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Paediatrics research, explained
4 open-access paediatrics studies, each with a flashcard deck and a quiz.
- Does early-life lead exposure predict adult arrests?
Children with higher lead levels in their blood before birth and in early childhood were arrested more often as young adults, including for violent crimes.
- Do most children with eczema go on to get asthma and hay fever?
Only a small minority of children with allergy-type symptoms follow the classic path from eczema to wheeze to hay fever; most have just one or two of these conditions in their own distinct pattern.
- Did children stop coming to the ER during COVID-19 lockdown?
In the first four weeks of Germany's 2020 lockdown, pediatric emergency visits at one hospital fell by almost two-thirds compared with the same weeks in 2019, while no critically ill children appeared to be missed.
- Can a Mediterranean-style diet help obese kids' metabolic health?
Obese children who followed a Mediterranean-style diet for four months showed improved blood lipids, lower glucose and fewer metabolic syndrome features, while those on a standard healthy diet mainly saw lower glucose.