The updates include endorsement of a simplified screening algorithm and recommendations to improve data collection and education.

Updated guidelines from the AAP and the American Heart Association on resuscitation following drowning say rescuers should assume that any child removed from the water without signs of normal breathing or consciousness is in cardiac arrest, and CPR should be administered with rescue breathing and chest compressions.

Research abstracts to be presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition cover a range of topics from firearm injuries to period poverty.

The AAP was named among best companies in Chicago area; four-day CardioPREP course coming July 18; free courses on infection prevention and prenatal opioid exposure available now.

Booklet on postpartum depression, 2024 coding cards, CDC Milestone Tracker app and more

Health care teams and institutions should consider local circumstances, team preferences and resources.

Authors encouraged clinicians to consider neighborhood-level factors when screening for hypertension.

Changes relate to coding for percutaneous pulmonary artery revascularization and selective pulmonary angiography during cardiac catheterization.

Post-COVID conditions in the study were rare but potentially serious.

Use of PPE and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 are critical for the safety of health care professionals who provide basic and advanced life support to children with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection, according to new American Heart Association guidance.

Updates address risk assessment for hepatitis B virus infection, sudden cardiac arrest/death, suicide and more.

The risk after infection was greater in all age groups.

DBPs make about $160,000 a year, while pediatric cardiologists make at least $300,000 a year.

Knowledge gaps on transitional cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology in very low birth weight infants make it difficult to establish specific treatment guidelines.

The new guidance emphasizes the need for personal protective equipment while performing CPR.

About two people per 100,000 who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine experienced myocarditis afterward.

CDC authors said the study provides more evidence that the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the small risks.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been licensed down to age 16 years but can be used for ages 12-15 under emergency use authorization.

Pediatricians should consider screening every patient for a family history of early cardiovascular events, especially those seeking birth control and transgender individuals receiving estrogen treatment.

Pediatricians urged to report possible adverse events associated with the use of COVID-19 vaccines to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.