Pediatrics

Patients who leave the hospital without their prescriptions in hand following an asthma-related visit are substantially more likely to be readmitted.

The risks of undertreating pain in the pediatric population are significant.

This population is susceptible to lead toxicity because of several important characteristics that differentiate pediatric and adult exposures.

Pharmacokinetic differences in newborns and infants affect drug selection and dosing.

A recent study suggests that missing school or day care due to streptococcal pharyngitis may not be necessary.

The FDA-approved 3-bag intravenous n-acetylcysteine regimen for acetaminophen toxicity is being challenged by a simpler approach.

Black children with severe pain are less likely to receive opioids in emergency rooms than white children.

The FDA is investigating potential risks associated with codeine-containing medicines to treat coughs and colds in children aged under 18 years.

Medtronic is globally recalling lots of Covidien Shiley neonatal and pediatric tracheostomy tubes following reports of 12 serious patient injuries.

Noting national drug shortages often disproportionately affect pediatric patients, the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) is encouraging the FDA to include child-specific considerations in its policies for preventing and mitigating drug shortages.

Children's medications should now be dispensed in metric units, not teaspoons or tablespoons. Here's how pharmacists can help make the change happen.

Changes to immunization schedules, a review of this season's flu shot, and potential vaccines in the pipeline were broached at the American Pharmacist Association's Annual Meeting and Exposition session on immunizations.

Many children with food allergies develop micronutrient deficiencies.

Shire's ADHD treatment, lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse), is now available in a 10-mg titration dose.

Children born to parents with bipolar disorder have a strong likelihood of experiencing episodes of manic symptoms themselves.

The FDA today approved the first available treatment option for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma.

Reducing elevated blood pressure during pregnancy is safe for the expectant mother and her child.

Flu activity continued to worsen throughout the United States in the final week of 2014.

The FDA has approved Bayer HealthCare's gadobutrol injection for use with magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric patients aged

A research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics uncovered a gap between observed practice and guideline recommendations in medication prescribing for pediatric pharyngitis.

A new study led by researchers from the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine at Children's Mercy-Kansas City proves that genomic diagnostic testing can directly impact the care of children and infants with neurologic disorders.

More than 40% of calls placed to US poison control centers concerning energy drinks involve children under age 6, some of whom suffer serious cardiac and neurological symptoms.

The FDA today approved the first vaccine licensed in the United States to prevent invasive serogroup B meningococcal disease in patients aged 10 to 25 years.

Agave nectar and placebo may be more effective in treating a child's cough than "watchful waiting" with no treatment at all.

A perceived increase in confirmed cases of enterovirus D68 may be attributable to a faster lab test recently put in place by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Women who develop gestational diabetes mellitus tend to have daughters who become obese later in childhood.

The rate of type 1 diabetes mellitus among non-Hispanic white youth increased significantly over an 8-year period.

There was a time when drugs were believed to be unable to cross the placenta, as if it were some impenetrable fortress.

As a result of confusing sensations of breathlessness with asthma symptoms, overweight and obese children tend to report poorer asthma control and overuse rescue medications.

Children infected with enterovirus have a 48% increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes.