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IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE FOR PEDVAXHIB AND COMVAX?

What is the recommended immunization schedule when using PedvaxHIB and

Comvax vaccines?

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USING THE ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

The availability of the atypical antipsychotic agents, with their more favorable adverse effect profile, is likely have a significant impact on a variety of psychiatric illnesses.

Pediatric Pharmacotherapy 7(8), 200

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--ANTIBIOTIC USE--

PENICILLIN RESISTANCE INCREASED IN CHILDREN AFTER BETA LACTAM USE

Young children who receive beta lactam antibiotics are at increased risk of developing penicillin resistant pneumococci.

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--ANXIETY--

SERTRALINE IS SAFE, EFFICACIOUS FOR TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC ANXIETY DISORDER

Generalized anxiety disorder in children and adolescents can be treated safely and effectively with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline.

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--ASTHMA--

PARENTAL HISTORY, EARLY SENSITIZATION LINKED TO ASTHMA RISK IN ATOPIC CHILDREN

Atopic sensitization at an early age and a maternal history of asthma appear to predict the development of childhood asthma.

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EFFECTIVE DOSE OF SALMETEROL CAN BE ADMINISTERED WITH VALVED HOLDING CHAMBER

Although the fine particle mass of salmeterol is lower when administered by a valved holding chamber than when it is given by metered dose inhaler alone, the difference is not clinically significant.

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BUDESONIDE EFFECTIVE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH PERSISTENT ASTHMA

The results of a retrospective analysis of two randomized trials show that inhaled budesonide suspension, given once a day, is effective in treating persistent asthma in children 6 months to 8 years of age.

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--DIABETES/OBESITY--

SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY LINKED TO DIABETES IN OFFSPRING

The children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and obesity.

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LOW SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN PREDICTS CHILDHOOD HYPERINSULINEMIA

Low serum levels of sex hormone binding globulin is a better marker for yperinsulinemia/insulin resistance in prepubertal obese children than body mass index.

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--TUBERCULOSIS--

POSITIVE PPD INDICATES TB INFECTION IN CHILDREN WITH PREVIOUS BCG

Among children in close contact with adults with tuberculosis, purified protein derivative testing is useful in identifying those at risk for infection, whether they have received BCG or not.

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HIGHER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS A RISK FACTOR FOR HIV IN ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN WITH TB

In Ethiopia, children with tuberculosis at high risk for coinfection with HIV are those who have better educated parents, parents with higher income and live in better conditions.

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--VACCINATIONS--

VACCINATION URGED FOR DAYCARE CHILDREN TO PROTECT AGAINST DRUG-RESISTANT S. PNEUMONIAE

Most parents of young children in daycare may be unaware of the availability of Prevnar vaccine to prevent multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infection.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO MDIRECT?

What happened to Mdirect?

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