Pediatrics
Home Pediatrics
National Hand Hygiene Initiative Successful in Australia
Overall hand hygiene compliance increased from 2009 to 2017; associated drop seen in HA-SAB incidence
Increased Screen Time in Preschool Tied to Worse Inattention
Odds increased for reporting clinically significant externalizing problems, inattention problems
Sensory Sensitivity Tied to Constipation in Young Children
Feeding problems due to sensory sensitivities common in children with constipation
Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation
Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills
Perinatal Complications Tied to Childhood Social Anxiety
Perinatal birth complications associated with childhood social anxiety symptoms and behavioral inhibition
Late-Pregnancy US Could Prevent Undiagnosed Breech Presentation
Universal ultrasound at 36 weeks in nulliparous women would ID thousands of undetected cases
Parenteral Antimicrobial Tx at Home Burdens Children’s Caregivers
Compared with those who receive oral therapy, caregivers miss more work, have lower QoL scores
Hand Hygiene Compliance Poor in Task Transitions
Hand hygiene compliance was 50.8 percent when health care workers moved from dirtier to cleaner tasks
Microbial Features ID’d for Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Microbial and metabolic features can differentiate preadolescent children with IBS from controls
Abnormal Romberg Test Predicts Prolonged Concussion in Children
Abnormal performance independently associated with longer duration of symptoms for children
