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Important research, guidelines, FDA announcements, and other clinical information relevant to the care of children and adolescents, placed into context by practicing physician experts.
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Communication Between Parents and Children About Inherited Genetic ConditionsFree
- November 26, 2008
- Judith G. Hall, OC, MD
Parents need more support to communicate developmentally appropriate information about genetic conditions to their children.
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- Eur J Hum Genet 2008 Oct
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Facial Palsy and Lyme Disease
- November 26, 2008
- Howard Bauchner, MD
Children who present with facial paralysis during Lyme disease season should be evaluated for Lyme disease.
- Reviewing:
- Pediatrics 2008 Nov
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Healthcare Utilization After NICU Discharge of Preterm Infants
- November 26, 2008
- William P. Kanto, Jr., MD
Degree of prematurity was the strongest risk factor for frequent pediatric visits and prescription use.
- Reviewing:
- J Perinatol 2008 Oct
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Acetaminophen: Rectal or Oral Administration?
- November 26, 2008
- Howard Bauchner, MD
The two treatments are equally effective for temperature reduction.
- Reviewing:
- Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2008 Nov
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Autism and Rain
- November 26, 2008
- Howard Bauchner, MD
Mean annual precipitation rates were positively and significantly associated with autism prevalence rates.
- Reviewing:
- Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2008 Nov
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Sex on Television and Risk for Pregnancy — Turn the Dial
- November 26, 2008
- Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP
Adolescents who reported frequent exposure to sexual content on television were more likely to become pregnant or to father a baby.
- Reviewing:
- Pediatrics 2008 Nov
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Voluntary Recall: Infants’ Mylicon Gas Relief Dye Free Nonstaining DropsFree
- November 19, 2008
- Robin Drucker, MD
The FDA states that risk for serious medical events is low.
- Reviewing:
- Fort Washington, PA: Johnson & Johnson · Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Company 2008 Nov 7
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Risk Factors for Cardiac and Metabolic Effects in Children Treated with Antipsychotics
- November 19, 2008
- Robin Drucker, MD
Treatment with multiple antipsychotic agents and concomitant use with other psychotropic agents increase risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular events in children.
- Reviewing:
- Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2008 Oct
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Long-Term Growth and Bone Mineralization in Preterm Children
- November 19, 2008
- William P. Kanto, Jr., MD
Low bone mineralization persists up to age 9 years in children who were born preterm with low birth weight.
- Reviewing:
- J Perinatol 2008 Sep
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Rice and Enterocolitis: Food for Thought
- November 19, 2008
- Peggy Sue Weintrub, MD
Even rice can elicit food protein-induced enterocolitis. CME
- Reviewing:
- Arch Dis Child 2008 Oct 28
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Another Form of Genomically Imprinted Mental Retardation
- November 19, 2008
- Judith G. Hall, OC, MD
Birk Barel mental retardation dysmorphism syndrome is maternally transmitted, and the father’s gene is epigenetically silenced.
- Reviewing:
- Am J Hum Genet 2008 Aug 8
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Editor's Picks from across Journal Watch
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Adolescent Insomnia and Depression, Now and Later
- November 3, 2008
- By Deborah Cowley, MD
- Psychiatry
Self-reported insomnia in adolescence is associated with higher rates of depression in early adulthood. CME
- Reviewing:
- Sleep 2008 Oct 1
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Bronchoscopy for Diagnosing TB in Children
- September 17, 2008
- By Robert S. Baltimore, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Flexible bronchoscopy was valuable in diagnosing endobronchial TB in children and in discovering reasons for inadequate treatment response.
- Reviewing:
- Pediatr Infect Dis J 2008 Sep
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Prolonged Shedding of Norwalk Virus in Feces
- October 8, 2008
- By Mary E. Wilson, MD
- Infectious Diseases
After humans were experimentally infected with Norwalk virus, virus could be detected in feces for up to 8 weeks.
- Reviewing:
- Emerg Infect Dis 2008 Oct
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Do Fish and Birds Reduce Eczema in Infants?
- October 17, 2008
- By Mary Wu Chang, MD
- Dermatology
Pet birds and an early piscean diet were reported in homes with less itch.
- Reviewing:
- Arch Dis Child 2008 Sep 25
Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine summarizes important medical journal articles about a wide variety of subjects relevant to the medical care of children and adolescents including ADHD, autism, depression, eating disorders, genetic disease, obesity, otitis media, sexually transmitted diseases, SIDS, and vaccination.
