American Academy of Pediatrics
Boston • October 15 - 18, 2011
Urinary Stones in Kids on the Rise
BOSTON -- The frequency of pediatric urolithiasis more than doubled over an 8-year period at a large children’s hospital and the pediatric urologists have yet to find a reason for the increase.
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Gun Injuries in Kids Up Sharply
Firearm-related injuries to patients younger than 19 accounted for an estimated 186,000 emergency department (ED) visits over the period from 1999 to 2007, investigators reported here.
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New SIDS Guideline Says No to Bumper Pads
BOSTON -- Breastfeeding and immunization protect babies against sudden infant death syndrome but bumper pads don’t, according to updated guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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’Screen-Free’ Environment Best for Toddlers
BOSTON -- Babies and toddlers should learn and get their entertainment from play, not from TV screens, computer displays, or video games, according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Need to Re-Do Circumcision Rises, Reasons Unclear
BOSTON -- An unexplained increase in revision circumcisions has pediatric urologists wondering whether the finding is real and, if so, what caused it.
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SIDS Messages Miss the Mark for Some Parents
BOSTON -- A majority of sudden infant deaths involved unsafe sleeping conditions, suggesting that key messages in sleeping awareness campaigns fail to reach some parents, investigators reported here.
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Big Jump in Knee Injuries in Kids
BOSTON -- The incidence of knee injuries in children and adolescents has increased dramatically in recent years, according to one large, single-center’s clinical experience.
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Guideline Calls for Pre-K ADHD Evaluation
BOSTON -- Primary care physicians should begin evaluating children for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at age 4 and continue through age 18, according to new clinical guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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One Course of Spinosad Exterminates Lice, Nits
BOSTON -- Head lice and nits cleared from the hair of 90% of patients following a single application of a soil bacteria-based topical agent, results of a randomized study showed.
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Low Back Pain in Kids Rarely Serious
BOSTON -- Low back pain in adolescents warrants a minimalist approach to tests and imaging, analysis of a large clinical series suggested.
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More Kids Going to ED for Psych Care
BOSTON -- More than half of all hospital psychiatry visits by underinsured pediatric patients came in through the emergency department, investigators reported here.
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CPR Yields Low in Hospitalized Kids With CVD
BOSTON -- Children with heart disease were 10 times more likely to need CPR while hospitalized and were significantly less likely to survive it than other hospitalized children, an analysis of a large national database showed.
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Melding of Specialist, Generalist Care
BOSTON -- Updates of key clinical guidelines highlight the program for the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, which begins here on Friday and continues through Oct. 18.
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