Welcome to This Week in Pediatrics. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning antibiotic stewardship and diagnostics in the office and emergency department, technology at the bedside in the neonatal intensive care unit, and the systems that surround vulnerable children — schools, child protective services, telemedicine, and immunisation delivery. Let's dive in. We'll start with two pape…

This week's papers:

Feedback with Education versus Digital Ototscopy for Acute Otitis Media Diagnosis and Treatment — Journal of Pediatrics 2026
Vaccination in pediatric transplantation-General recommendations. A position paper by the European Reference Network TransplantChild — Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2026
Telemedicine Use in Primary Care for Children: 2019-2024 — Pediatrics 2026
Meningococcal B Vaccination Patterns Across 10 Integrated Health Systems within Vaccine Safety Datalink, 2015-2023 — Journal of Pediatrics 2026
POCUS-guided nasojejunal tube placement reduces malposition and radiation exposure in neonates: a multicenter real-world retrospective study — Pediatric Research 2026
Diagnostic role of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in pediatric syncope in the emergency department: a prospective study — European Journal of Pediatrics 2026
Asthma Exacerbation Risk and School Asthma Readiness — Pediatrics 2026
Prolonged screen time is associated with increased prevalence of sleep disorders in children — European Journal of Pediatrics 2026
Children With Complex Chronic Conditions in the Child Protective Services — Pediatrics 2026
Feasibility of Surfactant Delivery via Preterm Supraglottic Airways in Infants with Birth Weights of 800-1500 g — Journal of Pediatrics 2026