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Happy New Year The staff of Contemporary Pediatrics extends to you warm wishes for health and happiness in the new year. We thank you for your interest in our publication and look forward to providing you with informative, timely news in 2012. |
NEW RESEARCH
Testing for streptococcal infections in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remains controversial. There is some evidence that Streptococcus is linked to the sudden onset of OCD symptoms and that antibiotics appear to resolve the neurologic problems associated with OCD, but experts are divided about when to test children with sudden OCD for strep and whether to treat them with antibiotics and for how long. New investigations now are underway. » More
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Treating obesity may be essential to reducing adolescents’ risk of developing hypertension, according to a new study that found that obesity dramatically increased high school students’ odds for hypertension, adding yet more evidence that body mass index in youth is associated with hypertension in adulthood.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT . . . The top 5 most viewed articles from Contemporary Pediatrics for 2011
As a year-end wrap-up, we thought you’d be interested in the top 5 articles readers viewed from all the content on the Contemporary Pediatrics Web site in 2011. It’s interesting that all the articles were items from our eConsult, which tells us that we are delivering news on topics you want and find useful. If you missed them the first time, here they are again. Let us know if you would like to see more articles on these topics, or suggest other topics that are of particular interest to you. |
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Imagine if there was a quick and easy way to prove to parents that their child’s illness was viral, not bacterial, and that an antibiotic was not necessary. According to a recent report, scientists have developed and tested a rapid and accurate test to tell the difference between bacterial and viral infections. » More |
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Children vaccinated against whooping cough may not retain protection as long as was previously believed, even after receiving appropriate boosters. Researchers concluded that acellular boosters appear to lose effectiveness after 3 years, leaving children with up to a 5-year gap in protection. They suggest that vaccine guidelines and pertussis control measures need to be reevaluated. » More |
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For the last 20 years, lipid screening has been recommended only for children with a family history of heart disease or high cholesterol. The AAP has endorsed new government-issued guidelines that suggest that the older protocol misses too many children and instead advocate universal screening. » More |
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Updated practice guidelines released by the AAP say that clinical evaluation of simple febrile seizure in infants and young children aged 6 months to 5 years should focus on identifying the source of the child’s fever. » More |
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Influenza is now 1 of the top 10 reasons for hospitalization of children younger than 17 years. Vaccination is increasingly critical, because children younger than 5 years make up about half of the total hospitalizations for influenza. Both live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) nasal spray and trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) shots protect children aged 6 months to 3 years and produce similar levels of antibodies, but a recent study found that only the nasal spray induces production of 3 T-cell subtypes that may confer additional immunity. » More |
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