- Home>
- Specialties>
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Journal Watch condenses summaries of key research across specialties from more than 250 medical journals into concise yet comprehensive articles, incorporating clinical commentary from prominent physician-editors in the field.
Sign up now for free weekly e-mail alerts featuring the full text of one article and links to new articles on the most clinically relevant news, new guidelines, and research from the pediatrics journal literature.
Featured Article
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Tinnitus Is Common in Children With and Without Hearing ImpairmentFree
- January 25, 2012
- F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
Forty percent of children with normal hearing reported some form of tinnitus.
- Reviewing:
- Juul J et al. Arch Dis Child 2012 Jan; 97:28
Recent Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Articles
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Pure-Tone Threshold Testing Detects Hearing Loss More Often Than School-Based "Rapid" Screens
- January 25, 2012
- Cornelius W. Van Niel, MD
School-based hearing screening often does not detect noise-induced hearing loss.
- Reviewing:
- Sekhar DL et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2011 Dec; 165:1094
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Can Cause Frequent School Absence
- January 25, 2012
- F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
Nearly 1% of students at three U.K. schools missed 
20% of school and were diagnosed with CFS/ME.
- Reviewing:
- Crawley EM et al. BMJ Open 2011 Dec 12; 1:e000252
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Lifestyle Intervention Can Be Effective in Obese Adolescents with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- January 25, 2012
- Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP
Obese girls with PCOS who lost weight also reduced cardiovascular risk.
- Reviewing:
- Lass N et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011 Nov; 96:3533
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Overall Prevalence of Childhood Obesity Is Stable
- January 25, 2012
- F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
But prevalence might be increasing in boys.
- Reviewing:
- Ogden CL et al. JAMA 2012 Jan 17
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Quality of Life in Adolescents with Lesbian Parents
- January 25, 2012
- Martin T. Stein, MD
Adolescents with lesbian parents reported similar quality of life as did adolescents with heterosexual parents.
- Reviewing:
- van Gelderen L et al. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2012 Jan; 33:17
MEDICAL NEWS
DSM-5 Set to Redefine Autism More NarrowlyFree
- January 20, 2012
- Physician's First Watch
A new definition of autism, apparently under review for the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, could exclude many now...
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Neonatal Screening for Lysosomal Storage DiseaseFree
- January 18, 2012
- F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
It's technically feasible, but the value is unclear.
- Reviewing:
- Mechtler TP et al. Lancet 2011 Nov 30
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Impact of Very Low Birth Weight on IQ and School Performance
- January 10, 2012
- Amy Gelfand, MD
- Neurology
Very low birth weight affected some neurocognitive abilities and need for remedial education, but not grade average or level of educational attainment in a case-control study.
- Reviewing:
- Pyhälä R et al. Neurology 2011 Dec 6; 77:2052
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Diabetes Risk Increased with Atypical Antipsychotics in ChildrenFree
- January 9, 2012
- Barbara Geller, MD
- Psychiatry
Children who take these drugs or antidepressants require rigorous monitoring for diabetes, especially during the first 6 months of therapy.
- Reviewing:
- Andrade SE et al. Pediatrics 2011 Dec; 128:1135
LETTER TO READERS
Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Turns 10Free
- January 4, 2012
- F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
Our mission remains unchanged: to provide clinicians with a timely clinically useful survey of the pediatric medical literature.
Browse our complete Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine archive >>
Editor's Picks from across Journal Watch
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Preventing Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease
- January 25, 2012
- By Mary E. Wilson, MD
- Infectious Diseases
In a phase IIB/III study conducted among adolescents in Chile, a multicomponent vaccine — 4CMenB — was immunogenic and safe.
- Reviewing:
- Lancet 2012 Jan 18
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Influenza in Neurologically Compromised Patients
- January 25, 2012
- By Stephen G. Baum, MD
- Infectious Diseases
An outbreak of influenza in patients with incapacitating neurological conditions caused severe infection, despite immunization.
- Reviewing:
- MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2012 Jan 6; 60:1729
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
FCGR2A as a Susceptibility Locus for Kawasaki Disease
- January 20, 2012
- By Kenneth Y. Tsai, MD, PhD
- Dermatology
A genome-wide association study points to a susceptibility locus linking Kawasaki disease to an immune mediator.
- Reviewing:
- Nat Genet 2011 Nov 13; 43:1241
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Home Care for Severe Childhood Pneumonia in the Developing World
- November 23, 2011
- By Robert S. Baltimore, MD
- Infectious Diseases
For young children with severe pneumonia diagnosed by a lay health worker, home treatment with amoxicillin yielded better results than TMP-SMX with referral to the nearest healthcare facility.
- Reviewing:
- Lancet 2011 Nov 19; 378:1796
Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine summarizes important medical journal articles about a wide variety of subjects relevant to the medical care of children and adolescents including ADHD, autism, depression, eating disorders, genetic disease, obesity, otitis media, sexually transmitted diseases, SIDS, and vaccination.
