Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine: Archives

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Triamcinolone Acetonide Aqueous Nasal Spray: Safe and Effective in Young Children

• June 17, 2009
• Robin Drucker, MD

This intranasal corticosteroid can be used safely in children as young as 2 years for treatment of allergic rhinitis, with no growth or hormonal adverse effects.

• Reviewing:
• Weinstein S et al., Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2009 Apr; 102:339

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Preventing Depression in At-Risk Youth

• June 17, 2009
• Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP

Cognitive-behavioral therapy reduced incident depressive episodes, but only in adolescents whose parents were not depressed at baseline.

• Reviewing:
• Garber J et al., JAMA 2009 Jun 3; 301:2215

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Universal Screening for Group B Strep: Success with Room for ImprovementFree

• June 17, 2009
• William P. Kanto, Jr., MD

Missed opportunities for prevention include women who deliver preterm and women with unknown or false-negative screening results. CME

• Reviewing:
• Van Dyke MK et al., N Engl J Med 2009 Jun 18; 360:2626

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Can Effects of ADHD Treatment Be Sustained?

• June 10, 2009
• Martin T. Stein, MD

Type and intensity of treatment for ADHD during childhood did not predict outcomes during adolescence.

• Reviewing:
• Molina BSG et al., J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2009 May; 48:484

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Food Insecurity and Unhealthy Eating

• June 10, 2009
• Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP

Food-insecure youth reported eating fewer breakfasts and family meals but more fast food and calories from fat than their peers.

• Reviewing:
• Widome R et al., Am J Public Health 2009 May; 99:822

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Thin Body, Thin Bones

• June 10, 2009
• Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP

Thin eumenorrheic adolescent girls have low bone density comparable to that of adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa.

• Reviewing:
• Fernández-García D et al., Br J Nutr 2009 Mar 23

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Rapid Weight Gain in Early Infancy Increases Risk for Cardiovascular Disease and DiabetesFree

• June 10, 2009
• F. Bruder Stapleton, MD

Infants with rapid weight gain had significantly greater body fat and waist circumference and reduced insulin sensitivity as adults, compared with infants with slow weight gain.

• Reviewing:
• Leunissen RWJ et al., JAMA 2009 Jun 3; 301:2234

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Resuscitation at Birth Increases Risk for Low IQ

• June 3, 2009
• F. Bruder Stapleton, MD

Neonatal resuscitation might contribute more to low IQ than previously appreciated.

• Reviewing:
• Odd DE et al., Lancet 2009 May 9; 373:1615

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Natural History of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone in ChildrenFree

• June 3, 2009
• Howard Bauchner, MD

Initially abnormal TSH levels tended to normalize within 5 years.

• Reviewing:
• Lazar L et al., J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009 May; 94:1678

DRUG WATCH

Cephalosporins in Patients with Penicillin Allergy: Use Them . . . but Be CarefulFree

• May 27, 2009
• William P. Kanto, Jr., MD

Patients with penicillin allergy are not necessarily allergic to cephalosporins.