Retrospective study finds age-related pathogen differences in pediatric necrotizing pneumonia
A Child's Age May Predict the Cause of Severe Pneumonia
A retrospective cohort study of 54 children with necrotizing pneumonia found significant age-related differences in pathogen distribution.
Knowing that younger kids tend to get bacterial infections while older kids more often get a different type can help doctors make smarter, f…
Pubertal Development Scale shows strong psychometrics and national norms in U.S. children and youth
New Norms Help Doctors Spot Puberty Issues Faster
This cross-sectional survey assessed the Pubertal Development Scale (PDS) in nationally representative U.S.
This new scoring guide helps doctors spot early or delayed puberty in children much more reliably than before.
Brain age gap shows neurodevelopmental delays in preterm neonates and worsens after CHD surgery
Brain Age Gap Reveals Hidden Delays in Preemies and Heart Defects
An observational study of 1056 MRI scans from preterm neonates (n=90) and neonates with congenital heart disease (CHD, n=160) found a progre…
Babies born too early or with heart defects show hidden brain delays that standard scans miss, revealing a silent lag in their development.
Food insecurity associated with poorer health status in children with congenital heart disease
Hungry Kids, Sick Hearts: How Food Shortages Hurt Children with Heart Defects
A cross-sectional analysis of 53,477 U.S.
When a child with a heart defect goes hungry, their overall health takes a serious hit.
Digital SMS intervention increases COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Hispanic children by 13 percentage points
Text messages may help increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Hispanic families with young children
A community-based RCT of 254 Hispanic families with unvaccinated children found a fully automated, culturally tailored SMS intervention incr…
Weekly text messages boosted COVID-19 vaccine uptake by 13.3 points and trust by 14.3 points among Hispanic families with young children.
ABA-feed peer support did not improve breastfeeding rates versus usual care in UK nulliparous women
New UK study finds extra peer support did not increase breastfeeding rates at eight weeks
This randomised controlled trial enrolled 2475 nulliparous women in the UK between 20 and 35 weeks of gestation.
A new UK trial found that extra peer support did not increase breastfeeding rates at eight weeks compared to usual care.
VR pediatric emergency training improves teamwork and ABCDE adherence in pilot trial with healthcare dyads
VR pediatric emergency training improved teamwork in a small pilot study
A randomized controlled pilot trial of 24 healthcare professionals found immersive VR-based pediatric emergency training improved teamwork a…
Immersive virtual reality training significantly improved teamwork and emergency care steps for healthcare professionals in a new pilot stud…
DISEDS improves polysomnographic outcomes in pediatric OSA, with greater effect in Trisomy 21
Surgery guided by sleep endoscopy improves breathing measures in children with sleep apnea
A meta-analysis of 41 observational studies in 3,404 pediatric OSA patients found DISE-directed surgery was associated with significant impr…
Surgery guided by sleep endoscopy improved breathing scores for over 3,400 children with sleep apnea, with even greater gains for those with…
Pilot study examines salivary adiponectin receptor expression in opioid-exposed neonates
How does a mother's opioid use affect her baby's growth signals?
This observational pilot cohort compared salivary adiponectin receptor 1 expression and growth measurements in neonates born at ≥34 weeks' g…
Doctors are investigating how a mother's opioid use during pregnancy might change a newborn's growth signals and body fat levels.
Neonatal EHR data from first 90 days shows limited prediction of neuropsychiatric diagnoses by age seven
Can a baby's first 90 days of medical data predict future brain health?
A retrospective cohort study of 17,655 neonates requiring intensive care found that a STraTS model using longitudinal neonatal EHR data achi…
A computer model analyzed early medical records to find five specific factors that signal higher risk for future autism or ADHD diagnoses by…
Delayed consultation and sickle cell disease associated with poor outcomes in pediatric osteomyelitis in Cameroon
Study in Cameroon finds delayed care linked to worse bone infection outcomes in children
A retrospective cross-sectional study of children with hematogenous osteomyelitis at five referral hospitals in Douala, Cameroon, found dela…
Children in Cameroon who waited over three months for care faced much higher risks of chronic infections, lasting problems, and long antibio…
Normal saline preservation solution increases serum sodium and blood pressure versus half saline in critically ill pediatric patients
Study in critically ill children compares two IV fluid types for sodium and blood pressure effects
A double-blind RCT of 88 critically ill pediatric patients in a PICU compared normal saline (0.9% sodium chloride) to half saline (0.45% sod…
Normal saline raises sodium and blood pressure more than half saline in critically ill children, guiding safer fluid choices for recovery.