Practice Management News

ADHD-related medication errors increased almost 300% from 2000 to 2021 among people aged younger than 20 years, a study found.

Minimally invasive surfactant therapy did not reduce a composite outcome of death and neurodevelopmental disability before age 2 years among preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome who are on continuous positive airway pressure.

Transgender and gender-diverse adolescents reported high menstrual suppression effectiveness and satisfaction, according to a cross-sectional study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Outreach efforts in the form of text messages and phone calls succeeded in increasing COVID-19 vaccination among children with sickle cell disease, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Roughly one-third of men globally have at least one type of genital HPV and one in five are infected with at least one high-risk HPV type, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data from a new study suggested a new standard cutoff for determining urinary tract infections in febrile children undergoing bladder catheterization, according to results published in Pediatrics.

Last year, researchers reported that the prevalence of pediatric obesity increased to 21% in the United States between 2011 and 2020.

Mergers and acquisitions have come to private practice medicine during the last 5 years — and in a big way. It would be difficult to find a physician of any specialty in any U.S. location who is not aware of this trend.

SAN DIEGO — The recent approvals of belimumab, golimumab, tofacitinib, secukinumab and ustekinumab in children with rheumatic diseases, all within the past 4 years, have changed the landscape in pediatric rheumatology, noted a speaker here.

Annual pediatric hospitalizations decreased substantially in the United States during a recent 10-year span, with the largest decreases seen at rural and urban nonteaching hospitals, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.