JAMA Pediatrics

Buchan, Sarah A.; Booth, Stephanie; Scott, Allison N.; Simmonds, Kimberley A.; Svenson, Lawrence W.; Drews, Steven J.; Russell, Margaret L.; Crowcroft, Natasha S.; Loeb, Mark; Warshawsky, Bryna F.; Kwong, Jeffrey C.

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1514pmid: 29971427

Key PointsQuestionDoes vaccine effectiveness differ between live attenuated influenza vaccine and inactivated influenza vaccine in children and adolescents? FindingsThis test-negative study compared health administrative data and laboratory test results on respiratory specimens from 10 169 children and adolescents across 4 influenza seasons and found no significant differences in the odds of influenza infection between children who received live attenuated and those who received inactivated influenza vaccine. The only exception was influenza B during the 2015-2016 season, for which live attenuated influenza vaccine provided better protection than inactivated influenza vaccine. MeaningThese results support receipt of either live attenuated influenza vaccine or inactivated influenza vaccine in this age group.

Auger, Katherine A.; Shah, Samir S.; Tubbs-Cooley, Heather L.; Sucharew, Heidi J.; Gold, Jennifer M.; Wade-Murphy, Susan; Statile, Angela M.; Bell, Kathleen D.; Khoury, Jane C.; Mangeot, Colleen; Simmons, Jeffrey M.

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1482pmid: 30039161

Key PointsQuestionDoes a telephone call from a nurse after routine pediatric discharge prevent use of urgent health care services? FindingsIn this randomized clinical trial of 966 children discharged from a general medicine hospital service, children randomized to the intervention had similar reutilization rates for urgent health care services compared with children randomized to standard discharge. MeaningTelephone calls from a nurse after pediatric discharge do not result in decreased reutilization rates for urgent health care services.

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.3369

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.3370

Berry, Jay G.; Berry, Sarah D.

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1079pmid: 29971353

This Viewpoint discusses challenges in treating geriatric and pediatric patients with neurological impairment.

Fiks, Alexander G.; Friesen, Robert; Biggs, Lisa

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1501pmid: 30073320

This Viewpoint discusses the market pressures that may undermine the medical home as well as the urgent need for pediatricians to rethink delivery of primary care.

Nahata, Leena; Gerhardt, Cynthia A.; Quinn, Gwendolyn P.

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1534pmid: 30014147

This Viewpoint describes the need for and the challenges of discussing fertility preservation options with male teenagers who recently received a cancer diagnosis and their families.

Bramante, Carolyn T.; Spiller, Philip; Landa, Michael

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1619pmid: 30039174

This Viewpoint discusses the benefits to neurocognitive development of fish consumption during pregnancy and considers the risk of exposure to mercury in fish during pregnancy.

Giza, Christopher C.; Stewart, William; Prins, Mayumi L.

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1645pmid: 29987335

This Viewpoint discusses the ways in which science can inform policies in sports regarding concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Christakis, Dimitri A.

2018 JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2409pmid: 30039162