Low Risk for Bacterial Meningitis in Infants Aged 6 to 11 Months with Simple Febrile Seizure
Katherine Bakes, MD reviewing Guedj R et al. Acad Emerg Med 2015 Nov Pediatric practice guidelines vary on the routine use of lumbar puncture for
Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine Is Safe in Egg-Allergic & Asthmatic Patients
David J. Amrol, MD reviewing Turner PJ et al. BMJ 2015 Dec 8. Greenhawt M. BMJ 2015 Dec 9. The majority of influenza vaccines available
Contraception Rarely Discussed with Adolescents Prescribed Teratogenic Medications
Amy Orciari Herman, Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD When clinicians prescribe adolescents and young women potentially teratogenic medications,
Training Physicians to Provide High-Value Care
Thomas L. Schwenk, MD reviewing Stammen LA et al. JAMA 2015 Dec 8. Korenstein D. JAMA 2015 Dec 8. Part of the approach to improving
“Broad Swath” of Physicians Prescribing Opioids
Kelly Young, Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Opioid prescribing may not be as concentrated among high-volume prescribers as
SSRI Use During Pregnancy Associated with Autism Risk in Children
Jenni Whalen, Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during the second or third
Assessing Risk for Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
David Green, MD, PhD reviewing Saliba W et al. J Thromb Haemost 2015 Nov. Shantsila E and Lip GYH. J Thromb Haemost 2015 Nov. Although
FDA Advisors Recommend Against Using Codeine for Pain and Cough in Children
Kelly Young, Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS An advisory committee to the FDA has recommended that codeine be
Acute cardiac injury events ≤30 days after lab-confirmed influenza virus infection among US vets
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2015; 15: 109, Published online 2015 Sep 30. doi: 10.1186/s1287201500950 Cardiac injury is a known potential complication of influenza infection. Because U.S.
FDA Approves Cooling Cap that May Help Cancer Patients Keep Their Hair
Kelly Young, Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD The FDA has cleared the DigniCap scalp cooling system for marketing, according to an announcement from the manufacturer.