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BMC Pediatrics

Ausgabe 1/2013

Inhalt (217 Artikel)

Open Access Case report

Persistent wandering atrial pacemaker after epinephrine overdosing – a case report

Elhadi H Aburawi, Hassib Narchi, Abdul-Kader Souid

Open Access Research article

Impact of juvenile idiopathic arthritis on schooling

Ilham Bouaddi, Samira Rostom, Dalal El Badri, Asmae Hassani, Bouchra Chkirate, Bouchra Amine, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni

Open Access Research article

Relationship between Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and blood levels of Epstein-Barr Virus in children in north-western Tanzania: a case control study

Rogatus Kabyemera, Nestory Masalu, Peter Rambau, Erasmus Kamugisha, Benson Kidenya, Anita De Rossi, Maria Raffaella Petrara, Damas Mwizamuholya

Open Access Research article

The use of ciprofloxacin and fluconazole in Italian neonatal intensive care units: a nationwide survey

Chiara Pandolfini, Sequi Marco, Manzoni Paolo, Bonati Maurizio

Open Access Research article

Hospitalisation with otitis media in early childhood and cognitive function in young adult life: a prevalence study among Danish conscripts

Marie Mortensen, Rikke Beck Nielsen, Niels Fisker, Mette Nørgaard

Open Access Research article

Food intake during the previous 24 h as a percentage of usual intake: a marker of hypoxia in infants with bronchiolitis: an observational, prospective, multicenter study

François Corrard, France de La Rocque, Elvira Martin, Claudie Wollner, Annie Elbez, Marc Koskas, Alain Wollner, Michel Boucherat, Robert Cohen

Open Access Research article

Clinical association between teeth malocclusions, wrong posture and ocular convergence disorders: an epidemiological investigation on primary school children

Armando Silvestrini-Biavati, Marco Migliorati, Eleonora Demarziani, Simona Tecco, Piero Silvestrini-Biavati, Antonella Polimeni, Matteo Saccucci

Open Access Research article

Neutrophil counts distinguish between malignancy and arthritis in children with musculoskeletal pain: a case–control study

Antonella Agodi, Martina Barchitta, Cristina Trigilia, Patrizia Barone, Silvia Marino, Rosaria Garozzo, Manuela La Rosa, Giovanna Russo, Andrea Di Cataldo

Open Access Research article

Nutritional status, intestinal parasite infection and allergy among school children in Northwest Ethiopia

Bemnet Amare, Jemal Ali, Beyene Moges, Gizachew Yismaw, Yeshambel Belyhun, Simon Gebretsadik, Desalegn Woldeyohannes, Ketema Tafess, Ebba Abate, Mengistu Endris, Desalegn Tegabu, Andargachew Mulu, Fusao Ota, Bereket Fantahun, Afework Kassu

Open Access Study protocol

Optimising Ankle Foot Orthoses for children with Cerebral Palsy walking with excessive knee flexion to improve their mobility and participation; protocol of the AFO-CP study

Yvette L Kerkum, Jaap Harlaar, Annemieke I Buizer, Josien C van den Noort, Jules G Becher, Merel-Anne Brehm

Open Access Research article

Parents’ expectations of staff in the early bonding process with their premature babies in the intensive care setting: a qualitative multicenter study with 60 parents

Sonia Guillaume, Natacha Michelin, Elodie Amrani, Brigitte Benier, Xavier Durrmeyer, Sandra Lescure, Charlotte Bony, Claude Danan, Olivier Baud, Pierre-Henri Jarreau, Elodie Zana-Taïeb, Laurence Caeymaex

Open Access Research article

Exploring the usefulness of comprehensive care plans for children with medical complexity (CMC): a qualitative study

Sherri Adams, Eyal Cohen, Sanjay Mahant, Jeremy N Friedman, Radha MacCulloch, David B Nicholas

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of low back pain in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis

Inmaculada Calvo-Muñoz, Antonia Gómez-Conesa, Julio Sánchez-Meca

Open Access Research article

In-line filtration minimizes organ dysfunction: New aspects from a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Martin Boehne, Thomas Jack, Harald Köditz, Kathrin Seidemann, Florian Schmidt, Michaela Abura, Harald Bertram, Michael Sasse

Open Access Research article

Association between iron status, iron deficiency anaemia, and severe early childhood caries: a case–control study

Robert J Schroth, Jeremy Levi, Eleonore Kliewer, James Friel, Michael EK Moffatt

Open Access Research article

The knowledge, attitudes and practices of parents of children with asthma in 29 cities of China: a multi-center study

Jing Zhao, Kunling Shen, Li Xiang, Guoqing Zhang, Meng Xie, Juan Bai, Qiyi Chen

Open Access Correspondence

The expert network and electronic portal for children with respiratory and allergic symptoms: rationale and design

Kim Zomer-Kooijker, Francine C van Erp, Walter A F Balemans, Bart E van Ewijk, Cornelis K van der Ent

Open Access Research article

A modified Delphi study of screening for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia

Rochelle E Watkins, Elizabeth J Elliott, Jane Halliday, Colleen M O’Leary, Heather D’Antoine, Elizabeth Russell, Lorian Hayes, Elizabeth Peadon, Amanda Wilkins, Heather M Jones, Anne McKenzie, Sue Miers, Lucinda Burns, Raewyn C Mutch, Janet M Payne, James P Fitzpatrick, Maureen Carter, Jane Latimer, Carol Bower

Open Access Research article

High incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in children admitted with severe pneumonia in Uganda

Josephine M Nantongo, Eric Wobudeya, Ezekiel Mupere, Moses Joloba, Willy Ssengooba, Harriet N Kisembo, Irene R Lubega, Philippa M Musoke

Open Access Research article

Tolerance to a new free amino acid-based formula in children with IgE or non-IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Roberto Berni Canani, Rita Nocerino, Ludovica Leone, Margherita Di Costanzo, Gianluca Terrin, Annalisa Passariello, Linda Cosenza, Riccardo Troncone

Open Access Research article

Knowledge translation of the HELPinKIDS clinical practice guideline for managing childhood vaccination pain: usability and knowledge uptake of educational materials directed to new parents

Anna Taddio, Vibhuti Shah, Eman Leung, Jane Wang, Chaitya Parikh, Sarah Smart, Ross Hetherington, Moshe Ipp, Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Michael Sgro, Aleksandra Jovicic, Linda Franck

Open Access Research article

Birth and developmental correlates of birth weight in a sample of children with potential sensory processing disorder

Simone V Gill, Teresa A May-Benson, Alison Teasdale, Elizabeth G Munsell

Open Access Case report

A novel mitochondrial DNA deletion in a patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome: a late-onset of the fatal cardiac conduction deficit and cardiomyopathy accompanying long-term rGH treatment

Monika Obara-Moszynska, Jaroslaw Maceluch, Waldemar Bobkowski, Artur Baszko, Oskar Jaremba, Maciej R Krawczynski, Marek Niedziela

Open Access Research article

CD64-Neutrophil expression and stress metabolic patterns in early sepsis and severe traumatic brain injury in children

Diana-Michaela Fitrolaki, Helen Dimitriou, Maria Kalmanti, George Briassoulis

Open Access Research article

The intensity of physical activity influences bone mineral accrual in childhood: the childhood health, activity and motor performance school (the CHAMPS) study, Denmark

Malene Heidemann, Christian Mølgaard, Steffen Husby, Anders J Schou, Heidi Klakk, Niels Chr Møller, René Holst, Niels Wedderkopp

Open Access Research article

Neonatal extravasation injury: prevention and management in Australia and New Zealand-a survey of current practice

Matthew Restieaux, Andrew Maw, Roland Broadbent, Pam Jackson, David Barker, Ben Wheeler

Open Access Research article

School-age effects of the newborn individualized developmental care and assessment program for preterm infants with intrauterine growth restriction: preliminary findings

Gloria McAnulty, Frank H Duffy, Sandra Kosta, Neil I Weisenfeld, Simon K Warfield, Samantha C Butler, Moona Alidoost, Jane Holmes Bernstein, Richard Robertson, David Zurakowski, Heidelise Als

Open Access Research article

The relationship between joint mobility and motor performance in children with and without the diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder

Lemke D Jelsma, Reint H Geuze, Mariette H Klerks, Anuschka S Niemeijer, Bouwien CM Smits-Engelsman

Open Access Research article

The relationship between visceral fat thickness and bone mineral density in sedentary obese children and adolescents

Ismael Forte Freitas Júnior, Jefferson Rosa Cardoso, Diego G Destro Christofaro, Jamile Sanches Codogno, Augusto César Ferreira de Moraes, Rômulo Araújo Fernandes

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Annual acknowledgement of reviewers

Emily Crow

Open Access Research article

Kawasaki disease and subsequent risk of allergic diseases: a population-based matched cohort study

Ho-Chang Kuo, Wei-Chiao Chang, Kuender D Yang, Hong-Ren Yu, Chih-Lu Wang, Shu-Chen Ho, Chun-Yuh Yang

Open Access Research article

Longitudinal analysis of ear infection and hearing impairment: findings from 6-year prospective cohorts of Australian children

Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Anthony Hogan, Lyndall Strazdins

Open Access Research article

Bacterial and viral etiology of childhood diarrhea in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Isidore Juste O Bonkoungou, Kaisa Haukka, Monica Österblad, Antti J Hakanen, Alfred S Traoré, Nicolas Barro, Anja Siitonen

Open Access Research article

Virologic, immunologic and clinical response of infants to antiretroviral therapy in Kampala, Uganda

Vincent J Tukei, Miriam Murungi, Alice R Asiimwe, Daniella Migisha, Albert Maganda, Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Israel Kalyesubula, Philippa Musoke, Adeodata Kekitiinwa

Open Access Research article

Resting heart rate: its correlations and potential for screening metabolic dysfunctions in adolescents

Rômulo A Fernandes, Enio R Vaz Ronque, Danielle Venturini, Décio S Barbosa, Danilo P Silva, Crisieli T Cogo, Mariana Souza Carnelossi, Mariana B Batista, Manuel J Coelho-e-Silva, Luís B Sardinha, Edilson S Cyrino

Open Access Study protocol

The role of self-regulating abilities in long-term weight loss in severely obese children and adolescents undergoing intensive combined lifestyle interventions (HELIOS); rationale, design and methods

Jutka Halberstadt, Sabine Makkes, Emely de Vet, Anita Jansen, Chantal Nederkoorn, Olga H van der Baan-Slootweg, Jacob C Seidell

Open Access Research article

Drug use profile in outpatient children and adolescents in different Italian regions

Daniele Piovani, Antonio Clavenna, Maurizio Bonati

Open Access Research article

Prospective assessment of the gastroesophageal microbiome in VLBW neonates

Vladana Milisavljevic, Meena Garg, Ivan Vuletic, Jeff F Miller, Lauren Kim, Tina D Cunningham, Imke Schröder

Open Access Research article

Reducing neonatal infections in south and south central Vietnam: the views of healthcare providers

Daniele Trevisanuto, Gaston Arnolda, Tran Dinh Chien, Ngo Minh Xuan, Le Thi Anh Thu, Danica Kumara, Ornella Lincetto, Luciano Moccia

Open Access Research article

Chemokine (C-C motif) Ligand 2 is a potential biomarker of inflammation & physical fitness in obese children: a cross-sectional study

M Constantine Samaan, Joyce Obeid, Thanh Nguyen, Lehana Thabane, Brian W Timmons

Open Access Research article

Early clinical signs in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy predict an abnormal amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram at age 6 hours

Alan R Horn, George H Swingler, Landon Myer, Lucy L Linley, Moegammad S Raban, Yaseen Joolay, Michael C Harrison, Manigandan Chandrasekaran, Natasha R Rhoda, Nicola J Robertson

Open Access Research article

Analysis of motivations that lead women to participate (or not) in a newborn cohort study

Liza Vecchi Brumatti, Marcella Montico, Stefano Russian, Veronica Tognin, Maura Bin, Fabio Barbone, Patrizia Volpi, Luca Ronfani

Open Access Research article

Quality of life assessment in preterm children: physicians’ knowledge, attitude, belief, practice - a KABP study

Marie-Ange Einaudi, Catherine Gire, Anderson Loundou, Pierre Le Coz, Pascal Auquier

Open Access Research article

What is the easier and more reliable dose calculation for ivPhenytoin in children at risk of developing convulsive status epilepticus, 18 mg/kg or 20 mg/kg?

Manish Prasad, Priya Shenton, Sanne Dietz, Vivek Saroha, William P Whitehouse

Open Access Case report

Selenium: a brief review and a case report of selenium responsive cardiomyopathy

Abdulrahman Al-Matary, Mushtaq Hussain, Jaffar Ali

Open Access Research article

Deficiency of ADAMTS-13 in pediatric patients with severe sepsis and impact on in-hospital mortality

Farheen Karim, Salman Naseem Adil, Bushra Afaq, Anwar ul Haq

Open Access Research article

Determining an anthropometric surrogate measure for identifying low birth weight babies in Uganda: a hospital-based cross sectional study

Nabiwemba L Elizabeth, Orach Garimoi Christopher, Kolsteren Patrick

Open Access Research article

Healthcare cost of type 1 diabetes mellitus in new-onset children in a hospital compared to an outpatient setting

Christopher F Jasinski, Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, Ksenia Tonyushkina, Holley Allen

Open Access Research article

Cardiometabolic risk factors and quality of life in severely obese children and adolescents in the Netherlands

Sabine Makkes, Carry M Renders, Judith E Bosmans, Olga H van der Baan-Slootweg, Jacob C Seidell

Open Access Research article

Beliefs and practices regarding childhood fever among parents: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Sa’ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi, Waleed M Sweileh, Masa M Nabulsi, Mais F Tubaila, Rahmat Awang, Ansam F Sawalha

Open Access Case report

Granulicatella bacteraemia in children: two cases and review of the literature

Maia De Luca, Donato Amodio, Sara Chiurchiù, Maria Assunta Castelluzzo, Gabriele Rinelli, Paola Bernaschi, Francesca Ippolita Calò Carducci, Patrizia D’Argenio

Open Access Research article

Distance-based training in two community health centers to address tobacco smoke exposure of children

Bethany Hipple, Emara Nabi-Burza, Nicole Hall, Susan Regan, Jonathan P Winickoff

Open Access Research article

Maternal cigarette smoking and its effect on neonatal lymphocyte subpopulations and replication

Giovanni Almanzar, Gernot Eberle, Andrea Lassacher, Christian Specht, Christian Koppelstaetter, Peter Heinz-Erian, Rudolf Trawöger, David Bernhard, Martina Prelog

Open Access Research article

Long term effects of a health promotion intervention in low socioeconomic Arab- Israeli kindergartens

Dan Nemet, Dganit Geva, Michal Pantanowitz, Narmen Igbaria, Yoav Meckel, Alon Eliakim

Open Access Research article

Dosing variability in prescriptions of acetaminophen to children: comparisons between pediatricians, family physicians and otolaryngologists

Yueh-Ching Chou, Shin-Yi Lin, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Shu-Chiung Chiang, Mei-Jy Jeng, Li-Fang Chou

Open Access Research article

Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on length of stay in a population of preterm infants: a randomized controlled trial

Francesco Cerritelli, Gianfranco Pizzolorusso, Francesco Ciardelli, Emiliano La Mola, Vincenzo Cozzolino, Cinzia Renzetti, Carmine D’Incecco, Paola Fusilli, Giuseppe Sabatino, Gina Barlafante

Open Access Research article

External birth defects in southern Vietnam: a population-based study at the grassroots level of health care in Binh Thuan province

Truong Hoang, Dung The Nguyen, Phuong Van Ngoc Nguyen, Dong A Tran, Yves Gillerot, Raymond Reding, Annie Robert

Open Access Research article

Strengths and weaknesses of parent–staff communication in the NICU: a survey assessment

Helena Wigert, Michaela Blom Dellenmark, Kristina Bry

Open Access Research article

Brief parenting intervention for parents of NICU graduates: a randomized, clinical trial of Primary Care Triple P

Renske Schappin, Lex Wijnroks, Monica Uniken Venema, Barbara Wijnberg-Williams, Ravian Veenstra, Corine Koopman-Esseboom, Susanne Mulder-De Tollenaer, Ingeborg van der Tweel, Marian Jongmans

Open Access Research article

Epidemiology of isolated preaxial polydactyly type I: Data from the Polish Registry of Congenital Malformations (PRCM)

Anna Materna-Kiryluk, Aleksander Jamsheer, Katarzyna Wisniewska, Barbara Wieckowska, Janusz Limon, Maria Borszewska-Kornacka, Henryka Sawulicka-Oleszczuk, Ewa Szwalkiewicz-Warowicka, Anna Latos-Bielenska

Open Access Research article

Profile of children admitted with seizures in a tertiary care hospital of Western Nepal

Sudhir Adhikari, Brijesh Sathian, Deepak Prasad Koirala, Kalipatnam Seshagiri Rao

Open Access Case report

A case of ultrasound-guided prenatal diagnosis of prune belly syndrome in Papua New Guinea – implications for management

Maria Ome, Regina Wangnapi, Nancy Hamura, Alexandra J Umbers, Peter Siba, Moses Laman, John Bolnga, Sheryle Rogerson, Holger W Unger

Open Access Study protocol

The effectiveness of proactive telephone support provided to breastfeeding mothers of preterm infants: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Jenny Ericson, Mats Eriksson, Lena Hellström-Westas, Lars Hagberg, Pat Hoddinott, Renée Flacking

Open Access Research article

Renal abnormalities among HIV-infected, antiretroviral naive children, Harare, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study

Vongai Dondo, Hilda A Mujuru, Kusum J Nathoo, Maxwell Chirehwa, Zivanai Mufandaedza

Open Access Research article

Hospital outcomes for paediatric pneumonia and diarrhoea patients admitted in a tertiary hospital on weekdays versus weekends: a retrospective study

David Gathara, Grace Irimu, Harrison Kihara, Christopher Maina, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, Julius Mwangi, Elizabeth Allen, Mike English

Open Access Research article

Quality of neonatal healthcare in Kilimanjaro region, northeast Tanzania: learning from mothers' experiences

Bernard Mbwele, Nicole L Ide, Elizabeth Reddy, Sarah A P Ward, Joshua A Melnick, Flavian A Masokoto, Rachael Manongi

Open Access Research article

How to minimize children’s environmental tobacco smoke exposure: an intervention in a clinical setting in high risk areas

Noomi Carlsson, AnnaKarin Johansson, Agneta Abrahamsson, Boel Andersson Gäre

Open Access Research article

Predictors of exclusive breastfeeding: observations from the Alberta pregnancy outcomes and nutrition (APrON) study

Mahsa Jessri, Anna P Farmer, Katerina Maximova, Noreen D Willows, Rhonda C Bell

Open Access Debate

Integrating a sense of coherence into the neonatal environment

Gill Thomson, Victoria Hall Moran, Anna Axelin, Fiona Dykes, Renée Flacking

Open Access Research article

The burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis and hospital-acquired rotavirus gastroenteritis among children aged less than 6 years in Japan: a retrospective, multicenter epidemiological survey

Hitoshi Tajiri, Yuriko Takeuchi, Tomoko Takano, Toshihiro Ohura, Ayano Inui, Kimie Yamamoto, Yoshihito Higashidate, Hisashi Kawashima, Shigeru Toyoda, Kosuke Ushijima, Gunasekaran Ramakrishnan, Mats Rosenlund, Katsiaryna Holl

Open Access Research article

Pragmatic controlled trial to prevent childhood obesity in maternity and child health care clinics: pregnancy and infant weight outcomes (The VACOPP Study)

Taina Mustila, Jani Raitanen, Päivi Keskinen, Antti Saari, Riitta Luoto

Open Access Research article

Calcium and vitamin D intakes in children: a randomized controlled trial

Linda Cosenza, Vincenza Pezzella, Rita Nocerino, Margherita Di Costanzo, Anna Coruzzo, Annalisa Passariello, Ludovica Leone, Marcella Savoia, Antonio Del Puente, Antonella Esposito, Gianluca Terrin, Roberto Berni Canani

Open Access Study protocol

Central nervous system stimulants for secondary attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder after paediatric traumatic brain injury: a rationale and protocol for single patient (n-of-1) multiple cross-over trials

Hugh EJ Senior, Lynne McKinlay, Jane Nikles, Philip J Schluter, Sue-Ann Carmont, Mary-Clare Waugh, Adrienne Epps, Owen Lloyd, Geoffrey K Mitchell

Open Access Study protocol

Omega-3 fatty acids for treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: design and rationale of randomized controlled trial

Wojciech Janczyk, Piotr Socha, Dariusz Lebensztejn, Aldona Wierzbicka, Artur Mazur, Joanna Neuhoff-Murawska, Pawel Matusik

Open Access Research article

Moderate agreement between body mass index and measures of waist circumference in the identification of overweight among 5-year-old children; the ‘Be active, eat right’ study

Lydian Veldhuis, Ineke Vogel, Wilma Jansen, Carry M Renders, Remy A HiraSing, Hein Raat

Open Access Research article

The effect of neonatal vitamin A supplementation on growth in the first year of life among low-birth-weight infants in Guinea-Bissau: two by two factorial randomised controlled trial

Sofie Biering-Sørensen, Ane Bærent Fisker, Henrik Ravn, Luis Camala, Ivan Monteiro, Peter Aaby, Christine Stabell Benn

Open Access Research article

Development of a reliable questionnaire to assist in the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)

James P Fitzpatrick, Jane Latimer, Manuela Ferreira, Alexandra LC Martiniuk, Elizabeth Peadon, Maureen Carter, June Oscar, Emily Carter, Meredith Kefford, Rhonda Shandley, Harry Yungabun, Elizabeth J Elliott

Open Access Research article

Risk factors for unintentional poisoning in children aged 1–3 years in NSW Australia: a case–control study

Marcia Schmertmann, Ann Williamson, Deborah Black, Leigh Wilson

Open Access Research article

Is waist-to-height ratio a useful indicator of cardio-metabolic risk in 6-10-year-old children?

Valesca Mansur Kuba, Claudio Leone, Durval Damiani

Open Access Research article

Changes in the body weight of term infants, born in the tropics, during the first seven days of life

Claudia Turner, Verena Carrara, Naw Aye Mya Thien, Naw Moo Ku Paw, Marcus Rijken, Rose McGready, François Nosten

Open Access Research article

Body fat percentiles of Brazilian adolescents according to age and sexual maturation: a cross-sectional study

Isa de Pádua Cintra, Gerson Luis de Moraes Ferrari, Ana Carolina de Sousa Vieira Soares, Maria Aparecida Zanetti Passos, Mauro Fisberg, Maria Sylvia de Souza Vitalle

Open Access Research article

Hyperglycemia as a risk factor for the development of retinopathy of prematurity

Shakir Mohamed, Jeffrey C Murray, John M Dagle, Tarah Colaizy

Open Access Research article

Manipulation of drugs to achieve the required dose is intrinsic to paediatric practice but is not supported by guidelines or evidence

Roberta H Richey, Utpal U Shah, Matthew Peak, Jean V Craig, James L Ford, Catrin E Barker, Anthony J Nunn, Mark A Turner

Open Access Study protocol

Inflammatory phenotypes underlying uncontrolled childhood asthma despite inhaled corticosteroid treatment: rationale and design of the PACMAN2 study

Susanne JH Vijverberg, Leo Koenderman, Francine C van Erp, Cornelis K van der Ent, Dirkje S Postma, Paul Brinkman, Peter J Sterk, Jan AM Raaijmakers, Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee

Open Access Research article

Correlations among adiposity measures in school-aged children

Caroline E Boeke, Emily Oken, Ken P Kleinman, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Elsie M Taveras, Matthew W Gillman

Open Access Research article

Effect of the kangaroo position on the electromyographic activity of preterm children: a follow-up study

Kaísa Trovão Diniz, José Eulálio Cabral-Filho, Rafael Moura Miranda, Geisy Maria Souza Lima, Danilo de Almeida Vasconcelos

Open Access Research article

Performance of the pediatric index of mortality 2 (PIM-2) in cardiac and mixed intensive care units in a tertiary children’s referral hospital in Italy

Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti, Marina Cuttini, Lucilla Ravà, Silvia Rinaldi, Carla Brusco, Paola Cogo, Nicola Pirozzi, Sergio Picardo, Franco Schiavi, Massimiliano Raponi

Open Access Research article

Validating the weight gain of preterm infants between the reference growth curve of the fetus and the term infant

Tanis R Fenton, Roseann Nasser, Misha Eliasziw, Jae H Kim, Denise Bilan, Reg Sauve

Open Access Research article

Persistent recurring wheezing in the fifth year of life after laboratory-confirmed, medically attended respiratory syncytial virus infection in infancy

Gabriel J Escobar, Anthony S Masaquel, Sherian X Li, Eileen M Walsh, Patricia Kipnis

Open Access Research article

Health related quality of life of obese adolescents in Kuwait

Shurooq A Boodai, John J Reilly

Open Access Research article

Exposure to parental smoking and child growth and development: a cohort study

Seungmi Yang, Adriana Decker, Michael S Kramer

Open Access Research article

Predictors of receiving therapy among very low birth weight 2-year olds eligible for Part C early intervention in Wisconsin

Beth Marie McManus, Stephanie Robert, Aggie Albanese, Mona Sadek-Badawi, Mari Palta

Open Access Commentary

Pediatric non alcoholic fatty liver disease: more on novel treatment targets

Pietro Vajro, Giulia Paolella, Marco Poeta, Cristina Pizza, Maria Sangermano, Grazia Massa

Open Access Study protocol

Does metformin improve vascular health in children with type 1 diabetes? Protocol for a one year, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial

Jemma Anderson, Alexia S Peña, Thomas Sullivan, Roger Gent, Bronwen D’Arcy, Timothy Olds, Brian Coppin, Jennifer Couper

Open Access Case report

The mystery of persistent pulmonary hypertension: an idiopathic infantile arterial calcification

Huma Shaireen, Alexandra Howlett, Harish Amin, Kamran Yusuf, Majeeda Kamaluddeen, Abhay Lodha

Open Access Research article

Current pattern of Ponderal Indices of term small-for-gestational age in a population of Nigerian babies

Olubanke R Oluwafemi, Fidelis O Njokanma, Elizabeth A Disu, Tinuade A Ogunlesi

Open Access Study protocol

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership home visiting programme for first time teenage mothers in England: a protocol for the Building Blocks randomised controlled trial

Eleri Owen-Jones, Marie-Jet Bekkers, Chris C Butler, Rebecca Cannings-John, Sue Channon, Kerenza Hood, John W Gregory, Alison Kemp, Joyce Kenkre, Belen Corbacho Martin, Alan Montgomery, Gwenllian Moody, Kate E Pickett, Gerry Richardson, Zoë Roberts, Sarah Ronaldson, Julia Sanders, Eugena Stamuli, David Torgerson, Michael Robling

Open Access Research article

Assessment of the feasibility and coverage of a modified universal hearing screening protocol for use with newborn babies of migrant workers in Beijing

Beier Qi, Xiaohua Cheng, Hui En, Bo Liu, Shichun Peng, Yong Zhen, Zhenghua Cai, Lihui Huang, Luo Zhang, Demin Han

Open Access Study protocol

The effect of pelvic physiotherapy on reduction of functional constipation in children: design of a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Marieke L van Engelenburg – van Lonkhuyzen, Esther MJ Bols, Marc A Benninga, Wim A Verwijs, Netty MWL Bluijssen, Rob A de Bie

Open Access Research article

Advertisement and knowledge of tobacco products among Ellisras rural children aged 11 to 18 years: Ellisras Longitudinal study

Kotsedi D Monyeki, Han CG Kemper, Lateef O Amusa, Marcus Motshwane

Open Access Research article

Intra-abdominal fat is related to metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fat liver disease in obese youth

Loreana Sanches Silveira, Paula Alves Monteiro, Bárbara de Moura Mello Antunes, Patrícia Monteiro Seraphim, Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Diego G Destro Christofaro, Ismael F F F Freitas Júnior

Open Access Research article

Screening for developmental delay among children attending a rural community welfare clinic in Ghana

Ajediran I Bello, Jonathan NA Quartey, Louisa A Appiah

Open Access Research article

Variation of health-related quality of life assessed by caregivers and patients affected by severe childhood infections

Wantanee Kulpeng, Vorasith Sornsrivichai, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Waranya Rattanavipapong, Pattara Leelahavarong, John Cairns, Yoel Lubell, Yot Teerawattananon

Open Access Case report

Efavirenz-induced gynecomastia in a prepubertal girl with human immunodeficiency virus infection: a case report

Mette S van Ramshorst, Magdeline Kekana, Helen E Struthers, James A McIntyre, Remco PH Peters

Open Access Research article

Cross-sectional study of the association of body composition and physical fitness with bone status in children and adolescents from 11 to 16 years old

Anderson Marques de Moraes, Ezequiel Moreira Gonçalves, Vinicius Justino de Oliveira Barbeta, Gil Guerra-Júnior

Open Access Research article

Association between interleukin 1β and interleukin 10 concentrations: a cross-sectional study in young adolescents in Taiwan

Jung-Su Chang, Chun-Chao Chang, Eve Yiwen Chien, Sean S-H Lin, Tsai Cheng-Shiuan, Chyi-Huey Bai, Kuo-Ching Chao

Open Access Research article

High adiposity is associated cross-sectionally with low self-concept and body size dissatisfaction among indigenous Cree schoolchildren in Canada

Noreen Dianne Willows, Denise Ridley, Kim D Raine, Katerina Maximova

Open Access Research article

Adherence to oxygenation and ventilation targets in mechanically ventilated premature and sick newborns: a retrospective study

Marianne Trygg Solberg, Ida Torunn Bjørk, Thor Willy R Hansen

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Environmental determinants of islet autoimmunity (ENDIA): a pregnancy to early life cohort study in children at-risk of type 1 diabetes

Megan AS Penno, Jennifer J Couper, Maria E Craig, Peter G Colman, William D Rawlinson, Andrew M Cotterill, Timothy W Jones, Leonard C Harrison

Open Access Research article

Cord blood neutrophils display a galectin-3 responsive phenotype accentuated by vaginal delivery

Martina Sundqvist, Veronica Osla, Bo Jacobsson, Anna Rudin, Karin Sävman, Anna Karlsson

Open Access Research article

Long term healthcare costs of infants who survived neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: a retrospective longitudinal study among infants enrolled in Texas Medicaid

Vaidyanathan Ganapathy, Joel W Hay, Jae H Kim, Martin L Lee, David J Rechtman

Open Access Correspondence

EURO-WABB: an EU rare diseases registry for Wolfram syndrome, Alström syndrome and Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Amy Farmer, Ségolène Aymé, Miguel Lopez de Heredia, Pietro Maffei, Susan McCafferty, Wojciech Młynarski, Virginia Nunes, Kay Parkinson, Véronique Paquis-Flucklinger, Julia Rohayem, Richard Sinnott, Vallo Tillmann, Lisbeth Tranebjærg, Timothy G Barrett

Open Access Study protocol

The development of chronic cough in children following presentation to a tertiary paediatric emergency department with acute respiratory illness: study protocol for a prospective cohort study

Benjamin J Drescher, Anne B Chang, Natalie Phillips, Jason Acworth, Julie Marchant, Theo P Sloots, Michael David, Kerry-Ann F O’Grady

Open Access Research article

Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and associated factors among HIV infected children in Ethiopia: unannounced home-based pill count versus caregivers’ report

Silenat Biressaw, Woldaregay Erku Abegaz, Markos Abebe, Workeabeba Abebe Taye, Mulugeta Belay

Open Access Research article

Relation of adiposity, television and screen time in offspring to their parents

Lyn M Steffen, Alan R Sinaiko, Xia Zhou, Antoinette Moran, David R Jacobs Jr, Yoel Korenfeld, Donald R Dengel, Lisa S Chow, Julia Steinberger

Open Access Research article

Clinical spectrum of rhabdomyolysis presented to pediatric emergency department

Chun-Yu Chen, Yan-Ren Lin, Lu-Lu Zhao, Wen-Chieh Yang, Yu-Jun Chang, Kang-Hsi Wu, Han-Ping Wu

Open Access Research article

The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Short Form is reliable in children living in remote Australian Aboriginal communities

Barbara R Lucas, Jane Latimer, Robyn Doney, Manuela L Ferreira, Roger Adams, Genevieve Hawkes, James P Fitzpatrick, Marmingee Hand, June Oscar, Maureen Carter, Elizabeth J Elliott

Open Access Research article

Assessing the capacity for newborn resuscitation and factors associated with providers’ knowledge and skills: a cross-sectional study in Afghanistan

Young Mi Kim, Nasratullah Ansari, Adrienne Kols, Hannah Tappis, Sheena Currie, Partamin Zainullah, Patricia Bailey, Richard Semba, Kai Sun, Jos van Roosmalen, Jelle Stekelenburg

Open Access Study protocol

Preventing academic difficulties in preterm children: a randomised controlled trial of an adaptive working memory training intervention – IMPRINT study

Leona Pascoe, Gehan Roberts, Lex W Doyle, Katherine J Lee, Deanne K Thompson, Marc L Seal, Elisha K Josev, Chiara Nosarti, Susan Gathercole, Peter J Anderson

Open Access Research article

Pain management policies and practices in pediatric emergency care: a nationwide survey of Italian hospitals

Pierpaolo Ferrante, Marina Cuttini, Tiziana Zangardi, Caterina Tomasello, Gianni Messi, Nicola Pirozzi, Valentina Losacco, Simone Piga, Franca Benini

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with asthma among under-fives in Mulago hospital, Kampala Uganda: a cross sectional study

Rebecca Nantanda, Marianne S Ostergaard, Grace Ndeezi, James K Tumwine

Open Access Case report

Severe late-onset multisystem cytomegalovirus infection in a premature neonate previously treated for congenital infection

Manal F El-Sayed, David M Goldfarb, Martha Fulford, Jeffrey M Pernica

Open Access Research article

Validation study of the Chinese Early Development Instrument (CEDI)

Patrick Ip, Sophia Ling Li, Nirmala Rao, Sharon Sui Ngan Ng, Winnie Wai Sim Lau, Chun Bong Chow

Open Access Research article

Prediction of 7-year psychopathology from mother-infant joint attention behaviours: a nested case–control study

Clare S Allely, Paul CD Johnson, Helen Marwick, Emma Lidstone, Eva Kočovská, Christine Puckering, Alex McConnachie, Jean Golding, Christopher Gillberg, Philip Wilson

Open Access Research article

Bodyweight loss in predicting neonatal hyperbilirubinemia 72 hours after birth in term newborn infants

Wen-Chieh Yang, Lu-Lu Zhao, Yu-Cheng Li, Chi-Hua Chen, Yu-Jun Chang, Yun-Ching Fu, Han-Ping Wu

Open Access Case report

Atypical X-linked agammaglobulinaemia caused by a novel BTK mutation in a selective immunoglobulin M deficiency patient

Lee-Moay Lim, Jer-Ming Chang, I-Fang Wang, Wei-Chiao Chang, Daw-Yang Hwang, Hung-Chun Chen

Open Access Debate

Recommendation by a law body to ban infant male circumcision has serious worldwide implications for pediatric practice and human rights

Michael J Bates, John B Ziegler, Sean E Kennedy, Adrian Mindel, Alex D Wodak, Laurie S Zoloth, Aaron AR Tobian, Brian J Morris

Open Access Research article

Addition of SNAP to perinatal risk factors improves the prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death in critically ill preterm infants

Yanhong Li, Jie Yan, Mengxia Li, Zhihui Xiao, Xueping Zhu, Jian Pan, Xiaozhong Li, Xing Feng

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with physical growth of children during the first two years of life in rural and urban areas of Vietnam

Huong Thu Nguyen, Bo Eriksson, Max Petzold, Göran Bondjers, Toan Khanh Tran, Liem Thanh Nguyen, Henry Ascher

Open Access Research article

The swiss neonatal quality cycle, a monitor for clinical performance and tool for quality improvement

Mark Adams, Tjade Claus Hoehre, Hans Ulrich Bucher

Open Access Research article

Validation of a transcutaneous bilirubin meter in Mongolian neonates: comparison with total serum bilirubin

Moe Akahira-Azuma, Naohiro Yonemoto, Battsengel Ganzorig, Rintaro Mori, Shinichi Hosokawa, Takeji Matsushita, Bayasgalantai Bavuusuren, Enkhtur Shonkhuuz

Open Access Research article

Recommendations from a consensus development workshop on the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia

Rochelle E Watkins, Elizabeth J Elliott, Amanda Wilkins, Raewyn C Mutch, James P Fitzpatrick, Janet M Payne, Colleen M O’Leary, Heather M Jones, Jane Latimer, Lorian Hayes, Jane Halliday, Heather D’Antoine, Sue Miers, Elizabeth Russell, Lucinda Burns, Anne McKenzie, Elizabeth Peadon, Maureen Carter, Carol Bower

Open Access Research article

The aluminium content of infant formulas remains too high

Nancy Chuchu, Bhavini Patel, Blaise Sebastian, Christopher Exley

Open Access Research article

Randomized controlled trial of Family Nurture Intervention in the NICU: assessments of length of stay, feasibility and safety

Martha G Welch, Myron A Hofer, Raymond I Stark, Howard F Andrews, Judy Austin, Sara B Glickstein, Robert J Ludwig, Michael M Myers

Open Access Debate

Exogenous surfactant therapy in 2013: what is next? who, when and how should we treat newborn infants in the future?

Emmanuel Lopez, Géraldine Gascoin, Cyril Flamant, Mona Merhi, Pierre Tourneux, Olivier Baud

Open Access Case report

Intracranial hypertension presenting with severe visual failure, without concurrent headache, in a child with nephrotic syndrome

Madeleine Barnett, Manish D Sinha, Danny Morrison, Ming Lim

Open Access Research article

The impact of severe osteogenesis imperfecta on the lives of young patients and their parents – a qualitative analysis

Maman Joyce Dogba, Christophe Bedos, Michaela Durigova, Kathleen Montpetit, Trudy Wong, Francis H Glorieux, Frank Rauch

Open Access Research article

Spine day 2012: spinal pain in Swiss school children– epidemiology and risk factors

Brigitte Wirth, Christina Knecht, Kim Humphreys

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol: the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study (CATS)

Lisa K Mundy, Julian G Simmons, Nicholas B Allen, Russell M Viner, Jordana K Bayer, Timothy Olds, Jo Williams, Craig Olsson, Helena Romaniuk, Fiona Mensah, Susan M Sawyer, Louisa Degenhardt, Rosa Alati, Melissa Wake, Felice Jacka, George C Patton

Open Access Study protocol

Multicentre randomized controlled trial of structured transition on diabetes care management compared to standard diabetes care in adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes (Transition Trial)

Tamara Spaic, Jeff L Mahon, Irene Hramiak, Nicole Byers, Keira Evans, Tracy Robinson, Margaret L Lawson, Janine Malcolm, Ellen B Goldbloom, Cheril L Clarson

Open Access Research article

Fetal and neonatal samples of a precursor surfactant protein B inversely related to gestational age

Christoph Czernik, Gerd Schmalisch, Christoph Bührer, Hans Proquitté

Open Access Study protocol

Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with gait and mobility training on functionality in children with cerebral palsy: study protocol for a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial

Luanda André Collange Grecco, Natália de Almeida Carvalho Duarte, Mariana Emerenciano de Mendonça, Hugo Pasini, Vânia Lúcia Costa de Carvalho Lima, Renata Calhes Franco, Luis Vicente Franco de Oliveira, Paulo de Tarso Camilo de Carvalho, João Carlos Ferrari Corrêa, Nelci Zanon Collange, Luciana Maria Malosá Sampaio, Manuela Galli, Felipe Fregni, Claudia Santos Oliveira

Open Access Research article

Changes in diet and physical activity resulting from the Shape Up Somerville community intervention

Sara C Folta, Julia F Kuder, Jeanne P Goldberg, Raymond R Hyatt, Aviva Must, Elena N Naumova, Miriam E Nelson, Christina D Economos

Open Access Research article

An explanatory model of factors related to well baby visits by age three years for Medicaid-enrolled infants: a retrospective cohort study

Donald L Chi, Elizabeth T Momany, Michael P Jones, Raymond A Kuthy, Natoshia M Askelson, George L Wehby, Peter C Damiano

Open Access Research article

Effect of four additional physical education lessons on body composition in children aged 8–13 years – a prospective study during two school years

Heidi Klakk, Mai Chinapaw, Malene Heidemann, Lars Bo Andersen, Niels Wedderkopp

Open Access Research article

Longitudinal levels and bouts of sedentary time among adolescent girls

Valerie Carson, Dylan P Cliff, Xanne Janssen, Anthony D Okely

Open Access Research article

10-year trend in quantity and quality of pediatric randomized controlled trials published in mainland China: 2002–2011

Chun-Song Yang, Ling-Li Zhang, Li-Nan Zeng, Yi Liang, Lu Han, Yun-Zhu Lin

Open Access Research article

Vitamin D status of children with severe early childhood caries: a case–control study

Robert J Schroth, Jeremy A Levi, Elizabeth A Sellers, James Friel, Eleonore Kliewer, Michael EK Moffatt

Open Access Research article

The risk of childhood autism among second-generation migrants in Finland: a case–control study

Venla Lehti, Susanna Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki, Keely Cheslack-Postava, Mika Gissler, Alan S Brown, Andre Sourander

Open Access Research article

Incidence of intussusception in Singaporean children aged less than 2 years: a hospital-based prospective study

Kong Boo Phua, Bee-Wah Lee, Seng Hock Quak, Anette Jacobsen, Harvey Teo, Kumaran Vadivelu-Pechai, Kusuma Gopala, Yanfang Liu

Open Access Research article

Clowning as a supportive measure in paediatrics - a survey of clowns, parents and nursing staff

Claus Barkmann, Anna-Katharina Siem, Nino Wessolowski, Michael Schulte-Markwort

Open Access Research article

Early feeding of fortified breast milk and in-hospital-growth in very premature infants: a retrospective cohort analysis

Christoph Maas, Cornelia Wiechers, Wolfgang Bernhard, Christian F Poets, Axel R Franz

Open Access Case report

Systemic lupus erythematosus and granulomatous lymphadenopathy

Devendra Shrestha, Ajaya Kumar Dhakal, Shiva Raj KC, Arati Shakya, Subhash Chandra Shah, Henish Shakya

Open Access Research article

HIV infection in severely malnourished children in Kumasi, Ghana: a cross-sectional prospective study

Serwah Bonsu Asafo-Agyei, Sampson Antwi, Samuel Blay Nguah

Open Access Study protocol

Trial of Repeated Analgesia with Kangaroo Mother Care (TRAKC Trial)

Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Celeste Johnston, Britney Benoit, Margot Latimer, Michael Vincer, Claire-Dominique Walker, David Streiner, Darlene Inglis, Kim Caddell

Open Access Research article

Epidemiological urinalysis of children from kindergartens of Can Gio, Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam

Le Nhu Nguyet Dang, Thi Le Binh Doan, Ngoc Hue Doan, Thi Kim Hoa Pham, Françoise Smets, Mong Hiep Tran Thi, Françoise Janssen, Annie Robert

Open Access Case report

Arthrogryposis in infancy, multidisciplinary approach: case report

Anna Binkiewicz-Glinska, Agnieszka Sobierajska-Rek, Stanislaw Bakula, Jolanta Wierzba, Konrad Drewek, Ireneusz M Kowalski, Katarzyna Zaborowska-Sapeta

Open Access Research article

Child, neglect and oral health

Caroline Barbosa Lourenço, Maria Vieira de Lima Saintrain, Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes Vieira

Open Access Research article

Determinants of academic performance in children with sickle cell anaemia

Osita U Ezenwosu, Ifeoma J Emodi, Anthony N Ikefuna, Barth F Chukwu, Chidiebere D Osuorah

Open Access Research article

High prevalence of daily and multi-site pain – a cross-sectional population-based study among 3000 Danish adolescents

Michael S Rathleff, Ewa M Roos, Jens L Olesen, Sten Rasmussen

Open Access Research article

Vitamin A supplementation and risk of atopy: long-term follow-up of a randomized trial of vitamin A supplementation at six and nine months of age

Nicholas Kiraly, Aliu Balde, Ida Marie Lisse, Helle Brander Eriksen, Peter Aaby, Christine Stabell Benn

Open Access Research article

Development of an early nurse led intervention to treat children referred to secondary paediatric care with constipation with or without soiling

David Tappin, Shazia Nawaz, Caroline McKay, Lorraine MacLaren, Peter Griffiths, Toby A Mohammed

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and etiology of false normal aEEG recordings in neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy

Gábor Marics, Anna Csekő, Barna Vásárhelyi, Dávid Zakariás, György Schuster, Miklós Szabó

Open Access Research article

Population-based analysis of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use among children in four European countries in the SOS project: what size of data platforms and which study designs do we need to assess safety issues?

Vera E Valkhoff, René Schade, Geert W ‘t Jong, Silvana Romio, Martijn J Schuemie, Andrea Arfe, Edeltraut Garbe, Ron Herings, Silvia Lucchi, Gino Picelli, Tania Schink, Huub Straatman, Marco Villa, Ernst J Kuipers, Miriam CJM Sturkenboom

Open Access Research article

Probiotics for infantile colic: a systematic review

Jasim Anabrees, Flavia Indrio, Bosco Paes, Khalid AlFaleh

Open Access Case report

Acute dyskinesia, myoclonus, and akathisa in an adolescent male abusing quetiapine via nasal insufflation: a case study

Mathew George, Maya Haasz, Alvaro Coronado, Steven Salhanick, Lindsey Korbel, Joseph P Kitzmiller

Open Access Research article

Risk factors of mild rectal bleeding in very low birth weight infants: a case control study

Abdallah Oulmaati, Stephane Hays, Mohamed Ben Said, Delphine Maucort-Boulch, Isabelle Jordan, Jean-Charles Picaud

Open Access Research article

Blood pressure percentiles by age and height for non-overweight Chinese children and adolescents: analysis of the china health and nutrition surveys 1991–2009

Weili Yan, Fang Liu, Xuesong Li, Lin Wu, Yi Zhang, Yi Cheng, Wenhao Zhou, Guoying Huang

Open Access Research article

Association analyses for dopamine receptor gene polymorphisms and weight status in a longitudinal analysis in obese children before and after lifestyle intervention

Christian L Roth, Anke Hinney, Ellen A Schur, Clinton T Elfers, Thomas Reinehr

Open Access Research article

Active trachoma two years after three rounds of azithromycin mass treatment in Cheha district Gurage zone, Southern Ethiopia

Fisseha Admassu, Samson Bayu, Abebe Bejiga, Bemnet Amare

Open Access Research article

A survey of parentally reported sleep health disorders in estonian 8–9 year old children

Heisl Vaher, Priit Kasenõmm, Veiko Vasar, Marlit Veldi

Open Access Research article

Is early detection of abused children possible?: a systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of the identification of abused children

Marion Bailhache, Valériane Leroy, Pascal Pillet, Louis-Rachid Salmi

Open Access Research article

Duration of a cow-milk exclusion diet worsens parents’ perception of quality of life in children with food allergies

Luciana Indinnimeo, Luciano Baldini, Valentina De Vittori, Anna Maria Zicari, Giovanna De Castro, Giancarlo Tancredi, Giulia Lais, Marzia Duse

Open Access Research article

Newborn care practices at home and in health facilities in 4 regions of Ethiopia

Jennifer A Callaghan-Koru, Abiy Seifu, Maya Tholandi, Joseph de Graft-Johnson, Ephrem Daniel, Barbara Rawlins, Bogale Worku, Abdullah H Baqui

Open Access Research article

Risk determinants in early intervention use during the first postnatal year in children born very preterm

Margo A Pritchard, Paul B Colditz, David Cartwright, Peter H Gray, David Tudehope, Elaine Beller

Open Access Research article

Predictors of oedema among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Jimma University Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Tsinuel Girma, Pernille Kæstel, Christian Mølgaard, Kim F Michaelsen, Anne-Louise Hother, Henrik Friis

Open Access Research article

Urinary amylase / urinary creatinine ratio (uAm/uCr) - a less-invasive parameter for management of hyperamylasemia

Keita Terui, Tomoro Hishiki, Takeshi Saito, Tetsuya Mitsunaga, Mitsuyuki Nakata, Hideo Yoshida

Open Access Research article

Language and social/emotional problems identified at a universal developmental assessment at 30 months

Fiona Sim, John O’Dowd, Lucy Thompson, James Law, Susan Macmillan, Michelle Affleck, Christopher Gillberg, Philip Wilson

Open Access Research article

Adverse childhood experiences and the cardiovascular health of children: a cross-sectional study

Chelsea Pretty, Deborah D O’Leary, John Cairney, Terrance J Wade

Open Access Case report

Simultaneous atelectasis in human bocavirus infected monozygotic twins: was it plastic bronchitis?

Christoph M Rüegger, Walter Bär, Peter Iseli

Open Access Research article

The impact of the use of antiepileptic drugs on the growth of children

Herng-Sheng Lee, Shih-Yu Wang, Donald M Salter, Chih-Chien Wang, Shyi-Jou Chen, Hueng-Chuen Fan

Open Access Research article

Adherence among Italian paediatricians to the Italian guidelines for the management of fever in children: a cross sectional survey

Elena Chiappini, Sofia D’Elios, Rachele Mazzantini, Paolo Becherucci, Monica Pierattelli, Luisa Galli, Maurizio de Martino

Open Access Research article

Calcium and fat metabolic balance, and gastrointestinal tolerance in term infants fed milk-based formulas with and without palm olein and palm kernel oils: a randomized blinded crossover study

Maria Efigênia de Queiroz Leite, John Lasekan, Geraldine Baggs, Tereza Ribeiro, Jose Menezes-Filho, Mariana Pontes, Janice Druzian, Danile Leal Barreto, Carolina Oliveira de Souza, Ângela Mattos, Hugo Costa-Ribeiro Jr

Open Access Research article

BMI changes in children and adolescents attending a specialized childhood obesity center: a cohort study

Albane BR Maggio, Catherine Saunders Gasser, Claudine Gal-Duding, Maurice Beghetti, Xavier E Martin, Nathalie J Farpour-Lambert, Catherine Chamay-Weber

Open Access Research article

Clinical prediction models for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a systematic review and external validation study

Wes Onland, Thomas P Debray, Matthew M Laughon, Martijn Miedema, Filip Cools, Lisa M Askie, Jeanette M Asselin, Sandra A Calvert, Sherry E Courtney, Carlo Dani, David J Durand, Neil Marlow, Janet L Peacock, J Jane Pillow, Roger F Soll, Ulrich H Thome, Patrick Truffert, Michael D Schreiber, Patrick Van Reempts, Valentina Vendettuoli, Giovanni Vento, Anton H van Kaam, Karel G Moons, Martin Offringa

Open Access Study protocol

Growth and metabolic outcome in adolescents born preterm (GROWMORE): follow-up protocol for the Newcastle preterm birth growth study (PTBGS)

Claire L Wood, Robert J Tinnion, S Murthy Korada, Timothy D Cheetham, Caroline L Relton, Richard J Cooke, Mark S Pearce, Kieren G Hollingsworth, Michael I Trenell, Nicholas D Embleton

Open Access Research article

Beyond the clinic: improving child health through evidence-based community development

Kelli A Komro, Amy L Tobler, Alexis L Delisle, Ryan J O’Mara, Alexander C Wagenaar

Open Access Study protocol

Intrathecal baclofen treatment in dystonic cerebral palsy: a randomized clinical trial: the IDYS trial

Laura A Bonouvrié, Jules G Becher, Johannes SH Vles, Karin Boeschoten, Dan Soudant, Vincent de Groot, Willem JR van Ouwerkerk, Rob LM Strijers, Elisabeth Foncke, Joke Geytenbeek, Peter M van de Ven, Onno Teernstra, R Jeroen Vermeulen

Open Access Research article

Respective effects of phlebotomy losses and erythropoietin treatment on the need for blood transfusion in very premature infants

Odile Becquet, Delphine Guyot, Philippe Kuo, Françoise Pawlotsky, Marianne Besnard, Micheline Papouin, Alexandre Lapillonne

Open Access Research article

Validation of the Brazilian version of the pediatric outcomes data collection instrument: a cross-sectional evaluation in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Felipe Alves do Monte, Moacir Novaes Lima Ferreira, Kátia Cristina Lima Petribu, Nair Cristina Almeida, José Benjamim Gomes, Maria Helena Mariano, Zelina Barbosa Mesquita, Diego Montarroyos Simões, André Furtado de Ayalla Rodrigues, Mariana Alves Nogueira Souza

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with in-office influenza vaccination by U.S. pediatric providers

Chyongchiou Jeng Lin, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Seth L Toback, Christopher S Ambrose

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