Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
Is Autism Linked with Induced or Augmented Childbirth?
Martin T. Stein, MD
Two Antibiotics or One for Pediatric Bacteremia?
Robert S. Baltimore, MD
The Affect-Hungry Child: Friendliness and Amygdala Are Indiscriminate
Barbara Geller, MD
Aberrant Language Reward Circuitry in High-Functioning Autism
Barbara Geller, MD
Rising Rates of Religious Immunization Exemptions Linked with Higher Pertussis Rates
Deborah Lehman, MD
Cough resolution by 6 weeks was more likely when children were managed by an algorithm.
Chronic cough is a common complaint in primary care pediatrics and a difficult symptom for families. Researchers in Australia evaluated management of chronic cough using an algorithm based on available evidence (mostly nonrandomized trials) and expert consensus. They randomized 272 referred children (mean age, 4.5 years) with chronic cough (>4 weeks; median, 16 weeks) and without known chronic respiratory illness at five tertiary centers to receive early or delayed (about 3 weeks later) management according to an algorithm:
Oximeters and Optimum Oxygen Saturation in Premature Infants
Targeting oxygen saturation below 90% is associated with increased mortality.
School classrooms and family members are important reservoirs for transmission of human papillomavirus.
An estimated one third of school-age children develop cutaneous warts. Previous studies of human papillomavirus (HPV) transmission have focused on exposures in the home environment and in public places (e.g., communal showers), but have not assessed risk for wart acquisition over time or by degree of exposure or the role of classroom exposure.
This study found a lower incidence of antibiotic-associated rash in children with Epstein-Barr virus acute infectious mononucleosis than previously reported.
