Pediatrics
Sharing the latest innovations in pediatric medicine and clinical practice from the experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Nuanced View of Steroid Treatment Emerges in Large Infant Heart Study
The research takes an economical approach that may encourage additional large, randomized controlled trials in pediatrics.
Household Income, Maternal Health Among Factors Tied to Craniofacial Clefts
In a first of its type, a Tennessee study offers a model for better understanding factors present in regions of higher risk.
Getting Real: Teens with T1D Resist Low Carb Diets
Study measuring benefits of low carb diet becomes a reality-check on adolescent behavior.
Metzl to Congress: ‘Larger Forces’ at Root of Health Disparities
Training physicians to adopt a structural-competency framework can impart a more holistic viewpoint, a need that has been magnified by the pandemic.
New Diagnostic Prediction Model for Pediatric MIS-C
Study offers diagnostic guidance for rare multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Registry Links Doctors, Cases
Registry aims to improve poor diagnosis statistics, track patient progress, and advocate for research.
Focus in Prader-Willi Cases Expands Beyond Typical Concerns
At a specialty clinic, families feel relief at finding doctors and others who understand their children.
Data Backs ‘Non-accidental’ Referral for Fractures in Infants
New data suggests which suspicious elbow-fracture cases should be investigated.
Roots of Parental Vaccine Hesitancy Examined
Study reveals relationship between parents’ reluctance to get flu, COVID vaccines for their children.
Benefits Often Outweigh Risk in Treating Childhood Obesity
Effective new therapies are on the market, but stigmas associated with yesterday’s drugs persist.
Diagnosis in Pediatric Thyroid Cancer Shows Evidence of Disparities
Black and Hispanic patients present with larger tumors, more distant disease than white patients.