Review some of the top stories from the Contemporary Pediatrics website over the last week, and catch up on anything you may have missed.
|Articles|April 19, 2021
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Due to play or unsteady legs, bruises are a fact of life for many children, but they can also be an overlooked indicator of abuse. A new tool is examined to see if it can effectively differentiate between nonabusive bruising and bruising that is a result of abuse.
Cisplastin is a common chemotherapy agent for pediatric cancers and hearing loss because of its use is a known toxicity. A recent report looks at risk factors associated with the loss.
Plus, the newest episode of the Contemporary Pediatrics podcast Small Talk.
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The FDA approved insulin icodec-abae for children 10+ with T2D, based on adult ONWARDS data and a single-dose pediatric pharmacokinetic study.
Johanna Chang, MD, offers guidance on vaccination, infection prophylaxis, and clinical warning signs in children receiving biologic therapies.
Adding emotion skills to family-based weight treatment didn't boost teen weight loss but cut regain and emotional eating 12 months later.
Nikta Forghani, MD, explains when irregular menstrual cycles warrant evaluation and how pediatricians can identify PCOS and relative energy deficiency.
FDA draft guidance proposes cadmium limits of 10 to 45 ppb for processed foods for children younger than 2, from purees to dry infant cereals.
Lower maternal PlGF in the third trimester was tied to child ADHD in a University of Iowa cohort, independent of preeclampsia and FGR.
A Contemporary Pediatrics Peer Exchange panel reviews RSV risk, testing, maternal vaccination, and long-acting monoclonal antibodies, and where infants still slip through the cracks.
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