Objectives Lack of consensus regarding the semantics and definitions of pediatric
polypharmacy challenges researchers and clinicians alike. We conducted a scoping review to …

Infants undergo profound shifts in colonizing intestinal microorganisms during their first year,
especially during and after birth and during weaning. Microbiota are passed to infants …

… Meropol advised and assisted with design of the study, intervention, and the analysis, assisted
with the analysis, reviewed and revised the manuscript and approved the final manuscript …

Purpose To examine the range of prevalence of pediatric polypharmacy in literature through
a scoping review, focusing on factors that contribute to its heterogeneity in order to improve …

Background and Objective Little is known about trajectories of recovery 12 months after
hospitalization for severe COVID-19. Methods We conducted a prospective, longitudinal cohort …

Background Toxic metabolic encephalopathy (TME) has been reported in 7–31% of hospitalized
patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, some reports include …

Background The escalating incidence of invasive disease caused by multidrug-resistant
Gram-negative enteric Enterobacteriaceae (MDR-GNE) is a global concern. Scant published …

… E-mail: meropols@mail.med.upenn.edu yConflicts of interest: Dr Meropol has served as a
consultant for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and is supported, in part by an educational grant from …

PURPOSE Antibiotics are frequently prescribed for acute nonspecific respiratory infections (ARIs),
presumably to avoid small risks of progression to serious bacterial illness. However, …

Background Recent public health efforts, including in the UK and US, have targeted
decreasing unnecessary antibiotic use. In the US, prescribing for acute non-specific respiratory …