Tag: Pediatrics
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First Study to Use Consumer Wearables to Predict Pediatric Surgery Complications
A new study published in Science Advances is the first to use consumer wearables to quickly and precisely predict postoperative complications in children and shows potential for facilitating faster treatment and care.
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Investigating Nationwide IV Shortages After Hurricane Helene
Intravenous fluid use in pediatric emergency departments decreased nationwide following Hurricane Helene, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study, findings that may help emergency departments better allocate resources.
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Youth Anxiety and Depression Increasing, Study Finds
The proportion of U.S. children and adolescents with anxiety and depression increased from 2016 to 2022, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine survey analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Violent Reinjury in Firearm-Injured Children Linked to Neighborhood Factors
Children in areas with the lowest Child Opportunity Index — which reflects factors like education, social and economic resources — were over twice as likely to suffer another violent injury within a year after an initial firearm-related emergency room visit, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Investigating the Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Hearts
Most children with life-threatening heart inflammation stemming from COVID-19 tend to recover within six months of infection, according to a multicenter study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Uncovering New Therapeutic Targets for Pediatric Epilepsy
Investigators in the laboratory of Gemma Carvill, PhD, have discovered novel molecular underpinnings of Dravet syndrome, a rare genetic form of epilepsy in children, that may serve as promising therapeutic targets, according to a recent study.
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Study Explores How Brains Store, Retrieve Memories
An international team of scientists has revealed new clues about the neural mechanisms behind memory formation and recognition in the developing human brain, according to a study published in Science Advances.
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Dirajlal-Fargo and Fant Named Co-Directors of Center for Global Pediatric Health
Northwestern University has announced the launch of the new Center for Global Pediatric Health, a collaboration between the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health and at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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Weese-Mayer Honored with 2025 Stern Award
Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD, the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor of Pediatric Autonomic Medicine at Feinberg and Chief of the Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, has been awarded the 2025 Paula H. Stern Award for Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine.
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Umbilical Cord Blood Biomarkers May Improve Preterm Infant Care
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how proteins expressed in umbilical cord blood at birth evolve during gestational development and could serve as biomarkers to inform new precision care strategies for infants born prematurely, according to a recent study.
