January 6 2009 20090106 Ready to Lose Weight in the New Year? Experts Offer Guidance for Adults and Children
March 1 2013 20130301 Heart block in children following heart surgery increases length of hospital stay and total costs
February 1 2013 20130201 Medical home for children and youth improves delivery of preventive services without raising expenditures
February 1 2013 20130201 Prescription of antidepressants for children and adolescents by office-based physicians is typically done off-label
February 1 2013 20130201 Using a terbutaline pump to prevent preterm birth may be beneficial, but evidence suggests caution
December 1 2012 20121201 Quality improvement collaborative improves outcomes in children with inflammatory bowel disease
December 1 2012 20121201 Surgery for ureter congenital abnormality results in efficacy and long-term durability
November 1 2012 20121101 Consolidating blood draws may help reduce blood loss in critically ill children
November 1 2012 20121101 Hospitalizations for kids with inflammatory bowel disease are frequent and costly
November 1 2012 20121101 Many black parents believe soft bedding will keep their infants safe from sudden infant death syndrome
November 1 2012 20121101 Many hospitalized children receive numerous medications, raising potential safety concerns
November 1 2012 20121101 Study questions usefulness of hospital readmission rates as marker of care quality for pediatric sickle cell disease
October 1 2012 20121001 Certain antibiotics increase the risk of treatment failure in children with MRSA-related skin and soft-tissue infections
October 1 2012 20121001 Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis are at high risk of hospital stays that involve bacterial infections
October 1 2012 20121001 Evidence lacking on best approaches to treat autism in teens and young adults
October 1 2012 20121001 Label changes, manufacturer's warning letter did not reduce use of propofol for conscious sedation in children
October 1 2012 20121001 Nuclear kidney scans in children with urinary tract infections increase costs and radiation exposure
October 1 2012 20121001 Physicians' implicit racial attitudes influence prescribing of opioids for black children
September 1 2012 20120901 No link found between stimulant treatment of youth with ADHD and cardiovascular problems
September 1 2012 20120901 Parental reports more accurate than electronic health records in documenting child diet and exercise counseling
September 1 2012 20120901 Pediatric visits for ADHD have risen and the condition is increasingly being managed by psychiatrists
September 1 2012 20120901 Study fails to find link between guideline-based emergency treatment for pediatric asthma and patient outcomes
May 1 2012 20120501 Annual screening for malignancy among children with spina bifida with cystoplasty unlikely to be cost effective
May 1 2012 20120501 Children whose parents lack a usual source of care are more likely to have unmet medical needs
May 1 2012 20120501 Children with special health care needs with disabilities have greater unmet health care needs than those without disabilities
May 1 2012 20120501 Increased child hospitalizations are associated with the mother's mental state and confidence in parenting
May 1 2012 20120501 Kidney-sparing surgery for children with renal tumors has equivalent in-hospital results to kidney removal surgery
March 1 2012 20120301 Despite recommendations against it, early discharge of late-preterm newborns remains common
February 1 2012 20120201 Children's unmet health needs similar for low- and middle-income families with either public or private insurance
February 1 2012 20120201 Recommendations on rounding pediatric doses may improve e-prescribing while reducing risk of adverse drug events
January 1 2012 20120101 A large proportion of hospitalized children receive numerous medications during their hospitalization
December 1 2011 20111201 AHRQ awards $4.5 million to create clinical preventive services research centers
December 1 2011 20111201 AHRQ report shows that parent training is effective for treating young children with ADHD
December 1 2011 20111201 Good communication with the doctor treating their child for cancer improves parental satisfaction with their role in decisions
December 1 2011 20111201 Most children receiving palliative care live for more than a year after beginning such treatment
December 1 2011 20111201 Moving adolescents with sickle cell disease from pediatric to adult care hampered by lack of knowledgeable adult hematologists
December 1 2011 20111201 Pediatric care providers identify desired characteristics for computerized flu vaccination alerts
December 1 2011 20111201 The increase in pediatric stimulant use since 1996 mostly linked to treatment of ADHD in adolescents
November 1 2011 20111101 Children are commonly exposed to ionizing radiation from medical diagnostic imaging procedures
November 1 2011 20111101 Pediatric emergency department visits surged during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, but few children were hospitalized
November 1 2011 20111101 Recent trends in hospital use by children and youths are a mixed bag—lower for teen pregnancies, much higher for skin infections
October 1 2011 20111001 A small number of drugs are used most commonly during pediatric hospitalizations
October 1 2011 20111001 Hospitalizations for children with influenza and skin infections increased in the last decade
October 1 2011 20111001 Human rhinovirus linked to bronchiolitis and upper respiratory infections among healthy term infants
October 1 2011 20111001 More than 20,000 emergency room visits for air and paintball gun injuries in 2008
September 1 2011 20110901 A standard enzyme assay may help screen for rickets in breast-fed infants not given vitamin D supplements
September 1 2011 20110901 Children's underenrollment in State health insurance programs may be due in part to parents' confusion about coverage
September 1 2011 20110901 Clinicians cautioned about use of antihypertensive in children receiviing kidney transplants who take tacrolimus
September 1 2011 20110901 Computer system compares well with clinicians in assessing, but not treating children with asthma
September 1 2011 20110901 Friends' behavior and parental values influence rates of unprotected vaginal intercourse among teens
September 1 2011 20110901 Low- and middle-income children with public and private insurance have similar rates of unmet health care needs
September 1 2011 20110901 The quality of children's asthma care is affected by emergency department crowding
August 1 2011 20110801 A usual source of care may be more important than insurance on children's receipt of preventive health counseling
August 1 2011 20110801 Impact of self-esteem and academic achievement on substance use and sexual initiation differs among boys and girls
August 1 2011 20110801 Mental demands of pediatric hospital pharmacy staff have varying effects on likelihood of medication errors and adverse events
August 1 2011 20110801 Parents and primary care physicians are satisfied with children's use of nonurgent emergency department services
August 1 2011 20110801 When primary care providers apply fluoride varnish, young Medicaid-insured children have fewer cavities
July 1 2011 20110701 Antibiotics are modestly more effective than no treatment for middle ear infections in children
July 1 2011 20110701 Important information about CHIPRA core set of recommended health care quality measures released
July 1 2011 20110701 Mothers' medical appointments may be a link to getting daughters vaccinated for human papillomavirus
June 1 2011 20110601 'Piece-rate' performance incentives for physicians improve childhood immunization rates
June 1 2011 20110601 Doctor's comments during a child's physical exam can affect whether parents push for antibiotics
May 1 2011 20110501 Surgery and imaging rates for children's kidney stones are stable, but vary greatly from hospital to hospital
April 1 2011 20110401 Adolescents with higher socio economic status at greater risk for substance abuse during early adulthood
April 1 2011 20110401 Electronic health record decision support improves the care of children with ADHD
April 1 2011 20110401 Parents find telemedicine care of children in school and childcare to be helpful and convenient
April 1 2011 20110401 Parents using electronic kiosk provide more accurate clinical information than emergency room providers
April 1 2011 20110401 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updates vision screening recommendation for young children
March 1 2011 20110301 Antipsychotic use doubles for very young children, while mental health visits are few
March 1 2011 20110301 Children with a medical home more likely to receive health screenings and advice
February 1 2011 20110201 Ketorolac, a pain medication, is underused in children operated on for bladder reflux
February 1 2011 20110201 Pilot study finds a low level of medication errors for look-alike, sound-alike drugs prescribed for children
February 1 2011 20110201 Telephone coaching improves quality of life for parents of children with asthma
October 1 2010 20101001 Most spending on children's health care in Medicaid and CHIP goes for children with chronic health problems
October 1 2010 20101001 Parents continue to weigh vaccine benefits with adverse effects when deciding to vaccinate their children
September 1 2010 20100901 Iron and zinc co-supplementation seems to be most helpful for children in developing countries
September 1 2010 20100901 Physicians report care barriers for young adults with childhood-onset chronic diseases
September 1 2010 20100901 Public insurance linked to longer perception of disease burden among children with asthma
August 1 2010 20100801 Care setting affects likelihood that children with persistent asthma will receive inhaled steroids
July 1 2010 20100701 Nearly 9 percent of children experience agitation during sedation for nonsurgical procedures
June 1 2010 20100601 Black children are more likely to be hospitalized for a ruptured appendix than white children
June 1 2010 20100601 Nearly one-fourth of parents of children with special health care needs have cut back on or quit work to care for them
May 1 2010 20100501 Adverse events occurring during pediatric sedation are recorded in charts but not always reported
May 1 2010 20100501 Children with health insurance are less likely to receive needed services if their parents are uninsured
April 1 2010 20100401 Certain factors can help prepare families to bring infants home from neonatal intensive care units
April 1 2010 20100401 Rotavirus was culprit in one-fourth of children's diarrhea-related emergency department visits prior to vaccine
April 1 2010 20100401 The stability of a usual source of care is important to the care of low-income children
March 1 2010 20100301 Poverty, race, and gender are all factors in the epidemic of severely obese children
March 1 2010 20100301 Venous thromboembolism is rare in young trauma patients, but a better understanding of its risk factors is needed
February 1 2010 20100201 Children with cerebral palsy who undergo gait assessment before surgery are less likely to need additional surgery later
February 1 2010 20100201 Only one-third of adolescents are screened for emotional health during routine physicals
February 1 2010 20100201 Pneumonia vaccine has not increased dangerous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children
February 1 2010 20100201 Primary care doctors often don't know that a child sought care for asthma in the emergency department
February 1 2010 20100201 Youth with HIV/AIDS and conduct disorder are less likely to use or adhere to antiretroviral therapy
October 24 2011 20111024 Report Finds Parent Training Effective for Treating Young Children With ADHD en español
January 6 2009 20090106 Ready to Lose Weight in the New Year? Experts Offer Guidance for Adults and Children