AAP NewsPub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-1B
J. Abzug
{"title":"Ensure splints applied correctly to optimize outcomes, avoid complications","authors":"J. Abzug","doi":"10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-1B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-1B","url":null,"abstract":"Pediatric trauma is extremely common, with one-third to half of all children sustaining a fracture during childhood. The initial evaluation of such injuries typically occurs outside an orthopedic surgeon’s office, whether it is in the pediatrician’s office, an urgent care center or an emergency","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129283035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AAP NewsPub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-37
S. Pahlavan
{"title":"Embrace change: Take the leap and set up a patient portal","authors":"S. Pahlavan","doi":"10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-37","url":null,"abstract":"Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on increasing patient engagement. \u0000\u0000Many pediatric practices are struggling with patient engagement via patient portals. A recent study found that portal uptake among eight primary care practices ranged from 22.1% to 27.9% (","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130031025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AAP NewsPub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/aapnews.2015369-20
M. Jenco
{"title":"AAP report encourages skin-to-skin care for NICU babies","authors":"M. Jenco","doi":"10.1542/aapnews.2015369-20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/aapnews.2015369-20","url":null,"abstract":"![][1] \u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Intermittent skin-to-skin care (SSC) for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can improve breastfeeding and parental bonding, according to a new AAP clinical report published in the September issue of Pediatrics ([2015;136:596-599][2]).\u0000\u0000The report, Skin-to-Skin","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132325671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AAP NewsPub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-13
Sarena N. Teng, R. Agarwal
{"title":"Educate parents on benefits of smoking cessation before child’s surgery","authors":"Sarena N. Teng, R. Agarwal","doi":"10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-13","url":null,"abstract":"Anesthesiology is a field where much emphasis is placed on patient safety through the prevention of error. A different approach to prevent perioperative complications in children undergoing anesthesia involves helping caregivers stop smoking.\u0000\u0000The literature purports an alarming 10 times increase in","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128160277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AAP NewsPub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-4A
L. Hunt
{"title":"AAP has long history of supporting children of gay, lesbian parents","authors":"L. Hunt","doi":"10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-4A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-4A","url":null,"abstract":"The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling recognizing same-gender marriage in all 50 states was another milestone in the Academy’s years-long advocacy for children with gay or lesbian parents.\u0000\u0000AAP efforts in support of marriage equality and other protections for children with same-gender parents have","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132048984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AAP NewsPub Date : 2015-09-01DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-8
H. Meissner
{"title":"Influenza A virus: not just for the birds","authors":"H. Meissner","doi":"10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-8","url":null,"abstract":"Influenza A viruses circulate in many different animals, including humans, ducks, geese, pheasants, swans, chickens, pigs, dogs, horses, seals, whales, ferrets and cats. All known subtypes of influenza A can infect birds, except subtypes A(H17N10) and A(H18N11), which only infect bats (bats are","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132964370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AAP NewsPub Date : 2015-08-27DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.20150827-1
M. Jenco
{"title":"CDC data show vaccine rates high but work remains","authors":"M. Jenco","doi":"10.1542/AAPNEWS.20150827-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/AAPNEWS.20150827-1","url":null,"abstract":"National vaccination rates are high for young children, but geographic disparities remain, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).\u0000\u0000Anne Schuchat, M.D., director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, called the findings “","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128431838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AAP NewsPub Date : 2015-08-24DOI: 10.1542/AAPNEWS.20150824-1
M. Jenco
{"title":"10 years after Hurricane Katrina, disaster plans for children a reality","authors":"M. Jenco","doi":"10.1542/AAPNEWS.20150824-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/AAPNEWS.20150824-1","url":null,"abstract":"For months after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the home and medical practice of Scott M. Needle, M.D., FAAP, the pediatrician met with patients in a trailer without plumbing.\u0000\u0000At the makeshift office in southern Mississippi, he brought children up-to-date on routine immunizations, treated respiratory","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131342104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}