Heat-related illness and sun safety strategies for pediatric populations.

Purpose Of Review: The ongoing rise in temperature poses significant public health concerns such as exposure to extreme heat and increased prevalence of heat-related illnesses. Given that pediatric populations are particularly vulnerable to heat-related risks, pediatricians need to be prepared to counsel caregivers and patients on heat protective strategies and treatment recommendations.

Recent Findings: Children are physiologically susceptible to heat-related complications.

Challenging the Chatbot: An Assessment of ChatGPT's Diagnoses and Recommendations for DBP Case Studies.

Objective: Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer-3.5 (ChatGPT) is a publicly available and free artificial intelligence chatbot that logs billions of visits per day; parents may rely on such tools for developmental and behavioral medical consultations. The objective of this study was to determine how ChatGPT evaluates developmental and behavioral pediatrics (DBP) case studies and makes recommendations and diagnoses.

Prevalence and Longevity of PTSD Symptoms Among Parents of NICU Infants Analyzed Across Gestational Age Categories.

. This study aims to investigate whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms exist >1 year after neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) experience and whether PTSD symptomatology differs across parents of infants of different gestational age categories. .

Variation in Neonate Swaddling Techniques.

Background: It is common practice for healthcare practitioners to swaddle infants in newborn nursery and neonatal intensive care unit settings. Despite the widespread use of this practice, the American Academy of Pediatrics neither bans nor recommends swaddling. To date, there has been no standard protocol developed for either healthcare professionals or parents to establish optimal swaddling techniques in terms of infant arm positioning, infant leg positioning, and tightness of wrap.

Household Diversion of Prescription Stimulants: Medication Misuse by Parents of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to investigate household diversion of stimulant medication. Secondary objectives are to examine clinical/demographic predictors of diversion, types of formulations diverted, exposure to household diversion in the media, and storage of prescription stimulants within households.

Methods: Questionnaires were completed by 180 parents of youth who were currently taking stimulant medication for treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Parental Perception of Risk Associated With Their Premature Infant.

Background: Preterm birth has been linked to increased parental stress, depression, and anxiety. Although the rate of neonatal morbidity and mortality decreases with increasing gestational age, recent research has revealed that there is no threshold age for risk or parental concern.

Purpose: This study examines parental concern about medical and developmental outcomes of their premature infant.