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Smoke Alarms Using Mother’s Voice Wake Children Better than High-Pitch Tone Alarms
 Smoke Alarms Using Mother’s Voice Wake Children Better than High-Pitch Tone Alarms 1024 575 Laura Dattner
By: Laura Dattner

When residential fires happen at night while people are sleeping, deaths are more likely to occur. Smoke alarms are important for preventing these deaths, yet many young children don’t wake up to traditional high-pitch tone alarms. In a study published in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers…

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Primary Care for Refugee Children: What Providers Need to Know
 Primary Care for Refugee Children: What Providers Need to Know 1024 575 Aimee Swartz, MPH
By: Aimee Swartz, MPH

The growing number of refugee children across the United States means that more pediatricians need to be aware of the unique health needs of this population. The world’s estimated refugee population has surged to 24.5 million individuals – more than half of whom are children –…

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Using Quality Improvement to Customize Opioid Reduction Strategies
 Using Quality Improvement to Customize Opioid Reduction Strategies 1024 681 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Different specialties across pediatrics have different uses, indications and practices when it comes to opioids. Many primary care pediatricians do not routinely prescribe them. Pediatric surgical specialties, however, may use opioid medications more frequently depending on the patient and procedure performed. While broad restrictions,…

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Common Omega-Fatty Acid Supplement Shows No Benefit for Cognitive Development in Toddlers Born Preterm
 Common Omega-Fatty Acid Supplement Shows No Benefit for Cognitive Development in Toddlers Born Preterm 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Abbie MillerAbbie (Roth) Miller, MS, MWC, is a passionate communicator of science. As the manager of medical and science content at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, she shares stories about innovative research and discovery with audiences ranging from parents to…

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The Impact of Opioids on Children
 The Impact of Opioids on Children 1024 575 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

The faces above represent the young lives affected by the opioid crisis. Children who are losing their parents to addiction and overdoses. Children who live in instability and uncertainty. Children who spend their earliest weeks in withdrawal. And children who are at risk of…

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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Transforming Care for Newborns and Their Families
 Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Transforming Care for Newborns and Their Families 1024 575 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

If there’s a success story to be told at this point in the history of the opioid crisis, it’s in the newborn intensive care unit. From changing attitudes to standardizing treatment, clinical care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and their families is…

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Primary Care Provider Guide to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Follow Up
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By: Nationwide Children's

Pediatricians have a unique challenge when it comes to caring for the broad spectrum of needs associated with opioid-exposed infants. Some babies who were treated with pharmacological methods in a hospital will be discharged home still on neuro-active medications. Other babies did not receive…

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What Happens When Opioid-Exposed Babies Go Home?
 What Happens When Opioid-Exposed Babies Go Home? 1024 575 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Follow-up for babies with NAS or prenatal opioid exposure is essential for understanding risks and outcomes.

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Moving From Child Health Care to Child Health
 Moving From Child Health Care to Child Health 1024 575 Kelly Kelleher, MD, MPH
By: Kelly Kelleher, MD, MPH

As pediatricians, we want children to be healthier, even the ones who never come through our doors. At Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the board and leadership have aimed to do just that by setting the highest bar yet for our organization – we want central…

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QI Project Increases Value of Asthma Care in a Large Primary Care Network
 QI Project Increases Value of Asthma Care in a Large Primary Care Network 1024 393 Kevin Mayhood
By: Kevin Mayhood

Multiple steps lead to better control of disease, fewer emergency department visits and $5 million in savings. A quality improvement project helped kids achieve better control of their asthma, reduced emergency room visits and cut costs in a primary care network serving 10,000 children…

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Opening the Door to Adult Medicine
 Opening the Door to Adult Medicine 1024 575 Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES
By: Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES

Care transition plans aren’t just for kids with congenital conditions anymore. Could your practice benefit from a proactive transition plan for all patients? In the shift from pediatric to adult care, young patients have the responsibility to adjust to a new life of self-management.…

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Managing Pain in an Era of Opioid Abuse
 Managing Pain in an Era of Opioid Abuse 1024 575 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Managing pain is complicated. Not that long ago, perhaps 50 years or so, pain was understood to be a multidisciplinary issue requiring many different approaches. Doctors would recommend lifestyle changes, complementary therapies and medications to treat chronic pain. Then something changed. Opioids began being…

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What Can Bench Science Teach Us About Opioid Abuse?
 What Can Bench Science Teach Us About Opioid Abuse? 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

In vitro models can help answer big questions about neonatal abstinence syndrome and fetal drug exposure.

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Breaking the Cycle: Preventing and Treating Addiction in Youth
 Breaking the Cycle: Preventing and Treating Addiction in Youth 1024 575 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Virtually all addictions begin during adolescence. And nearly 4 million 12-25 year olds in the United States have a substance abuse problem, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Substance abuse in adolescents is not restricted to opioids, but in the…

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Treating Pilonidal Disease with Laser Hair Depilation
 Treating Pilonidal Disease with Laser Hair Depilation 150 150 Mary Bates, PhD
By: Mary Bates, PhD

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Mary Bates, PhDMary a freelance science writer and blogger based in Boston. Her favorite topics include biology, psychology, neuroscience, ecology, and animal behavior. She has a BA in Biology-Psychology with a minor in English from Skidmore College in…

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Lymphocyte Response After a Burn Predicts Infection
 Lymphocyte Response After a Burn Predicts Infection 150 150 Mary Bates, PhD
By: Mary Bates, PhD

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Mary Bates, PhDMary a freelance science writer and blogger based in Boston. Her favorite topics include biology, psychology, neuroscience, ecology, and animal behavior. She has a BA in Biology-Psychology with a minor in English from Skidmore College in…

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The Opioid Education Toolkit: For Providers and Parents
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By: Nationwide Children's

Do you know all the options for safe medication disposal? What are evidence-based methods for screening and assessing risk of opioid abuse? Find answers and resources in the Opioid Toolkit. Opioid Safety Protocol for the Home Four Points to Remember When Taking Opioids Monitor: Know…

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How to Reduce Cast Complications in Orthopedics
 How to Reduce Cast Complications in Orthopedics 150 150 Jeb Phillips
By: Jeb Phillips

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Jeb PhillipsJeb is the Managing Editor, Executive Communications, in the Department of Marketing and Public Relations at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He contributes feature stories and research news to PediatricsOnline, the hospital’s electronic newsletter for physicians and other health…

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How Sweet It Is: Honey Attenuates Button Battery-Induced Esophageal Damage
 How Sweet It Is: Honey Attenuates Button Battery-Induced Esophageal Damage 150 150 Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES
By: Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHESKatherine (Katie) Brind’Amour is a freelance medical and health science writer based in Pennsylvania. She has written about nearly every therapeutic area for patients, doctors and the general public. Dr. Brind’Amour specializes in health…

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Enzyme Treatment Slows Decline in Common Form of Batten Disease
 Enzyme Treatment Slows Decline in Common Form of Batten Disease 150 150 Kevin Mayhood
By: Kevin Mayhood

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Kevin MayhoodKevin Mayhoodhttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/kevin-mayhood/January 5, 2015Probing for Links Between Psychotropic Drugs and Severe Liver DiseaseKevin Mayhoodhttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/kevin-mayhood/April 25, 2015Ebola in Children Creates Ethical QuandaryKevin Mayhoodhttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/kevin-mayhood/April 25, 2015To Rest or Not To Rest?Kevin Mayhoodhttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/kevin-mayhood/April 25, 2015Orphan Disease Seeks Parents, Funding

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