Pediatrics News

The FDA announced that manufacturers of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs will be required to update their boxed warning to list potential fetal risk in women using the medications 20 weeks or later in their pregnancies.

The volume of visits for pediatric fractures decreased by 2.5 fold during the COVID-19 pandemic at one pediatric trauma hospital, mostly due to a decrease in playground use and less participation in organized sports, researchers said.

Older children and adolescents may not show the same signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal infection that are common in younger children, according to published results.

Moderate to vigorous-intensity physical activity throughout adolescence could improve peak adult hip strength and prevent osteoporosis later in life, according to published results.

Top physicians in sports medicine recommend the use of nonpharmacologic treatments before prescription opioids for management of acute and chronic pain in youth athletes, according to a recently published consensus statement.

Vertebral body tethering has a high success rate, a lower revision rate than previously reported and avoids posterior spinal fusion in adolescent patients with severe scoliosis, according to published results.

In pediatric patients undergoing medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction and osteochondral fracture fixation procedures, the rate of follow-up surgery was less than 25%, according to findings.

Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction in adolescent patients with patella instability results in less instability and subsequent surgery compared with no reconstruction surgery, according to presented findings.

Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction in adolescent patients with patella instability results in less instability and subsequent surgery compared with no reconstruction surgery, according to presented findings.

Idiopathic scoliosis is a lateral or side curvature of the spine that is a 3D deformity presenting most commonly in the adolescent patient.