Red State Loses Key Cardiologist; Semaglutide Reduces CVD Risk; Pregnancy OK in HCM
(MedPage Today) -- The director of the only pediatric heart transplant program in Louisiana, a married gay man, says he is relocating to New York for a better LGBTQ+ environment. (Advocate) Once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy) reduced major...
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 8, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic Minute: Childhood vaccines - moving the needle up
Childhood immunization rates around the globe are beginning to recover from the dramatic drop in routine childhood vaccination during the COVID-19 era, according to a report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Childhood vaccines protect kids from serious diseases and complications. While that's good news, the numbers still remain lower than pre-pandemic levels. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse,  a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center, says the lower rates of childhood vaccines leave many kids susceptible…
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 8, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Early Puberty Soared During the Pandemic, and Scientists Don ’ t Know Why
Italy noticed it first. It was the first country to lock down during the COVID-19 pandemic, and later in 2020, researchers at Florence’s Anna Meyer Children’s University Hospital were the first to point out a puzzling trend: More young girls than ever had been showing up to the hospital with clear signs of early-onset puberty.  The cases weren’t unique, but their frequency was. Since early-onset—or “precocious”—puberty first gained widespread clinical attention in the 1990s, it’s become steadily more common worldwide. Defined as the appearance of secondary sex charact...
Source: TIME: Health - August 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Cincinnati Children ’s Hospital acquires Pediatric Associates of Cincinnati to expand primary care reach
Cincinnati Children ’s Hospital is once again expanding its primary care reach in the region by way of acquisition, this time scooping up a 77-year-old pediatric practice in Blue Ash.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Liz Engel Source Type: news

A national comparison of volume and acuity for adult and pediatric trauma: a trauma quality improvement program cohort study - Thornton SW, Leraas HJ, Horne E, Cerullo M, Chang D, Greenwald E, Agarwal S, Haines KL, Tracy ET.
INTRODUCTION: Most injured children receive trauma care outside of a pediatric trauma center. Differences in physiology, dosing, and injury pattern limit extrapolation of adult trauma principles to pediatrics. We compare US trauma center experience with pe...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Comparison of helicopter and ground transportation in pediatric trauma patients - Ciaraglia A, Lumbard D, Murala A, Moreira A, Rajasekaran K, Nicholson S, Moreira A.
The objective of this study was to determine if transport mode had an impact on in-...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Pediatric proximal tibial fractures: how does the trauma mechanism guide the operative strategy? - Tseng HP, Hoekstra H.
PURPOSE: Pediatric proximal tibial fractures (PTF) are rare but potentially debilitating. So far, no system for guiding surgical treatment based on injury-force mechanism has been documented, while adult tibial plateau fractures have benefited greatly from...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Safe pediatric ground ambulance transport: a systematic review - Stoklosa AR, Zafron ML, Bass KD, Lillvis D.
BACKGROUND: Ambulance crashes that result in child injury or death are preventable with the use of proper restraints. This systematic review assesses aspects relevant to the proper use of pediatric restraints: EMS professionals' resources and training, kno...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Is this a Harlequin Skin Change?
Discussion Harlequins are comic characters originally from the Italian Commedia dell’arte who wore characteristic masks and brightly colored, well-demarcated (outlined) costumes. The comic’s or clown’s costumes vary and many are depicted with diamond shaped patterns. Colors can be predominantly bi-colored or multi-colored. Some costumes will divide the body in half or quarters with each section in a contrasting color or pattern. Pablo Picasso famously painted and sculpted harlequin performers many times in various costumes. Some examples can be seen here. There are at least 3 entities in medicine which us...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 7, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Leading U.S. Pediatricians ' Group Reaffirms Support for Gender-Related Care for Minors
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 -- A leading U.S. pediatric organization has reaffirmed its support for gender-related treatments in minors, but also plans a systematic review of the medical research. The move by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Thrombectomy Improves Outcomes in Pediatric Stroke Thrombectomy Improves Outcomes in Pediatric Stroke
Compared to medical management alone, mechanical removal of blood clots showed improved clinical outcomes in a pediatric case-control study.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - August 4, 2023 Category: Neurology Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news

Is the U.S. headed for another ' tripledemic ' this fall? As COVID cases and hospitalizations rise, experts warn it could happen again
Late last year, a so-called “tripledemic” of COVID, flu, and RSV overwhelmed hospitals—especially pediatric ones—in the U.S. and abroad. The same pattern could play out again this year, experts warn. Just when and how high levels of each virus will spike remains to be seen. But “the addition of…#rsv #tomcotter #fortune #southernhemisphere #northernhemisphere #douglaher #biobotanalytics #cdc #xbb #ryangregory
Source: Reuters: Health - August 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Leading U.S. Pediatricians ' Group Reaffirms Support for Gender-Related Care for Minors
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 -- A leading U.S. pediatric organization has reaffirmed its support for gender-related treatments in minors, but also plans a systematic review of the medical research. The move by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Factors affecting length and complexity of hospital stay in pediatric dog bite patients - Alessio-Bilowus D, Kumar N, Donoghue L, Ridelman E, Shanti C.
BACKGROUND: Dog bite injuries are a source of significant morbidity and expense in the USA, and rates of hospitalization have been rising. Children are at increased risk of dog bites compared with adults, yet there is a lack of published material on factor...
Source: SafetyLit - August 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Upstate Golisano Children ’s Hospital video game specialist is part of care team for kids
Brad Taylor brightens the days of pediatric patients with his video game prowess.
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - August 3, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news

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