Pediatrics

Telehealth visits in pediatric primary care were linked to lower antibiotic prescribing rates for respiratory infections compared with in-person visits.

Children born before 34 weeks of gestation exhibited significant cognitive deficits by age 9-10, independent of genetic and socioeconomic factors, reported researchers.

At current vaccination rates, measles could become endemic in the US again within 21 years; the threat extends to rubella, polio, and diphtheria, the study found.

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Misinformation about measles and the MMR vaccine has reached the majority of US adults and parents; most believe the vaccine is safe but many are still unconvinced.

Black children were 2.4 to 4.1 times more likely to experience early-onset and persistent disease than White peers and much more likely to require urgent care for their AD.

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Dupilumab significantly improved measures of severe AD, including EASI and IGA, as well as pruritis in pediatric populations aged 6 months to 18 years vs placebo.

In the pediatric population aged 0 to 19 years, exposure to fentanyl was through intentional use by two-thirds, investigators found.

Among pediatric patients aged 1 month to 18 years with emergent anaphylaxis, cephalosporins were the leading antibiotics and ibuprofen the top NSAID implicated in a new study.