One in five U.S. Medicaid-insured children are exposed to major drug interactions annually, with higher risk in those with multiple medical or mental health conditions.
While it can be scary for parents to allow risk into their kids’ lives, the Canadian Paediatric Society says this sort of play is crucial for children’s mental, social and physical development.
A small study documents significantly restored hearing in five of six kids treated in China. On Tuesday, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced similar improvements in an 11-year-old boy treated there.
These rare infections can progress quickly leading to serious and life threatening infections, including sepsis, soft-tissue necrosis, toxic shock syndrome and meningitis.
Either amoxicillin or amoxicillin-clavulanate will clear infection, but the former is less likely to result in side-effects or antimicrobial resistance.
Which of the following is NOT a suitable strategy for the treatment of bronchiolitis in an otherwise healthy infant who can be managed as an outpatient?
Canadian Paediatric Society issues a practice point document on the pharmacologic management of very mild or mild asthma in children older than one year.
