NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In pregnant women colonized with group B streptococcus (GBS) and at high risk for penicillin anaphylaxis, intrapartum prophylaxis with clindamycin to prevent perinatal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral propranolol given for 6 months stops the growth of infantile hemangiomas and decreases their volume and coloration, according to the results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Frenotomy in newborns with significant ankyloglossia rapidly improves breastfeeding scores and reduces maternal nipple pain, according to the results of a randomized trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infants and toddlers aged 6 to 23 months in North America are currently given a half-dose of split-virus trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV), but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to previous studies in term infants, preterm newborns requiring resuscitation do best when given 100% oxygen followed by frequent titration, rather than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In infants and young children with cystic fibrosis, treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection based on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) rather than oropharyngeal cultures does not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In HIV-1-uninfected newborns of HIV-infected mothers, treatment with the protease inhibitor lopinavir-ritonavir may lead to adrenal dysfunction, including life-threatening adrenal insufficiency in premature…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High doses of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) lowered the risk of hay fever in male toddlers born prematurely, researchers from Australia reported online today…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Antenatal indomethacin given to prevent preterm labor is associated with a significantly increased risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants, investigators report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In pregnancy, antiepileptic drug (AED) polytherapy that includes valproate poses a higher risk of fetal malformations than therapy without this drug, according to…