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Low vitamin D levels were associated with an increased incidence of pain events leading to hospital admission among children with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to a study presented at ASH 2021.

Children with central venous thrombosis (CVT) and associated head or neck infections see good 3-month outcomes after treatment with therapeutic anticoagulants, according to a subgroup analysis of the EINSTEIN-Jr study.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-31 December 2021 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Boys who adhere to a diet rich in animal protein in middle childhood are less likely to externalize problems and become aggressive during adolescence, while adherence to the traditional/starch dietary pattern is associated with attention problems among girls, according to a study in Colombia.

Rapid antigen detection testing (RADT) may improve diagnosis of acute bacterial pharyngitis in the community by providing quicker yet comparably sensitive results as throat culture, according to a local study.

Supplementation with vitamin A reduces the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in very-low-birthweight (VLBW) infants, but the benefit appears to be limited to those with baseline intake <1,500 IU · kg−1 · d−1 and is not affected by the administration route, a study has found.

In children born small for gestational age (SGA), long-term treatment with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) does not carry an excess risk of insulin resistance, according to 10-year data from a study.

Children with asthma who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus are at an increased risk of hospitalization, especially those whose asthma is poorly controlled, compared with children without asthma, according to data from the EAVE II* study.