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The American Academy of Pediatrics journals, Pediatrics, Pediatrics in Review, Hospital Pediatrics, NeoReviews & Pediatrics Open Science, are the trusted source for pediatric research. Home to 5 academic journals including Pediatrics, Pediatrics in Review, Hospital Pediatrics, NeoReviews & Pediatrics Open Science. visit https://publications.aap.org/journals.

This Health Equity Rounds article in Hospital Pediatrics focuses on a 3-month-old girl with a persistent rash and failur...
03/13/2026

This Health Equity Rounds article in Hospital Pediatrics focuses on a 3-month-old girl with a persistent rash and failure to track in her right eye since birth. The girl and her family live in a rural area about 4 hours from the nearest children's hospital, leading to struggles to access appropriate care. Authors highlight the disparities geographically isolated children face and provide tangible steps to support high-quality and equitable care for rural children. https://bit.ly/3OOo6Qo

How do we guide youths that are using generative AI? A new state-of-the-art review explores what clinicians and caregive...
03/12/2026

How do we guide youths that are using generative AI? A new state-of-the-art review explores what clinicians and caregivers need to know about generative AI in youths’ lives. Two themes stand out:

• Powerful but imperfect. AI can support learning, creativity, and clinical care, but requires human oversight.
• Guided engagement is imperative. Just like other media, youth need supervision and instruction to use AI responsibly.

The review also examines hallucinations, bias, privacy risks, AI-generated medical advice, chatbot companionship, and the rapidly evolving policy landscape.

Read the full early release at the link: https://bit.ly/4u3KWne

Professional billing is an important component of division revenue and financial sustainability, yet billing knowledge f...
03/11/2026

Professional billing is an important component of division revenue and financial sustainability, yet billing knowledge for varied clinical scenarios is often lacking. This study recently published in the journal Hospital Pediatrics focused on increasing appropriate hourly critical care code use for Rapid Response Team (RRT) events, which was underrecognized by the authors' division. https://bit.ly/4b7tTYZ

Children from minority and low-income backgrounds face significant barriers to accessing early intervention services, co...
03/10/2026

Children from minority and low-income backgrounds face significant barriers to accessing early intervention services, contributing to developmental disparities. A randomized controlled trial early released in this week evaluated whether family navigation improved rates of early intervention evaluation.

Families who received navigator support were more likely to complete evaluation. But did increased access translate into improved developmental outcomes?

See the video abstract and read the full early release at the link to find out: https://bit.ly/4denrBS

Evidence supports the use of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) in many clinical settings, but pediatricians have not...
03/10/2026

Evidence supports the use of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) in many clinical settings, but pediatricians have not widely adopted its use. This observational Hospital Pediatrics study of a pediatric POCUS registry illustrates the impact of POCUS within a children's hospital. The 66 patients in the study had 76 diagnostic or procedural POCUS encounters during which ultrasonography changed management or guided a procedure. Outcomes included change in primary diagnosis (48%) and salvaged procedures (49%). https://bit.ly/4l6iDR3

During the transition to high school, the school environment is in flux, and school engagement, which impacts graduation...
03/09/2026

During the transition to high school, the school environment is in flux, and school engagement, which impacts graduation rates and adolescent health, can decline. Supportive social networks may be critical for keeping adolescents engaged in school during the transition time. This study in Pediatrics Open Science looks at the proportions of teachers, emotionally supportive people, and peers with pro-academic behaviors in an adolescent’s social network and the association with school engagement. https://bit.ly/4bloMFB

Drowning is the third leading cause of death in children aged 5 to 14 years, and there are many factors that contribute ...
03/06/2026

Drowning is the third leading cause of death in children aged 5 to 14 years, and there are many factors that contribute to the disproportionate rates of drowning in Black and Hispanic children. Even when accounting for s*x, age, income, and parental education, race and ethnicity remain a risk factor for poor swimming ability. Efforts to reduce disparities in swimming ability and water safety knowledge should prioritize equitable access to affordable swim lessons, address caregiver overestimation of swimming ability, and implement culturally relevant water safety messaging tailored to at-risk families. https://bit.ly/4srsfIK

In keeping with Hospital Pediatrics theme of food insecurity, this latest article by Hardy et al describes a quality imp...
03/05/2026

In keeping with Hospital Pediatrics theme of food insecurity, this latest article by Hardy et al describes a quality improvement study aimed to reduce hospital-related food costs through the provision of caregiver meal assistance, namely meal cards for at-risk caregivers and snack bags for all caregivers. https://bit.ly/4tKMgv5

Expanding water beads, which are polymer crystals that can expand in liquid to 100 times their size, pose a unique risk ...
03/04/2026

Expanding water beads, which are polymer crystals that can expand in liquid to 100 times their size, pose a unique risk to children as they can cause gastrointestinal obstruction, lung damage if aspirated, and other adverse clinical sequalae. There has been an 1820% increase in expanding water bead ingestions between 2018 and 2023. This study in Pediatrics Open Science characterizes patient-level clinical effects following water bead ingestion in a large, nationally representative sample from poison centers. https://bit.ly/40CqegK

In keeping with our theme of food insecurity in our journal Hospital Pediatrics, this free article by Hardy et al descri...
03/02/2026

In keeping with our theme of food insecurity in our journal Hospital Pediatrics, this free article by Hardy et al describes a quality improvement study aimed to reduce hospital-related food costs through the provision of caregiver meal assistance, namely meal cards for at-risk caregivers and snack bags for all caregivers. https://bit.ly/4tKMgv5

The use of telehealth to bring a family member virtually to the bedside for family-centered rounds (FCR) is a promising ...
02/27/2026

The use of telehealth to bring a family member virtually to the bedside for family-centered rounds (FCR) is a promising strategy to increase family members’ access. In this Pediatrics study, the authors evaluate the impact of offering families the option to use virtual FCR in the neonatal intensive care unit on parental and neonatal outcomes. https://bit.ly/4tLb3zi

This month’s theme in Hospital Pediatrics is all about food security. Household food insecurity and caregiver inpatient ...
02/26/2026

This month’s theme in Hospital Pediatrics is all about food security. Household food insecurity and caregiver inpatient food insecurity (ie, limited or uncertain access to adequate food during hospitalization) negatively affect children. In this Hospital Pediatrics article, Lopez et al aimed to describe outcomes of a hospital-based intervention bundle for both. https://bit.ly/3NFHrTq

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