Articles Tagged With: children
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The Seasonality of Childhood Respiratory Infections
Human metapneumovirus infection is increasingly recognized in children. Epidemiologic review suggests that it becomes common each winter after the onset of the respiratory syncytial virus “season” and then continues to cause frequent illness until the spring.
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Antibiotic Use in Treatment of Children with Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition
Universal antibiotic use in the community-based treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in children likely is not necessary in regions where suitable access to healthcare facilities is available.
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Pediatric Coccidioidomycosis in California, 2000-2012
The incidence of pediatric coccidioidomycosis in California has increased significantly from 2000 until 2012, along with hospitalization for complicated disease. Latino children were most commonly infected, but African-American children were significantly more likely to be hospitalized.
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Human Paraechovirus Encephalitis in Children
Human paraechovirus (HPeV) causes encephalitis and is more common in very young or premature female infants. Affected children commonly present with seizures. Diffusion restriction on MRI in the absence of CSF pleocytosis is seen. Neurodevelopmental sequelae are common after long-term follow up.
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Antibiotics over surgery for peds appendicitis? Proceed with caution, experts say
Several recent studies suggesting that appendicitis could be treated with antibiotics alone have generated serious buzz among clinicians and parents.
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Bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis is a common infection caused by several different viruses; 20% of children in the United States seek medical care for respiratory syncytial virus , a common cause of bronchiolitis, during the first year of life. Supportive care is effective, but many children still receive pharmacologic treatments that have been proven to be ineffective.
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Azithromycin to Prevent Asthma Exacerbations?
Azithromycin helped prevent progression from upper airway infection to wheezing in a select group of preschool-age children. Further studies are needed before considering widespread use of azithromycin for young children with “colds.”
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Severe Asthma Exacerbation in Pediatric Patients
MONOGRAPH: A small subset of children present in extremis requiring second- and third-line medications and airway management. Here is how to treat them.
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Supplement to anesthesia consensus statement
SmartTots has issued a supplement to its recent revised consensus statement on anesthesia and young children in response to a clinical trial’s preliminary outcome that found no difference in the developing brain between 2-year-olds who had undergone general anesthesia and those who had received regional anesthesia as infants.