Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine: Archives

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Modifying Well-Child Visits Based on Biopsychosocial Risk

• August 5, 2009
• Martin T. Stein, MD

An Internet-based screening tool helped physicians tailor well-child care.

• Reviewing:
• Bergman DA et al., Pediatrics 2009 Jul; 124:e37

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Survival in Extremely Preterm Infants: Maybe We Can Do Better

• July 29, 2009
• William P. Kanto, Jr., MD

In Sweden, 1-year survival in extremely preterm live-born infants is about 70%.

• Reviewing:
• Fellman V et al. for the EXPRESS Group., JAMA 2009 Jun 3; 301:2225

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

STIs in Children When Sexual Abuse Is SuspectedFree

• July 29, 2009
• Howard Bauchner, MD

Comprehensive testing is important in such children. Nucleic acid amplification tests on urine specimens were more sensitive than culture for detecting C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae.

• Reviewing:
• Girardet RG et al., Pediatrics 2009 Jul; 124:79 Black CM et al., Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009 Jul; 28:608

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

CNS Abnormalities in Infants with Congenital Heart Defects Might Start in Utero

• July 22, 2009
• William P. Kanto, Jr., MD

Infants with congenital heart defects have an excess incidence of microcephaly.

• Reviewing:
• Barbu D et al., Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009 Jul; 201:43.e1

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children

• July 22, 2009
• Cornelius W. Van Niel, MD

Mild sleep-disordered breathing is common among elementary school children.

• Reviewing:
• Bixler EO et al., Sleep 2009 Jun 1; 32:731

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Treatment of Children with SinusitisFree

• July 22, 2009
• Howard Bauchner, MD

Sinusitis in children with respiratory symptoms is uncommon, but, for those who have sinusitis, antibiotics improve clinical outcomes. CME

• Reviewing:
• Wald ER et al., Pediatrics 2009 Jul; 124:9

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Increasing Chlamydia Screening Rates in Adolescent Girls

• July 22, 2009
• Robin Drucker, MD

By redesigning work flow during urgent care visits, physicians can increase chlamydia screening rates among sexually active teens.

• Reviewing:
• Tebb KP et al., Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2009 Jun; 163:559

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Evidence of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Before Onset of Puberty

• July 15, 2009
• Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP

Many daughters of mothers with PCOS have increased ovarian volume and metabolic abnormalities before puberty.

• Reviewing:
• Sir-Petermann T et al., J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009 Jun; 94:1923

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Excellent Risk-Benefit Profile of Antimalarials in Treatment of Lupus

• July 15, 2009
• Peggy Sue Weintrub, MD

Results of a systematic review support use of antimalarials in patients with SLE during the entire course of the disease.

• Reviewing:
• Ruiz-Irastorza G et al., Ann Rheum Dis 2009 Jun 4

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Vitamin D Might Help More Than Bones

• July 15, 2009
• William P. Kanto, Jr., MD

Vitamin D levels in children were inversely associated with measures of allergy and asthma severity.

• Reviewing:
• Brehm JM et al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 May 1; 179:765 Devereux G et al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 May 1; 179:739