A new study shows how emergency department physicians can avoid needless diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scanning of children with abdominal injuries. Researchers who developed a decision support tool say their findings could prevent many vulnerable children from being unnecessarily exposed… Read More ›
Cooling the body temperature of infants born with oxygen deficiencies improves their chances of surviving into early childhood compared with such children treated with usual care. The finding, by researchers affiliated with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child… Read More ›
Premature infants treated with caffeine, which is often used to aid breathing in those born very early, appear to get a boost in their cognitive abilities at age 18 months. Although results of a new study published in JAMA today… Read More ›
Giving mothers injections of corticosteroids within a week of giving birth reduces a substantial risk that infants born at 23 to 25 weeks of gestation will die or experience neurodevelopmental impairment, new research has found. Although mothers experiencing preterm labor… Read More ›
