Resuscitation of extremely premature infants with room air may increase mortality
1. In an underpowered study, infants less than 28 weeks were more than 3 times more likely to die if...
Announcements improve HPV vaccination over conversations
1. Physicians who used an announcement technique when introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination had a higher rate of vaccination coverage...
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends standards for adverse event disclosures
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement on disclosure of adverse events recommends the formulation of institutional policies...
Few older adolescents meet recommended levels of physical activity
1. Less than 9% of adolescents studied performed an hour or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) daily....
Reporting of maltreatment for prenatal exposure similar among racial groups
1. Black and Hispanic infants prenatally exposed to substances were not reported to child protection authorities at higher rates than...
Risk of febrile seizure minimal after influenza vaccination
1. Administration of inactivated influenza vaccination alone was not associated with an increased risk of febrile seizures. 2. Concomitant administration...
New guidelines define brief resolved unexplained events
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a clinical practice guideline on brief resolved unexplained events (BRUEs, formerly...
Parent mentors are effective at insuring uninsured children
1. The use of parent mentors resulted in a significant increase in the number of uninsured children obtaining insurance...
American Academy of Pediatrics calls for action on poverty
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement on poverty and child health addresses the impact on children, methods...
Variability in out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest outcomes
1. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OH-CA) is associated with below-average neurobehavioral outcomes with large variability in the severity of deficiencies 2....