Bariatric Surgery May Improve Outcomes of Later Pregnancy
Risk up for SGA and bleeding, but down for several other adverse perinatal outcomes with bariatric surgery for severe obesity before pregnancy
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Many Parents Do Not Plan to Vaccinate Youngest Child for COVID-19
49.4 percent of parents surveyed in one study and 61.9 percent in second study intend to vaccinate youngest
White House Outlines Effort to Vaccinate Young as Schools Start to Reopen
Push will include enlisting pediatricians to make COVID-19 vaccination part of back-to-school sports physicals
All Health Care, Long-Term Care Workers in California Must Get COVID-19 Shots
Order issued as the most populous state in the country struggles to slow infections caused by the highly contagious delta variant
Antibody Combo Prevents Infection From SARS-CoV-2 Exposure
Single dose of REGEN-COV reduces symptomatic, asymptomatic infection risk in household contacts of infected persons for 28-day period
Small Proportion of Children With SARS-CoV-2 Have Prolonged Illness
4.4 percent of children had illness duration of at least 28 days; fatigue, headache, anosmia most common symptoms during first four weeks
Postop Pneumonia Risk Up With Pediatric Neurologic Comorbidity
Almost twofold higher risk seen with presence of preoperative neurologic comorbidity; length of stay also up with neurologic comorbidity
Higher Gestational Age Tied to Better Education Outcomes
Findings reported for children at age 9 years, even among those born at early versus late term
Full Approval of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Could Come in September
FDA said in a statement that its leaders recognized that full approval might counter vaccine hesitancy
