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Urinary proadrenomedullin predicts severity of community-acquired pneumonia in children
Urinary proadrenomedullin (proADM)/creatinine (Cr) ratio measured at the time of emergency department visit appears predictive of the development of severe outcomes in children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), with stronger discriminatory performance in radiographic disease, suggests a recent study.

Overall survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma differs by race, gender, treatment
Among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, there are multiple factors that affect overall survival, including race, gender, treatment, and socioeconomic factors, as reported in a study.

Poorer mental health in people with multiple psychotic experiences
A recent study led by researchers from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) highlights the transient and heterogenous nature of psychotic experiences (PEs), showing that multiple PEs and the hallucination subtype of PEs may be specific indices of poor mental health condition.

Child abuse increased during COVID-19 lockdown
Child abuse rates appear to have increased during the lockdowns imposed to control COVID-19 transmission, according to a study from the US presented at the 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition (AAP 2021).





