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Adolescents with isolated systolic hypertension (ISH), including the spurious hypertension (sHTN) subtype, show more noticeable markers of cardiac end-organ damage, higher aortic stiffness, and stroke volume than those with white-coat hypertension (WCH), a study has shown.

A large study by the US National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) has identified factors associated with the risk of severe disease among children with SARS-CoV-2 infection as well as factors tied to an increased risk of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) as compared to acute COVID-19.

In pregnant women, the use of serotonergic antidepressants does not appear to put babies at risk of developing seizures or epilepsy, as reported in a study.

In the treatment of young infants with nonbacteraemic urinary tract infection (UTI), administering intravenous (IV) antibiotics for less than 48 hours appears to work well in the absence of meningitis, with low rates of treatment failure and serious complications, according to a study.

In the period of COVID-19 pandemic predominated by the milder yet highly transmissible Omicron variant, BNT162b2 vaccination of young children can shield them against severe infection. However, the antiviral armour afforded by this vaccine weakens over time, as reported in a recent study.