JAMA Pediatrics

04/03/2026

Wearables indicate six sleep health dimensions in young adolescents. Sleep irregularity and shorter duration were associated with transdiagnostic mental health symptoms. https://ja.ma/4sYvCqw

04/01/2026

A mole, also called a nevus, is a skin growth made of skin pigment cells grouped together.

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes moles in children, including when children should see a skin specialist for evaluation.

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04/01/2026

Annual prevalence of unmet health care needs among children with in the US doubled from 2016 to 2023, with sharp postpandemic increases in unmet mental and medical health care needs.

https://ja.ma/4bMXiJd

03/31/2026

An umbrella review and meta-analysis of 40 systematic reviews found that preterm birth (

03/30/2026

In a nationally representative survey study of US children aged 3 to 17 years, parent-reported chronic pain was more than twice as prevalent in children with developmental disabilities (13.2%) compared with those without disabilities (5.5%) over 2016-2023.

risk was elevated across all disability categories, especially seizure disorders and cerebral palsy. Lower parental education, lower family income, and greater exposure to adverse childhood experiences were also independently associated with higher odds of parent-reported chronic pain among children with disabilities.

https://ja.ma/4t9X6JV

03/29/2026

📊 JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: The 2026 guidelines by SCCM and ESICM recommend immediate antimicrobial therapy for suspected septic shock and timely blood lactate measurement for all children with sepsis.

https://ja.ma/4tiRai3

03/28/2026

💬 Editorial by Roberto Lorusso, MD, PhD, and Eddy Fan, MD, PhD: Plasma levels of glial fibrillary acid protein and neurofilament light chain increased before acute brain injury diagnosis during pediatric ECMO and were associated with unfavorable outcomes.

https://ja.ma/4tdhMAK

03/27/2026

Hospitalizations for eating disorders among adolescents and young adults rose after COVID-19 onset and returned to prepandemic levels five years later.

https://ja.ma/4sMtOkI

03/27/2026

Children with metabolically healthy obesity had higher risk of type 2 , , and as young adults vs the general population.

Obesity treatment lowered risk in all groups.

https://ja.ma/40WVVBK

03/26/2026

Children with metabolically healthy obesity had higher risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia as young adults vs the general population. Obesity treatment lowered risk in all groups.

This cohort study evaluates if metabolically healthy obesity in children is associated with increased long-term cardiometabolic outcomes.

03/22/2026

From JAMA: Among US , an electronic health record–based definition identified in 1.3% of encounters, with an in-hospital mortality rate of 10%.

This approach, adapted from the Phoenix criteria, projects more than 18 000 nonneonatal pediatric sepsis cases and over 1800 deaths annually. Sepsis was present in nearly one-fifth of hospitalizations that resulted in death, with higher rates of intensive care unit admission, longer lengths of stay, and increased prevalence of chronic conditions among affected children.

The Pediatric Sepsis Event definition supports standardized surveillance and quality improvement across diverse hospital settings.



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