Emergency Medicine News

Calls to poison control centers to report exposures to liquid laundry detergent packets — commonly called pods — remain high in the United States, although exposures appear to have declined among young children, researchers reported.

A 20-month-old male presents with acute onset of emesis, altered mental status and fever. Soon after admission to the pediatric ICU, he began having seizures and became obtunded.

Experts have published the first new criteria for diagnosing pediatric sepsis and septic shock since 2005.

Mycophenolate mofetil may be a viable alternative to steroids for induction therapy in children with steroid-sensitive idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, researchers found in a study.

Most firearms used in unintentional firearm deaths among children in the United States are stored loaded and unlocked, and deaths most often occur when a shooter is playing with or showing a firearm to someone else, CDC data show.

About 11% of injured visitors to trampoline parks in Australia and the Middle East experienced a significant injury, according to findings from an Australian study published in Pediatrics.

Handguns — not assault rifles — are the most commonly used weapons in school shootings perpetrated by adolescents in the United States, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will bid farewell this year to a couple of longtime presenters.

Survey responses from a panel of experts identified 12 research priorities that could help address systemic disparities in pediatric emergency care, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

WASHINGTON — The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday named Anthony S. Fauci, MD, FAAP, an honorary fellow for what it called his “decades of distinguished leadership, dedication, wisdom and service to children and families.”