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HIV-infected and HIV-exposed but uninfected children have lower cognitive and motor scores than HIV-unexposed and uninfected children

Review: Lower Cognitive Scores for HIV+, HIV-Exposed Children

Lower scores for HIV+, HIV-exposed uninfected children versus HIV-unexposed and uninfected
The provision of adequate nutrients and healthy eating during a child's first 1

Nutrients in Child’s First 1,000 Days Key for Neurodevelopment

Nutrition in prenatal period and first two years of life affects prenatal nutrient delivery, child development
For febrile infants

Human Rhinovirus Commonly Detected in Febrile Infants

HRV presence does not alter risk of UTI; 29 to 90 day olds with HRV less likely to have bacterial infection
Weaning to an extensively hydrolyzed casein formula is not associated with reduced incidence of type 1 diabetes among at-risk infants

No Reduced Risk of T1DM With Hydrolyzed Casein Infant Formula

No reduction in cumulative incidence of type 1 diabetes in infants at risk after 11.5-year follow-up
The infant mortality rate varied by state

2013 to 2015 Infant Mortality Rate Varied by State and Race

Rates varied by race and Hispanic origin of mother; highest rates in infants of non-Hispanic black women
Implementation of state newborn screening policies for critical congenital heart disease is associated with a decrease in infant cardiac deaths

State Newborn Screening Policies Cut Infant Cardiac Deaths

Significant drop in infant cardiac deaths between 2007 and 2013 in states with mandatory screening
For infants with bronchiolitis

Practice Variation in Treatment for Bronchiolitis in Infants

Variation in evidence-based supportive therapies by site, ranging from 6 to 99 percent
Implementation of a guideline can reduce nonindicated use of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists among newborns

Guidelines Can Cut Nonindicated Acid-Suppressing Rx in Infants

Decrease in nonindicated prescription of PPIs/H2RAs in young infants from mean of 7.5 to zero per month
From 2005 to 2015 there was a decrease in the proportion of infants aged ≤60 days with a urinary tract infection who received four or more days of intravenous antibiotics

Drop in Proportion of Neonates With Long IV Therapy for UTI

Decrease from 50 percent in 2005 to 19 percent in 2015; not linked to increase in hospital readmissions
Hypothermia treatment initiated at six to 24 hours after birth for newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy may reduce death or disability

Hypothermia May Help Newborns With Encephalopathy

Appears to reduce death, disability in infants with encephalopathy, but effectiveness uncertain