Pediatrics
Improved CAPTA Tracks Prenatal Substance Exposure
Updates to landmark child protection legislation may better support infants and caregivers.
Maternity Bundles Deliver Optimal Care, Enhanced Value
Vanderbilt's first two years of offering bundled maternity care suggests benefits for patients, payers and providers.
Reducing Pediatric Obesity Takes Integrated Approach
Linking genetics with environmental and cultural influences provides key insights.
Pediatric Specialist Optional for Non-Complex Elbow Fracture
Pediatric and adult surgeons repair supracondylar humerus fracture with similar results.
Relief for Hypertonia in Severe Cerebral Palsy
A less-invasive surgical approach for children with severe spasticity and dystonia.
Orthopaedic Injury Clinics Streamline Care
Same-day injury clinics divert traffic away from EDs and urgent care clinics and toward early, specialized interventions.
Straightening Young Spines
New research to add clarity on early interventions for idiopathic early onset scoliosis.
Familial Autonomic Ganglionopathy: A New Genetic Disease
Team identifies gene variants causing a disabling form of generalized autonomic failure.
New Model Flags Pediatric Blood Clot Risk
Large validation study and trial identify top factors to guide prevention.
U.S. Surgeons First to Reconstruct Esophagus Using New Magnamosis Device
Specialty, minimally invasive technique proves lifesaving.
Pre-teens with ASD Experience Distinct Physical Changes
Higher BMI and advanced pubertal onset may heighten social stressors.