{"title":"Adolescent opioid abuse.","authors":"Megan A Moreno, Fred Furtner, Frederick P Rivara","doi":"10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1765","url":null,"abstract":"WHAT ARE OPIOIDS? When used as medications, opioids are important but powerful medications for severe pain. They are often used to reduce pain when patients are recovering from surgery or major injuries. Adverse effects of these medications can include feeling sleepy, dizzy, or confused. It is not safe to drive a vehicle after taking this type of medication. Another adverse effect is constipation, as these medications slow the digestive system. One larger concern about these medications is that the body can develop tolerance to them, meaning that the body gets used to them, so the patient may need higher doses to get the same effect. Another major concern is that a patient who takes these medications for a while can develop dependence on them, meaning that the patient feels a need to take the medication, even if they do not need it for pain. Taking large doses of opioids can be fatal, and patients can also become injured or die if driving a car while taking opioids. While opioids are useful and important medications, they can also be abused and used as recreational drugs. In recent years, it is estimated that about 5 million people in the United States have tried opioids as recreational drugs. There are now more deaths each year from prescription opioids than from heroin and cocaine combined.","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"880"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1765","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30878228","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}
{"title":"Toward a population free of tobacco smoke exposure.","authors":"Jonathan P Winickoff, Anne Joseph","doi":"10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.297","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"871-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.297","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30600672","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}
Sean Esteban McCabe, Brady T West, Christian J Teter, Carol J Boyd
{"title":"Medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among high school seniors in the United States.","authors":"Sean Esteban McCabe, Brady T West, Christian J Teter, Carol J Boyd","doi":"10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.85","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among high school seniors in the United States and to assess substance use behaviors based on medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids. DESIGN Nationally representative samples of high school seniors (modal age 18 years) were surveyed during the spring of their senior year via self-administered questionnaires. SETTING Data were collected in public and private high schools. PARTICIPANTS The sample consisted of 7374 students from 3 independent cohorts (2007, 2008, and 2009). OUTCOME MEASURES Self-reports of medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids and other substance use. RESULTS An estimated 17.6% of high school seniors reported lifetime medical use of prescription opioids, while 12.9% reported nonmedical use of prescription opioids. Sex differences in the medical and nonmedical use were minimal, while racial/ethnic differences were extensive. More than 37% of nonmedical users reported intranasal administration of prescription opioids. An estimated 80% of nonmedical users with an earlier history of medical use had obtained prescription opioids from a prescription they had previously. The odds of substance use behaviors were greater among individuals who reported any history of nonmedical use of prescription opioids relative to those who reported medical use only. CONCLUSIONS Nearly 1 in every 4 high school seniors in the United States has ever had some exposure to prescription opioids either medically or nonmedically. The quantity of prescription opioids and number of refills prescribed to adolescents should be carefully considered and closely monitored to reduce subsequent nonmedical use of leftover medication.</p>","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"797-802"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.85","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30600677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"About this journal.","authors":"","doi":"10.1001/archpedi.166.9.793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.166.9.793","url":null,"abstract":"Two creole languages are compared in this paper with respect to the possible reference of fully bare nominals (FBNs) in them. One is a Portuguese-related Creole, Kriyol spoken in Guinea-Bissau and Casamance, the other is a French-related Creole, Haitian. Both languages are similar in allowing for FBNs, i.e. uninflected nouns not in the scope of a determiner or a quantifier, in all syntactic positions and grammatical functions. The main difference between them is that Haitian avails itself of a definite determiner in addition to a specific indefinite determiner, whereas Kriyol only has the latter. Given such empirical data, which are examined at length and in detail, the paper aims to show that the referential possibilities of FBNs in both languages can be analysed as emergent properties from the constructions the FBNs are inserted into, without recourse to functional categories.","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"793"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31495266","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}
{"title":"Who is minding the virtual alcohol store?","authors":"David H Jernigan","doi":"10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.608","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"866-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.608","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30600675","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}
Patricia Li, Teresa To, Patricia C Parkin, Geoffrey M Anderson, Astrid Guttmann
{"title":"Association between evidence-based standardized protocols in emergency departments with childhood asthma outcomes: a Canadian population-based study.","authors":"Patricia Li, Teresa To, Patricia C Parkin, Geoffrey M Anderson, Astrid Guttmann","doi":"10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine whether children treated in emergency departments (EDs) with evidence-based standardized protocols (EBSPs) containing evidence-based content and format had lower risk of hospital admission or ED return visit and greater follow-up than children treated in EDs with no standardized protocols in Ontario, Canada.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective population-based cohort study of children with asthma. We used multivariable logistic regression to estimate risk of outcomes.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>All EDs in Ontario (N = 146) treating childhood asthma from April 2006 to March 2009.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Thirty-one thousand one hundred thirty-eight children (aged 2 to 17 years) with asthma. MAIN EXPOSURE Type of standardized protocol (EBSPs, other standardized protocols, or none).</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Hospital admission, high-acuity 7-day return visit to the ED, and 7-day outpatient follow-up visit. RESULTS The final cohort made 46 510 ED visits in 146 EDs. From the index ED visit, 4211 (9.1%) were admitted to the hospital. Of those discharged, 1778 (4.2%) and 7350 (17.4%) had ED return visits and outpatient follow-up visits, respectively. The EBSPs were not associated with hospitalizations, return visits, or follow-up (adjusted odds ratio, 1.17 [95% CI, 0.91-1.49]; adjusted odds ratio, 1.10 [95% CI, 0.86-1.41]; and adjusted odds ratio, 1.08 [95% CI, 0.87-1.35], respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The EBSPs were not associated with improvements in rates of hospital admissions, return visits to the ED, or follow-up. Our findings suggest the need to address gaps linking improved processes of asthma care with outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"834-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1195","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30748864","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}
{"title":"Hypertension in children and adolescents: more questions than answers.","authors":"Sarah D de Ferranti, Matthew W Gillman","doi":"10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1503","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"872-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1503","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30783866","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}
Jeff R Temple, Jonathan A Paul, Patricia van den Berg, Vi Donna Le, Amy McElhany, Brian W Temple
{"title":"Teen sexting and its association with sexual behaviors.","authors":"Jeff R Temple, Jonathan A Paul, Patricia van den Berg, Vi Donna Le, Amy McElhany, Brian W Temple","doi":"10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.835","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the prevalence of sexting behaviors as well as their relation to dating, sex, and risky sexual behaviors using a large school-based sample of adolescents.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Data are from time 2 of a 3-year longitudinal study. Participants self-reported their history of dating, sexual behaviors, and sexting (sent, asked, been asked, and/or bothered by being asked to send nude photographs of themselves).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Seven public high schools in southeast Texas.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>A total of 948 public high school students (55.9% female) participated. The sample consisted of African American (26.6%), white (30.3%), Hispanic (31.7%), Asian (3.4%), and mixed/other (8.0%) teens.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measure: </strong>Having ever engaged in sexting behaviors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-eight percent of the sample reported having sent a naked picture of themselves through text or e-mail (sext), and 31% reported having asked someone for a sext. More than half (57%) had been asked to send a sext, with most being bothered by having been asked. Adolescents who engaged in sexting behaviors were more likely to have begun dating and to have had sex than those who did not sext (all P < .001). For girls, sexting was also associated with risky sexual behaviors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results suggest that teen sexting is prevalent and potentially indicative of teens' sexual behaviors. Teen-focused health care providers should consider screening for sexting behaviors to provide age-specific education about the potential consequences of sexting and as a mechanism for discussing sexual behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"828-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.835","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30730973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"More proof that home fortification is of value in children with iron deficiency anemia.","authors":"Stanley Zlotkin","doi":"10.1001/archpediatrics.20112.1514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.20112.1514","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"869-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30878227","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}
{"title":"New media, old risks: toward an understanding of the relationships between online and offline health behavior.","authors":"Megan A Moreno, Jennifer M Whitehill","doi":"10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1320","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8310,"journal":{"name":"Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine","volume":"166 9","pages":"868-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1320","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30730970","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}