Commentary
Commentary
Taking cardiac pacing from boring to super cool
Ablation has hogged the electrophysiology spotlight recently, but three presentations at the 2022 Heart Rhythm Society meeting put cardiac pacing...
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Recommendations for improving federal diabetes programs: How primary care clinicians can help with implementation
Recent advances in diabetes treatments have not been translated quickly into practice, and, when they have been, there have been disparities in...
Opinion
Anorexia nervosa in adolescent patients: What pediatricians need to know
Adolescents with anorexia nervosa are most likely to present to their pediatricians, so awareness and early recognition of the symptoms is...
Opinion
When coping skills and parenting behavioral interventions ‘don’t work’
Coping skills and behavioral interventions do not immediately cure anxiety, mend broken hearts, correct disruptive behaviors, disentangle power...
Opinion
Tactile stimulation for inadequate neonatal respiration at birth
The one study reviewed showed a reduction in tracheal intubation in infants who had received tactile stimulation.
Commentary
Home BP monitoring is essential
Office BPs are notoriously inaccurate, because it is exceedingly difficult to measure BP properly in a busy office setting.
Commentary
Alarming global rise in pediatric hepatitis: Expert Q&A
For pediatricians, an awareness of the “outbreak” may allow the clinician to extend the typical workup of a child presenting with an undefined,...
Commentary
Could a common cold virus be causing severe hepatitis in kids?
Dr. Wilson presents hypotheses about what might be going on.
Opinion
Antibiotics use and vaccine antibody levels
Our study adds new reasons to be cautious about overprescribing antibiotics on an individual child basis because an adverse effect extends to...
Commentary
It’s time to shame the fat shamers
Do you have chairs suitable for patients with obesity? A scale that measures up to high weights that’s in a private location? Appropriately sized...
Opinion
Screening for anxiety in young children
Anxiety happens and unfortunately so do anxiety disorders. We need to be doing a better job of acknowledging and responding to these two realities...