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May 2024

Opportunities to Reduce Stress for Parents of Kids With Autism
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By: Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES

Research suggests parenting self-efficacy and family resources influence parental stress levels, offering potential modifiable targets for clinicians aiming to help families thrive.   A study led by pediatric psychology experts at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has confirmed that parenting self-efficacy is associated with parental stress levels in families of children with autism, and that parenting self-efficacy…

Featured Researcher – Jamie Jackson, PhD
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By: Alaina Doklovic

Jamie Jackson, PhD, is a principal investigator in the Center for Biobehavioral Health in the Abigail Wexner Medical Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, an assistant professor of Pediatrics and Psychology in the College of Medicine and Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University, and a licensed clinical health psychologist. Dr. Jackson attended graduate…

A Noncardiomyocyte Signaling Pathway in Early Heart Development
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By: Mary Bates, PhD

Study demonstrates role for endocardial cells in myocardial trabeculation. A new study in Nature Communications from researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital provides novel insights into a signaling pathway that regulates the developing myocardium during early heart development. The findings have implications for understanding congenital heart disease and myocardial regeneration. This research was led by Deqiang…

Ask a Specialist: Glucose Testing Follow-Up
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By: Rohan Henry, MD, MS

For a patient with obesity and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) with impaired glucose tolerance on an oral glucose tolerance test, how often should her glycemia be tested? And with which test?   Pediatric research studies addressing this specific question are lacking. A gap in the literature involving natural history studies makes it difficult to predict…

Transnasal Endoscopy: Easing Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Treatment Monitoring
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By: Abbie Miller

Finding the most effective treatment for EoE can be a challenging process. Transnasal endoscopy decreases the burden of repeated endoscopies. Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders are a chronic and complex group of diseases characterized by having abnormal numbers of eosinophils in parts of the GI tract. This results in chronic inflammation and tissue damage that can lead…

What Pediatricians Need to Know About Cannabinoid Hyperemesis
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By: Alaina Doklovic

In a recent PediaCast CME episode, guest host Alicia McVity, FNP talks with Leah Middelberg, MD, and Alek Adkins, MD, about the rise of cannabinoid hyperemesis cases in emergency rooms, and how Ohio’s recent legalization of marijuana may have an impact on this number. Listen to the PediaCast CME Episode Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is…

Outcomes of Colonic Pull-Through for Patients With Cloacal Exstrophy: Is it Really Helping Kids?
 Outcomes of Colonic Pull-Through for Patients With Cloacal Exstrophy: Is it Really Helping Kids? 1024 683 Mary Bates, PhD
By: Mary Bates, PhD

Collaborative study reveals infrequent utilization of the procedure and identifies factors correlated with success. Cloacal exstrophy is a rare grouping of congenital anorectal malformations. Although once nearly uniformly fatal, survival has increased significantly, and with it, the focus on long-term outcomes. In the last 15 years, a reconstructive surgery known as colonic pull-through has been…

Reducing Hospital Stays After Fontan Procedures by More Than 66%
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By: Pam Georgiana
Black and white photo of boy sitting up on hospital bed

A new quality improvement initiative implements new guidelines using an innovative chest tube commonly used in adults.   Before April 2020, the average length of hospital stay for patients undergoing the Fontan procedure at Nationwide Children’s was about 23 days. This prolonged hospitalization stay was longer than many other institutions due to prolonged chest tube…

4 Questions With Jeffrey Leonard, MD
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By: Abbie Miller

Jeffrey Leonard, MD, is chief of Neurosurgery and the Robert F. & Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He is also a principal investigator in the Center for Childhood Cancer Research in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute and a professor of Neurological Surgery at The Ohio State University College…