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April 22, 2011

Survey

This month we would like to know...

Would you ever recommend to parents that their child undergo bariatric surgery in order to lose weight?

Yes

Would depend on the age of the child

March's Web poll results…

Now that studies are suggesting that vaccinating young men against HPV can help prevent some cancers in men and women, and the FDA has approved Gardasil for boys and young men to prevent genital warts, are you now recommending to parents that they get their sons vaccinated?

Yes: 59%
No: 11%
I'll wait until Gardasil is on the CDC's schedule of recommended vaccines for males: 30%

Digital Edition

Be aware of measles in children returning from international travel

Physicians should maintain a high level of suspicion for measles in children with febrile rash illness who have returned recently from foreign travel, advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read full article.

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Parents receptive to genetic testing
for their children

Parents favor genetic tests for their children to predict susceptibility to common adult-onset diseases, according to results from an online survey. The findings appear online in Pediatrics. Read full article.

Surrogate markers superior for detecting bacterial infection

C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), white blood cell count (WBC), and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) have similar diagnostic properties and are superior to clinical evaluation in detecting serious bacterial infection (SBI) in children with fever without source who have been vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Canadian researchers report. Read full article.

Clinical features identify primary immunodeficiency disease

Three clinical warning signs can accurately identify children with a primary immunodeficiency disease (PID), according to a report in Pediatrics. Read full article.

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