Breast milk or sugar water to relieve pain in preterm infants?

Sweet-tasting solutions are commonly used to alleviate pain in infants. Expressed breast milk may be an alternative to sweet solutions, but evidence of its analgesic efficacy is limited. More...

Avoid acetaminophen use in children with asthma

The director of the Respiratory Center at Akron Children's Hospital advocates that physicians "give particular weight to avoiding harm" and advise any child with asthma or a family history of asthma to avoid using acetaminophen. More...

Managing pediatric pain in minor injuries

A multidisciplinary approach to understanding how children perceive pain and treating it quickly and effectively is the best way to manage the pediatric patient. More...

Cause of fever in febrile seizures needs to be identified

Clinicians evaluating infants or young children following a simple febrile seizure should focus on identifying the cause of the fever. More...

Chest pain in child with persistent fever

The duration of the child's fever, although perhaps consistent with self-limited viral infection, should lead one to consider other infectious etiologies. More...