Pediatrics
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Early childhood overweight, obesity tied to high cardiometabolic syndrome risk
Parents, primary care providers have an opportunity to “flatten the curve” by addressing BMI increases early in life to delay or prevent obesity...
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Children rarely transmit SARS-CoV-2 within households
Most children with COVID-19 disease are infected inside family groups, but are not the initial transmitters.
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Delayed diagnoses seen in children during COVID-19
"Pediatricians on the frontline know what to expect with diabetes. Those children who would have come in late prior to the pandemic are now...
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Diagnostic criteria may miss some MIS-C cases, experts say
“There is concern that children meeting current diagnostic criteria for MIS-C are the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ and a bigger problem may be lurking...
Guidelines
ACR issues guidances for MIS-C and pediatric rheumatic disease during pandemic
The ACR appears to be the first medical organization to review all the most current evidence to issue interim guidance with the expectations that...
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Experts publish imaging recommendations for pediatric COVID-19
The review also included useful
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Lung ultrasound works well in children with COVID-19
Ultrasound offers several benefits over other imaging modalities, too.
Commentary
Perfect storm of SARS-CoV-2 during flu season
Flu vaccination is the one thing that can be done to mitigate the situation.
Conference Coverage
EULAR’s COVID-19 recommendations offer no surprises
The provisional recommendations cover four themes: general measures and preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection, managing patients without COVID-19 and...
Commentary
Kids with food allergies the newest victims of COVID-19?