How to Use pediatric in a Sentence

pediatric

adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mom is doing well and my granddaughter is currently in a pediatric ICU.
    Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • In such places, SCD has evolved from a life- threatening pediatric condition to a chronic disease among adults.
    Krithika Varagur, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The picture is less impressive for the three-dose Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Castro’s husband, pediatric intensive care specialist Dr. Shai Manzuri, made a last-ditch attempt to convince his wife to stay in the field.
    Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The institute hosts the event for former and current pediatric cardiac patients, so everyone can reconnect with the care teams that helped to save their lives.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • On a recent Wednesday morning, Dr. Kirsten Dummer, a pediatric cardiologist, was examining the heart scans of a 2-year-old who showed signs of a large aneurysm on the right side of the heart.
    Emily Baumgaertner Ariana Drehsler, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Arvidson said that while the facility will serve people of all ages, his agency hopes to fill a need for pediatric mental health counseling.
    Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The boy was taken to a pediatric trauma center for evaluation.
    The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In this area, there are lots of urologists, but many only treat pediatric cases, which makes searching difficult.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 June 2023
  • Detroit Free Press Michigan has confirmed its first pediatric death due to influenza this flu season.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Only about 15% of donors, typically those matched with pediatric patients, will be asked to donate bone marrow.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • At times, though, transmission of these bugs occurred outside their pre-Covid patterns, such as the surge of kids suffering from RSV that swamped pediatric hospitals in the early autumn of 2022.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Nov. 2023
  • In its first edition, the annual gala, hosted by the Children’s Oncology Support Fund, raised more than $2.5 million for the fight against pediatric cancer.
    Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2023
  • And, Palomar continues to contract with Rady Children’s Hospital to run its neonatal and pediatric units.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The findings encompass the growing trend of accidental pediatric exposures and the remedies for abuse and overdose.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The boy was quickly airlifted to a Chicago pediatric hospital.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • As a pediatric doctor, she’s seen panicked parents seek unproven therapies after finding a tick on their child.
    Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 14 May 2023

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