1. Clinical history may be a better indicator for diagnosing pediatric patients with Clostridium difficile than patient symptoms, according to a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
2. A news analysis from the Dartmouth Atlas shows children in New England may be receiving excess, unnecessary care.
3. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the Philadelphia Pediatrics Device Consortium $1.5 million to address the shortage of medical devices designed for children.
4. Every year, about 10 million antibiotic prescriptions are written for pediatric respiratory cases where the patient is unlikely to benefit from antibiotics, according to a report in Pediatrics.
5. Only 3.4 percent of pediatric patients receiving video-based telehealth consultations experienced medical errors, while medication errors occurred in 12.5 percent of patients who did not receive any telehealth consultation, according to a study in Pediatrics.
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