When rash and fever become an emergency

Are you able to differentiate between a benign rash and fever and a significantly more serious condition? Find out how to act quickly when faced with fever and rash emergencies.

INFANT SAFETY

Sitting devices endanger sleeping infants

Infants who sleep in sitting or carrying devices such as car seats, swings, slings, or bouncers run a risk of suffocation, warns a new study. What are the dangers?

HOSPITALIZATION

Cesarean delivery raises infants' risk of RSV hospitalization

Children born by acute or elective cesarean delivery are more likely than infants delivered vaginally to develop respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection requiring hospitalization, according to a national register-based study conducted in Denmark. Was there a difference between acute and elective cesareans?

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PODCAST

Progress on premature babies

In Contemporary Pediatrics' exclusive interview with Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, senior vice president, University of South Florida (USF) Health, and dean, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, we asked what steps physicians can take to impact the sobering statistic of 1 in 9 US infants still being born at 37 or fewer weeks' gestation. Hear what he believes were the factors that led to the improvement and what strategies he thinks can be implemented in those states still receiving poor or failing grades. » For more podcasts

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