From opioid misuse to disparities in autism spectrum disorder screening, our editors have selected Pediatrics articles that had the greatest impact on our readers in 2020, including COVID-19 articles that contributed to the overall healthcare landscape; addressing epidemiology, concerns, and groundbreaking data.
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Pubertal Suppression for Transgender Youth and Risk of Suicidal Ideation
Jack L. Turban, Dana King, Jeremi M. Carswell and Alex S. Keuroghlian
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-1725 | February 2020
Race, Postoperative Complications, and Death in Apparently Healthy Children
Olubukola O. Nafiu, Christian Mpody, Stephani S. Kim, Joshua C. Uffman and Joseph D. Tobias
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-4113 | August 2020
Antibiotic Use and Outcomes in Children in the Emergency Department With Suspected Pneumonia
Matthew J. Lipshaw, Michelle Eckerle, Todd A. Florin, Eric J. Crotty, Jessi Lipscomb, Judd Jacobs, Mantosh S. Rattan, Richard M. Ruddy, Samir S. Shah and Lilliam Ambroggio
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3138 | April 2020
Cognition After Early Tonsillectomy for Mild OSA
Karen A. Waters, Jasneek Chawla, Margaret-Anne Harris, Helen Heussler, Robert J. Black, Alan T. Cheng and Kurt Lushington
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-1450 | February 2020
Body Mass Index From Early to Late Childhood and Cardiometabolic Measurements at 11 to 12 Years
Kate Lycett, Markus Juonala, Costan G. Magnussen, David Norrish, Fiona K. Mensah, Richard Liu, Susan A. Clifford, John B. Carlin, Tim Olds, Richard Saffery, Jessica A. Kerr, Sarath Ranganathan, Louise A. Baur, Matthew A. Sabin, Michael Cheung, Terence Dwyer, Mengjiao Liu, David Burgner and Melissa Wake
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3666 | August 2020
Primary Care Austim Screening and Later Autism Diagnosis
Paul S. Carbone, Kathleen Campbell, Jacob Wilkes, Gregory J. Stoddard, Kelly Huynh, Paul C. Young and Terisa P. Gabrielsen
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-2314 | August 2020
Prescription Opioid Misuse and Risky Adolescent Behavior
Devika Bhatia, Susan K. Mikulich-Gilbertson and Joseph T. Sakai
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-2470 | February 2020
Parental Hesistancy About Routine Childhood and Influenza Vaccination: A National Survey
Allison Kempe, Alison W. Saville, Christina Albertin, Gregory Zimet, Abigail Breck, Laura Helmkamp, Sitaram Vangala, L. Miriam Dickinson, Cindy Rand, Sharon Humiston and Peter G. Szilagyi
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3852 | July 2020
Young Children's Use of Smartphones and Tablets
Jenny S. Radesky, Heidi M. Weeks, Rosa Ball, Alexandria Schaller, Samantha Yeo, Joke Durnez, Matthew Tamayo-Rios, Mollie Epstein, Heather Kirkorian, Sarah Coyne and Rachel Barr
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3518 | July 2020
Trends in Chest Radiographs for Pneumonia in Emergency Departments
Alexandra T. Geanacopoulos, John J. Porter, Michael C. Monuteaux, Susan C. Lipsett and Mark I. Neuman
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-2816 | March 2020
Featured COVID-19 Articles
Epidemiology of COVID-19 Among Children in China
Yuanyuan Dong, Xi Mo, Yabin Hu, Xin Qi, Fan Jiang, Zhongyi Jiang and Shilu Tong
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-0702 | June 2020
Coinfection and Other Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 in Children
Qin Wu, Yuhan Xing, Lei Shi, Wenjie Li, Yang Gao, Silin Pan, Ying Wang, Wendi Wang and Quansheng Xing
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-0961 | July 2020
COVID-19 Transmission in US Child Care Programs
Walter S. Gilliam, Amyn A. Malik, Mehr Shafiq, Madeline Klotz, Chin Reyes, John Eric Humphries, Thomas Murray, Jad A. Elharake, David Wilkinson and Saad B. Omer
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-031971 | October 2020
Well-being of Parents and Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey
Stephen W. Patrick, Laura E. Henkhaus, Joseph S. Zickafoose, Kim Lovell, Alese Halvorson, Sarah Loch, Mia Letterie and Matthew M. Davis
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-016824 | October 2020
Racial and/or Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children
Monika K. Goyal, Joelle N. Simpson, Meleah D. Boyle, Gia M. Badolato, Meghan Delaney, Robert McCarter and Denice Cora-Bramble
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-009951 | October 2020