Medical devices for kids are often only tested on adults

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Medical devices for kids are often only tested on adults

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most medical devices that have been recently approved for use in pediatrics weren't actually tested on kids first, according to a new study. "Overall, many of these devices were not only tested in limited pediatric populations, but many were also approved on the basis of clinical trials that did not employ a very rigorous trial design," said Dr. Florence Bourgeois of Boston Children's Hospital, another author on the study.

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