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Ep 196 Pediatric Meningitis Recognition, Workup and Management

ECG Cases

JULY 8, 2024

In this episode: recognition, risk stratification, decision tools, indications for lumbar puncture in the febrile pediatric patient, tips and trick on performing LPs in children, and ED management of pediatric meningitis. and many more.

Pediatrics

CareDx Launches Two Expanded Indications for AlloSure Testing Services

DAIC

MARCH 14, 2025

The Transplant Company recently announced that AlloSureis now commercially available for pediatric heart transplant patients of all ages and patients who have received a simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant. 1 "The availability of AlloSure dd-cfDNA for all pediatric heart transplant patients is a major development.

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Heart Transplant Transplant Pediatrics Quality of Life

Clinical characteristics and mortality risk factors in pediatric hypertrophic, restrictive, and rapidly progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a retrospective cohort study with follow-up

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 30, 2025

ConclusionsThis study underscores the importance of early diagnosis, genetic testing, and integrated management in pediatric cardiomyopathies. Only 10.4% (22/212) of patients underwent genetic testing, yet the positive detection rate was 63.7% (14/22).ConclusionsThis

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FDA Expands Indication for Impella Heart Pumps for Pediatric Patients

DAIC

DECEMBER 18, 2024

12, 2024 Physicians have a new treatment option for many of the sickest pediatric patients with heart failure andcardiogenic shock. and Impella CP, both left-sided heart pumps, for pediatric patients with symptomatic ADHF and cardiogenic shock. with SmartAssist tim.hodson Wed, 12/18/2024 - 14:06 Dec.

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Artificial intelligence-assisted echocardiographic monitoring in pediatric patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

BackgroundPercutaneous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is administered to pediatric patients with cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. Additionally, raw data images of apical 2-chamber and 4-chamber views were utilized for EF assessment via a Pediatric ECMO Quantification machine learning-enabled AI (automated-EF).ResultsThere

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Top 7 Advancements in Pediatric HF Treatment

American College of Cardiology

MARCH 30, 2025

When Elfriede Pahl, MD, FACC, completed medical school in 1983, Ronald Reagan was in his first term as president and few pediatric patients with heart failure (HF) reached an age to vote in elections. Today, as she delivers the Dan G.

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Pediatrics Heart Failure Article

Geographic Disparities Persist in Access to Pediatric Eye Care in US

HCPLive

APRIL 11, 2024

The geographic distribution of pediatric optometrists and ophthalmologists substantially overlaps in the US in 2023.

Pediatrics

EM Quick Hits 53 Postpartum Hemorrhage, Serotonin Syndrome, TBI Herniation Syndromes, Ulcerative Colitis, Pediatric C-Spine Immobilization, Global EM

ECG Cases

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

On this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Anand Swaminathan on update to ED management of postpartum hemorrhage, Nour Khatib on serotonin syndrome and its mimics, Katie Lin on an approach to recognition and management of severe TBI and brain herniation syndromes, Hans Rosenberg on the ED management of ulcerative colitis, Heather Cary on pediatric c-spine (..)

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Variability in Pediatric Transplant Center Immunosuppression Practices Impact Rejection Rates

HCPLive

JANUARY 13, 2025

Pediatric liver transplant centers with greater within-center variability in induction type had higher rates of 1-year rejection.

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Transplant Pediatrics

Pediatric CKD Linked to Abnormal Cerebellar Growth, Executive Dysfunction

HCPLive

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Findings call attention to age-related neurodevelopmental differences between pediatric patients with CKD and healthy controls.

Pediatrics

Stacie Bell, PhD: Adverse Childhood Experiences in Pediatric SLE

HCPLive

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Stacie Bell, PhD, highlights the lasting effects of childhood adversities in patients with pediatric lupus.

Pediatrics

Ochsner Children’s Hospital Advocates to Close the Gap in Pediatric Heart Care

DAIC

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:10 February 21, 2024 — Ochsner Children's Hospital , ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart surgery, is raising awareness of the need for more pediatric-specific heart devices. Yet, research and innovation in this field has not kept pace.

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Treatment of Asthma in Pediatric Patients

HCPLive

JUNE 20, 2024

Robert Sporter, MD, explores the differences in treatment approaches between adult and pediatric populations, focusing on allergy-based asthma treatments such as allergen immunotherapy and biologics, and their specific applications in managing asthma in children.

Pediatrics

Marla Dubinsky, MD: Using Off-Label Treatments to Address the Unmet Need in Pediatric IBD

HCPLive

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Marla Dubinsky, MD, discusses the use of off-label upadacitinib in pediatric IBD patients and the importance of this research due to delays in pediatric drug approvals.

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Advancements in Pediatric Psoriasis Treatment, with Lisa Swanson, MD

HCPLive

JUNE 7, 2024

Lisa Swanson, MD, discusses the recent advancements in pediatric dermatology and emphasizes the importance of correctly diagnosing conditions to improve patient outcomes.

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Revolutionary Genomic Study Sheds Light on Immune Microenvironment in Transplanted Pediatric Hearts

DAIC

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

© THE TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE 2024 milla1cf Tue, 02/13/2024 - 17:56 February 13, 2024 — Pediatric heart transplantation has long been hailed as a life-saving intervention for children suffering from end-stage heart failure. Our approach offers an unprecedented level of detail," said Dr. Martin. "We

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Study Highlights Strategies for Treatment Adherence in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis

HCPLive

OCTOBER 11, 2024

These data highlight barriers to pediatric treatments for eczema, providing potential strategies for caregivers and patients for adherence improvement.

Pediatrics

CPR coach training boosts coach presence on code teams in pediatric ICU

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 8, 2025

Coach presence on code teams is significantly increased following a quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) coach training intervention within a pediatric intensive care unit, according to a study published in the American Journal of Critical Care.

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Tennessee children's hospital, medical school tap pediatric surgery chief

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JULY 18, 2024

have named Bret Mettler, MD, as the new chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and executive co-director of the Le Bonheur and UT Health Science Center Heart Institute. Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, both based in Memphis, Tenn.,

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Machine Perfusion Could Help Address Transplant Crisis for Pediatric Liver Diseases

HCPLive

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

New data from the UNOS database presented at NASPGHAN 2024 details characteristics and outcomes of pediatric liver transplant patients receiving machine perfused organs.

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Transplant Pediatrics Outcomes

Robert Wood, MD: Impact of Omalizumab Approval on Management of Pediatric Food Allergy

HCPLive

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Robert Wood, MD, discusses how the FDA approval of omalizumab (Xolair) changes the management of pediatric food allergy and what type of hurdles to optimal uptake the community may encounter.

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Black Pediatric Patients with Hidradenitits Suppurativa Report Worse Income Status, Health Risks

HCPLive

MARCH 8, 2024

New data presented at AAD 2024 highlights challenges in financial status, insurance and comorbidities among black pediatric patients with HS.

Pediatrics

Contemporary review on pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: insights into detection and management

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2024

Over the past decade, guidelines on the screening, diagnostic, and management protocols of pediatric primary (i.e., Important revisions include changes to the appropriate screening age, the role of cardiac MRI (CMR) in HCM diagnosis, and the introduction of individualized pediatric SCD risk assessment models like HCM Risk-kids and PRIMaCY.

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The impact of pre-transplant ventricular assist device support in pediatric patients with end-stage heart failure on the outcomes of heart transplantation—“a single center experience”

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 22, 2025

In light of the limited availability of donor organs, particularly in Europe, the number of children requiring ventricular assist device support is rising at an unavoidable rate.MethodsWe performed a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent a single and primary pediatric heart transplantation.

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Heart Transplant Transplant Pediatrics Heart Failure

EM Quick Hits 50 Normal Unenhanced CT Renal Colic DDx, Perichondritis, Magnesium in Pediatric Asthma, Steroids for Pneumonia, OMI Cath Lab Activation

ECG Cases

JULY 18, 2023

The post EM Quick Hits 50 Normal Unenhanced CT Renal Colic DDx, Perichondritis, Magnesium in Pediatric Asthma, Steroids for Pneumonia, OMI Cath Lab Activation appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Pediatric Obesity Linked to Increased Risk of New-Onset Allergic Rhinitis

HCPLive

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A new study presented at AAAAI 2025 linked pediatric obesity to a greater risk of developing allergic rhinitis, with a 1.24x increased risk at 1 year.

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Pediatrics Obesity

Despite Acceptance of Medicaid by Pediatric Dermatologists, Access Issues Remain

HCPLive

JULY 1, 2024

These data suggest differences in Medicaid-accepting pediatric dermatologist access based on such factors as geographic area and density of pediatric dermatologists per county.

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Medicaid Pediatrics

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Optimize Follow‐Up in the New England Area for Pediatric Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Methods A regional network of eight pediatric institutions was created. Despite the presence of implanted hardware, patient compliance with in-clinic visits and remote transmissions is poor. We performed a quality improvement (QI) initiative to assess and optimize CIED follow-up in the New England area.

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Pediatrics Article

Cardiovascular Toxicity in Patients Treated for Childhood Cancer: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

MARCH 19, 2025

There is increasing recognition that nearly all cancer treatments pose some short- or long-term risk for development of cardiovascular disease and that pediatric patients with cancer may be especially vulnerable to cardiovascular disease because of young age at treatment and expected long life span afterward.

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Cancer Cardio Oncology Cardiovascular Disease Pediatrics

3 Tried and True Methods of Pediatric Eczema Management

HCPLive

MARCH 7, 2024

Lawrence Eichenfield, MD, reviews prescription and at-home care strategies for pediatric atopic dermatitis, as well as the best measures of disease monitoring.

Pediatrics

Oklahoma hospital opens state's 1st pediatric heart transplant program

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

MARCH 6, 2024

Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Children's Hospital is the first in the state to open a pediatric heart transplant program, ABC affiliate KOCO reported March 5.

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Study Highlights Patient, Caregiver Burden in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis in Japan

HCPLive

JULY 3, 2024

This analysis explores the burden level in pediatric and adolescent eczema patients within Japan, highlighting associated burden on caregivers/families and other factors.

Pediatrics

Dupilumab's Role in Managing Pediatric EoE, with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH

HCPLive

JANUARY 25, 2024

We sat down with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, to discuss the use of dupilumab in pediatric EoE patients, with the agent gaining FDA approval as the first and only indication for this patient population on January 25, 2024.

Pediatrics

FDA Approves Sodium Oxybate for Cataplexy, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Pediatric Narcolepsy

HCPLive

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Following the approval of sodium oxybate for cataplexy in adults with cataplexy, the FDA approves this indication for the pediatric population.

Pediatrics

Genomic study sheds light on immune microenvironment in transplanted pediatric hearts

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Pediatric heart transplantation has long been hailed as a life-saving intervention for children suffering from end-stage heart failure. While the procedure offers hope, the long-term outcomes for these young patients remain suboptimal due to allograft rejection and graft failure.

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Amy Paller, MD: What Treatments Can Be Used in Pediatric Patients with Eczema?

HCPLive

JUNE 9, 2024

In her RAD conference interview, Paller describes several treatments featured in her talk on the subject of pediatric eczema.

Pediatrics

Impact of nitric oxide via cardiopulmonary bypass on pediatric heart surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JULY 18, 2024

The impact of nitric oxide (NO) administered via cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on pediatric heart surgery remains controversial. The objective of this study is to conduct a comprehensive systematic review and m.

Pediatrics

Pediatric Lipid Screening

HCPLive

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Panelists discuss how pediatric lipid screening remains underutilized despite current recommendations and explore practical strategies to increase screening rates and identify cardiovascular risk factors early in childhood.

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Pediatrics Risk Factors

Policy Changes Boost Survival in Pediatric Liver Transplants

HCPLive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The study found that, following gradual policy changes, children with acute liver failure requiring a transplant now face a reduced risk of both mortality and graft failure from 1989.

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Transplant Pediatrics

Graded Oral Challenge Safe, Effective for Pediatric Macrolide Allergy

HCPLive

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This research letter suggests that direct GOC may be considered efficacious for pediatric patients reporting non-severe symptoms which are skin-limited during a macrolide treatment.

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Pediatrics Research

Vanderbilt pediatric cardiology chief stepping down

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Scott Baldwin, MD, will step down as chief of the division of pediatric cardiology and co-director of the Pediatric Heart Institute at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Nashville, Tenn.-based based Vanderbilt University.

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VUMC pediatric cardiology chief steps down

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 16, 2024

David Bichell, MD, has stepped down as chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and co-director of the Pediatric Heart Institute at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Nashville, Tenn.-based based Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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Gildeuretinol for Stargardt Secures FDA Rare Pediatric, Fast Track Status

HCPLive

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

FDA grants Rare Pediatric Disease, Fast Track designations to gildeuretinol, aiming to accelerate treatment for Stargardt disease.

Pediatrics

OU Health hospital performs 1st pediatric heart transplant in decades

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 10, 2024

"Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health performs first pediatric heart transplant in decades, reviving program and becoming only center in state."

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Heart Transplant Transplant Pediatrics Hospital

Ep 196 Pediatric Meningitis Recognition, Workup and Management

CareDx Launches Two Expanded Indications for AlloSure Testing Services

Clinical characteristics and mortality risk factors in pediatric hypertrophic, restrictive, and rapidly progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a retrospective cohort study with follow-up

Webinars

FDA Expands Indication for Impella Heart Pumps for Pediatric Patients

Artificial intelligence-assisted echocardiographic monitoring in pediatric patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Top 7 Advancements in Pediatric HF Treatment

Geographic Disparities Persist in Access to Pediatric Eye Care in US

EM Quick Hits 53 Postpartum Hemorrhage, Serotonin Syndrome, TBI Herniation Syndromes, Ulcerative Colitis, Pediatric C-Spine Immobilization, Global EM

Variability in Pediatric Transplant Center Immunosuppression Practices Impact Rejection Rates

Pediatric CKD Linked to Abnormal Cerebellar Growth, Executive Dysfunction

Stacie Bell, PhD: Adverse Childhood Experiences in Pediatric SLE

Ochsner Children’s Hospital Advocates to Close the Gap in Pediatric Heart Care

Treatment of Asthma in Pediatric Patients

Marla Dubinsky, MD: Using Off-Label Treatments to Address the Unmet Need in Pediatric IBD

Advancements in Pediatric Psoriasis Treatment, with Lisa Swanson, MD

Revolutionary Genomic Study Sheds Light on Immune Microenvironment in Transplanted Pediatric Hearts

Study Highlights Strategies for Treatment Adherence in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis

CPR coach training boosts coach presence on code teams in pediatric ICU

Tennessee children's hospital, medical school tap pediatric surgery chief

Machine Perfusion Could Help Address Transplant Crisis for Pediatric Liver Diseases

Robert Wood, MD: Impact of Omalizumab Approval on Management of Pediatric Food Allergy

Black Pediatric Patients with Hidradenitits Suppurativa Report Worse Income Status, Health Risks

Contemporary review on pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: insights into detection and management

The impact of pre-transplant ventricular assist device support in pediatric patients with end-stage heart failure on the outcomes of heart transplantation—“a single center experience”

EM Quick Hits 50 Normal Unenhanced CT Renal Colic DDx, Perichondritis, Magnesium in Pediatric Asthma, Steroids for Pneumonia, OMI Cath Lab Activation

Pediatric Obesity Linked to Increased Risk of New-Onset Allergic Rhinitis

Despite Acceptance of Medicaid by Pediatric Dermatologists, Access Issues Remain

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Optimize Follow‐Up in the New England Area for Pediatric Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices

Cardiovascular Toxicity in Patients Treated for Childhood Cancer: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

3 Tried and True Methods of Pediatric Eczema Management

Oklahoma hospital opens state's 1st pediatric heart transplant program

Study Highlights Patient, Caregiver Burden in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis in Japan

Dupilumab's Role in Managing Pediatric EoE, with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH

FDA Approves Sodium Oxybate for Cataplexy, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Pediatric Narcolepsy

Genomic study sheds light on immune microenvironment in transplanted pediatric hearts

Amy Paller, MD: What Treatments Can Be Used in Pediatric Patients with Eczema?

Impact of nitric oxide via cardiopulmonary bypass on pediatric heart surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Pediatric Lipid Screening

Policy Changes Boost Survival in Pediatric Liver Transplants

Graded Oral Challenge Safe, Effective for Pediatric Macrolide Allergy

Vanderbilt pediatric cardiology chief stepping down

VUMC pediatric cardiology chief steps down

Gildeuretinol for Stargardt Secures FDA Rare Pediatric, Fast Track Status

OU Health hospital performs 1st pediatric heart transplant in decades

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