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Articles Tagged With: children

  • Vaccine Effectiveness Against Long COVID in Children and Adolescents

    Findings consistent with long COVID occur in 4.5% of infected children. COVID vaccination reduces the risk of long COVID by 50% in adolescents and by 24% in children aged 5 to 11 years.

  • Vaccination Can Prevent or Lessen Long COVID

    Could long COVID — a horrific condition anyone would want to avoid — shake people out of the malaise of vaccine apathy, if not outright distrust? Evidence is accumulating that receiving the COVID-19 vaccination before being initially infected with SARS-CoV-2 can significantly reduce the risk of long COVID in children and adults.

  • First-Choice Antibiotic for Acute Bacterial Sinusitis in Children

    Review of a large database reveals that, for children treated for acute sinusitis, amoxicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanate yield similar rates of treatment failure. However, medication side effects are more common when amoxicillin-clavulanate is used.

  • Proton Pump Inhibitors: Too Much of a Good Thing?

    Proton pump inhibitor use in infants is associated with a 34% increase in the risk of subsequent infection-related hospitalization. These medications should be used only when the benefits clearly outweigh the risks.

  • Improving Mental and Behavioral Health Among Young Patients

    Three national organizations offer recommendations for managing children, adolescents, and young adults in medical facilities and in their communities.

  • What Happens if Police Bring a Child to the ED?

    Try gathering healthcare providers, quality officers, the legal department, security, and local law enforcement monthly to discuss disagreements about minors in custody. These conversations can inform efforts to revise policies, with the goal of preventing future disputes.

  • Challenges in Diagnosing MIS-C

    Even though there are clear diagnostic criteria for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), the initial diagnosis is not always certain, and there can be overlapping concurrent bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections that also require prompt treatment.

  • There Could Be Trouble if Providers Board Children with Psychiatric Complaints

    If parents disagree with a hold, convey that staff are keeping the child safe, explain the steps they are taking to find an accepting hospital, and detail how the ED cannot discharge a patient who is on an involuntary hold. When families are informed and given space to vent, the situation can de-escalate.

  • RSV Bronchiolitis Has Persisting Consequences for Some Children

    Young children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection are at increased risk of subsequent hospitalization during the following year and of increased need for outpatient healthcare.

  • Pediatric Exposures to Toxic Substances in the Home

    A high percentage of calls to poison centers each year are for exposures in children younger than the age of 6 years. Many of these calls are prompted by exposures to substances commonly found in the home and can lead to significant morbidity and mortality even when the result of a small, exploratory exposure. An index of suspicion and a knowledge of toxidromes is critical to make an accurate diagnosis in cases of pediatric toxic exposures. Consultation with a medical toxicologist or poison control center is recommended for all suspected toxic ingestions, both for management recommendations and for reporting purposes.