Pediatrics News

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Adolescents with more frequent back pain were also more likely to report anxiety and depression, and more likely to smoke and drink alcohol, according to findings recently published in the Journal of Public Health.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Children with lateral condyle humerus fractures had ‘excellent’ functional outcomes at the early and 1-year follow-up regardless of complications seen postoperatively, according to a presenter at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting.

Pediatric mortality rates related to motor vehicle crashes vary widely throughout the United States, and these variations can even be seen across individual counties, according to findings presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. Researchers said that children have a higher likelihood of surviving a motor vehicle crash when they are closer to a pediatric or adult trauma center.

A decision-making aid that provides parents with information on minor head injuries through illustrations and charts helped them identify symptoms of clinically important traumatic brain injury, or ciTBI, in their children, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers wrote that children of these parents also had a stronger understanding of diagnostic options available.

Injuries associated with infant walkers — a product designed to allow infants between the ages of 5 and 15 months to walk independently before these skills are developed — have decreased significantly since the enactment of federal mandatory safety standards. However, research published in Pediatrics suggested that these products provide no benefit to children and continue to increase their risk of injury, especially to their head and neck.

Howard H. Steel, MD, founder of the pediatric spinal cord injury unit at the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia, died at the age of 97 on Sept. 5, 2018.

BOSTON — Compared with patients who had no reduction, pediatric patients with brachial plexus injuries who required surgical reduction experienced greater abduction contracture, which may lead to greater overhead motion but showed high risk for loss of midline function and lower perceived outcomes, according to results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.

At a single pediatric institution, investigators found younger age and placement of an interposition material graft improved the rate of success for patients who underwent physeal bar resection surgery. Researchers presented their results at the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

The CDC published 19 recommendations in JAMA Pediatrics to assist physicians in diagnosing, treating and estimating the prognosis of mild traumatic brain injury in children.