What is the mental health toll of COVID-19 on health care workers?
June 1st 2020Millions of health care workers around the world have been put into extremely stressful situations because of COVID-19. A new research letter examines how the pandemic impacted the mental health of Italian health care workers.
Does bullying of LGBTQ teenagers increase risk of suicide?
May 29th 2020Bullying and suicide in the pediatric population have shown disturbing upward trends in recent years. A new investigation examines the link between the two among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) children and teenagers.
Newborn presents with jitters and tremors after delivery
May 19th 2020A full-term male infant was born at 40.3 weeks gestational age via vaginal delivery to a 29-year-old single G6 P30204 mother with limited prenatal care (3 visits) and short interval pregnancy. The delivery was precipitous: Rupture of membranes was 3 hours in duration with clear fluid; no intrapartum medications were administered; and the infant’s Apgar scores were 9 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. What's the diagnosis?
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A new wrinkle in COVID-19 infection
May 19th 2020Contemporary Pediatrics' latest webinar will provide the latest information on multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19 infection and provide guidance on how to manage patients who develop the complication, presented by a panel of experts. Register today for the May 20th presentation.