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New Guidelines for Pediatric Hypertension

AAP Releases New Guidelines for Pediatric Hypertension The American Academy of Pediatrics AAP has released new guidelines for pediatric hypertension. The update revises the definition of prehypertension, recommends screening only at well-visits in healthy children, expands recommendations for ambulatory BP monitoring, and offers advice for evaluation and therapy. Learn more in this Journal Watch from…
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Developmental Delay: When and How to Screen

"Developmental Delay: When and How to Screen" Kirsten Vitrikas, MD; Dillon Savard, MD; Merima Bucaj, DO. Recent and recommended article: “Developmental Delay: When and How to Screen” examines barriers to screening children for delays. It promotes the early and periodic use of screening tools, and incorporating ongoing developmental surveillance into the workflow of primary care…
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Strategies to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates

Care for Kids Newsletter Volume 24. Number 2. Spring 2017. The Spring 2017 issue of Care for Kids, the newsletter of Iowa's EPSDT program, has been archived and is available on this website. This issue features the article, Strategies to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates, by Meredith Fishbone-Gordon, MD. Dr. Fishbane-Gordon shares a series of strategies that have proven successful in boosting HPV immunization…
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Pediatric Voiding Dysfunction

Care for Kids Newsletter Volume 24. Number 1. Winter 2017. The latest issue of Care for Kids, the newsletter of Iowa's EPSDT program, has been published and is available online. This issue features the article, Pediatric Voiding Dysfunction, by Laura Fuller, PhD., Douglas Storm, MD, and Kristine Bonnett, ARNP.  This article addresses the challenges faced when older children continue to have…
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