Pediatrics

• In the Journals

• Proton pump inhibitors improved symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis in children

• April 23, 2012
• Children treated with proton pump inhibitors for eosinophilic esophagitis saw their symptoms improve significantly, though some continued to have...More »

• In the Journals

• Researchers found natural rubber latex sublingual immunotherapy safe for children

• April 9, 2012
• Natural rubber latex sublingual immunotherapy is safe in children who are allergic to latex, according to prospective observational study results.
  The...More »

• In the Journals

• Eosinophilia increased, neutrophilia absent in pediatric STRA

• April 4, 2012
• A study of children with severe therapy-resistant asthma found that eosinophil counts in their lavage and biopsy specimens were significantly elevated...More »

• CME

• March 2012: Case Challenges in Autoimmunity

• A 2007 Health and Human Services Administration report on the pediatric medical work force revealed that there were fewer than 192 board-certified pediatric rheumatologists in the US. The report also…...More »
• Vindico Medical Education and Pediatric Annals

• CME

• March 2012: Case Challenges in Autoimmunity

• A 2007 Health and Human Services Administration report on the pediatric medical work force revealed that there were fewer than 192 board-certified pediatric rheumatologists in the US. The report also…...More »
• Vindico Medical Education and Pediatric Annals

• Drug cost-sharing results in reduced use of necessary medications in children with asthma

• March 29, 2012
• Health insurers’ cost-sharing policies may be to blame for a dip in necessary medication use among families that have a child with asthma, according...More »

• Children exposed to passive smoking showed higher chance of developing wheeze, asthma

• March 27, 2012
• Children whose parents smoke are at least 20% more likely to develop wheezing and asthma, according to study results published online.
  Hannah Burke, BMBS,...More »

• CME

• Pediatric Annals April 2011: Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

• How can you determine if a patient is presenting with allergy, immunodeficiency, or just another virus?
  These are among but a few of the diagnostic dilemmas faced every day in the practice of general…...More »

• Food allergies overestimated, misdiagnosed

• March 20, 2012
• True food allergy occurs less frequently than thought by pediatricians and parents, with many other types of skin problems, including eczema, commonly...More »

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