How to Use pediatric in a Sentence

pediatric

adjective
  • Trained both in pediatric and adult medicine, Daouk rushed to their aid.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
  • In 1902, pediatric nurse Lina Rogers became New York’s—and our nation’s—first school nurse.
    TIME, 8 May 2024
  • But sometimes those pediatric drugs are out of stock, too.
    Stephanie Nolen Malin Fezehai, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • My mom is a pediatric nurse and my dad works in aviation.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The boy behind the mask would end up staying in the public eye, as a pediatric health advocate.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Their 3-year old daughter, Ava, is a survivor of a rare form of pediatric cancer.
    Tarini Parti, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Michael Haller, chief of pediatric endocrinology at UF, served as chair of the group.
    Jack Stripling, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The health plan, which is a subsidiary of the Cook Children’s pediatric health system, filed an appeal.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2024
  • Brant deployed to Afghanistan more than half a dozen times, while Tanya, a pediatric trauma nurse, cared for their two young daughters.
    Catherine Herridge, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • But then at eight years old, my youngest child was diagnosed with pediatric OCD.
    Hazlitt, 31 May 2023
  • Half of all sales go to fund charities to fight against pediatric cancer.
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022
  • There is a long way to go before such screening becomes a standard part of pediatric care.
    Angelica P. Ahrens, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
  • While at the hospital, the pope went to the pediatric oncology ward to visit with the children there and hand out chocolate eggs and rosaries.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But there were neither chest tubes nor blood-pressure cuffs that were available in pediatric sizes.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Like much of the pediatric health care system, the PSC has failed to adapt to modern knowledge and technology.
    Wendy Ward, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Leukemia is the most common type of childhood cancer in the United States and makes up 28% of all pediatric cancer cases.
    Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Israeli tanks and forces surrounded the hospital, which since 2019 has been home to the only pediatric cancer ward in the Gaza Strip.
    WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But more kids are getting sick at the same time now, and pediatric hospitals have been overwhelmed in recent weeks by the sudden surge.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Arceneaux’s flight was the first for a pediatric cancer survivor and the first for an astronaut with a prosthetic.
    Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 26 June 2024
  • Celia wound up in the pediatric intensive care unit at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, where a machine had to breathe for her.
    Mark Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2023
  • But the picture for pediatric oral health is improving – even outside of school programs.
    Michael Casey, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Donor cells used in pediatric transplants would normally be flown to Kyiv, but now must be driven because Ukraine’s airspace is closed.
    Alice Martins, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Tummy time, which leads to rolling and crawling on the floor, is what sets your baby up for walking, according to pediatric experts.
    Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Tests didn’t show any problems, and a pediatric cardiologist gave her the all-clear.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Moreover, pediatric medical care is not reimbursed in the same way that adult medicine is.
    Rachel Pearson, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Brave Care has opened five pediatric clinics since its founding in 2019, most recently near Austin last spring.
    oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Hospitals have had to cancel surgeries or shutter their pediatric wards because of the brain drain.
    Zinara Rathnayake, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This post-approval research has been critical in the fight against cancer, as well as pediatric and rare diseases.
    Stephen J. Ubl, STAT, 6 July 2023
  • My parents got me an appointment with a pediatric gastroenterologist, and a colonoscopy confirmed Crohn’s.
    Jj Courtney, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Children's was ranked the No. 1 hospital in the country for pediatric cancer care, third for pediatric orthopedics and third for pediatric neurology and neurosurgery.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2024

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