Articles Tagged With: children
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RSV Bronchiolitis Has Persisting Consequences for Some Children
Young children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection are at increased risk of subsequent hospitalization during the following year and of increased need for outpatient healthcare.
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Pediatric Exposures to Toxic Substances in the Home
A high percentage of calls to poison centers each year are for exposures in children younger than the age of 6 years. Many of these calls are prompted by exposures to substances commonly found in the home and can lead to significant morbidity and mortality even when the result of a small, exploratory exposure. An index of suspicion and a knowledge of toxidromes is critical to make an accurate diagnosis in cases of pediatric toxic exposures. Consultation with a medical toxicologist or poison control center is recommended for all suspected toxic ingestions, both for management recommendations and for reporting purposes.
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Promote Safety Helmet Use Among Children
The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages precautionary measures to prevent sports-related head injuries.
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Vaccinate Children Against MIS-C, a Serious Post-COVID Syndrome
COVID-19 vaccination can greatly reduce multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a rare but serious complication associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, researchers are finding.
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Adeno-Associated Virus 2 May Be the Cause of Unexplained Hepatitis in Children
With next-generation sequencing and real-time polymerase chain reaction, researchers detected adeno-associated virus 2 in the plasma of 9/9 patients and in the liver of 4/4 patients but not in healthy controls, children with adenovirus infection and normal liver function, or children admitted to the hospital with hepatitis of another etiology.
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Text Messages Boosted Pediatric Flu Vaccination Rates
Personalized, interactive, educational reminders led parents to bring children for the second shot faster and at a higher rate.
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Clinician: Vaccinate Children to Prevent Long COVID
With public health officials recently recommending vaccinating children as young as 6 months of age for COVID-19, a clinician voiced a passionate plea to immunize this vulnerable population to prevent severe outcomes and death.
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Molecular Test Panel Use for Children with Possible Meningitis
In children thought to have meningitis, the use of a molecular test pathogen panel reduced the time to optimal antimicrobial use and reduced the duration of intravenous antibiotic use. However, there was no difference in the time to effective antimicrobial administration or the length of hospital stay between those with treatable pathogens who were and were not evaluated using molecular testing.
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International Outbreak of Acute Hepatitis in Children — Putative Role of Adenovirus 41
Cases of acute hepatitis in children, tentatively ascribed to adenovirus 41 infection, while first reported from a single hospital in Alabama, are being seen internationally.
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Unexplained Pediatric Hepatitis Cases Detected Globally
As of May 5, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was investigating 109 children with hepatitis of unknown origin across 25 states and territories. More than half of them have tested positive for adenovirus.