New and updated clinical practice guidelines from Children’s Minnesota |
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Several new and updated clinical practice guidelines for health professionals were recently added to the library provided by Children’s Minnesota. Our full collection includes more than 70 clinical practice guidelines in a wide range of pediatric specialties for health care providers. They are free and available for anyone to use.
The clinical guidelines are designed for general use with most patients; each clinician should use their own independent judgment to meet the needs of each individual patient. Guidelines are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
The new guidelines added in the first quarter of 2025 include:
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Recently revised guidelines include:
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Read more about our clinical practice guidelines for health professionals here.
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When to refer for concussions, brain trauma | |
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Primary care providers are often the first ones to hear from a parent about their child’s head injury, so it’s crucial to know when to refer to a concussion specialist.
It is important for primary care providers to assess for red flag symptoms such as neck pain, seizures, double vision, loss of consciousness, weakness or tingling in more than one arm or in the legs, decreasing alertness, vomiting, severe or worsening headache, agitation, or visible facial injury or skull deformity.
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“When these symptoms are present, we encourage providers to refer to medical care at a facility that can provide imaging, like CT scanning, if needed,” said Heather Sesma, PhD, LP, director of the concussion program at Children’s Minnesota. “In some cases, concussion symptoms may not be recognized immediately after injury but may develop or worsen in the first 48 hours.”
The kid experts in the concussion clinic at Children’s Minnesota provide comprehensive medical evaluations and care with a multi-disciplinary approach for each child’s unique needs. The concussion care team includes pediatric specialists in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, ophthalmology, psychology, neuropsychology, and neurosurgery, and each has specialized training in concussion recovery.
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Ask a Specialist: Submit your questions about neonatal care |
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All health care professionals can use Ask a Specialist, an online program that offers direct access to Children’s Minnesota’s pediatric specialists, including our neonatology team. Through this service, our kid experts from the largest high-risk neonatal care program in the region can provide guidance on how to deliver the best care for babies in need.
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Here's an example of a common neonatology question we receive. Tara Zamora, MD, staff neonatologist at Children’s Minnesota, provided the answer.
Question:
When caring for premature infants that are discharged on fortified feedings, how long is it advised they continue transitional feedings?
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Answer:
In premature infants, I generally consider that an infant's nutritional needs will depend on gestational age at birth, growth parameter percentile, rate of growth, and other ongoing medical needs. Formerly preterm infants with a birthweight >50% for age should continue fortified transitional feedings until at least 4 months corrected gestational age (CGA) with the goal of proportional gains in weight and length. Fortified transitional feedings may be continued up to a year in the highest-risk infants or those infants who have not achieved catch-up growth or were born <10% at birth.
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Ask a Specialist questions are triaged by Children’s Minnesota pediatric specialists and then directed to the appropriate pediatric health care professional. Our teams aim to respond to all requests within 10 business days. Read more about the service here.
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Join us at the Twin Cities Pediatric Update, Sept. 18-19, 2025 |
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Reserve your spot for the 7th annual Twin Cities Pediatric Update!
This two-day conference features two keynote speakers and a variety of plenary sessions to keep you current on relevant topics and recent advances in pediatrics that are most important to your practice.
Keynote speakers have been announced:
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- Garth Graham, MD, will present, "Digital drivers of Health Outcomes: Online health information as a social determinant." A cardiologist, researcher and public health expert, Dr. Graham joined Google as head of healthcare and public health.
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Yohuru Williams, PhD, will present, "Compounding harm: Six degrees of segregation and health care." Dr. Williams is distinguished university chair and professor of history, and the founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. He is the author, co-author and editor of 11 books.
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New location: This year’s conference is moving to Brackett’s Crossing Country Club in Lakeville. Participants have the option to attend the conference in-person or virtually. Presentations will not be recorded for viewing post-course. Completion of the evaluation is required to claim course credit.
Register today!
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