What’s behind this year’s historic pertussis outbreak?
A record-breaking 42,428 pertussis cases have been notified this year compared with the previous high of about 39,000 in 2011 and a mere 2454 cases…
Tag: Paediatrics
‘World-leading’: RSV vaccine free for pregnant women from 2025
Pregnant women can access respiratory syncytial virus vaccination under the National Immunisation Program starting next winter, the Federal Government has announced. Single-dose respiratory syncytial virus…
PBAC wants ‘critical’ opioid shortage fixed, warning doctors’ care options are being compromised
Pain and palliative care doctors want Federal Government action to stop the “egregious” behaviour of pharmaceutical companies pulling drugs from the market with little warning.…
Medical Must-See: Pencil-core granuloma leaves child green around the gills
A two-year-old’s swollen eyelid led to a pencil-core granuloma diagnosis in this colourful case from Japan. A subcutaneous induration of the patient’s left lower eyelid…
Scoping out an unsettled child
Caleb, a three-year-old boy, is brought in by his parents with a four-day history of intermittent fever and soft stool. He has vomited twice over…
TGA approves first oral T2DM treatment for kids since metformin
The TGA has approved empagliflozin for type 2 diabetes in children as young as 10, either combined with metformin or as monotherapy if metformin is…
Watch for anxiety and hypertension after starting ADHD medication: Aussie guidance
Patients starting stimulants may become anxious due to sudden awareness of their behvaiours, which can be mistaken for pharmacologically-induced anxiety, new Australian ADHD guidance says.…
Medical Must-See: CT scan throws doctors a bone in mysterious appendicitis case
A nine-year-old boy’s abdominal pain and fever became a bone of contention in this acute appendicitis case published in Radiology Case Reports. The child had…
Spot Dx — What’s making this infant fuss?
Lachie, a three-week-old boy, is brought in by his parents with abdominal distension and blood in the faeces for the past 12 hours. Test your…
‘No different to cigarettes’: Govt will ban children from Facebook and TikTok
The Federal Government will ban younger children from joining social media due to concerns for their mental health, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced. While…
