AAP Journals

11/07/2025

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11/06/2025

Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency worldwide, especially among teen girls, and pediatricians play a crucial role in detecting and helping manage this condition. This review article highlights the causes, signs and symptoms, screening and diagnosis, and care to prevent long-term impacts and improve quality of life in this population. Read the article in Pediatrics in Review: https://bit.ly/3WxaPwf

11/05/2025

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11/04/2025

Although most pediatricians feel it is important to be able to perform common procedures in the office, many do not feel they have the experience to do so. Read this article to review simple procedures like draining skin abscesses, repairing lacerations, and removing embedded earrings, as well as how to council families before a procedure and deliver aftercare management whether the procedure is done in office or by a specialist. Read the article in Pediatrics in Review: https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.2024-006442

10/31/2025

The American Academy of Pediatrics publishes evidence-based infant sleep recommendations to prevent sudden unexpected infant death. The authors of this study in our journal Pediatrics assessed variations in infant sleep and care practices in Illinois to improve understanding of how infant sleep recommendations are followed. https://bit.ly/3J6icYp

10/31/2025

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10/30/2025

Schools are an important setting for infectious disease transmission. Baseline rates of respiratory virus detections and acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) in schools are lacking and needed to inform transmission risks and prevention strategies. This investigation in our journal Pediatrics sought to determine the incidence of respiratory virus detections and ARIs in pre-kindergarten to 12th-grade students and staff. https://bit.ly/3W61Gun

10/30/2025

Dental fluoride varnish is a safe and effective procedure that reduces the risk of cavities in young children with no risk of fluorosis. The objective of this study was to increase dental varnish application rates across a large pediatric primary care network for all children, regardless of insurance type or race and ethnicity, using a quality improvement intervention. https://bit.ly/47aePaR

10/29/2025

As more US states legalize recreational cannabis, young children may be uniquely vulnerable to inadvertent cannabis toxicity because of an inability to distinguish cannabis-containing products from food. This Pediatrics Open Science study compared pediatric cannabis exposures from 2018 to 2024 and found an exponential increase in pediatric cannabis exposures. https://bit.ly/47nRmEk

10/28/2025

HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a safe and effective way to reduce HIV acquisition and was approved for adolescents in 2018. The authors assessed whether states with minor consent laws allowing younger adolescents to receive PrEP without parental/guardian consent were associated with increased prescription fills. https://bit.ly/3ISKoxT

10/28/2025

Disorders of hypopigmentation are relatively common in children. This Pediatrics in Review article reviews the most common causes of hypo- and depigmentation in children, highlighting key differences, expected outcomes, initial treatments, and when further assessment is needed. https://bit.ly/4oir1gL

10/27/2025

This Pediatrics Open Science study compared age at diagnosis of common aneuploidies by gestational age at birth to determine if prematurity is associated with delayed diagnosis. It looked at neonates with Patau syndrome, Edwards syndrome, or Down syndrome and found that increasing prematurity was associated with increasing age at diagnosis of Down syndrome. https://bit.ly/4h5jpLY