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Back Issues — 2008 |
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The following is a list of online articles appearing in Infectious Diseases in Children. Hyperlinks for the online articles are provided below. Charts are stored in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format, and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader software application for reading. The application is available for download at no charge, and is available in various formats (stand alone, plug-in) for most of the major operating systems. If you would like an article that is not available online, please contact SLACK Incorporated Customer Service at (800) 257-8290 or (856) 848-1000, ext. 281 or 237. To subscribe to the printed newspaper, delivered monthly, you may call SLACK Incorporated Customer Service or use our online form. |
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| ADOLESCENT MEDICINE | |
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| Nutrition interventions needed to reduce child stunting | March 2008: Long-term improvements must be made. |
| Use of revised national asthma guidelines urged | January 2008: New focus on control for clinical management, initial severity assessment. |
| ASTHMA, ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY | |
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| New products on the horizon to prevent food-induced anaphylaxis | June 2008 |
| CAMP: Decreased lung growth, function | May 2008 |
| Use of revised national asthma guidelines urged | January 2008: New focus on control for clinical management, initial severity assessment. |
| BREAKING NEWS | |
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| Consider ECG for children prescribed attention- deficit/hyperactivity meds | June 2008 |
| Debate emerges over management of vesicoureteral reflux in children | April 2008 |
| Manufacturer issues voluntary Hib vaccine recall | January 2008 |
| EMERGING DISEASES | |
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| CDC report indicates need for new foodborne illness strategies | May 2008 |
| Pertussis hospitalization rates highest among infants | March 2008: New strategies should be exhausted to protect infants. |
| CDC launches study to uncover details about unexplained skin condition | February 2008: Majority of self-reported cases originated from California, Texas and Florida. |
| IDSA unveils ‘wish list’ of ways to reduce spread of superbug | February 2008: Officials urge federal policymakers to help stop antimicrobial use in food animals and to provide incentives for antimicrobial research. |
| HEALTH of the NATION | |
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| New Jersey school system becomes first to require influenza vaccination for school | January 2008 |
| NEONATOLOGY | |
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| Revised pediatric HIV treatment guidelines released | April 2008: New criteria for excluding infection in HIV-exposed infants and children may ease parents’ concerns earlier and make management easier. |
| NEWS NOTES | |
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| STDs more common in adolescents than previously thought | April 2008 |
| NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS | |
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| Incidence of CA-MRSA increasing among neonates | January 2008: Prospective studies, close follow-up needed to determine best strategies for management. |
| ONE YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | |
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| April 2008 | |
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| RESIDENT ROUNDS | |
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| May 2008 | |
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| RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS | |
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| AOM observation therapy methods were successful in ED setting | June 2008: Observation therapy without a prescription substantially reduced antibiotic use in patients with AOM. |
| Key factors can predict safe trip home for bronchiolitis patients | May 2008: A low-risk model may further assist in evaluating children with bronchiolitis. |
| New PCV7 recommendations | May 2008: Updated recommendations guide physicians on use in 24- to 59-month-olds. |
| ED visits for skin, tissue infections on the rise | March 2008: Although an epidemic has been confirmed, the majority of cases have been mild and are not cause for alarm. |
| Botulism immune globulin IV treatment beneficial | February 2008: Early recognition the best defense against the disease in infants. |
| OTC cold medications no longer recommended for children younger than 2 | February 2008: OTC cough, cold products not proven safe or effective in this age group. |
| ROUND TABLE | |
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| Screening for autism: AAP issues new recommendations | February 2008: Infectious Diseases in Children convened this round table at the recent meeting of the AAP. This meeting, moderated by Chief Medical Editor Philip Brunell, MD, highlights the importance of early screening. |
| VACCINATION NEWS | |
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| Decreased efficacy with hepatitis B vaccine noted among adolescent population at select clinical sites | June 2008 |
| VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES | |
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| CDC study assessed influenza vaccine efficacy in 2007-2008 season in specific population | June 2008: Influenza was detected in 191 patients; 75% of cases were type A. |
| Fatalities from pertussis on the rise among U.S. infants | June 2008: Majority of deaths from pertussis during 2000 to 2005 occurred among infants aged younger than 1 year. |
| Complete influenza vaccination crucial in young children | May 2008: Hospitalization rates in this age group similar to rates among elderly. |
| FDA licenses second oral rotavirus vaccine | May 2008: The vaccine is offered in a two-dose newly approved liquid form series. |
| ACIP approves MMRV vaccine revision | April 2008: Possible increased risk for febrile seizures found among children aged 12 to 23 months after receipt of MMRV vaccine. |
| ACIP expands influenza vaccine recommendations | April 2008: Previous recommendation was for children aged between 6 and 59 months. |
| Implementation of new influenza recommendations a challenge | April 2008 |
| Use of 25-mm needle needed for fifth diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine | April 2008 |
| National poll reports overall influenza vaccination rates low, yet higher than expected in young children | March 2008 |
| Two influenza strains not protected with the influenza vaccine | March 2008 |
| Vaccine recalls, delays prompt discussion at NVAC meeting | March 2008: Discussion of methods to minimize or avoid future supply shortages needed. |
| 2008 childhood immunization schedule gets some revisions | January 2008: Entries for influenza and MCV4 vaccines updated to reflect new age recommendations. |
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