Clinical Report Addresses Educating Parents to Reduce “Fever Phobia.” It is 3 a.m. and you get your third call of the night about a child with fever. A parent asks about giving antipyretics prior to routine immunizations. You are educating first-time parents about fever prior to discharge of their infant from the newborn nursery. These scenarios ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends waiting to introduce solid foods until infants are between 4 and 6 months old. A new study in the March issue of Pediatrics found that among formula-fed infants, introduction of solid foods before age 4 months was related to a higher risk of obesity. The study, “Timing of Solid Food ...
When children are given the opportunity to sleep more, like on weekends and holidays, the extra sleep tends to mitigate the adverse effects of irregular sleep on weekdays. A new study, “Sleep Duration, Sleep Regularity, Body Weight, and Metabolic Homeostasis in School-aged Children,” in the February 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online Jan. 24), examined the effects ...
We are pleased to announce that KAAP has a dedicated email set up to answer your questions about immunizations in the practice...
