Department of Pediatrics

Mainstream Medicine Still Reluctant to Order Lipid Panels for Kids

Written by MedPage Today | July 23, 2024

“The pediatric recommendations have often seemed to be merely an extension of adult-focused recommendations, which may be confusing for those in pediatric practice. It is also likely that prevention of cardiovascular disease that occurs in adulthood is not top of mind for pediatric clinicians,” according to Stephen Daniels, [professor and chair, Department of Pediatrics] of University of Colorado School of Medicine and [pediatrician-in-chief and L. Joseph Butterfield Chair of Pediatrics] Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora.