Literature Alerts

• An update on childhood and adolescent vaccines.

  Mayo Clin Proc. 2009 May; 84(5): 457-9; quiz 460
  Jacobson RM

  In 2008, the recommendations for vaccines in children and adolescents changed substantially. The Advisory Committee on Immunization...

• Evaluation by survival analysis on effect of traditional Chinese medicine in treating children with...

  Chin J Integr Med. 2009 Apr; 15(2): 95-100
  Yang Y, Wang SC, Bai WJ, Li RL, Ai J

  OBJECTIVE: To objectively evaluate the clinical effect of traditional Chinese medicine in treating children's...

• Influenza vaccination in children being treated with chemotherapy for cancer.

  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009; CD006484
  Goossen GM, Kremer LC, van de Wetering MD

  BACKGROUND: Influenza infection is a potential cause of severe morbidity in children with cancer, therefore...