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Mashup Score: 12AAP receives major grant to help eliminate race-based medicine - 11 month(s) ago
The project aims to address the flawed use of race in clinical algorithms, inform future clinical guidance from the AAP and provide a tested approach for other medical organizations.
Source: American Academy of PediatricsCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Elevated Blood Sugars: Neonatal Implications of Gestational Diabetes - 11 month(s) ago
A 23-year-old gravida 2, para 1-0-0-1 woman with a history notable for gestational diabetes presents to establish prenatal care at 12 weeks’ gestation. Early diabetes screening was performed with a 50-g oral glucose challenge demonstrating an abnormal glucose screen. She subsequently underwent a diagnostic 100-g oral glucose tolerance test and was diagnosed with gestational diabetes in the first…
Source: American Academy of PediatricsCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet-
#NeoReviews | Elevated Blood Sugars: Neonatal Implications of Gestational Diabetes: https://t.co/AKUVu9UWhQ https://t.co/zNwNhzHWfw
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Mashup Score: 0Corneal Abrasions - 11 month(s) ago
Ocular emergencies are common in children, representing 6% to 10% of all emergency department visits. Injuries range from mild to severe with corneal abrasions being the most common diagnosis.The cornea is the anteriormost layer of the eye. It functions to focus external light onto the retina, provide refractive power, and protect the eye’s inner structures. It is heavily innervated, so any…
Source: American Academy of PediatricsCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet-
#PediatricsInReview | Corneal Abrasions: https://t.co/Amb3JKcaAG https://t.co/K8dRl9ga8C
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Mashup Score: 0Obtundation and Respiratory Depression during Diabetic Ketoacidosis - 11 month(s) ago
An 11-year-old developmentally normal boy with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes presents to the emergency department with abdominal pain and vomiting. He was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes 7 months earlier when he presented to his pediatrician with 2 weeks of polydipsia, polyuria, blurry vision, and abdominal pain and was found to have a blood glucose level of 714 mg/dL (39.63 mmol/L) and a…
Source: American Academy of PediatricsCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet-
#PediatricsInReview | Obtundation and Respiratory Depression during Diabetic Ketoacidosis: https://t.co/NE8y3v03xk https://t.co/1yq8NJrM1S
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Mashup Score: 1
A new AAP clinical report provides suggestions for enhanced monitoring by pediatricians throughout early childhood when increased developmental risks are identified.
Source: American Academy of PediatricsCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet-
The @AmerAcadPeds has new guidance for pediatricians on monitoring preterm infants throughout early childhood when increased developmental risks are identified. https://t.co/NWRG0wgqLB
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Mashup Score: 0Newborn Twins Presenting with Seizures and Lethargy - 11 month(s) ago
A 13-day-old dichorionic-diamniotic twin boy (Twin A) presents to the emergency department (ED) at an outside hospital in September with decreased appetite, fussiness, and lethargy for 24 hours. He was born at 38 weeks’ gestation via vaginal delivery with no perinatal risk factors and good prenatal care. On arrival, he is febrile (temperature of 101.7°F [38.7°C]) and tachycardic (heart rate of…
Source: American Academy of PediatricsCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet-
#NeoReviews | Newborn Twins Presenting with Seizures and Lethargy: https://t.co/EqxZ10UCDg https://t.co/2PGqF5Svoj
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Mashup Score: 2
A CDC COVID-19 vaccine work group said it would support a single, potentially annual, COVID vaccine dose for children ages 2-4 years, while maintaining multiple doses for those under 2.
Source: American Academy of PediatricsCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet-
The CDC vaccine committee ACIP discussed 🔹 Simplifying COVID vaccines for ages 2-4 years 🔹 Safety of aluminum in vaccine 🔹 Pentavalent meningococcal vaccines https://t.co/RsfplzaCdq
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Mashup Score: 0Dental Caries: Early Intervention and the Role of the Pediatrician - 11 month(s) ago
Despite improvements in oral morbidity levels and access to care among the pediatric population, there are still major disparities in the United States. Results of national surveys have documented a decrease in the number of children receiving either a dental examination or a cleaning. This finding is particularly concerning for toddlers and infants, as early preventive dental visits and the…
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#PediatricsInReview | Dental Caries: Early Intervention and the Role of the Pediatrician: https://t.co/axitek0O7D https://t.co/vEFGK4yW8h
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Mashup Score: 1
The RSVpreF vaccine for pregnant women and monoclonal antibody nirsevimab for infants have the potential for federal approval in the coming months, but experts are continuing to grapple with unanswered questions and logistical hurdles.
Source: American Academy of PediatricsCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet-
Two products to protect infants from RSV have the potential for federal approval in the coming months. However, experts are continuing to grapple with unanswered questions and logistical hurdles. #ACIP https://t.co/BNfhugMUNB
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Mashup Score: 3CDC panel OKs PCV20 for children, changes to flu vaccine precautions for people with egg allergies - 11 month(s) ago
Pfizer’s PCV20 adds serotypes 8, 10A, 11A, 12F, 15B, which are not covered in PCV15.
Source: American Academy of PediatricsCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet-
Pediatricians soon may have a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) with broader coverage to protect children. CDC's vaccine committee, ACIP, voted in favor of PCV20 as well as changes to flu vaccine precautions for people with egg allergies. https://t.co/MuKCEkzzyS
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.@DorisDukeFdn awarded AAP a new grant to help eliminate race-based medicine. The grant will be led by Dr. Joseph Wright, AAP’s incoming chief health equity officer, and will focus on the creation of clinical guidelines to improve child health. Read more: https://t.co/PglqtOPsGQ