Category: Pediatrics

Pediatrics

Asthma Therapies Based on Child’s Genetics Benefit Care

Researchers believe that different versions of the gene responsible for making the beta-2 receptor can influence how well asthma treatments work.

Pediatrics

American Lung Association Issues Plan to End Youth Vaping

The American Lung Association has announced a broad plan to end youth vaping that encompasses education, advocacy and research.

Pediatrics

Three Infants Saved by 3D-Printed Airway Splints

Researchers report promising results from first-ever cases of severe tracheobronchomalacia treated by custom-designed 3D-printed airway splints at University of Michigan.

Pediatric Care

Increase in Kawasaki Disease Cases in Children with COVID-19

Physicians in the United Kingdom's National Health Service say they have seen an increase in cases of Kawasaki disease in pediatric patients with COVID-19.

Prenatal

Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure Affects Cardiac Vagal Tone

Infants exposed to airborne fine particulate matter appeared to have a disruption in cardiac vagal...

Neonatal

Home Care: First COVID-19 Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension Treated with New iNO System

The patient was treated under an emergency IND filed by a qualified Investigator and approved by the US FDA, according to the manufacturer Vero Biotech.