Pediatrics

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School-based health services provide critical preventive care for adolescents, especially in poor and diverse communities.

Readmissions due to physicians’ assessments, surgical complications, and hospital-acquired conditions could be avoided.

Healthcare costs were 60% higher in obese preschool children compared with children with a healthy weight.

Children who inherit 2 mutated ALPK3 genes have a 25% increased chance of having cardiomyopathy.

Intranasal medication administration isn't new, but it's been gaining popularity in the emergency department and outpatient arena.

Survivors of pediatric cancer observed to have similar health-related quality of life as older adults.

Methotrexate and decadron could lower relapse rates of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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.