ISPAD, EASD, and ADA urge pediatric diabetes teams to build center-specific transition policies, use readiness checklists, and ensure timely handoffs to adult clinicians.
|Articles|November 22, 2021
What's new on Contemporary Pediatrics: November 22 to 26
A look at what to expect from Contemporary Pediatrics this week
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Using bone age assessments to gauge growth can help determine when a child might begin puberty, how much a child might grow, and what the final height may be.
Tanner staging is a standard way to assess for the onset of puberty in both boys and girls, but there are some factors that can make an accurate assessment difficult even for seasoned professionals.
Plus, Andrew J. Schuman, MD, FAAP, offers guidance for using the new evaluation and management coding system.
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Sleep specialist Rashi Kochhar, MD, explains how consistent bedtimes and wake times can support adequate sleep and daytime functioning during the school year.
A national claims analysis found 16.8% of pediatric GLP-1 users developed a nutritional deficiency within a year, most often vitamin D, while few received nutritional counseling.
Consistent sleep schedules can ease the back-to-school transition for children and teens
Adding questions about routines and predictability may provide pediatricians with a broader picture of childhood adversity and mental health risk.
Higher preconception maternal and paternal vitamin B12 was tied to fewer birth defects in a Shanghai cohort of 3032 couples.
Researchers found that childhood unpredictability provided additional information about mental health risk beyond conventional ACEs screening.
Lavengratinib increased annualized height velocity in 7 children with achondroplasia, but open-label phase 2 findings remain preliminary.
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