Articles Tagged With: children
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Reduced Incidence of Kawasaki Disease During the Time of COVID-19
Mitigation in response to COVID-19 has been associated with decreases in common childhood respiratory infections. The incidence of Kawasaki disease from April to December 2020 was significantly decreased from the same period during the previous eight years.
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Children Are Not Major Spreaders of COVID-19 in Schools
A surveillance study from Singapore found a very low risk of COVID-19 transmission for children in schools, especially preschools.
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Unexpected Pediatric Benefits of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Despite the global tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical experience suggests that there also have been some favorable indirect effects of pandemic-induced lockdowns on pediatric health. Specifically, there are lower rates of unscheduled primary care visits, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations for medical problems – without an increase in incompletely managed serious diseases.
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Racism, Stress, and Asthma
This cross-sectional study of African-American children 1 to 6 years of age (n = 31) in Kansas City, MO, finds a statistically significant inverse correlation between asthma control (measured by Test for Respiratory and Asthma Control in Kids score) and stress from racism.
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Febrile and First-Time Seizures
The sudden appearance of COVID-19 has created an additional challenge to the evaluation of children with "flu-like" symptoms. This article compares and contrasts influenza and coronavirus and provides a critical update on a timely topic.
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Pediatric Drowning
Pediatric drowning events are associated with consequences varying from transient pulmonary symptoms to devastating neurologic disability. All acute care providers need to be prepared to diagnose and effectively manage a child with this type of injury.
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From Childhood to Adolescence: Metabolic Disturbance Risk Factors
An innovative statistical model examining the development of metabolic disturbances in a large sample of youths finds that having media in a bedroom (associated with higher risk) and belonging to a sports club (associated with lower risk) are among the modifiable risk factors in this population.
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Malaria and Anemia — Chemoprophylaxis Helps
For young children in Africa who return home after hospitalization for severe anemia, monthly long-acting malaria prophylaxis can reduce the rates of readmission and death during the three months following hospitalization.
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SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) can be severe and life-threatening. New data suggest that the degree of elevation of spike protein receptor-binding domain antibodies could serve as a diagnostic marker of MIS-C as well as point to potential pathogenic processes.
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Influenza-Like Illness in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The sudden appearance of COVID-19 has created an additional challenge to the evaluation of children with "flu-like" symptoms. This article compares and contrasts influenza and coronavirus and provides a critical update on a timely topic.