Pediatrics News

ORLANDO — In this video, Cora Collette Breuner, MD, MPH, FAAP, discusses her presentation at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition on the safety and efficacy of herbs and supplements taken by children and adolescents.

ORLANDO — It started with a letter.

A multidisciplinary quality improvement program to prevent cardiac arrest in the pediatric ICU provided sustained improvement in participating centers out to 2 years, researchers reported.

ORLANDO — In an updated policy statement, the AAP recommended that pediatricians encourage parents and caregivers to read with children beginning at birth.

The number of children who visited the ED for heat-related illnesses significantly rose from 2012 to 2023, according to research presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

Superabsorbent polymer beads that are often used as toys or decorations can cause bowel obstructions in young children, which may require surgery, according to research presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

There are significant socioeconomic and racial disparities in the treatment of children with unintentional ingestions in the emergency department, according to research presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

Videos about “chroming” — or inhaling fumes from common household items — are gaining popularity online, especially among minors, according to research presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

Congenital heart disease-related deaths from 2005 to 2019 were more prevalent among Black vs. white infants, a gap that persisted year after year, a speaker reported at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition.

A previously healthy, 14-year-old girl is admitted to the hospital after complaints of painful swelling of her lower lip, with periodic spotty, blood-tinged drainage from several discrete areas with overlying dark scabs.