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ACS: General Surgery Residents Often Experience Mistreatment
Women have higher rates of mistreatment measures; mistreatment linked to burnout, suicidal thoughts
AAP: Info Sparse for Nonnutritive Sweetener Use in Children
NNSs may promote small amounts of weight loss, but isolated use unlikely to lead to substantial weight loss
AAP: Greater Access to Bariatric, Metabolic Surgery Urged for Youth
Metabolic and bariatric surgery safe for youth with severe obesity; barriers to surgery should be reduced
CHEST: Admissions, Deaths for COPD Vary by Season
Longer length of stay, higher hospital charges seen in January, February, March
AAP: Antihistamine Use for Anaphylaxis May Delay Care Seeking
Odds of delay seeking medical care up with administration of antihistamines to child with anaphylaxis
AAP: Most Moms Unconcerned With Informal Milk Sharing
78.2 percent of mothers using informal milk sharing do not medically screen donors
AAP: Less Than Half of U.S. Children Get Sufficient Sleep
Sufficient sleep linked to increased odds of combined flourishing measure, individual measures
CHEST: Blood Transfusion Practices Should Be Revisited
Study looks at transfusion practices of intensive care providers in a typical tertiary hospital
CHEST: Flu Shots Benefit Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia
Study shows that in-hospital influenza vaccination may lower costs, risk for readmission or death
ASA: Opioid-Free Pediatric Tonsillectomy Feasible
Majority of children opioid-free intraoperatively do not need opioids postoperatively
