Viewpoints

ACIP 2022 Child/Teen Immunization Schedule: What's New? Dr William Basco outlines key changes in the 2022 ACIP child/adolescent immunization schedule and offers important reminders about pediatric vaccination.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 23, 2022
The Febrile Infant: New AAP Guidance Dr Bill Basco reviews new recommendations that may provide more leeway in evaluating fever in very young, well-appearing infants.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 19, 2021
Diagnosing and Treating UTI in the First 2 Months of Life Dr Bill Basco reviews a session at the 2021 PAS that tackled lingering questions about diagnosis and treatment of UTI in very young infants.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 21, 2021
Pediatric COVID-19: Data to Guide Practice Which symptoms are linked to COVID infection in children? Do school mitigation strategies prevent outbreaks? Dr William Basco has the answers.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 22, 2021
7 Key Changes: 2021 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedules Dr Bill Basco highlights key changes to the 2021 schedules, plus other important pediatric vaccine news.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 17, 2021
2020 Guideline Changes: Return-to-Play, Rooming In COVID has necessitated some changes for non-COVID areas of practice. Here are two guideline changes that every pediatric clinician should know.
December 18, 2020
The Pandemic Pediatrician: What We Know Now With more than 1 million US children infected with SARS-CoV-2 to date, we've learned a lot about COVID-19 in kids. However, we still have many unanswered questions.
December 04, 2020
Can We Keep Kids Safe at School? What does the evidence tell us about keeping kids safe during in-person schooling? Can it be done, or are we playing with fire?
Experts And Viewpoints, September 24, 2020
Back-to-School Guidance: A Quick Summary A quick summary of the AAP guidance on school reopenings.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 04, 2020
Screening Adolescents for Hypertension A study published in the May 2007, Journal of Pediatrics looks at children from 9 schools in Houston, Texas.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 25, 2020
Spotting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children What were the results of a study published in February 2007 in the Journal of Pediatrics?
Experts And Viewpoints, July 25, 2020
Treating UTI, CAP in Kids: What's New A quick summary of the latest research on antibiotic choice in treatment of common infections in children.
May 29, 2020
ACIP 2020 Child/Teen Immunization Schedule: The Highlights A quick tour of key changes in the 2020 ACIP child/adolescent immunization schedule.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 04, 2020
5 Best of 2019: Most-Read Pediatrics Viewpoints Dr William Basco begins 2020 by reviewing the most widely read and commented upon Viewpoint columns on Medscape Pediatrics in 2019.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 21, 2020
Rising Suicide in Kids: Strategies for Primary Care Primary care pediatric providers are deluged with kids with a wide range of mental health issues. Suicide is the scariest possible outcome.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 22, 2019
Helping Teens Recover Faster Post Concussion For the first time, a randomized trial has found that exercise--albeit carefully controlled exercise--can speed recovery from a concussion.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 16, 2019
How to Gain 2 Pounds in 2 Weeks A recent crossover design study examined the effects of two very different diets--with equally disparate results.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 26, 2019
Gastric Bypass in Teens Improves Health Dramatically A long-term study comparing outcomes in teens and adults treated with gastric bypass surgery provides more support for the procedure.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 13, 2019
Is It Time to Give Up on Vitamin D Supplementation in Infancy? Yet another study casts doubts about the benefit of vitamin D supplementation -- even at high doses -- in infancy. Is it time to move on?
Experts And Viewpoints, September 06, 2019
When Teens With ADHD Start Driving Recent research examines crashes and moving violations among teens with and without ADHD -- with some sobering results.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 13, 2019

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