This interactive case will discuss what is currently known about identifying bipolar disorder during the prodrome phase in children and adolescents. Key aspects that are also addressed include issues which arise when managing children and adolescent patients with bipolar disorder. It also reviews new data on both pharmacologic treatments and nonpharmacologic treatments. Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health
A study published in the July 26, 2007 issue of the NEJM looks at the use of systemic corticosteroids in children with bronchiolitis. Medscape Pediatrics
Infants with lysosomal and peroxisomal disorders (LSD), such as Krabbe disease and Hurler syndrome, which are often fatal, can be managed with umbilical cord blood transfusions from unrelated donors. Reuters Health Information
The age at diagnosis of childhood diabetes is associated with important health and behavioral outcomes later in life, according to a study published in the November issue of Diabetes Care. Reuters Health Information
Vitamin A supplementation in the early neonatal period is associated with a reduction in mortality due to diarrhea, fever and acute respiratory infections in the first 6 months of life while the incidence of these conditions is unaffected, according to results of a study conducted in India. Reuters Health Information
In children with obesity that is not lifestyle related, sibutramine therapy seems to result in clinically significant weight reduction, according to findings published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Reuters Health Information
Certain formerly premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) appear to be at increased risk of severe pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH), researchers report in the December issue of Pediatrics. Reuters Health Information
Ending months of deadlock with the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final bipartisan approval to legislation that would temporarily extend the state health insurance program that covers about 6.6 million poor children. Reuters Health Information
Although the underlying mechanism has not been established, it appears that isolated elevation of serum aminotransferases is generally benign and need not be a cause for immediate action in most young patients, according to Israeli researchers. Reuters Health Information
