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BOSTON – Many infants with a fever of unknown origin can be safely discharged from the hospital sooner than the routinely recommended 48 hours, a study has shown. A review of 11 years’ worth of data found that just 0.5% of these infants’ blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures took more than 24... »
Neonatal Candidiasis Decreases With Prophylactic Antifungals
BOSTON – Preventive antifungal therapy and changes in broad-spectrum antibiotic use were associated with a significant decrease in the incidence of invasive candidiasis in neonatal intensive care units. As these changes took place in a large group of neonatal intensive care units, Candida... »
Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis: Revised Evaluation Guidelines Save Money
BOSTON – Implementation of a revised algorithm for the identification of early-onset sepsis in newborn infants significantly improves resource allocation and decreases overall health care costs, a study has shown. To gauge the efficiency of the updated algorithm, which is based on the 2010 Centers... »
BOSTON – Implementation of a revised algorithm for the identification of early-onset sepsis in newborn infants significantly improves resource allocation and decreases overall health care costs, a study has shown. To gauge... »
Pediatric Asthma Admissions Varied Greatly By Neighborhood
BOSTON – Asthma admissions, like politics, are local. So suggests the wide variability within a single Ohio county in hospitalization rates for children with acute asthma, Dr. Andrew F. Beck, a fellow in general and... »
Multispecialty Team a Lifeline in Severe Asthma
ORLANDO – A chart notation of "lost to follow-up" can mean loss of life for children with severe asthma, suggest the results of a retrospective study reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of... »
BOSTON – Many infants with a fever of unknown origin can be safely discharged from the hospital sooner than the routinely recommended 48 hours, a study has shown. A review of 11 years’ worth of data found that just 0.5% of... »
Neonatal Candidiasis Decreases With Prophylactic Antifungals
BOSTON – Preventive antifungal therapy and changes in broad-spectrum antibiotic use were associated with a significant decrease in the incidence of invasive candidiasis in neonatal intensive care units. As these changes... »
Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis: Revised Evaluation Guidelines Save Money
BOSTON – Implementation of a revised algorithm for the identification of early-onset sepsis in newborn infants significantly improves resource allocation and decreases overall health care costs, a study has shown. To gauge... »
BOSTON – Many infants with a fever of unknown origin can be safely discharged from the hospital sooner than the routinely recommended 48 hours, a study has shown. A review of 11 years’ worth of data found that just 0.5% of... »
Pediatric Asthma Admissions Varied Greatly By Neighborhood
BOSTON – Asthma admissions, like politics, are local. So suggests the wide variability within a single Ohio county in hospitalization rates for children with acute asthma, Dr. Andrew F. Beck, a fellow in general and... »
Prompt Treatment of Neonatal HSV Saves Lives
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Ruling out herpes simplex virus infection is the first order of business in any neonate who displays interrupted skin integrity, whether in the form of erosions, vesicles, pustules, erythroderma, or... »
An interview for a serious mental health disorder may be necessary because a teenager says something that concerns you, a parent calls, or a screening instrument alerts you. But before you begin to ask some important... »
Addressing STDs Crucial to Adolescent Health Care
Screening and treatment of sexually transmitted disease is essential to the clinical repertoire of all physicians who care for adolescents. Any doctor who provides primary health care to teens – whether trained as a... »
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