Early developmental screening of children with single ventricle physiology may not identify future deficits
1. Neurodevelopmental screening at 14 months of age had poor positive predictive value of adaptive behavior deficits at age six...
Study highlights characteristics of pediatric ambulatory central line associated bacterial infections
1. Ambulatory central line associated bacterial infection (CLABSI) rates in children were associated with significant morbidity and mortality. 2. Modifiable...
Meta-analysis highlights health benefits of probiotics and prebiotics in premature infants
1. Overall mortality, NEC morbidity, sepsis morbidity, time to enteral feeding, and length of hospital stay were decreased in premature...
Child care providers likely not at increased risk of contracting COVID-19
1. With appropriate infection mitigation efforts in child care programs, there was no association between child care exposure and COVID-19...
Low risk of invasive bacterial infection in afebrile infants with acute otitis media
1. The prevalence of invasive bacterial infection in afebrile infants less than 90 days old with acute otitis media was...
Follow-up blood cultures in Staph aureus bacteremia rarely positive
1. In children with S. Aureus bacteremia (SAB), follow up blood cultures (FUBCs) after two negative cultures were rarely positive....
International study describes characteristics of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
1. Presentation with shock in the setting of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) was associated with worse outcomes 2....
Decline in MMR vaccination rate during the COVID-19 pandemic
1. There was a significant drop in administration of the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic 2....
National trend of COVID-19 cases in children
1. Children represented a growing percentage of total COVID-19 cases 2. Hospitalization and death remained low amongst children with COVID-19...
Higher SARS-CoV-2 antibody titers in patients hospitalized with MIS-C
1. Children with MIS-C had higher titers of SARS- CoV-2 antibodies compared to patients with Kawasaki disease, COVID-19, and hospitalized...