD, FAAP, FAAAAI, FACAAI
May 20th 2022Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with one of our newest editorial advisory board members: Vivian P. Hernandez-Trujillo, MD, FAAP, FAAAAI, FACAAI to discuss what led to her career in medicine and what she thinks the future holds for pediatrics.
Are some patients predisposed to avascular necrosis after hip surgery?
March 14th 2023Although avascular necrosis (AVN) is believed to be an iatrogenic complication following treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip, an investigation in China found 2 characteristics associated with the condition: the likelihood of AVN increases with both the grade of dislocation and of underdevelopment of the ossific nucleus.
Meet the board: Jessica L. Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP, FAAN
April 22nd 2022In the latest episode of our podcast series, Jessica L. Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP, FAAN shares why she got into medicine, the myths of pediatric, and what the future may hold for the specialty.