Pediatric Infections: Archives

FDA Alert: TNF Blockers and Risk for Fungal Infections

• Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• Drug Watch
• Free

The FDA now requires stronger warnings about risk for opportunistic fungal infections in patients treated with TNF blockers.

• By Peggy Sue Weintrub, MD
• October 8, 2008
• Covering:
  • FDA., Rockville, MD: Food and Drug Administration 2008 Sep 4

Comparison of Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, and Both Agents for Treatment of Fever in Children

• Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• Summary and Comment

Acetaminophen plus ibuprofen and ibuprofen alone are equally effective in reducing fever.

• By Robin Drucker, MD
• October 1, 2008
• Covering:
  • Hay AD et al., BMJ 2008 Sep 2; 337:a1302

Kawasaki Disease: Predicting Treatment Nonresponse

• Infectious Diseases
• Summary and Comment

Low albumin levels, high band counts, and abnormal initial echocardiography results were associated with poor response to IVIG treatment.

• By Robert S. Baltimore, MD
• October 1, 2008
• Covering:
  • Ashouri N et al., J Pediatr 2008 Sep; 153:365

Acetaminophen and Asthma in Children

• General Medicine
• Summary and Comment

Retrospective results suggest a relation between acetaminophen use in infancy and development of asthma.

• By Howard Bauchner, MD
• September 25, 2008
• Covering:
  • Beasley R et al., Lancet 2008 Sep 20; 372:1039
  • Barr RG., Lancet 2008 Sep 20; 372:1011

Novel Approach to Infant Influenza

• Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• Summary and Comment

Maternal influenza immunization reduced influenza illness in infants and respiratory illness with fever in infants and mothers.

• By Peggy Sue Weintrub, MD
• September 24, 2008
• Covering:
  • Zaman K et al., N Engl J Med 2008 Sep 17

Is Acetaminophen Use Linked to Asthma in Young Children?

• Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• Summary and Comment

The results of this retrospective study suggest an association but do not establish a causal relation.

• By F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
• September 24, 2008
• Covering:
  • Beasley R et al., Lancet 2008 Sep 20; 372:1039
  • Barr RG., Lancet 2008 Sep 20; 372:1011

Maternal Influenza Immunization Protects Infants

• Infectious Diseases
• Summary and Comment
• Free

Inactivated influenza vaccine reduced respiratory illness in the infants of women who were immunized during pregnancy.

• By Larry M. Baddour, MD
• September 24, 2008
• Covering:
  • Zaman K et al., N Engl J Med 2008 Sep 17

Novel Approach to Infant Influenza

• General Medicine
• Summary and Comment

Influenza immunization during pregnancy attenuated influenza in infants and respiratory illness with fever in infants and in mothers.

• By Howard Bauchner, MD
• September 23, 2008
• Covering:
  • Zaman K et al., N Engl J Med 2008 Sep 17

Use of Ondansetron in Children with Gastroenteritis

• Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• Summary and Comment

The results of this meta-analysis strengthen the finding that ondansetron reduces the risk for vomiting in children with presumed gastroenteritis.

• By Howard Bauchner, MD
• September 17, 2008
• Covering:
  • DeCamp LR et al., Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2008 Sep; 162:858

Early Antibiotic Treatment of Pyelonephritis

• Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• Summary and Comment

Early antibiotic treatment did not affect the rate of renal scarring compared with delayed treatment.

• By Howard Bauchner, MD
• September 17, 2008
• Covering:
  • Hewitt IK et al., Pediatrics 2008 Sep; 122:486