Category: PEDIATRIC

Virtual family-centered rounds help parents support their child’s care

UC Davis neonatologist Kristin Hoffman at a patient’s bedside. Credit: Telemedicine and e-Health (2024). DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2024.0176 In a new study, researchers at UC Davis Children’s Hospital have shown that virtual

Impact of disasters on children should be emphasized to improve responses, care

Scenes of Hurricane Helene’s devastation across the Southeast underscore the need to formalize response, research and care efforts. Credit: Tennessee National Guard Jeffrey Upperman, MD, surgeon-in-chief at Monroe Carell Jr.

Emphasizing children’s bodily integrity is key to protecting them against genital cutting, modification practices

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Emphasizing children’s rights over their own bodies should play a key role in protecting them against genital cutting and modification, a new study says. The research

Study finds toddlers get nearly half their calories from ultra-processed foods

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Toddlers in the UK obtain nearly half (47%) of their calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), and this rises to 59% by the age of seven,

Kids missed out on learning to swim during pandemic, widening racial and ethnic disparities

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Nearly three out of four kids in Chicago had no swimming lessons in the summer of 2022, with significant racial and ethnic differences, according to a

EMERGE study to explore language trajectories of low-income, ethnically diverse children with autism

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Spoken language is predictive of many positive life outcomes, such as employment, social interaction, play skills and more. But researchers still don’t know why some children

Inequities in substance testing at pediatric trauma centers revealed

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Injured adolescents from marginalized groups treated at pediatric trauma centers are more likely to be tested for drugs and alcohol than white adolescents, even when accounting

Global study finds most children don’t meet guidelines

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Appropriate levels of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep (collectively termed movement behaviors) are essential for the healthy growth and development of preschool-aged children. This was

Children’s emergency department visits for heat-related illnesses increased 170% over past decade

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The number of children who sought treatment at emergency departments for heat-related illnesses increased by 170% from 2012–2023 at two large children’s hospitals, according to research

Naloxone successful in over half of uses in reversing signs of opioid overdose in the prehospital setting

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The opioid epidemic is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, and it is increasingly impacting children and teenagers. Naloxone can reverse