Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers have designed an assessment tool to detect malnutrition in pediatric patients with end-stage kidney ...

Researchers from the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada have developed a new referral process and Frenotomy Assessment Tool to determine the proportion of breastfeeding infants with TT ...

Parents of children with disabilities and their advocates are frustrated by a new questionnaire being used by the state to determine a child’s home-health-care needs. The survey has resulted in ...

A new, computerized, mental health assessment tool may allow doctors to quickly identify children experiencing anxiety or depression before surgery, suggests new research presented at the ...

Pediatric nursing blends science, empathy, and adaptability to meet the unique needs of infants, children, and teens. From developmentally appropriate assessments to family-centered care, nurses use ...

The Psychosocial Standards of Care Project for Childhood Cancer guidelines highlight the need for systematic and interdisciplinary neurocognitive assessment that begins during treatment. This approach ...

Crohn's disease (CD) is often more extensive in children compared with adults and requires a tool using magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) for assessing inflammation in the entire bowel. To that ...

The N-KICS tool (Nursing-Kids Intensity of Care Survey) is the first pediatric-specific tool designed to describe the intensity of nursing care for children with CMC. Recent medical advances have ...

While the majority of emergency medical services (EMS) and fire-rescue agencies provide emergency care to children, pediatric calls are rare. In fact, because many agencies see fewer than eight ...