Pediatrics News

Installation of a stethoscope disinfection device improved hand hygiene compliance among health care workers at an urgent care clinic and ED, researchers reported.

There is insignificant evidence to support recommendations that children with autism will benefit from intensive interventions, according to the results of a meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Concussions sustained by 5- to 12-year-old patients are more likely to be the result of recreational play than sports, according to a study published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Like many sports, such as soccer and basketball, financial independence requires simultaneous offense and defense. One of the most important defensive plays a physician must make is buying disability insurance.

More than one-quarter of sexually active adolescents who accessed care in EDs reported not using contraception, raising their risk for pregnancy, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

As health care workers, we have daily encounters with sick patients who could potentially have a contagious illness. Measles is a particular challenge in the health care setting.

Rather than telling a patient they should get a vaccine, the CDC’s shared clinical decision-making recommendations advise patients to speak to providers about certain vaccines and decide on an individual basis if they should receive them. 

A new policy statement from the AAP provides guidance on how to help youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities transition to adult care.

Doxycycline was safe and may be effective as adjunctive therapy to antiseizure medication in young people with nodding syndrome, according to research from Lancet Global Health.

Children with obstructive sleep apnea treated with adenotonsillectomy/positive airway pressure faced reduced odds for mental health care visits vs. before treatment, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.