A stunning visual experience for patients, families, and physicians explaining common pediatric heart defects. Heart murmurs are exceedingly common in children — including newborns. Most murmurs are benign flow murmurs that will simply “disappear” as the child grows. However, some murmurs are the mark of serious and even life-threatening cardiac defects. During medical school, we […]
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CHANGE Asthma App Review
Prescribe a Helpful Resource to Your Pediatric Asthma Patients and Their Parents Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions in children and adults with a prevalence of over 8% in U.S. children and 7% in adults. This translates to over 7 million children in the U.S. have asthma and over 26 million total. […]
Boston Children’s Hospital and GE partner to advance artificial intelligence in pediatrics
GE & Boston Children’s Hospital partner to apply artificial intelligence in pediatrics, starting with pediatric brain imaging.
Pediatric app predicts risk of morbidity and mortality after hospital discharge
Researchers are testing an app to predict risk of death in kids when being discharged from hospitals in resource limited settings.
Using automated health text messaging in pediatric obesity
A recent study tested whether use of automated, adaptive health text messaging for pediatric obesity could help kids lose weight.