Emergency Medicine News

The number of emergency department visits for unsupervised pediatric medication exposures decreased by nearly half between 2009 and 2020, CDC researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

The AAP said adding around-the-clock pharmacies to hospital emergency departments in the United States could alleviate challenges to getting prescriptions filled immediately.

Adolescent ED visits related to mental health decreased between 2021 and 2022 but remained elevated, especially among teen girls, according to findings published in MMWR.

This week, Healio provided live coverage of the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, an annual collaboration between the AAP, Academic Pediatrics Association, American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research.

ED visits for firearm injuries slightly declined in 2022 but remained 20% higher compared with rates in 2019 and were significantly prevalent among children, according to data in MWWR.

ED visits for suicide attempts and suicidal ideation increased among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Treatment with givinostat was associated with improvement in mobility and physical function compared with placebo in ambulant boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to a poster at the 2023 MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference.

More than half of ED visits between 2012 and 2019 among adults with cancer potentially could have been prevented, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

In children with familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, evidence of motor impairment skills may indicate neurodevelopmental vulnerability for psychosis.

Neurogene Inc. announced the FDA has granted clearance to its investigational new drug application for NGN-401, an adeno-associated virus gene therapy candidate for treating Rett syndrome in female pediatric patients.