Pediatrics News

A program using cognitive behavioral and mindfulness meditation techniques demonstrated early potential to ease fatigue, depression and pain symptoms in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus, according to researchers.

There is no gold standard outcome to guide care for unrecognized clinical deterioration outside the ICU among hospitalized children despite the high risk for morbidity and mortality these patients face, experts noted recently in Pediatrics.

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.

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.

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.

The CDC on Tuesday recommended the updated monovalent COVID-19 vaccines for people aged older than 6 months.

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.

ED pediatric readiness was associated with decreased mortality among children with both acute medical emergencies and traumatic injuries, a study published in JAMA Network Open showed.

Living in a racially segregated neighborhood is associated with higher levels of lead exposure among Black children, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.