Clinical report provides guidance on marijuana use in pregnancy and lactation
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a clinical report that examines the established and emerging data surrounding marijuana...
Prenatal antidepressant exposure may increase risk of poor motor development
A meta-analysis of 18 studies examining the association of prenatal antidepressant exposure with motor development in children showed a small...
Isolated mild/moderate thrombocytopenia may not require intervention
1. In a review of children who presented to a specialist hematology clinic with isolated mild or moderate low platelet...
Children with autism missed by early screening show measurable differences at screening age
1. Children who pass screening for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at 18 months, but who later go on develop ASD...
Parental cannabis use increasing, cigarette use decreasing
1. Current cannabis use among parents with children at home increased from 4.9% to 6.8% while current cigarette use declined...
Understanding in-hospital mortality after stroke in pediatric patients
1. The rate of in-hospital mortality after arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) in pediatric patients was shown to be about 2.6%....
Early Reading Aloud Intervention Improves Social-Emotional Development
1. A primary care pediatric intervention that promotes parental involvement through reading aloud and play demonstrated sustained improvement in childhood...
Extremely preterm children more likely to develop motor impairment
1. This prospective cohort study showed that children born extremely premature (EP) or at an extremely low birth weight (ELBW)...
Firearm storage practices unrelated to childrens’ risk of self-harm
1. Millions of American children live in homes with firearms that are kept unlocked or loaded, or both, against American...
AAP policy statement discusses recommended immunizations
1. The 2018 version of the Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule has been published by the American Academy of...