Pediatrics
Feature
Malpractice: Diagnostic errors top allegation involving children
Obstetricians, pediatricians, and orthopedic surgeons most often named in pediatric malpractice claims.
Conference Coverage
Addressing anxiety helps youth with functional abdominal pain disorders
MILWAUKEE – Tackling comorbid anxiety reduced pain, disability, and anxiety.
From the Journals
Scales assessing pediatric OCD possess little symptom overlap
Be careful in selecting scales to assess OCD symptomatology, being mindful of the specific characteristics of each one.
From the Journals
Adolescent psychiatric ED visits more than doubled in 4 years
Substantial increases particularly were seen among African American and Latino youth.
From the Journals
In utero infections raise risk for autism
Conference Coverage
Viewing childhood autism as a whole body disorder
LAS VEGAS – Several biomedical treatments for many children with autism have adequate evidence for use, including melatonin, probiotics, and omega...
Conference Coverage
Eczema increases the risk of impaired mental health among children
WASHINGTON – Many children with eczema and impaired mental health may not be receiving appropriate psychological...
Cases That Test Your Skills
A suicide attempt, or something else?
Ms. A, age 12, presents to the ED with altered mentation and life-threatening hypoglycemia. She has a past suicide attempt by overdose. Is this...
From the Journals
Teens likely to mimic parents’ opioid use
Interventions that target parental use and emphasize positive parenting may lower adolescent opioid use.
What Your Patients are Hearing
Child suicides rock Kentucky county; lack of access to care burdens rural Arizona
In 2015, 25% of suicides of children under 17 years in Kentucky involved those aged 10-14 years, a 14% increase from 4 years earlier.
From the Journals
‘Telereferrals’ improved mental health referral follow-through
Use of telehealth referrals increased children’s access to mental health services in an urban county.