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Venous Thromboembolism Incidence Low in Pediatric Cancer Patients with COVID-19

HCPLive

Findings of a new study suggest COVID-19 does not serve as risk factor for the development of VTE in pediatric cancer patients.

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EM Quick Hits 15 – COVID-19 Practical Tips, Pediatric COVID and Human Factors

ECG Cases

The post EM Quick Hits 15 – COVID-19 Practical Tips, Pediatric COVID and Human Factors appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Abstract 112: Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke: An Unanticipated Natural Experiment

Stroke Journal

Introduction:The Vascular effects of Infection in Pediatric Stroke (VIPS II) study aimed to confirm prior findings that viral infection can trigger childhood arterial ischemic stroke (AIS). We defined the COVID-19 pandemic epoch as 1/2020-1/2022. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A112-A112, February 1, 2024.

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OMI in a pediatric patient? Teenagers do get acute coronary occlusion, so don't automatically dismiss the idea.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Acute coronary syndrome in a pediatric patient? An ECG was perfomed on arrival to our ED: NSR with ST elevation II,III, aVF with reciprocal depression in aVL Would you refer this pediatric patient for emergent PCI? World J Pediatr. The workup at the transferring hospital yielded elevated troponin I at 18.1 2021 Apr 18;13(4):700.

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Cardiology update: Should mRNA vaccine myocarditis be a contraindication to future COVID-19 vaccinations ?

Dr. Anish Koka

Myopericarditis is a now a well reported complication associated with Sars-Cov-2 (COVID-19) vaccinations. To add insult to injury, he contracted COVID 2 months after the second episode of pericarditis, but had no recurrence of the symptoms of pericarditis. The tragedy here is that this wasn’t a surprise.

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Antitrust 101: How to Build Medical Monopolies by Discrediting U.S. Physicians

Dr. Wes

Recently, there have been a rash of initiatives by unaccountable non-profit physician credentialing organizations (Federation of State Medical Boards, the American Boards of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine and Pediatrics), and the American Medical Association to come to the public's rescue by de-credentialing U.S.

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The etiologies of Kawasaki disease

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Additional clues from the global changes in KD incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with a new birth cohort study from Japan, point to the potential role of person-to-person transmission of an infectious agent. Clearly, solving the mystery of the etiologies of KD remains a priority for pediatric research.