Pediatrics
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Intervention improves antibiotics use in UTIs
To promote judicious antibiotic use, researchers designed an intervention including the development of new local UTI guidelines and a live, case-...
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Antibiotic resistance rises among pneumococcus strains in kids
Evolution is at work in the emergence of vaccine-resistance serotypes not included in the PCV-13 vaccine.
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Children bearing the brunt of declining flu activity
CDC invokes the 2009 pandemic when referring to the latest data on pediatric deaths and hospitalizations.
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Drop in flu activity suggests season may have peaked
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Critical care admissions up for pediatric opioid poisonings
ORLANDO – Attempted suicide has represented an increasingly large proportion of these severe poisonings.
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Infection with 2019 novel coronavirus extends to infants
Nine infants with at least one infected family member have tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus.
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Flu increases activity but not its severity
A very red map now has 41 states at the highest level of influenza activity.
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Newborn transfer may not reflect true rate of complications
Stratifying by hospital’s level of neonatal care should be considered.
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Flu activity increases for third straight week
One important indicator – outpatient visits – is headed into uncharted territory.
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Don’t forget about the flu: 2019-2020 season is not over
Activity levels continue to rise after a 2-week drop at the beginning of the year.