Pediatric Sleep Duration Consensus Statement: A Step Forward

A step forward for Brazilian pediatric research.

doi:10.2223/JPED.1451 Brazilian pediatric research appears to be healthy, or at least its ability to get published is improving. Two optimistic reports by Blank et al. contrast with the pessimism expressed in my home country of the United Kingdom. Last year Jornal de Pediatria reported that SciELO indexing had led to an increase in local submissions to the journal while MEDLINE indexing had res...

Recommended Amount of Sleep for Pediatric Populations: A Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

ABSTRACT Sleep is essential for optimal health in children and adolescents. Members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine developed consensus recommendations for the amount of sleep needed to promote optimal health in children and adolescents using a modified RAND Appropriateness Method. The recommendations are summarized here. A manuscript detailing the conference proceedings and the evide...

Position statement on pediatric sleep for psychiatrists.

2 Infant, Child, Adolescent Psychiatrist, IWK Health Centre; Associate Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; member joint advocacy committee Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Canadian Pediatric Association; conference organizing committee, Infant Mental Health Prevention and Promotion (IMPH); Co-chair, Infant Mental Health Interest group Canadian Academy of C...

Chemotherapy drug shortages in pediatric oncology: a consensus statement.

Shortages of essential drugs, including critical chemotherapy drugs, have become commonplace. Drug shortages cost significant time and financial resources, lead to adverse patient outcomes, delay clinical trials, and pose significant ethical challenges. Pediatric oncology is particularly susceptible to drug shortages, presenting an opportunity to examine these ethical issues and provide recomme...

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