Pub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-10
M. Mcmanus, Renee Turchi
Preparing youths, especially those with special health care needs, for a transition from pediatric to adult health care is paramount. Despite expert consensus on the need for transition planning, pediatricians cite payment as a major obstacle. Payers have introduced options for hospital to home
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Pub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/aapnews.2015369-20
M. Jenco
![][1] Intermittent skin-to-skin care (SSC) for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can improve breastfeeding and parental bonding, according to a new AAP clinical report published in the September issue of Pediatrics ([2015;136:596-599][2]). The report, Skin-to-Skin
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Pub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-1B
J. Abzug
Pediatric trauma is extremely common, with one-third to half of all children sustaining a fracture during childhood. The initial evaluation of such injuries typically occurs outside an orthopedic surgeon’s office, whether it is in the pediatrician’s office, an urgent care center or an emergency
{"title":"Ensure splints applied correctly to optimize outcomes, avoid complications","authors":"J. Abzug","doi":"10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-1B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-1B","url":null,"abstract":"Pediatric trauma is extremely common, with one-third to half of all children sustaining a fracture during childhood. The initial evaluation of such injuries typically occurs outside an orthopedic surgeon’s office, whether it is in the pediatrician’s office, an urgent care center or an emergency","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129283035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-13
Sarena N. Teng, R. Agarwal
Anesthesiology is a field where much emphasis is placed on patient safety through the prevention of error. A different approach to prevent perioperative complications in children undergoing anesthesia involves helping caregivers stop smoking. The literature purports an alarming 10 times increase in
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Pub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-4A
L. Hunt
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling recognizing same-gender marriage in all 50 states was another milestone in the Academy’s years-long advocacy for children with gay or lesbian parents. AAP efforts in support of marriage equality and other protections for children with same-gender parents have
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Pub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-8
H. Meissner
Influenza A viruses circulate in many different animals, including humans, ducks, geese, pheasants, swans, chickens, pigs, dogs, horses, seals, whales, ferrets and cats. All known subtypes of influenza A can infect birds, except subtypes A(H17N10) and A(H18N11), which only infect bats (bats are
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Pub Date : 2015-08-27DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.20150827-1
M. Jenco
National vaccination rates are high for young children, but geographic disparities remain, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Anne Schuchat, M.D., director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, called the findings “
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Pub Date : 2015-08-24DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.20150824-1
M. Jenco
For months after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the home and medical practice of Scott M. Needle, M.D., FAAP, the pediatrician met with patients in a trailer without plumbing. At the makeshift office in southern Mississippi, he brought children up-to-date on routine immunizations, treated respiratory
在卡特里娜飓风摧毁了斯科特·m·尼德(Scott M. Needle)的家和医疗诊所之后的几个月里,这位儿科医生在一辆没有管道的拖车里接待病人。在密西西比州南部的临时办公室里,他给孩子们做了最新的常规免疫接种,治疗呼吸道疾病
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