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The Equity Equation
 The Equity Equation 1024 575 Deena Chisolm, PhD
By: Deena Chisolm, PhD

Deena J. Chisolm, PhD, director of the Center for Population Health and Equity Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, applies a health equity approach to improving infant mortality outcomes. Health care quality and outcomes differ by race, ethnicity, wealth and place of residence. In fact,…

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Discovery to Drug Development: Expanding the Role of Academic Centers
 Discovery to Drug Development: Expanding the Role of Academic Centers 1024 575 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

As more researchers at academic centers become involved in drug development, institutions are responding with support and guidance. Researchers at academic institutions regularly make discoveries about disease processes and potential therapeutic agents. Translational medicine is focused on moving these discoveries out of the laboratory…

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How to Solve Feeding Disorders Without a G-Tube
 How to Solve Feeding Disorders Without a G-Tube 1024 575 Jeb Phillips
By: Jeb Phillips

Babies in a neonatal intensive care unit must have a safe way of receiving nutrition in order to go home. Full oral feeding is ideal, of course. But for those patients with persistent difficulty feeding by mouth, there were two primary options before 2002…

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Best Practices in Severe BPD Treatment
 Best Practices in Severe BPD Treatment 150 150 Jeb Phillips
By: Jeb Phillips

To help standardize care, the Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Collaborative has published a comprehensive review of evidence-based approaches for treatment of patients with severe forms of the disease. Infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) have high risks of late morbidities and mortality, but the best ways…

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Help Children With Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms
 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Help Children With Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms 150 150 Mary Bates, PhD
By: Mary Bates, PhD

A psychological intervention improves kids’ function and quality of life even years after a concussion. For most children and adolescents that experience concussions, symptoms resolve after a week or two. However, a small subset of kids has persistent symptoms lasting for months or even…

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How a QI Intervention Lowered Breast Milk Errors in a Busy NICU
 How a QI Intervention Lowered Breast Milk Errors in a Busy NICU 150 150 Kevin Mayhood
By: Kevin Mayhood

Bedside barcode scanners and dedicated milk preparation technicians helped drive the decline. A quality improvement (QI) initiative in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has been associated with a substantial reduction in errors administering mother’s milk to these vulnerable infants.…

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How to Reduce ED Visits and Hospital Admissions for Patients With Epilepsy
 How to Reduce ED Visits and Hospital Admissions for Patients With Epilepsy 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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Human Trafficking: How many victims have you treated?
 Human Trafficking: How many victims have you treated? 1024 575 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Data shows that health care providers may be coming into contact with victims and those at risk with more frequency than expected. How many victims have you treated? The answer is probably higher than you think. According to a report published in the Annals of…

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U.S. Poison Control Centers Receive 32 Calls a Day About Pediatric Exposures to Prescription Opioids
 U.S. Poison Control Centers Receive 32 Calls a Day About Pediatric Exposures to Prescription Opioids 150 150 Tracy Mehan, MA
By: Tracy Mehan, MA

Researchers call for changes to prescribing practices and increased education about safe storage at home. A new study published online today by Pediatrics and conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that there…

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Teens With Asthma: A High School Diploma Does Not Equal Readiness for Self-Management
 Teens With Asthma: A High School Diploma Does Not Equal Readiness for Self-Management 150 150 David Stukus, MD
By: David Stukus, MD

Poorly controlled asthma takes a toll on numerous aspects of health and life. Asthma is the leading pediatric chronic health condition, affecting approximately 10 percent of children and adolescents. Uncontrolled asthma can lead to acute exacerbations and need for emergency department visits or hospitalizations.…

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Changes to Medicaid: The Health of 30 Million Children at Risk
 Changes to Medicaid: The Health of 30 Million Children at Risk 150 150 Steve Allen, MD
By: Steve Allen, MD

If we care about children in our city, in our state and in our country, we must care about what happens to Medicaid. Medicaid is critical to the health of our children. That is why those of us in pediatrics are so concerned about…

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Mechanism of Bacterial Adhesion to Platelets Revealed
 Mechanism of Bacterial Adhesion to Platelets Revealed 150 150 Tiasha Letostak, PhD
By: Tiasha Letostak, PhD

Researchers investigate a key protein required to bind two distinct receptors on the bacteria Streptococcus oralis involved in infective endocarditis. Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the endocardium, usually of the valves, and is caused by infectious agents that are typically bacterial. Understanding…

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ANH Preserves Platelet Count and Function Regardless of Storage Method and Time
 ANH Preserves Platelet Count and Function Regardless of Storage Method and Time 150 150 Kevin Mayhood
By: Kevin Mayhood

Length of storage during cardiac surgeries appears to have no detrimental effects on blood. Across the United States, transfusions are standard in cardiac operating rooms, but at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, a practice geared toward limiting blood transfusion has been established and finely honed. According…

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How a QI Project Dramatically Increased Pediatric Survival After Cardiopulmonary Arrest
 How a QI Project Dramatically Increased Pediatric Survival After Cardiopulmonary Arrest 150 150 Jeb Phillips
By: Jeb Phillips

A survival rate of 37-48 percent among young heart surgery patients who experience code events is the norm. A multidisciplinary review process helped achieve an 81 percent rate at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Survival rates have remained stubbornly low for young heart surgery patients who…

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There’s No Place Like Home (Depending on Which State You Live In…..)
 There’s No Place Like Home (Depending on Which State You Live In…..) 150 150 Kelly Kelleher, MD, MPH
By: Kelly Kelleher, MD, MPH

Researchers find wide variation in how federal entitlement and benefit programs are implemented from state to state. Over the past five decades, the health of America’s children has improved considerably. Unfortunately, those improvements were not evenly distributed. Most American children are healthy and have…

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Two Investigational Antitumor Agents Work Better Together Against MPNST and Neuroblastoma
 Two Investigational Antitumor Agents Work Better Together Against MPNST and Neuroblastoma 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

The synergistic effects of a kinase inhibitor and an oncolytic herpes virus show promise for difficult-to-treat neuroblastomas and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Two investigational agents, Aurora A kinase inhibitor (alisertib) and HSV1716, a virus derived from HSV-1 and attenuated by the deletion of…

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Evaluating and Treating Pediatric Lower Back Pain in the Primary Care Setting
 Evaluating and Treating Pediatric Lower Back Pain in the Primary Care Setting 150 150 Jeb Phillips
By: Jeb Phillips

While pediatric training often focuses on etiology, recent studies have found that most cases of lower back pain in school-aged children have no definitive diagnosis and are benign and self-limiting. Primary care pediatricians are often taught that lower back pain in school-aged children has…

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Hormonal Contraception Safer Than Expected For Women With Diabetes
 Hormonal Contraception Safer Than Expected For Women With Diabetes 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Women with diabetes often fall through the cracks when it comes to prescription contraception. A new study illuminates the issues and highlights safe options. The use of contraception to prevent unplanned pregnancies is an important aspect of women’s health. For women with chronic health…

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Subclinical Muscle Involvement May be Missed With Amyopathic Juvenile Dermatomyositis Diagnosis
 Subclinical Muscle Involvement May be Missed With Amyopathic Juvenile Dermatomyositis Diagnosis 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Study shows that some children diagnosed with amyopathic dermatomyositis have subclinical muscle involvement, highlighting the need for standardized workup and treatment protocols. Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is an autoimmune disease that classically presents in preschool to school aged children with a rash and muscle weakness. In…

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For AYA Females With Rhabdomyosarcoma, Consider Routine Examination or Imaging of Breasts
 For AYA Females With Rhabdomyosarcoma, Consider Routine Examination or Imaging of Breasts 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Rhabdomyosarcoma with breast involvement is found almost exclusively in females. A recent case series highlights the need for guidelines for follow-up imaging. Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a soft tissue sarcoma associated with metastasis and inferior outcomes in adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients (those with…

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