Antibiotics for UTI in children . . . and other stories

Urinary tract infections in childrenHow long a course of antibiotics is needed for children with urinary tract infections? A randomised trial failed to reach a definite answer. Among 650 children aged 2 months to 10 years who showed clinical improvement after five days of antimicrobials, half were allocated to another five days of antimicrobials and the other half to five days of placebo. Recurrence of symptoms was more common in those receiving placebo, but the absolute rate of treatment failure was low (JAMA Pediatr doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.1979).Cognitive effects of myocardial infarctionData from six longitudinal studies were combined to investigate changes in cognitive function after myocardial infarction. Although no immediate effect was observed, during a median of six years’ follow-up, people who had survived a myocardial infarction showed a faster decline in global cognition, memory, and executive function compared with their rate of change before the cardiac event (JAMA Neurol doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.1331).Daily multivitamins protect…
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