Clinical
Perspectives
The importance of community pediatric hospital medicine
A pediatric hospitalist in a community hospital allows children to obtain high-quality, evidence-based care within their home communities.
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Anaphylaxis cases after COVID-19 vaccine rising but still rare: CDC
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Children’s hospitals grapple with wave of mental illness
The proportion of children who arrived in EDs with mental health issues increased 24% from mid-March through mid-October,
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Study confirms key COVID-19 risk factors in children
Maskless family, social, and athletic event gatherings continue to pose the greatest risk of exposure to children.
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IDSA panel updates guidelines on COVID molecular diagnostic tests
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Early use of high-titer plasma may prevent severe COVID-19
Administering convalescent plasma that has high levels of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 within the first 3 days of symptoms was associated with...
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No increase seen in children’s cumulative COVID-19 burden
New cases were down for the last week of 2020, American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association report.
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FDA warns about risk for false negatives from Curative COVID test
A negative result from the Curative PCR test “does not rule out COVID-19 and should not be used as the sole basis for treatment or patient...
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Social isolation at the time of social distancing
Social distancing in the hospital contributes to the development of isolation, loneliness, and fear.
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Microvascular injury of brain, olfactory bulb seen in COVID-19
Vascular pathology and perivascular infiltrates found on postmortem MRI scans may be informative when interpreting brain changes on MRI scan in...