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Poorer quality of life found in children with at least two anxiety disorders and ADHD
Major finding: Among 392 Australian children with ADHD, the 39% with two or more anxiety disorders had a poorer quality of life, more behavioral...
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Children with ADHD at increased risk for language problems
Major finding: Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder had 2.8 greater odds of having language problems than controls, and those...
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Urine culture essential for UTI diagnosis in febrile neonates
Key clinical point: A urine culture is needed to diagnose a UTI in neonates with a fever.Major finding: When a urine culture was taken in 651...
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ADHD link to obesity may involve stimulant use
Major finding: Those with ADHD taking stimulant medications, especially with longer use and earlier start, had slower BMI growth in childhood but...
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Do Antibiotics Contribute to Pediatric C difficile Infection Rate?
Major Finding: Seventy-one percent of 944 pediatric C. difficile infections were community associated with the highest incidence among 1-year-old...
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Antibiotics may contribute to high pediatric C. difficile infection rate
Major Finding: Seventy-one percent of 944 pediatric C. difficile infections were community associated with the highest incidence among 1-year-old...
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Hospital physician orders increased postpartum Tdap vaccination rates
Major finding: Tdap postpartum vaccination rates in birth mothers increased from 0% to 18.8% following physician opt-in orders and then to 62.7%...
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Pediatric Appendicitis Outcomes Similar for Ultrasound/MRI and CT Imaging
Major finding: Among 265 pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis primarily imaged with CT and 397 primarily imaged with ultrasonography and...
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Pediatric appendicitis outcomes similar for ultrasound/MRI and CT imaging
Major finding: Among 265 pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis primarily imaged with CT and 397 primarily imaged with ultrasonography and...
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INR inadequate to determine coagulopathy, thrombelastography preferred
Major Finding: Despite elevated international normalized ratio values before (1.87) and after (1.53) FFP transfusions in stable patients (P less...
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Injury cause alone insufficient to justify CT scanning in children
Major finding: A Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of less than 14 (original scale; less than 15 on revised scale) was the only clinically significant...
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Small declines in primary cesarean births show slowly reversing trend
Major finding: The primary singleton cesarean delivery rate for 38 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City was 21.5% in 2012, with a...
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Use of infertility services dips slightly from one decade ago
Major finding: From 2006 to 2010, approximately 17% of women aged 25-44 reported ever having used any infertility service, a drop of 3 percentage...
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Best cost savings seen with RA treatment aimed at fastest remission
Major Finding: A treat-to-target regime for early rheumatoid arthritis costs 4,791 euros per patient after 2 years and 6,410 euros per patient...