Pediatrics

Errors related to ADHD medication rose by nearly 300% since 2000: study
Children under six were most likely to have a serious medical outcome or be admitted to a healthcare facility due to an error.
Delays in spinal surgery means scoliosis worsens for children: report
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most prevalent form of the condition, affecting about 2% of teens. Approximately seven times more teenage girls than boys are afflicted with it, says the report released Monday.

1 in 4 adolescents have been cyberbullied, StatCan says

Youth who have been victimized online are at increased risk of depression, anxiety, eating disorder symptoms, thoughts of suicide or suicide attempts, according to the study published on Wednesday.
Why serious kidney disease occurring in some Calgary kids infected with E. coli

There have been 310 lab-confirmed cases, mostly in children.
‘In control’: Study looks at exercise to boost overall well-being of kids with cancer

Study lead Nicole Culos-Reed, a professor in the faculty of kinesiology, would like to see an exercise program included in children's clinical care.
POP QUIZ: Desmopressin for bedwetting

All the following statements about use of desmopressin for monosymptomatic enuresis (bedwetting without any daytime lower urinary tract symptoms) in children are true, EXCEPT for . . .
How should enuresis (bedwetting) be managed in children age five or older?

Educate and reassure patients and families that no treatment is necessary for primary monosymptomatic enuresis: nearly all children will outgrow bedwetting with time.
Infant antibiotics use and disrupted gut microbiome linked to childhood allergies, asthma and eczema, researchers say

The risk of developing at least one of the major allergies more than doubled by age five for kids who had been prescribed antibiotics before their first birthday.
Nasal discharge colour a poor guide for antibiotic use in acute sinusitis

Testing for pathogens could reduce antibiotic use 28%.
Prevnar 20 now indicated for immunization of infants, children and adolescents

The routine vaccination schedule for prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease is a three-dose primary series followed by a toddler booster dose.

Errors related to ADHD medication rose by nearly 300% since 2000: study

Delays in spinal surgery means scoliosis worsens for children: report

1 in 4 adolescents have been cyberbullied, StatCan says

Why serious kidney disease occurring in some Calgary kids infected with E. coli

‘In control’: Study looks at exercise to boost overall well-being of kids with cancer

POP QUIZ: Desmopressin for bedwetting

How should enuresis (bedwetting) be managed in children age five or older?

Infant antibiotics use and disrupted gut microbiome linked to childhood allergies, asthma and eczema, researchers say

Nasal discharge colour a poor guide for antibiotic use in acute sinusitis

Prevnar 20 now indicated for immunization of infants, children and adolescents