Study results highlight the importance of primary care in infant and maternal support. In a recent study published in Academic Pediatrics, researchers found a link between postpartum depression in mothers and the infants’ use of acute care, which includes emergency department or urgent care visits.| Pediatrics Nationwide
Without genomic sequencing, many genetic diseases would never be diagnosed.| Pediatrics Nationwide
The move from a research-first approach to genomic testing to offer more clinically available assays was driven in part by limitations in current clinical testing offerings, as well as by the decreasing cost and turn-around time of genomic sequencing. This environment drove the development of translational protocols.| Pediatrics Nationwide
Despite benefits, new study finds low rates of breastfeeding among preterm infants discharged from the NICU. Mother’s own milk (MOM) and direct breastfeeding (DBF) are associated with numerous health and development advantages, especially for preterm infants. However, the rates of MOM feeding and DBF among infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are low, says Sudarshan Jadcherla, MD, a principal investigator at the Center for Perinatal Research and medical director of the ...| Pediatrics Nationwide
Recent survey reveals a mismatch in career expectations and realities, calling for enhanced mentorship and policy reform.| Pediatrics Nationwide
The United States does not have enough child and adolescent psychiatrists. Nearly anyone who works in the field knows about the months-long wait times for new appointments that families can face, or the great distances that some must travel for those appointments.| Pediatrics Nationwide
Dystrophic calcification is the biggest reason for prosthetic biomaterial failure.| Pediatrics Nationwide
A new study shows that implementing the rule can reduce CT scans by more than 50% without missing clinically significant injuries.| Pediatrics Nationwide