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SHARPS (Sharing Antimicrobial Reports for Pediatric Stewardship): A collaboration of children’s hospitals focused on best practices for use of antimicrobials.
Joined November 2013
The Pediatric Antibiotic Stewardship Program has created a toolkit to help explain how to start an antibiotic stewardship program with links to reference materials from the AAP and other stakeholders. Check it out at
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RT @AndrewPaviaMD: The directors of the NIH and NIAID both concluded there was not enough evidence to support an EUA. They were over ridden….
medpagetoday.com
'Promising efficacy,' but randomized trial data still lacking
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RT @londyloo: I have confirmed that #MedBikini has already resulted in people’s schools and residency programs being contacted. It’s not….
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RT @WUPedsID: Listen to our colleague, Dr. Rachel Orscheln, discuss how our children can safely return to school. Tons of great information….
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RT @kytv: UPDATE: Dozens of campers and counselors from the K-2 camp of Kamp Kanakuk have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Mi….
ky3.com
Dozens of campers and counselors from Kamp Kanakuk have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Missouri DHSS.
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RT @JasonGNewland: As #Covid19 cases rise throughout the US, camps such as @kanakuk where kids from across the country come to have a great….
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RT @JasonGNewland: 41 cases of covid 19 reported tonight by @kytv from @KanakukK2 from the missouri state health department. Great job foll….
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RT @WUPedsID: "As health care professionals, we cannot continue to simply label someone’s race/ethnicity as a risk factor without acknowled….
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RT @WUPedsID: Listen to our own @JasonGNewland discuss with @JoshHerigon the new @NIH remdesivir trial published this past Friday in @NEJM.….
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With mild or absent symptoms, pediatric COVID-19 cases have likely gone undetected. A new study looks more closely at the numbers in several different scenarios.
medicalnewstoday.com
Researchers estimate that over 176,000 children in the U.S. may have contracted SARS-CoV-2 already, and fear that the health system may be unable to cope.
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Convalescent plasma has been used as treatment for a long time and now it is back. A pediatric patient has received the treatment that will hopefully offer a new method to help critically ill patients.
today.com
It’s one of the few times a child has received convalescent plasma for coronavirus and offers tempered optimism as experts believe that this could be a possible treatment for COVID-19.
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Pediatric practices are struggling with the elimination of many non urgent visits, and the pandemic will continue to test their ability to adapt and recover.
modernhealthcare.com
On a normal day, the well-child waiting room at Berkeley Pediatrics bustles with children playing, infants crying and teenagers furiously tapping on their smartphones. On a recent Monday, the room...
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Many non-urgent medical visits are being postponed or canceled to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. In pediatrics that means there is a risk that this will adversely affect vaccination schedules, as they are being delayed.
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Antibiotics do not treat the virus COVID-19, but they can treat any secondary bacterial infection caused by the virus. This makes them valuable, and a target for counterfeiters: bad news for patient care and antibiotic resistance.
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Contrary to what was thought in earlier days, hydroxychloroquine has been found to have no benefit to COVID-19 treatment.
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A group of peer-reviewed articles dedicated to pediatric COVID-19.
hms.harvard.edu
Understanding the science of SARS-CoV-2 infection in infants, children, teens
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New finding suggest that lung ultrasounds in children may be effective at detecting abnormalities, reducing their exposure to radiation from x-ray and CT scans.
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RT @PCH_SF: BREAKING NEWS-#Gilead announces donation of ENTIRE supply of #remdesivir for #COVID19 to #US government who will then redistrib….
sfchronicle.com
A preliminary study showed that remdesivir, the breakthrough drug from Gilead Sciences of...
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Recommendations for radiographic imaging in children advise to use only as necessary. Here are some guidelines specific to COVID-19:.
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COVID-19 is not a bacteria, yet it may be a threat to antibiotic resistance. The need due to secondary infections and the aftermath of antibiotic usage is currently unknown, but increased use of antibiotics could greatly impact antibiotic resistance.
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A CDC report on COVID-19 in pediatric cases from Feb 12 - April 2. It is shown that children experience symptoms differently than adults, and often are more mild or absent.
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