Pediatrics
Clinical
PHM virtual conference promises practical pearls, plus Dr. Fauci
A “full spectrum” of offerings at the upcoming Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2021 virtual conference.
News
Children and COVID: New vaccinations increase as cases continue to climb
Vaccine initiations among children aged 12-15 years had declined in 6 of the previous 7 weeks.
Opinion
The febrile infant: New AAP guidance for the first 2 months of life
The recommendations were derived from interpretations of sequential studies in young, febrile, but well-appearing infants.
News
Long-term outcome data suggest optimism for MIS-C patients
Most inflammatory and cardiac manifestations of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children resolved by 9 months.
News
Children and COVID: New vaccinations drop as the case count rises
About a quarter of all 12- to 15-year-olds and 37% of 16- and 17-year-olds have been fully vaccinated.
Career
Preparing pediatric hospital medicine fellows for leadership
PHM fellows do not feel that they receive as much management training as they need to start their careers.
News
U.S., international MIS-C studies yield disparate results
The two real-world observational studies were published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.
News
More obese, diabetic, chronically ill kids hospitalized with COVID-19
Children with diabetes, obesity, and cardiac and circulatory congenital anomalies were more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and to be...
News
As new cases fall, U.S. passes 4 million children with COVID-19
CDC data suggest that vaccination has already slowed among children aged 12-15 years.
News
U.S. News releases Best Children’s Hospitals list, with changes
“These rankings can provide an opportunity for some benchmarking, to see what other institutions are doing and how they’re able to deliver care...