New guidelines for screening tuberculosis (TB) in infants and children have been issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Infectious Diseases

The Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics recently published new guidelines for using ribavirin in treating respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).1 In updating previous guidelines, the Committee, based on the study by Smith et al,2 added the recommendation that all RSV-infected patients who require mechanical ventilation should receive ribavirin. We believe the Committee's broad recommendation for using this drug in mechanically ventilated patients is premature. We have concerns about the Smith study that call into question their conclusions regarding the efficacy of ribavirin in mechanically ventilated children.

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Food Allergen Avoidance in the Prevention of Food Allergy in Infants and Children

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.111.s3.1662 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 111 (Supplement_3) ◽

pp. 1662-1671 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert S. Zeiger

Keyword(s):

Food Allergy ◽

American Academy ◽

European Society ◽

Food Allergen ◽

Clinical Immunology ◽

Infants And Children ◽

Pediatric Gastroenterology ◽

Allergen Avoidance ◽

American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽

In Infants And Children

Food allergy afflicts an increasing number of infants and children and is associated with both clinical and familial burdens. To help lessen this burden, the Nutritional Committees from the American Academy of Pediatrics and jointly the European Society for Pediatric Allergology and Clinical Immunology and the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition published recommendations to prevent and treat food allergy. Although there is much in common with these recommendations, differences exist. This review compares, contrasts, and reconciles them, presenting the evidence that has led to their statements.

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Return of Spontaneous Respiration in an Infant Who Fulfilled Current Criteria to Determine Brain Death

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.96.3.518 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 96 (3) ◽

pp. 518-520

Author(s):

Ken Okamoto ◽

Tsuyoshi Sugimoto

Keyword(s):

Young Children ◽

Brain Death ◽

American Academy ◽

Task Force ◽

Spontaneous Respiration ◽

American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽

New Guidelines ◽

Current Guidelines ◽

Child's Brain

It is generally assumed that the child's brain is more resistant to insults leading to death. Current guidelines for brain death, therefore, avoid application of these standards to young children.1 The determination of brain death in children, however, has become increasingly important, and different sets of new guidelines for children have been recently published.1-4 Especially, the recommendations of a special task force, consisting of representatives from neurologic organizations and the American Academy of Pediatrics, were published in five major journals.4 Those primary distinctions were three separate longer observation periods depending on the child's age and the necessity for two corroborating electroencephalograms (EEGs) or one EEG with a corroborating cerebral radionucleotide angiogram.

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Report of the Committee on Therapeutic Procedures for Acute Infectious Diseases and on Biologicals of the American Academy of Pediatrics

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.1.2.301a ◽

1948 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 301-301

Keyword(s):

Infectious Diseases ◽

American Academy ◽

American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽

Therapeutic Procedures ◽

Antibiotic Agents

A complete revision with a new chapter on Quarantine and Isolation. Chapter 2 on Chemotherapy and Chapter 3 on Antibiotic Agents have been extensively revised. An authoritative statement of the most recent and acceptable information.

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