BMC Pediatrics 1/2018

Open Access
Research article

Development of an inventory of goals using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in a population of non-ambulatory children and adolescents with cerebral palsy treated with botulinum toxin A

Linda Nguyen, Ronit Mesterman, Jan Willem Gorter

Open Access
Research article

Characteristics of positive-interaction parenting style among primiparous teenage, optimal age, and advanced age mothers in Canada

Theresa H. M. Kim, Jennifer A. Connolly, Michael Rotondi, Hala Tamim

Open Access
Research article

Preterm birth and the timing of puberty: a systematic review

Evlyn James, Claire L. Wood, Harish Nair, Thomas C. Williams

Open Access
Case report

Partial trisomy 16q21➔qter due to an unbalanced segregation of a maternally inherited balanced translocation 46,XX,t(15;16)(p13;q21): a case report and review of literature

R. Mishra, C. S. Paththinige, N. D. Sirisena, S. Nanayakkara, U. G. I. U. Kariyawasam, V. H. W. Dissanayake

Open Access
Research article

Providers’ preferences for pediatric oral health information in the electronic health record: a cross-sectional survey

Christopher M. Shea, Kea Turner, B. Alex White, Ye Zhu, R. Gary Rozier

Open Access
Case report

“Crying without tears” as an early diagnostic sign-post of triple A (Allgrove) syndrome: two case reports

Daniel Tibussek, Sujal Ghosh, Angela Huebner, Joerg Schaper, Ertan Mayatepek, Katrin Koehler

Open Access
Research article

Effective nationwide school-based participatory extramural program on adolescent body mass index, health knowledge and behaviors

Moonseong Heo, Camille C. Jimenez, Jean Lim, Carmen R. Isasi, Arthur E. Blank, David W. Lounsbury, Lynn Fredericks, Michelle Bouchard, Myles S. Faith, Judith Wylie-Rosett

Open Access
Research article

Causes of death in hospitalized children younger than 12 years of age in a Chinese hospital: a 10 year study

Yueniu Zhu, Xiaodong Zhu, Mengyan Deng, Hongxia Wei, Mingjun Zhang

Open Access
Research article

Caffeine is a risk factor for osteopenia of prematurity in preterm infants: a cohort study

Ebtihal Ali, Cheryl Rockman-Greenberg, Michael Moffatt, Michael Narvey, Martin Reed, Depeng Jiang

Open Access
Research article

No effect of adding dairy lipids or long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on formula tolerance and growth in full term infants: a randomized controlled trial

Maria Lorella Gianni, Paola Roggero, Charlotte Baudry, Catherine Fressange-Mazda, Pascale le Ruyet, Fabio Mosca

Open Access
Research article

Vitamin D in children with growth hormone deficiency due to pituitary stalk interruption syndrome

Cécile Delecroix, Raja Brauner, Jean-Claude Souberbielle

Open Access
Research article

Infant formula feeding practices and the role of advice and support: an exploratory qualitative study

Jessica Appleton, Rachel Laws, Catherine Georgina Russell, Cathrine Fowler, Karen J. Campbell, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence and intensity of Ascaris lumbricoides infections in relation to undernutrition among children in a tea plantation community, Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study

Lahiru Sandaruwan Galgamuwa, Devika Iddawela, Samath D. Dharmaratne

Open Access
Research article

The presentation of a short adapted questionnaire to measure asthma knowledge of parents

Maaike M. A. Franken, Monique T. M. Veenstra–van Schie, Yasmine I. Ahmad, Hendrik M. Koopman, Florens G. A. Versteegh

Open Access
Research article

Forehead or ear temperature measurement cannot replace rectal measurements, except for screening purposes

Christian Backer Mogensen, Lena Wittenhoff, Gitte Fruerhøj, Stephen Hansen

Open Access
Research article

C-reactive protein for late-onset sepsis diagnosis in very low birth weight infants

Marc Beltempo, Isabelle Viel-Thériault, Roseline Thibeault, Anne-Sophie Julien, Bruno Piedboeuf

Open Access
Research article

Timely initiation of complementary feeding to children aged 6–23 months in rural Soro district of Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Bereket Yohannes, Elias Ejamo, Thilagavathi Thangavel, Mulugeta Yohannis

Open Access
Research article

A patient and family data domain collection framework for identifying disparities in pediatrics: results from the pediatric health equity collaborative

Aswita Tan-McGrory, Caroline Bennett-AbuAyyash, Stephanie Gee, Kirk Dabney, John D. Cowden, Laura Williams, Sarah Rafton, Arie Nettles, Sonia Pagura, Laurens Holmes, Jane Goleman, LaVone Caldwell, James Page, Patricia Oceanic, Erika J. McMullen, Adriana Lopera, Sarah Beiter, Lenny López

Open Access
Research article

Recruiting families for an intervention study to prevent second-hand smoke exposure in children

Sasha G. Hutchinson, Constant P. van Schayck, Jean W. M. Muris, Frans J. M. Feron, Edward Dompeling

Open Access
Research article

Seasonality and determinants of child growth velocity and growth deficit in rural southwest Ethiopia

Netsanet Fentahun, Tefera Belachew, Jennifer Coates, Carl Lachat

Open Access
Case report

Streptococcus agalactiae meningoencephalitis associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic proton pump inhibitors use, in a 9 month-old infant: a case report

Victoria Bîrluţiu, Codruța Mihaela Luca, Rareș-Mircea Bîrluțiu

Open Access
Research article

Is small size at birth associated with early childhood morbidity in white British and Pakistani origin UK children aged 0–3? Findings from the born in Bradford cohort study

Jane West, Brian Kelly, Paul J. Collings, Gillian Santorelli, Dan Mason, John Wright

Open Access
Research article

Relationship between muscle strength and dyslipidemia, serum 25(OH)D, and weight status among diverse schoolchildren: a cross-sectional analysis

Caitlin E. Blakeley, Maria I. Van Rompay, Nicole S. Schultz, Jennifer M. Sacheck

Open Access
Case report

Pyogenic spondylitis and paravertebral abscess caused by Salmonella Saintpaul in an immunocompetent 13-year-old child: a case report

Shota Myojin, Naohiro Kamiyoshi, Masaaki Kugo

Open Access
Research article

Metabolic correlates of health-related quality of life among overweight and obese adolescents

Chih-Ting Lee, Chung-Ying Lin, Carol Strong, Yu-Fang Lin, Yen-Yin Chou, Meng-Che Tsai

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence and factors associated with sleep disorders among children with cerebral palsy in Uganda; a cross-sectional study

Kisughu Munyumu, Richard Idro, Catherine Abbo, Mark Kaddumukasa, Elly Katabira, Ezekiel Mupere, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige

Open Access
Research article

Next wave of interventions to reduce under-five mortality in Rwanda: a cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health survey data

Cheryl L. Amoroso, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Dominique Rouleau, Dana R. Thomson, Daniel M. Kagabo, Tatien Bucyana, Peter Drobac, Fidele Ngabo

Open Access
Research article

Effect of the 2015 earthquake on pediatric inpatient pattern at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal

Bishnu Rath Giri, Ram Hari Chapagain, Samana Sharma, Sandeep Shrestha, Sunita Ghimire, P. Ravi Shankar

Open Access
Research article

Effects of home-based play-assisted stimulation on developmental performances of children living in extreme poverty: a randomized single-blind controlled trial

Berhanu Nigussie Worku, Teklu Gemechu Abessa, Mekitie Wondafrash, Johan Lemmens, Jan Valy, Liesbeth Bruckers, Patrick Kolsteren, Marita Granitzer

Open Access
Research article

Gastro-oesophageal reflux: a mixed methods study of infants admitted to hospital in the first 12 months following birth in NSW (2000–2011)

Hannah Grace Dahlen, Jann P. Foster, Kim Psaila, Kaye Spence, Nadia Badawi, Cathrine Fowler, Virginia Schmied, Charlene Thornton

Open Access
Research article

Teaching children road safety through storybooks: an approach to child health literacy in Pakistan

Haris Ahmad, Rubaba Naeem, Asher Feroze, Nukhba Zia, Amarah Shakoor, Uzma Rahim Khan, Asad Iqbal Mian

Open Access
Research article

Observations on the health of infants at a time of rapid societal change: a longitudinal study from birth to fifteen months in Abu Dhabi

Hazel Gardner, Katherine Green, Andrew S. Gardner, Donna Geddes

Open Access
Research article

Performance of anthropometric indicators as predictors of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adolescents

Raphael Gonçalves de Oliveira, Dartagnan Pinto Guedes

Open Access
Case report

Chiari malformation type 1 presenting as unilateral progressive foot drop: a case report and review of literature

Chamara Jayamanne, Lakkumar Fernando, Sachith Mettananda

Open Access
Research article

Gluten-free diet may improve obstructive sleep apnea-related symptoms in children with celiac disease

Anat Yerushalmy-Feler, Riva Tauman, Ari Derowe, Eran Averbuch, Amir Ben-Tov, Yael Weintraub, Dror Weiner, Achiya Amir, Hadar Moran-Lev, Shlomi Cohen

Open Access
Research article

Effects of eating dinner alone on overweight in Japanese adolescents: a cross-sectional survey

Takako Shirasawa, Hirotaka Ochiai, Takahiko Yoshimoto, Masaaki Matoba, Yuma Sunaga, Hiromi Hoshino, Akatsuki Kokaze

Open Access
Research article

A physical activity intervention for children with type 1 diabetes- steps to active kids with diabetes (STAK-D): a feasibility study

Helen Quirk, Cris Glazebrook, Holly Blake

Open Access
Case report

Prenatal and accurate perinatal diagnosis of type 2 H or ductular duplicate gallbladder

Umberto Maggi, Giorgio Farris, Alessandra Carnevali, Irene Borzani, Paola Clerici, Massimo Agosti, Giorgio Rossi, Ernesto Leva

Open Access
Research article

Effects of combat training on visuomotor performance in children aged 9 to 12 years - an eye-tracking study

Yan-Ying Ju, Yen-Hsiu Liu, Chih-Hsiu Cheng, Yu-Lung Lee, Shih-Tsung Chang, Chi-Chin Sun, Hsin-Yi Kathy Cheng

Open Access
Research article

Downstream consequences of diagnostic error in pediatric anaphylaxis

H. Thomson, R. Seith, S. Craig

Open Access
Research article

Prenatal and perinatal risks for late language emergence in a population-level sample of twins at age 2

Catherine L. Taylor, Mabel L. Rice, Daniel Christensen, Eve Blair, Stephen R. Zubrick

Open Access
Research article

Paediatric pancreaticobiliary endoscopy: a 21-year experience from a tertiary hepatobiliary centre and systematic literature review

Margaret G. Keane, Mayur Kumar, Natascha Cieplik, Douglas Thorburn, Gavin J. Johnson, George J. Webster, Michael H. Chapman, Keith J. Lindley, Stephen P. Pereira

Open Access
Research article

Adherence to guidelines for testing and treatment of children with pharyngitis: a retrospective study

Thea Brennan-Krohn, Al Ozonoff, Thomas J. Sandora

Open Access
Research article

Rapid intravenous rehydration of children with acute gastroenteritis and dehydration: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M. A. Iro, T. Sell, N. Brown, K. Maitland

Open Access
Research article

The relationship of undernutrition/psychosocial factors and developmental outcomes of children in extreme poverty in Ethiopia

Berhanu Nigussie Worku, Teklu Gemechu Abessa, Mekitie Wondafrash, Marleen Vanvuchelen, Liesbeth Bruckers, Patrick Kolsteren, Marita Granitzer

Open Access
Research article

Supporting play exploration and early developmental intervention versus usual care to enhance development outcomes during the transition from the neonatal intensive care unit to home: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Stacey C. Dusing, Tanya Tripathi, Emily C. Marcinowski, Leroy R. Thacker, Lisa F. Brown, Karen D. Hendricks-Muñoz

Open Access
Research article

Barriers to voluntary participation in sport for children: a systematic review

Sarah Somerset, Derek J. Hoare

Open Access
Research article

Barriers and enablers to skin-to-skin contact at birth in healthy neonates - a qualitative study

Amala James Alenchery, Joanne Thoppil, Carl Denis Britto, Jimena Villar de Onis, Lavina Fernandez, P. N. Suman Rao

Open Access
Research article

Assessment of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in children with iron deficiency anemia

Sanaa S. Aly, Hanan M. Fayed, Ahlam M. Ismail, Gehan L. Abdel Hakeem

Open Access
Research article

Benefits of starting hypothermia treatment within 6 h vs. 6–12 h in newborns with moderate neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Wen Jia, Xiaoping Lei, Wenbin Dong, Qingping Li

Open Access
Case report

Case report of severe myocarditis in an immunocompromised child with Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection

Hiroki Miura, Fumihiko Hattori, Hidetoshi Uchida, Tadayoshi Hata, Kazuko Kudo, Masatoki Sato, Tetsushi Yoshikawa

Open Access
Research article

The accuracy of parent-reported height and weight for 6–12 year old U.S. children

Davene R. Wright, Karen Glanz, Trina Colburn, Shannon M. Robson, Brian E. Saelens

Open Access
Research article

An infant formula containing dairy lipids increased red blood cell membrane Omega 3 fatty acids in 4 month-old healthy newborns: a randomized controlled trial

Maria Lorella Gianni, Paola Roggero, Charlotte Baudry, Catherine Fressange-Mazda, Claudio Galli, Carlo Agostoni, Pascale le Ruyet, Fabio Mosca

Open Access
Research article

Elevated blood pressure among primary school children in Dar es salaam, Tanzania: prevalence and risk factors

Alfa J. Muhihi, Marina A. Njelekela, Rose N. M. Mpembeni, Bikolimana G. Muhihi, Amani Anaeli, Omary Chillo, Sulende Kubhoja, Benjamin Lujani, Mwanamkuu Maghembe, Davis Ngarashi

Open Access
Case report

Early-onset neonatal hyperkalemia associated with maternal hypermagnesemia: a case report

Kenichi Tanaka, Hiroko Mori, Rieko Sakamoto, Shirou Matsumoto, Hiroshi Mitsubuchi, Kimitoshi Nakamura, Masanori Iwai

Open Access
Research article

BCG vaccination in southern rural Mozambique: an overview of coverage and its determinants based on data from the demographic and health surveillance system in the district of Manhiça

Elena Marbán-Castro, Charfudin Sacoor, Ariel Nhacolo, Orvalho Augusto, Edgar Jamisse, Elisa López-Varela, Aina Casellas, John J. Aponte, Quique Bassat, Betuel Sigauque, Eusebio Macete, Alberto L. Garcia-Basteiro

Open Access
Research article

Measuring empathy in pediatrics: validation of the Visual CARE measure

Michele Arigliani, Luigi Castriotta, Anna Pusiol, Annachiara Titolo, Enrico Petoello, Alberto Brun Peressut, Elisabetta Miorin, Iana Elkina, Federico Marzona, Davide Cucchiaro, Elisa Spanghero, Matteo Pavan, Raffaele Arigliani, Stewart W. Mercer, Paola Cogo

Open Access
Research article

Elevated central venous pressure is associated with increased mortality in pediatric septic shock patients

Seung Jun Choi, Eun-Ju Ha, Won Kyoung Jhang, Seong Jong Park

Open Access
Research article

Clinical evaluation of two different protein content formulas fed to full-term healthy infants: a randomized controlled trial

Nadia Liotto, Anna Orsi, Camilla Menis, Pasqua Piemontese, Laura Morlacchi, Chiara Cristiana Condello, Maria Lorella Giannì, Paola Roggero, Fabio Mosca

Open Access
Research article

Sonographic evaluation of adrenal size in neonates (23 to 41 weeks of gestation)

Shigeo Iijima

Open Access
Research article

Gender-related differences in cardiometabolic risk factors and lifestyle behaviors in treatment-seeking adolescents with severe obesity

Lisa Ha Barstad, Pétur B. Júlíusson, Line Kristin Johnson, Jens Kristoffer Hertel, Samira Lekhal, Jøran Hjelmesæth

Open Access
Research article

The comparison of perceived health-related quality of life between Australian children with severe specific language impairment to age and gender-matched peers

Kristy Nicola, Pauline Watter

Open Access
Research article

Histologic chorioamnionitis in preterm infants: correlation with brain magnetic resonance imaging at term equivalent age

Claire Granger, Alicia J. Spittle, Jennifer Walsh, Jan Pyman, Peter J. Anderson, Deanne K. Thompson, Katherine J. Lee, Lee Coleman, Charuta Dagia, Lex W. Doyle, Jeanie Cheong

Open Access
Research article

Clinical and genetic study of 20 patients from China with Cornelia de Lange syndrome

Mingyan Hei, Xiangyu Gao, Lingqian Wu

Open Access
Research article

Assessing retention in care after 12 months of the Pediatric Development Clinic implementation in rural Rwanda: a retrospective cohort study

Scheilla Bayitondere, Francois Biziyaremye, Catherine M. Kirk, Hema Magge, Katrina Hann, Kim Wilson, Christine Mutaganzwa, Eric Ngabireyimana, Fulgence Nkikabahizi, Evelyne Shema, David B. Tugizimana, Ann C. Miller

Open Access
Research article

Prospective observational study on assessing the hemodynamic relevance of patent ductus arteriosus with frequency domain near-infrared spectroscopy

Christoph E. Schwarz, Antonio Preusche, Martin Wolf, Christian F. Poets, Axel R. Franz

Open Access
Research article

Patterns of paediatric end-of-life care: a chart review across different care settings in Switzerland

Karin Zimmermann, Eva Cignacco, Sandra Engberg, Anne-Sylvie Ramelet, Nicolas von der Weid, Katri Eskola, Eva Bergstraesser, Marc Ansari, Christoph Aebi, Reta Baer, Maja Beck Popovic, Vera Bernet, Pierluigi Brazzola, Hans Ulrich Bucher, Regula Buder, Sandra Cagnazzo, Barbara Dinten, Anouk Dorsaz, Franz Elmer, Raquel Enriquez, Patricia Fahrni-Nater, Gabi Finkbeiner, Bernhard Frey, Urs Frey, Jeannette Greiner, Ralph-Ingo Hassink, Simone Keller, Oliver Kretschmar, Judith Kroell, Bernard Laubscher, Kurt Leibundgut, Reta Malaer, Andreas Meyer, Christoph Stuessi, Mathias Nelle, Thomas Neuhaus, Felix Niggli, Geneviève Perrenoud, Jean-Pierre Pfammatter, Barbara Plecko, Debora Rupf, Felix Sennhauser, Caroline Stade, Maja Steinlin, Lilian Stoffel, Karin Thomas, Christian Vonarburg, Rodo von Vigier, Bendicht Wagner, Judith Wieland, Birgit Wernz

Open Access
Research article

Maternal socio-demographic and psychological predictors for risk of developmental delays among young children in Mongolia

Amarjargal Dagvadorj, Duurenbayar Ganbaatar, Olukunmi O. Balogun, Naohiro Yonemoto, Bayasgalantai Bavuusuren, Kenji Takehara, Rintaro Mori, Moe Akahira-Azuma

Open Access
Research article

HIV-1 transmission and survival according to feeding options in infants born to HIV-infected women in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Anne Esther Njom Nlend, Annie Carole Nga Motaze, Arsene Sandie, Joseph Fokam

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and their associations with sleep schedules and sleep-related problems among preschoolers in mainland China

Hui Cao, Shuangqin Yan, Chunli Gu, Sumei Wang, Lingling Ni, Huihui Tao, Ting Shao, Yeqing Xu, Fangbiao Tao

Open Access
Case report

Isolated unilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy in a child: a case report with literature review

Jagath C. Ranasinghe, Chandani Wickramasinghe, Ganganath Rodrigo

Open Access
Study protocol

Integrated children’s clinic care (ICCC) versus a self-directed care pathway for children with a chronic health condition: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial study protocol

Thuy Thanh Frakking, John Waugh, Hsien-Jin Teoh, Doug Shelton, Susan Moloney, Donna Ward, Michael David, Matthew Barber, Hannah Carter, Sharon Mickan, Kelly Weir

Open Access
Case report

Pediatric severe asthma: a case series report and perspectives on anti-IgE treatment

Virginia Mirra, Silvia Montella, Francesca Santamaria

Open Access
Research article

High-dose of intravenous immunoglobulin modulates immune tolerance in premature infants

Pin Liu, Lijun Li, Panpan Fan, Junwen Zheng, Dongchi Zhao

Open Access
Research article

A pediatric death audit in a large referral hospital in Malawi

Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Rachel Mlotha-Mitole, Emily J. Ciccone, Alyssa E. Tilly, Jennie M. Montijo, Hans-Joerg Lang, Michelle Eckerle

Open Access
Research article

Neutropenia after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy is associated with coronary artery lesions in children with Kawasaki disease: a case control study

Zhenquan Wang, Fengfeng Weng, Chen Li, Hongying Shi, Zhangke Tang, Huixian Qiu, Yue’e He, Rongzhou Wu, Maoping Chu

Open Access
Research article

Factors associated with the time to cessation of breastfeeding among mothers who have index children aged two to three years in Debre Markos, northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective follow up study

Melkamu Tamir Hunegnaw, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Bekri Mohammed Ali

Open Access
Research article

“Not just another Wii training”: a graded Wii protocol to increase physical fitness in adolescent girls with probable developmental coordination disorder-a pilot study

Emmanuel Bonney, Eugene Rameckers, Gillian Ferguson, Bouwien Smits-Engelsman

Open Access
Research article

Health care quality measures for children and adolescents in Foster Care: feasibility testing in electronic records

Katherine J. Deans, Peter C. Minneci, Kristine M. Nacion, Karen Leonhart, Jennifer N. Cooper, Sarah Hudson Scholle, Kelly J. Kelleher

Open Access
Research article

Exercise reduces body fat and improves insulin sensitivity and pancreatic β-cell function in overweight and obese male Taiwanese adolescents

Kuang-Chung Shih, Ching-Fai Kwok

Open Access
Research article

Decision-making at the limit of viability: differing perceptions and opinions between neonatal physicians and nurses

Hans Ulrich Bucher, Sabine D. Klein, Manya J. Hendriks, Ruth Baumann-Hölzle, Thomas M. Berger, Jürg C. Streuli, Jean-Claude Fauchère, Meyer Philipp, Neumann Roland, Itin Renate, Nelle Mathias, Stoffel Liliane, Scharrer Brigitte, Roloff Kai, Pfister Riccardo, Roth Matthias, Contino Magali, Berger Thomas, Schlegel Ulrike, Jaeger Gudrun, Dutler Ruth, Fauchère Jean-Claude, Dinten Barbara

Open Access
Research article

Transcapillary fluid flux and inflammatory response during neonatal therapeutic hypothermia: an open, longitudinal, observational study

Hans Jørgen Timm Guthe, Torbjørn Nedrebø, Jan Kristian Damås, Helge Wiig, Ansgar Berg

Open Access
Research article

Systematic review of pediatric health outcomes associated with childhood adversity

Debora Lee Oh, Petra Jerman, Sara Silvério Marques, Kadiatou Koita, Sukhdip Kaur Purewal Boparai, Nadine Burke Harris, Monica Bucci

Open Access
Study protocol

NEOnatal Central-venous Line Observational study on Thrombosis (NEOCLOT): evaluation of a national guideline on management of neonatal catheter-related thrombosis

Jeanine J. Sol, Moniek van de Loo, Marit Boerma, Klasien A. Bergman, Albertine E. Donker, Mark A. H. B. M. van der Hoeven, Christiaan V. Hulzebos, Ronny Knol, K. Djien Liem, Richard A. van Lingen, Enrico Lopriore, Monique H. Suijker, Daniel C. Vijlbrief, Remco Visser, Margreet A. Veening, Mirjam M. van Weissenbruch, C. Heleen van Ommen

Open Access
Research article

The minimally effective dose of sucrose for procedural pain relief in neonates: a randomized controlled trial

Bonnie Stevens, Janet Yamada, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Sharyn Gibbins, Denise Harrison, Kimberley Dionne, Anna Taddio, Carol McNair, Andrew Willan, Marilyn Ballantyne, Kimberley Widger, Souraya Sidani, Carole Estabrooks, Anne Synnes, Janet Squires, Charles Victor, Shirine Riahi

Open Access
Research article

Comparison of neonatal red cell transfusion reporting in neonatal intensive care units with blood product issue data: a validation study

Jillian A. Patterson, Jennifer R. Bowen, Sally Francis, Jane B. Ford

Open Access
Correction

Correction to: Effective nationwide school-based participatory extramural program on adolescent body mass index, health knowledge and behaviors

Moonseong Heo, Camille C. Jimenez, Jean Lim, Carmen R. Isasi, Arthur E. Blank, David W. Lounsbury, Lynn Fredericks, Michelle Bouchard, Myles S. Faith, Judith Wylie-Rosett

Open Access
Research article

Parental separation and behaviours that influence the health of infants aged 28 to 32 months: a cross-sectional study

Nadine Kacenelenbogen, Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet, M. Schetgen, M. Roland, Isabelle Godin

Open Access
Research article

A pragmatic controlled trial to prevent childhood obesity within a risk group at maternity and child health-care clinics: results up to six years of age (the VACOPP study)

Taina Mustila, Jani Raitanen, Päivi Keskinen, Riitta Luoto

Open Access
Case report

Exome sequencing reveals a novel PLP1 mutation in a Moroccan family with connatal Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease: a case report

Jaber Lyahyai, Bouchra Ouled Amar Bencheikh, Siham C. Elalaoui, Maria Mansouri, Lamia Boualla, Alexandre DIonne-Laporte, Dan Spiegelman, Patrick A. Dion, Patrick Cossette, Guy A. Rouleau, Abdelaziz Sefiani

Open Access
Case report

Medullary unidentified bright objects in Neurofibromatosis type 1: a case series

Alessandra D’Amico, Federica Mazio, Lorenzo Ugga, Renato Cuocolo, Mario Cirillo, Claudia Santoro, Silverio Perrotta, Daniela Melis, Arturo Brunetti

Open Access
Correction

Correction to: Childhood disability in Malawi: a population based assessment using the key informant method

Myroslava Tataryn, Sarah Polack, Linda Chokotho, Wakisa Mulwafu, Petros Kayange, Lena Morgon Banks, Christiane Noe, Chris Lavy, Hannah Kuper

Open Access
Research article

Exclusive breastfeeding practice during first six months of an infant’s life in Bangladesh: a country based cross-sectional study

Murad Hossain, Ashraful Islam, Tunku Kamarul, Golam Hossain

Open Access
Research article

Variations in the rancid-flavor compounds of human breastmilk under general frozen-storage conditions

Hsiao-Ying Hung, Yu-Yun Hsu, Pei-Fang Su, Ying-Ju Chang

Open Access
Research article

Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta: a cross-sectional study using PedsQL™

Ana Paula Vanz, Juliana van de Sande Lee, Bruna Pinheiro, Marina Zambrano, Evelise Brizola, Neusa Sicca da Rocha, Ida Vanessa D. Schwartz, Maria Marlene de Souza Pires, Têmis Maria Félix

Open Access
Research article

Hand grip strength and maximum peak expiratory flow: determinants of bone mineral density of adolescent students

Marco Cossio-Bolaños, Cynthia Lee-Andruske, Miguel de Arruda, Cristian Luarte-Rocha, Alejandro Almonacid-Fierro, Rossana Gómez-Campos

Open Access
Case report

Extragonadal germ cell tumor of the posterior mediastinum in a child complicated with spinal cord compression: a case report

Dong Keon Yon, Tae Keun Ahn, Dong Eun Shin, Gwang Il Kim, Moon Kyu Kim

Open Access
Research article

Hospital readmissions with acute infectious diseases in New Zealand children < 2 years of age

Silvia Seibt, Catherine A. Gilchrist, Peter W. Reed, Emma J. Best, Anthony Harnden, Carlos A. Camargo Jr, Cameron C. Grant

Open Access
Research article

A program to respond to otitis media in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: a qualitative investigation of parent perspectives

Caroline Jones, Mridula Sharma, Samantha Harkus, Catherine McMahon, Mele Taumoepeau, Katherine Demuth, Karen Mattock, Lee Rosas, Raelene Wing, Sulabha Pawar, Anne Hampshire

Open Access
Research article

Analysis of low birth weight and its co-variants in Bangladesh based on a sub-sample from nationally representative survey

Jahidur Rahman Khan, Md. Mazharul Islam, Nabil Awan, Olav Muurlink

Open Access
Research article

Genetic and clinical characteristics of Chinese children with Glucokinase-maturity-onset diabetes of the young (GCK-MODY)

Xiuzhen Li, Tzer Hwu Ting, Huiying Sheng, Cui Li Liang, Yongxian Shao, Minyan Jiang, Aijing Xu, Yunting Lin, Li Liu

Open Access
Research article

Respiratory morbidity through the first decade of life in a national cohort of children born extremely preterm

Kaia Skromme, Maria Vollsæter, Knut Øymar, Trond Markestad, Thomas Halvorsen

Open Access
Research article

Clinical and genetic characteristics of patients with fatty acid oxidation disorders identified by newborn screening

Eungu Kang, Yoon-Myung Kim, Minji Kang, Sun-Hee Heo, Gu-Hwan Kim, In-Hee Choi, Jin-Ho Choi, Han-Wook Yoo, Beom Hee Lee

Open Access
Research article

Treatment with oestrogen or manual separation for labial adhesions – initial outcome and long-term follow-up

Ellen Wejde, Ann Nozohoor Ekmark, Pernilla Stenström

Open Access
Research article

Usefulness of fetal magnetic resonance imaging for postnatal management of congenital lung cysts: prediction of probability for emergency surgery

Chiyoe Shirota, Takahisa Tainaka, Toshiki Nakane, Yujiro Tanaka, Akinari Hinoki, Wataru Sumida, Naruhiko Murase, Kazuo Oshima, Kosuke Chiba, Ryo Shirotsuki, Hiroo Uchida

Open Access
Research article

Comparison of accelerometer measured levels of physical activity and sedentary time between obese and non-obese children and adolescents: a systematic review

Rabha Elmesmari, Anne Martin, John J. Reilly, James Y. Paton

Open Access
Research article

Effect of infant feeding practices on iron status in a cohort study of Bolivian infants

Rachel M. Burke, Paulina A. Rebolledo, Anna M. Aceituno, Rita Revollo, Volga Iñiguez, Mitchel Klein, Carolyn Drews-Botsch, Juan S. Leon, Parminder S. Suchdev

Open Access
Case report

Severe eye complications from toxic epidermal necrolysis following initiation of Nevirapine based HAART regimen in a child with HIV infection: a case from Cameroon

Xavier Tchetnya, Calypse Asangbe Ngwasiri, Tiayah Munge, Leopold Ndemnge Aminde

Open Access
Technical advance

Predicting the severity of dengue fever in children on admission based on clinical features and laboratory indicators: application of classification tree analysis

Khansoudaphone Phakhounthong, Pimwadee Chaovalit, Podjanee Jittamala, Stuart D. Blacksell, Michael J. Carter, Paul Turner, Kheng Chheng, Soeung Sona, Varun Kumar, Nicholas P. J. Day, Lisa J. White, Wirichada Pan-ngum

Open Access
Research article

Diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of inborn errors of metabolism in 100,077 newborns from Jining city in China

Chi-Ju Yang, Na Wei, Ming Li, Kun Xie, Jian-Qiu Li, Cheng-Gang Huang, Yong-Sheng Xiao, Wen-Hua Liu, Xi-Gui Chen

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence of probable Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms: result from a Spanish sample of children

Alberto José Cerrillo-Urbina, Antonio García-Hermoso, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno, María Jesús Pardo-Guijarro, Abel Ruiz-Hermosa, Mairena Sánchez-López

Open Access
Research article

Development and validation of a diagnostic model for early differentiation of sepsis and non-infectious SIRS in critically ill children - a data-driven approach using machine-learning algorithms

Florian Lamping, Thomas Jack, Nicole Rübsamen, Michael Sasse, Philipp Beerbaum, Rafael T. Mikolajczyk, Martin Boehne, André Karch

Open Access
Research article

A realist evaluation of a physical activity participation intervention for children and youth with disabilities: what works, for whom, in what circumstances, and how?

C. E. Willis, S. Reid, C. Elliott, M. Rosenberg, A. Nyquist, R. Jahnsen, S. Girdler

Open Access
Research article

Health-related quality of life of the parents of children hospitalized due to acute rotavirus infection: a cross-sectional study in Latvia

Gunta Laizane, Anda Kivite, Inese Stars, Marita Cikovska, Ilze Grope, Dace Gardovska

Open Access
Research article

Sucking behaviour using feeding teats with and without an anticolic system: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Marina Kreitschmann, Lea C. Epping, Ariane Hohoff, Cristina Sauerland, Thomas Stamm

Open Access
Case report

A novel mutation of WFS1 gene in a Chinese patient with Wolfram syndrome: a case report

Min Li, Jia Liu, Huan Yi, Li Xu, Xiufeng Zhong, Fuhua Peng

Open Access
Research article

Oral medicine acceptance in infants and toddlers: measurement properties of the caregiver-administered Children’s acceptance tool (CareCAT)

Joern Blume, Ana Lorena Ruano, Siri Wang, Debra J. Jackson, Thorkild Tylleskär, Liv Inger Strand

Open Access
Research article

Biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction predict sepsis mortality in young infants: a matched case-control study

Julie Korol Wright, Kyla Hayford, Vanessa Tran, Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Abdullah Baqui, Ali Manajjir, Arif Mahmud, Nazma Begum, Mashuk Siddiquee, Kevin C. Kain, Azadeh Farzin

Open Access
Research article

Number of cholangitis episodes as a prognostic marker to predict timing of liver transplantation in biliary atresia patients after Kasai portoenterostomy

Szu-Ying Chen, Chieh-Chung Lin, Yu-Tse Tsan, Wei-Cheng Chan, Jiaan-Der Wang, Yi-Jung Chou, Ching-Heng Lin

Open Access
Research article

Determinants of childhood diarrhea in Medebay Zana District, Northwest Tigray, Ethiopia: a community based unmatched case–control study

Kiflom Fisseha Asfaha, Fessahaye Alemseged Tesfamichael, Gizienesh Kahsay Fisseha, Kebede Haile Misgina, Meresa Gebremedhin Weldu, Negassie Berhe Welehaweria, Yosef Sibhatu Gebregiorgis

Open Access
Research article

Association between the DNA methylations of POMC, MC4R, and HNF4A and metabolic profiles in the blood of children aged 7–9 years

Eun Jin Kwon, Young-Ah You, Bohyun Park, Eun Hee Ha, Hae Soon Kim, Hyesook Park, Young Ju Kim

Open Access
Research article

Using the ages and stages questionnaire in the general population as a measure for identifying children not at risk of a neurodevelopmental disorder

Ramesh Lamsal, Daniel J. Dutton, Jennifer D. Zwicker

Open Access
Research article

Selected risk factors for atherosclerosis in children and their parents with positive family history of premature cardiovascular diseases: a prospective study

Elzbieta Pac-Kozuchowska, Paulina Krawiec, Ewelina Grywalska

Open Access
Research article

Racecadotril in the treatment of acute diarrhea in children: a systematic, comprehensive review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Marion Eberlin, Min Chen, Tobias Mueck, Jan Däbritz

Open Access
Case report

Rapunzel syndrome: an infrequent cause of severe iron deficiency anemia and abdominal pain presenting to the pediatric emergency department

Giuseppe Cannalire, Luigi Conti, Maurizio Celoni, Carmine Grassi, Andrea Cella, Giulia Bensi, Patrizio Capelli, Giacomo Biasucci

Open Access
Case report

A novel homozygous mutation in POLR3A gene causing 4H syndrome: a case report

Vishal V. Tewari, Ritu Mehta, C. M. Sreedhar, Kunal Tewari, Akbar Mohammad, Neerja Gupta, Sheffali Gulati, Madhulika Kabra

Open Access
Case report

Chylopericardium in a child with IgA nephropathy: a case report

Yu-lin Kang, Yun Cui, Ying Wu, Shen Hao, Xin-yu Kuang, Yu-cai Zhang, Wen-yan Huang, Guang-hua Zhu

Open Access
Research article

Implementing paediatric early warning scores systems in the Netherlands: future implications

J. F. de Groot, N. Damen, E. de Loos, L. van de Steeg, L. Koopmans, P. Rosias, M. Bruijn, J. Goorhuis, C. Wagner

Open Access
Research article

Examining the challenges posed to parents by the contemporary screen environments of children: a qualitative investigation

Emma Solomon-Moore, Joe Matthews, Thomas Reid, Zoi Toumpakari, Simon J. Sebire, Janice L. Thompson, Deborah A. Lawlor, Russell Jago

Open Access
Research article

Fat soluble vitamin levels in children with newly diagnosed celiac disease, a case control study

Yavuz Tokgöz, Semiha Terlemez, Aslıhan Karul

Open Access
Research article

Efficacy of levetiracetam for neonatal seizures in preterm infants

Ji Yoon Han, Chung Joon Moon, Young Ah Youn, In Kyung Sung, In Goo Lee

Open Access
Research article

Community health education improves child health care in Rural Western China

Weifeng Liang, Yuan Xing, Miaomiao Pang, Duolao Wang, Hong Yan

Open Access
Research article

Nuancing the role of social skills– a longitudinal study of early maternal psychological distress and adolescent depressive symptoms

Wendy Nilsen, Evalill Bølstad Karevold, Jannike Kaasbøll, Anne Kjeldsen

Open Access
Research article

Risk of seizures after immunization in children with epilepsy: a risk interval analysis

Karina A. Top, Paula Brna, Lingyun Ye, Bruce Smith

Open Access
Correction

Correction to: Clinical evaluation of two different protein content formulas fed to full-term healthy infants: a randomized controlled trial

Nadia Liotto, Anna Orsi, Camilla Menis, Pasqua Piemontese, Laura Morlacchi, Chiara Cristiana Condello, Maria Lorella Giannì, Paola Roggero, Fabio Mosca

Open Access
Research article

The association between minor recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), children’s poor oral condition, and underlying negative psychosocial habits and attitudes towards oral hygiene

S. Tecco, S. Sciara, G. Pantaleo, A. Nota, A. Visone, S. Germani, E. Polizzi, E. F. Gherlone

Open Access
Research article

Clostridium difficile stool shedding in infants hospitalized in two neonatal intensive care units is lower than previous point prevalence estimates using molecular diagnostic methods

Andrea Green Hines, Alison Freifeld, Xing Zhao, Ann Anderson Berry, Lynne Willett, Peter C. Iwen, Kari A. Simonsen

Open Access
Correction

Correction to: Exome sequencing reveals a novel PLP1 mutation in a Moroccan family with connatal Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease: a case report

Jaber Lyahyai, Bouchra Ouled Amar Bencheikh, Siham C. Elalaoui, Maria Mansouri, Lamia Boualla, Alexandre DIonne-Laporte, Dan Spiegelman, Patrick A. Dion, Patrick Cossette, Guy A. Rouleau, Abdelaziz Sefiani

Open Access
Study protocol

Home-based bimanual training based on motor learning principles in children with unilateral cerebral palsy and their parents (the COAD-study): rationale and protocols

Marlous Schnackers, Laura Beckers, Yvonne Janssen-Potten, Pauline Aarts, Eugène Rameckers, Jan van der Burg, Imelda de Groot, Nicole Brouwers, Anke Defesche, Yvonne Geerdink, Bregtje Janssen, Marjon Kissels, Martijn Klem, Denise Martens, Judith Van Munster, Bianca Olive, Marleen Philippens, Lucianne Speth, Ingrid van den Tillaar, Rob Smeets, Sander Geurts, Bert Steenbergen

Open Access
Research article

Management of severe acute malnutrition by cow milk in resource constraints settings: experience of the Nutritional Centre of the University Clinics of Graben

Mupenzi Mumbere, F. Katsuva Mbahweka, B. P. Furaha Nzanzu

Open Access
Study protocol

Process evaluation of two home-based bimanual training programs in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (the COAD-study): protocol for a mixed methods study

Laura Beckers, Jan van der Burg, Yvonne Janssen-Potten, Eugène Rameckers, Pauline Aarts, Rob Smeets

Open Access
Research article

Factors associated with congenital anomalies in Addis Ababa and the Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a case-control study

Molla Taye, Mekbeb Afework, Wondwossen Fantaye, Ermias Diro, Alemayehu Worku

Open Access
Research article

Effect of childhood BMI on asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies

Yosra Azizpour, Ali Delpisheh, Zahra Montazeri, Kourosh Sayehmiri, Behzad Darabi

Open Access
Research article

Risk factors for carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children

Maria G. Koliou, Kyriaki Andreou, Demetris Lamnisos, Giagkos Lavranos, Paris Iakovides, Christos Economou, Elpidoforos S. Soteriades

Open Access
Research article

Are one-stop centres an appropriate model to deliver services to sexually abused children in urban Malawi?

Yabwile Mulambia, Aaron J. Miller, Geraldine MacDonald, Neil Kennedy

Open Access
Research article

Health-related quality of life in paediatric arterial hypertension: a cross-sectional study

Tadej Petek, Tjaša Hertiš, Nataša Marčun Varda

Open Access
Research article

A systematic review comparing neurodevelopmental outcome in term infants with hypoxic and vascular brain injury with and without seizures

T. R. De Haan, J. Langeslag, J. H. van der Lee, A. H. van Kaam

Open Access
Study protocol

EHLS at School: school-age follow-up of the Early Home Learning Study cluster randomized controlled trial

Elizabeth M. Westrupp, Clair Bennett, Meabh Cullinane, Naomi J. Hackworth, Donna Berthelsen, Sheena Reilly, Fiona K. Mensah, Lisa Gold, Shannon K. Bennetts, Penny Levickis, Jan M. Nicholson

Open Access
Research article

Availability, affordability and costs of pediatric medicines in Mongolia

Gereltuya Dorj, Bruce Sunderland, Tsetsegmaa Sanjjav, Gantuya Dorj, Byambatsogt Gendenragchaa

Open Access
Research article

The effect of universal maternal antenatal iron supplementation on neurodevelopment in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C. Jayasinghe, R. Polson, H. C. van Woerden, P. Wilson

Open Access
Research article

Opioid substitution treatment and heroin dependent adolescents: reductions in heroin use and treatment retention over twelve months

Bobby P. Smyth, Khalifa Elmusharaf, Walter Cullen

Open Access
Research article

Child abuse and neglect in the Jaffna district of Sri Lanka – a study on knowledge attitude practices and behavior of health care professionals

M. G. Sathiadas, Arunath Viswalingam, Karunya Vijayaratnam

Open Access
Research article

Inhaled corticosteroids in ventilated preterm neonates: a non-randomized dose-ranging study

Kamini Raghuram, Michael Dunn, Krista Jangaard, Maureen Reilly, Elizabeth Asztalos, Edmond Kelly, Michael Vincer, Vibhuti Shah

Open Access
Research article

Effect of increased enteral protein intake on plasma and urinary urea concentrations in preterm infants born at < 32 weeks gestation and < 1500 g birth weight enrolled in a randomized controlled trial – a secondary analysis

Michaela Mathes, Christoph Maas, Christine Bleeker, Julia Vek, Wolfgang Bernhard, Andreas Peter, Christian F. Poets, Axel R. Franz

Open Access
Research article

Impact of umbilical cord milking and pasteurized donor human milk on necrotizing enterocolitis: a retrospective review

Mehtab K. Sekhon, Bradley A. Yoder

Open Access
Research article

Muscle and tendon morphology alterations in children and adolescents with mild forms of spastic cerebral palsy

Annika Kruse, Christian Schranz, Markus Tilp, Martin Svehlik

Open Access
Case report

Hemorrhagic bullous lesions in Henoch-Schönlein purpura: a case report and review of the literature

Hung-Wen Su, Chiu-Yu Chen, Yee-Hsuan Chiou

Open Access
Case report

Obliterative cholangiopathy in acquired cystic biliary atresia type III after cyst perforation: a case report

Tsugumichi Koshinaga, Kensuke Ohashi, Kakou Ono, Hide Kaneda, Takeshi Furuya

Open Access
Research article

Henoch-Schönlein purpura with acute pancreatitis: analysis of 13 cases

Qin Zhang, Qi Guo, Ming Gui, Zhenhua Ren, Bo Hu, Ling Lu, Fang Deng

Open Access
Research article

Augmentative and alternative communication in children with Down’s syndrome: a systematic review

Renata Thaís de Almeida Barbosa, Acary Souza Bulle de Oliveira, Jennifer Yohanna Ferreira de Lima Antão, Tânia Brusque Crocetta, Regiani Guarnieri, Thaiany Pedrozo Campos Antunes, Claudia Arab, Thaís Massetti, Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro, Luiz Carlos de Abreu

Open Access
Research article

Patterns of early life body mass index and childhood overweight and obesity status at eight years of age

Joseph M. Braun, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, George D. Papandonatos, Aimin Chen, Bruce P. Lanphear

Open Access
Case report

Meconium peritonitis due to fetal appendiceal perforation: two case reports and a brief review of the literature

Yi Wang, Yeming Wu, Wenbin Guan, Wenbo Yan, Yuhua Li, Jin Fang, Jun Wang

Open Access
Research article

Leisure time physical activity in 9- to 11-year-old children born moderately preterm: a cohort study

M. Nordvall-Lassen, H. K. Hegaard, C. Obel, M. S. Lindhard, M. Hedegaard, T. B. Henriksen

Open Access
Research article

Parent perspectives on school food allergy policy

S. Shahzad Mustafa, Anne F. Russell, Olga Kagan, Lauren M. Kao, Diane V. Houdek, Bridget M. Smith, Julie Wang, Ruchi S. Gupta

Open Access
Research article

Clinical outcomes of interactive, intensive and individual (3i) play therapy for children with ASD: a two-year follow-up study

Elodie Tilmont Pittala, Yann Saint-Georges-Chaumet, Claire Favrot, Antoine Tanet, David Cohen, Catherine Saint-Georges

Open Access
Case report

Congenital Rhabdomyosarcoma: a different clinical presentation in two cases

Ida Russo, Virginia Di Paolo, Carmelo Gurnari, Angela Mastronuzzi, Francesca Del Bufalo, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Angela Di Giannatale, Renata Boldrini, Giuseppe Maria Milano

Open Access
Research article

Practice and outcomes of neonatal resuscitation for newborns with birth asphyxia at Kakamega County General Hospital, Kenya: a direct observation study

Duncan N. Shikuku, Benson Milimo, Elizabeth Ayebare, Peter Gisore, Gorrette Nalwadda

Open Access
Research article

Stabilization of the obesity epidemic and increasing thinness in children in Caribbean Bonaire

Joana Kist-van Holthe, Tirza Blom, Laura Melchers, Alcira Janga-Jansen, Tahirih van Kanten, Marian Luinstra-Passchier, Teatske Altenburg, Remy HiraSing, Mai Chinapaw

Open Access
Research article

Parental-reported allergic disorders and emergency department presentations for allergy in the first five years of life; a longitudinal birth cohort

Gerben Keijzers, Amy Sweeny, Julia Crilly, Norm Good, Cate M. Cameron, Gabor Mihala, Rani Scott, Paul A. Scuffham

Open Access
Research article

Residents’ breastfeeding knowledge, comfort, practices, and perceptions: results of the Breastfeeding Resident Education Study (BRESt)

Elizabeth Esselmont, Katherine Moreau, Mary Aglipay, Catherine M. Pound

Open Access
Case report

A case report of reversible generalized seizures in a patient with Waardenburg syndrome associated with a novel nonsense mutation in the penultimate exon of SOX10

Noriomi Suzuki, Hideki Mutai, Fuyuki Miya, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Hiroshi Terashima, Noriko Morimoto, Tatsuo Matsunaga

Open Access
Research article

Trends in the incidence and associated factors of late-onset sepsis associated with improved survival in extremely preterm infants born at 23–26 weeks’ gestation: a retrospective study

Jin Kyu Kim, Yun Sil Chang, Sein Sung, So Yoon Ahn, Won Soon Park

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence and determinants of essential newborn care practices in the Lawra District of Ghana

Mahama Saaka, Fusena Ali, Felicia Vuu

Open Access
Research article

Psychometric properties and parental reported utility of the 19-item ‘About My Child’ (AMC-19) measure

Uzma Williams, Peter Rosenbaum, Jan Willem Gorter, Dayle McCauley, Roman Gulko

Open Access
Research article

A national estimate of the birth prevalence of congenital anomalies in India: systematic review and meta-analysis

Prajkta Bhide, Anita Kar

Open Access
Research article

Attitudes of pediatricians toward Children’s consumption of ionic beverages

Akihisa Okumura, Shinobu Ida, Masaaki Mori, Toshiaki Shimizu, Shinobu Ida, Setsuko Ito, Mikako Inokuchi, Toshihiro Ohura, Akihisa Okumura, Mitsuyoshi Suzuki, Kimitaka Takitani, Kazushige Dobashi, Mitsuhiko Hara, Toru Kikuchi, Shigetaka Sugihara, Nobuo Yoshiike, Tomoo Okadan, Kazunari Kaneko, Chiharu Tsutsumi, Yuriko Ohta, Keiichi Hanaki, Kazue Kawakami, Yoshio Hanawa, Hiroaki Inomata, Tatsuya Oguni, Atsuyuki Yamataka, Yuko Bito, Keiichi Uchida, Hiroko Kodama, Masaaki Mori, Toshiaki Shimizu

Open Access
Research article

DTwP-HB-Hib: antibody persistence after a primary series, immune response and safety after a booster dose in children 18–24 months old

Hartono Gunardi, Kusnandi Rusmil, Eddy Fadlyana, Soedjatmiko, Meita Dhamayanti, Rini Sekartini, Rodman Tarigan, Hindra Irawan Satari, Bernie Endyarni Medise, Rini Mulia Sari, Novilia Sjafri Bachtiar, Cissy B. Kartasasmita, Sri Rezeki S. Hadinegoro

Open Access
Research article

Correlation between serum vitamin D level and neonatal indirect hyperbilirubinemia

Shahrokh Mehrpisheh, Azadeh Memarian, Abolfazl Mahyar, Negin Sadat Valiahdi

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence and risk factors of testicular microlithiasis in patients with hypospadias: a retrospective study

Michiko Nakamura, Kimihiko Moriya, Yoko Nishimura, Mutsumi Nishida, Yusuke Kudo, Yukiko Kanno, Takeya Kitta, Masafumi Kon, Nobuo Shinohara

Open Access
Debate

Network meta-analysis: users’ guide for pediatricians

Reem Al Khalifah, Ivan D. Florez, Gordon Guyatt, Lehana Thabane

Open Access
Research article

Maternal thyroid disorder in pregnancy and risk of cerebral palsy in the child: a population-based cohort study

Tanja Gram Petersen, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Peter Uldall, Nigel Paneth, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Mette Christophersen Tollånes, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen

Open Access
Research article

Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control in infants from 4 to 9 months of age- a psychometric study

Tamis W. Pin, Penelope B. Butler, Hon-Ming Cheung, Sandra Lai-Fong Shum

Open Access
Case report

Cardiac, bone and growth plate manifestations in hypocalcemic infants: revealing the hidden body of the vitamin D deficiency iceberg

Suma Uday, Nadja Fratzl-Zelman, Paul Roschger, Klaus Klaushofer, Ashish Chikermane, Vrinda Saraff, Ted Tulchinsky, Tom D. Thacher, Tamas Marton, Wolfgang Högler

Open Access
Case report

Clinical and molecular report of c.1331 + 1G > A mutation of the AAAS gene in a Moroccan family with Allgrove syndrome: a case report

H. Berrani, T. Meskini, M. Zerkaoui, H. Merhni, S. Ettair, A. Sefiani, N. Mouane

Open Access
Research article

Elevated IgM levels as a marker for a unique phenotype in patients with Ataxia telangiectasia

Alexander Krauthammer, Avishay Lahad, Lior Goldberg, Ifat Sarouk, Batia Weiss, Raz Somech, Michalle Soudack, Itai M. Pessach

Open Access
Research article

Developing “My Asthma Diary”: a process exemplar of a patient-driven arts-based knowledge translation tool

Mandy M. Archibald, Lisa Hartling, Samina Ali, Vera Caine, Shannon D. Scott

Open Access
Research article

BMI z-score in obese children is a poor predictor of adiposity changes over time

Cassandra Vanderwall, Jens Eickhoff, R. Randall Clark, Aaron L. Carrel

Open Access
Research article

Mother’s obesity and high child’s waist circumference are predictive factors of severe child’s obesity: an observational study in French Guiana

Falucar Njuieyon, Emma Cuadro-Alvarez, Elise Martin, Noémie Lachaume, Yajaira Mrsic, Fanny Henaff, Chimène Maniassom, Antoine Defo, Narcisse Elenga

Open Access
Research article

Occurrence of erythema migrans in children with Lyme neuroborreliosis and the association with clinical characteristics and outcome – a prospective cohort study

Kesia Backman, Barbro H. Skogman

Open Access
Research article

Indirect neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in hospitalized neonates on the Thai-Myanmar border: a review of neonatal medical records from 2009 to 2014

L. Thielemans, M. Trip-Hoving, J. Landier, C. Turner, T. J. Prins, E. M. N. Wouda, B. Hanboonkunupakarn, C. Po, C. Beau, M. Mu, T. Hannay, F. Nosten, B. Van Overmeire, R. McGready, V. I. Carrara

Open Access
Case report

A case of Metaplastic atrophic gastritis in immune Dysregulation, Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) syndrome

Youyou Luo, Jie Chen, Youhong Fang, Jingan Lou, Jindan Yu

Open Access
Research article

Serum and urine FGF23 and IGFBP-7 for the prediction of acute kidney injury in critically ill children

Zhenjiang Bai, Fang Fang, Zhong Xu, Chunjiu Lu, Xueqin Wang, Jiao Chen, Jian Pan, Jian Wang, Yanhong Li

Open Access
Research article

Health related quality of life of preterm born children at three years in a sub urban district in Sri Lanka: a retrospective cohort study

Hemali Jayakody, Upul Senarath, Deepika Attygalle

Open Access
Research article

Knowledge, attitudes and misconceptions of Italian healthcare professionals regarding fever management in children

Elena Chiappini, Antonina Marta Cangelosi, Paolo Becherucci, Monica Pierattelli, Luisa Galli, Maurizio de Martino

Open Access
Research article

Changing outpatient referral patterns in a small pediatric nephrology practice

Coral Hanevold, Susan Halbach, Jin Mou, Karyn Yonekawa

Open Access
Research article

Is there an association between vitamin D deficiency and adenotonsillar hypertrophy in children with sleep-disordered breathing?

Ji-Hyeon Shin, Byung-Guk Kim, Boo Young Kim, Soo Whan Kim, Sung Won Kim, Hojong Kim

Open Access
Research article

Ursodeoxycholic acid versus phenobarbital for cholestasis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Tamorah Lewis, Simisola Kuye, Ashley Sherman

Open Access
Case report

A case report of hemolytic streptococcal gangrene in the danger triangle of the face with thrombocytopenia and hepatitis

Xiao-ling Jia, Janak L. Pathak, Jin-fa Tong, Ji-mei Su

Open Access
Research article

Testing the feasibility of eliciting preferences for health states from adolescents using direct methods

R. Trafford Crump, Ryan Lau, Elizabeth Cox, Gillian Currie, Julie Panepinto

Open Access
Study protocol

Effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin alone and intravenous immunoglobulin combined with high-dose aspirin in the acute stage of Kawasaki disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Ho-Chang Kuo, Mindy Ming-Huey Guo, Mao-Hung Lo, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Ying-Hsien Huang

Open Access
Research article

The antipyretic efficacy and safety of propacetamol compared with dexibuprofen in febrile children: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, comparative, phase 3 clinical trial

Seung Jun Choi, Sena Moon, Ui Yoon Choi, Yoon Hong Chun, Jung Hyun Lee, Jung Woo Rhim, Jin Lee, Hwang Min Kim, Dae Chul Jeong

Open Access
Research article

Clinical evaluation of severe neonatal Hyperbilirubinaemia in a resource-limited setting: a 4-year longitudinal study in south-East Nigeria

Chidiebere D. I. Osuorah, Uchenna Ekwochi, Isaac N. Asinobi

Open Access
Case report

Atypical CHARGE associated with a novel frameshift mutation of CHD7 in a Chinese neonatal patient

Yan-ping Xu, Li-ping Shi, Jiajun Zhu

Open Access
Research article

Childhood adversity and parent perceptions of child resilience

Nia Heard-Garris, Matthew M. Davis, Moira Szilagyi, Kristin Kan

Open Access
Research article

Emergency department 72-hour revisits among children with chronic diseases: a Saudi Arabian study

Anwar E. Ahmed, Bashayr I. ALMuqbil, Manair N. Alrajhi, Hend R. Almazroa, Doaa A. AlBuraikan, Monirah A. Albaijan, Maliha Nasim, Majid A. Alsalamah, Donna K. McClish, Hamdan AL-Jahdali

Open Access
Research article

End-of-life decisions and practices for very preterm infants in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation of Belgium

Isabelle Aujoulat, Séverine Henrard, Anne Charon, Anne-Britt Johansson, Jean-Paul Langhendries, Anne Mostaert, Danièle Vermeylen, Gaston Verellen, Masendu Kalenga, Isabelle Broux, Pierre Maton, Jean-Paul Langhendries, Elisabeth Henrion, Anne Mostaert, Anneliese Dussart, Marie-Françoise Müller, Eric Cavatorta, Yoann Maréchal, Serge Vanden Eijnden, Chantal Lecart, Anne Charon, Dominique Haumont, Inge Van Herreweghe, Anne-Britt Johansson, Vinciane Vlieghe, Bart Van Overmeire, Danièle Vermeylen, Christian Debauche, Marc Flausch, Brigitte Sepulchre

Open Access
Research article

Implementation of preemptive fluid strategy as a bundle to prevent fluid overload in children with acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis

Franco Díaz, María José Nuñez, Pablo Pino, Benjamín Erranz, Pablo Cruces

Open Access
Research article

Bacteriological profile and antibiotic susceptibility of neonatal sepsis in neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Nepal

Bhishma Pokhrel, Tapendra Koirala, Ganesh Shah, Suchita Joshi, Pinky Baral

Open Access
Research article

Differences in infant feeding practices between Chinese-born and Australian-born mothers living in Australia: a cross-sectional study

Kristy A. Bolton, Peter Kremer, Kylie D. Hesketh, Rachel Laws, Konsita Kuswara, Karen J. Campbell

Open Access
Case report

A heterozygous variant in the SLC22A12 gene in a Sri Lanka family associated with mild renal hypouricemia

Dinesha Maduri Vidanapathirana, Subashinie Jayasena, Eresha Jasinge, Blanka Stiburkova

Open Access
Research article

Newborn weight change and childhood cardio-metabolic traits – a prospective cohort study

Maria João Fonseca, Milton Severo, Debbie A. Lawlor, Henrique Barros, Ana Cristina Santos

Open Access
Research article

Total and regional bone mineral and tissue composition in female adolescent athletes: comparison between volleyball players and swimmers

João Valente-dos-Santos, Óscar M. Tavares, João P. Duarte, Paulo M. Sousa-e-Silva, Luís M. Rama, José M. Casanova, Carlos A. Fontes-Ribeiro, Elisa A. Marques, Daniel Courteix, Enio R. V. Ronque, Edilson S. Cyrino, Jorge Conde, Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva

Open Access
Research article

Sex-specific effects of perinatal dioxin exposure on eating behavior in 3-year-old Vietnamese children

Anh Thi Nguyet Nguyen, Muneko Nishijo, Tai The Pham, Nghi Ngoc Tran, Anh Hai Tran, Luong Van Hoang, Hitomi Boda, Yuko Morikawa, Yoshikazu Nishino, Hisao Nishijo

Open Access
Case report

Group B streptococcus late-onset disease,contaminated breast milk and mothers persistently GBS negative: report of 3cases

Giangiacomo Nicolini, Martina Borellini, Vitaliana Loizzo, Roberta Creti, Luigi Memo, Alberto Berardi

Open Access
Research article

Normal serum alanine aminotransferase and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among Korean adolescents: a cross-sectional study using data from KNHANES 2010–2015

Yunkoo Kang, Sowon Park, Seung Kim, Hong Koh

Open Access
Research article

Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of acute respiratory tract infections among hospitalized infants and young children in Chengdu, West China, 2009–2014

Jiayi Chen, Pengwei Hu, Tao Zhou, Tianli Zheng, Lingxu Zhou, Chunping Jiang, Xiaofang Pei

Open Access
Case report

Generalized arterial calcification of infancy with a novel ENPP1 mutation: a case report

Iole Brunod, Barthélémy Tosello, Sophie Hassid, Catherine Gire, Laurent Thomachot, Michel Panuel

Open Access
Study protocol

Implementing evidence-based practices in the care of infants with bronchiolitis in Australasian acute care settings: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled study

Libby Haskell, Emma J. Tavender, Catherine Wilson, Sharon O’Brien, Franz E. Babl, Meredith L. Borland, Liz Cotterell, Tibor Schuster, Francesca Orsini, Nicolette Sheridan, David Johnson, Ed Oakley, Stuart R. Dalziel

Open Access
Case report

Folk prescription for treating rhinitis as a rare cause of childhood lead poisoning: a case series

Xiao-Lan Ying, Morri Markowitz, Chong-Huai Yan

Open Access
Study protocol

The DIAMOND trial – DIfferent Approaches to MOderate & late preterm Nutrition: Determinants of feed tolerance, body composition and development: protocol of a randomised trial

Frank H. Bloomfield, Jane E. Harding, Michael P. Meyer, Jane M. Alsweiler, Yannan Jiang, Clare R. Wall, Tanith Alexander, Tanith Alexander, Jane M. Alsweiler, Sharin Asadi, Friederike Beker, Frank H. Bloomfield, David Cameron-Smith, Clara Y. L. Chong, Caroline A. Crowther, Laura Galante, Jane E. Harding, Yannan Jiang, Michael P. Meyer, Amber Milan, Mariana Muelbert, Justin M. O’Sullivan, Jutta M. van den Boom, Clare R. Wall

Open Access
Study protocol

The protocol for the Cannabidiol in children with refractory epileptic encephalopathy (CARE-E) study: a phase 1 dosage escalation study

Darren Reithmeier, Richard Tang-Wai, Blair Seifert, Andrew W. Lyon, Jane Alcorn, Bryan Acton, Scott Corley, Erin Prosser-Loose, Darrell D. Mousseau, Hyun J. Lim, Jose Tellez-Zenteno, Linda Huh, Edward Leung, Lionel Carmant, Richard J. Huntsman

Open Access
Study protocol

Evaluating the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on early childhood development in paediatric HIV care and treatment programmes: a randomised controlled trial

R. Chingono, H. Mebrahtu, Z. Mupambireyi, V. Simms, H. A. Weiss, P. Ndlovu, F. Charasika, M. Tomlinson, L.D. Cluver, F. M. Cowan, L. Sherr

Open Access
Research article

Effectiveness of early intervention programs for parents of preterm infants: a meta-review of systematic reviews

Shuby Puthussery, Muhammad Chutiyami, Pei-Ching Tseng, Lesley Kilby, Jogesh Kapadia

Open Access
Research article

Comparison of two bone markers with growth evolution in 74 girls with central precocious puberty

Audrey Vincent, Jean-Claude Souberbielle, Raja Brauner

Open Access
Study protocol

The BabySeq project: implementing genomic sequencing in newborns

Ingrid A. Holm, Pankaj B. Agrawal, Ozge Ceyhan-Birsoy, Kurt D. Christensen, Shawn Fayer, Leslie A. Frankel, Casie A. Genetti, Joel B. Krier, Rebecca C. LaMay, Harvey L. Levy, Amy L. McGuire, Richard B. Parad, Peter J. Park, Stacey Pereira, Heidi L. Rehm, Talia S. Schwartz, Susan E. Waisbren, Timothy W. Yu, Pankaj B. Agrawal, Alan H. Beggs, Wendi N. Betting, Carrie L. Blout, Ozge Ceyhan-Birsoy, Kurt D. Christensen, Pamela Diamond, Dmitry Dukhovny, Kathryn E. Dunn, Shawn Fayer, Leslie A. Frankel, Casie A. Genetti, Chet Graham, Robert C. Green, Amanda M. Gutierrez, Maegan Harden, Margaret H. Helm, Lillian Hoffman-Andrews, Ingrid A. Holm, Joel B. Krier, Matthew S. Lebo, Kaitlyn B. Lee, Harvey L. Levy, Xingquan Lu, Sarah S. Kalia, Kalotina Machini, Amy L. McGuire, Jaclyn B. Murry, Medha Naik, Tiffany Nguyen, Richard B. Parad, Hayley A. Peoples, Stacey Pereira, Devan Petersen, Uma Ramamurthy, Vivek Ramanathan, Heidi L. Rehm, Amy Roberts, Jill O. Robinson, Serguei Roumiantsev, Talia S. Schwartz, Eleanor B. Steffens, Meghan C. Towne, Tina K. Truong, Grace E. VanNoy, Susan E. Waisbren, Caroline M. Weipert, Timothy W. Yu, Robert C. Green, Alan H. Beggs

Open Access
Correction

Correction to: decision-making at the limit of viability: differing perceptions and opinions between neonatal physicians and nurses

Hans Ulrich Bucher, Sabine D. Klein, Manya J. Hendriks, Ruth Baumann-Hölzle, Thomas M. Berger, Jürg C. Streuli, Jean-Claude Fauchère, Philipp Meyer, Roland Neumann, Renate Itin, Mathias Nelle, Liliane Stoffel, Brigitte Scharrer, Kai Roloff, Riccardo Pfister, Matthias Roth-Kleiner, Magali Contino, Thomas M. Berger, Ulrike Schlegel, Gudrun Jaeger, Ruth Dutler, Jean-Claude Fauchère, Barbara Dinten

Open Access
Research article

Transcutaneous bilirubin estimation in extremely low birth weight infants receiving phototherapy: a prospective observational study

Vidit Bhargava, Daniel Tawfik, Bruce Niebuhr, Sunil K. Jain

Open Access
Research article

The impact of “Child Care” intervention in rural Primary Health Care Program on prevalence of diarrhea among children less than 36 months of age in rural western China

Wenlong Gao, Guirong Li, Xiaoning Liu, Hong Yan

Open Access
Research article

Study of disease phenotype and its association with prognosis of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in China

Xin-Qiong Wang, Yuan Xiao, Xu Xu, Yi Yu, Cheng-Yan Shan, Yan Guo, Ling Gong, Tong Zhou, Shen-Shen Gao, Yao-Zong Yuan, Xiao-Jin Wang, Chun-Di Xu

Open Access
Study protocol

The CHIP-Family study to improve the psychosocial wellbeing of young children with congenital heart disease and their families: design of a randomized controlled trial

Malindi van der Mheen, Ingrid M. van Beynum, Karolijn Dulfer, Jan van der Ende, Eugène van Galen, Jorieke Duvekot, Lisette E. Rots, Tabitha P. L. van den Adel, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, Christopher G. McCusker, Frank A. Casey, Willem A. Helbing, Elisabeth M. W. J. Utens

Open Access
Case report

Xanthine calculi in a patient with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and factor V Leiden treated with allopurinol: case report

Lisa B. E. Shields, Dennis S. Peppas, Eran Rosenberg

Open Access
Study protocol

A cluster randomized web-based intervention trial to reduce food neophobia and promote healthy diets among one-year-old children in kindergarten: study protocol

Eli Anne Myrvoll Blomkvist, Sissel Heidi Helland, Elisabet Rudjord Hillesund, Nina Cecilie Øverby

Open Access
Study protocol

Contribution of early nutrition on the development of malnutrition and allergic diseases in the first year of life: a study protocol for the Mother and Infant Cohort Study (MICOS)

Fui Chee Woon, Yit Siew Chin, Intan Hakimah Ismail, Yoke Mun Chan, Marijka Batterham, Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff, Wan Ying Gan, Geeta Appannah

Open Access
Research article

Early versus delayed cord clamping in small for gestational age infants and iron stores at 3 months of age - a randomized controlled trial

Abhishek Chopra, Anup Thakur, Pankaj Garg, Neelam Kler, Kanwal Gujral

Open Access
Study protocol

Online cognitive-behavioral based group interventions for adolescents with chronic illness and parents: study protocol of two multicenter randomized controlled trials

Miriam Douma, Linde Scholten, Heleen Maurice-Stam, Martha A. Grootenhuis

Open Access
Study protocol

Identifying the etiology and pathophysiology underlying stunting and environmental enteropathy: study protocol of the AFRIBIOTA project

Pascale Vonaesch, Rindra Randremanana, Jean-Chrysostome Gody, Jean-Marc Collard, Tamara Giles-Vernick, Maria Doria, Inès Vigan-Womas, Pierre-Alain Rubbo, Aurélie Etienne, Emilson Jean Andriatahirintsoa, Nathalie Kapel, Eric Brown, Kelsey E. Huus, Darragh Duffy, B.Brett Finlay, Milena Hasan, Francis Allen Hunald, Annick Robinson, Alexandre Manirakiza, Laura Wegener-Parfrey, Muriel Vray, Philippe J. Sansonetti, Emilson Jean Andriatahirintsoa, Laurence Barbot-Trystram, Robert Barouki, Alexandra Bastaraud, Jean-Marc Collard, Maria Doria, Darragh Duffy, Aurélie Etienne, B. Brett Finlay, Serge Ghislain Djorie, Tamara Giles-Vernick, Bolmbaye Privat Gondje, Jean-Chrysostome Gody, Milena Hasan, Jean-Michel Héraud, François Huetz, Francis Allan Hunald, Nathalie Kapel, Jean-Pierre Lombart, Alexandre Manirakiza, Synthia Nazita Nigatoloum, Sophie Novault, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Lisette Raharimalala, Maheninasy Rakotondrainipiana, Rindra Randremanana, Harifetra Mamy Richard Randriamizao, Frédérique Randrianirina, Annick Robinson, Pierre-Alain Rubbo, Philippe Sansonetti, Laura Schaeffer, Ionela Gouandjika-Vassilache, Pascale Vonaesch, Sonia Sandrine Vondo, Inès Vigan-Womas

Open Access
Research article

The CANadian Pediatric Weight management Registry (CANPWR): lessons learned from developing and initiating a national, multi-centre study embedded in pediatric clinical practice

Katherine M. Morrison, Geoff D. C. Ball, Josephine Ho, Pam Mackie, Annick Buchholz, Jean-Pierre Chanoine, Jill Hamilton, Anne-Marie Laberge, Laurent Legault, Lehana Thabane, Mark Tremblay, Ian Zenlea

Open Access
Study protocol

Delivery strategies for malaria chemoprevention with monthly dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the post-discharge management of severe anaemia in children aged less than 5 years old in Malawi: a protocol for a cluster randomized trial

Thandile Gondwe, Bjarne Robberstad, Mavuto Mukaka, Siri Lange, Bjørn Blomberg, Kamija Phiri

Open Access
Research article

Mortality among very low birth weight infants after hospital discharge in a low resource setting

Yaser Abdallah, Flavia Namiiro, Jolly Nankunda, Jamiru Mugalu, Yvonne Vaucher

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence and seasonality of common viral respiratory pathogens, including Cytomegalovirus in children, between 0–5 years of age in KwaZulu-Natal, an HIV endemic province in South Africa

Temitayo Famoroti, Wilbert Sibanda, Thumbi Ndung’u

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Shigella and Salmonella among children aged below five years with Diarrhoea attending Nigist Eleni Mohammed memorial hospital, South Ethiopia

Wondwossen Abebe, Alemu Earsido, Solomon Taye, Mesfin Assefa, Adane Eyasu, Girma Godebo

Open Access
Research article

Drug utilization in neonatal setting of Pakistan: focus on unlicensed and off label drug prescribing

Muhammad Aamir, Jamshaid Ali Khan, Faisal Shakeel, Rabeea Shareef, Nazia Shah

Open Access
Research article

Challenges to and opportunities for the adoption and routine use of early warning indicators to monitor pediatric HIV drug resistance in Kenya

Nanlesta A. Pilgrim, Jerry Okal, James Matheka, Irene Mukui, Samuel Kalibala

Open Access
Study protocol

A prospective, mixed-methods, before and after study to identify the evidence base for the core components of an effective Paediatric Early Warning System and the development of an implementation package containing those core recommendations for use in the UK: Paediatric early warning system – utilisation and mortality avoidance– the PUMA study protocol

Emma Thomas-Jones, Amy Lloyd, Damian Roland, Gerri Sefton, Lyvonne Tume, Kerry Hood, Chao Huang, Dawn Edwards, Alison Oliver, Richard Skone, David Lacy, Ian Sinha, Jenny Preston, Brendan Mason, Nina Jacob, Robert Trubey, Heather Strange, Yvonne Moriarty, Aimee Grant, Davina Allen, Colin Powell

Open Access
Research article

Incidence of obesity and its predictors in children and adolescents in 10 years of follow up: Tehran lipid and glucose study (TLGS)

Maryam Barzin, Shayan Aryannezhad, Sara Serahati, Akram Beikyazdi, Fereidoun Azizi, Majid Valizadeh, Maryam Ziadlou, Farhad Hosseinpanah

Open Access
Study protocol

The “Petechiae in children” (PiC) study: evaluating potential clinical decision rules for the management of feverish children with non-blanching rashes, including the role of point of care testing for Procalcitonin & Neisseria meningitidis DNA – a study protocol

Thomas Waterfield, Mark D. Lyttle, Derek Fairley, James Mckenna, Kerry Woolfall, Fiona Lynn, Julie-Ann Maney, Damian Roland, Aoife Weir, Michael D. Shields

Open Access
Case report

A case report of full recovery from severe cerebral edema secondary to acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in a 13 year old girl

Emily B. Austin, Hailey Hobbs, Brian A. Crouse, Anna-Theresa Lobos

Open Access
Research article

Effectiveness of Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance over and above functional hand splints for children with cerebral palsy or brain injury: a randomized controlled trial

Michelle Jackman, Iona Novak, Natasha Lannin, Elspeth Froude, Laura Miller, Claire Galea

Open Access
Study protocol

Physiotherapy plus conventional treatment versus conventional treatment only in the treatment of functional constipation in children: design of a randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study in primary care

Jojanneke J. G. T. van Summeren, Gea A. Holtman, Yvonne Lisman- van Leeuwen, Lisa E. A. M. Louer, Alice H. C. van Ulsen-Rust, Karin M. Vermeulen, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Janny H. Dekker, Marjolein Y. Berger

Open Access
Study protocol

Combining constraint-induced movement therapy and action-observation training in children with unilateral cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial

Cristina Simon-Martinez, Lisa Mailleux, Els Ortibus, Anna Fehrenbach, Giuseppina Sgandurra, Giovanni Cioni, Kaat Desloovere, Nicole Wenderoth, Philippe Demaerel, Stefan Sunaert, Guy Molenaers, Hilde Feys, Katrijn Klingels

Open Access
Research article

Knowledge of healthcare providers regarding breastfeeding preterm infants in mainland China

Yuanyuan Yang, Rui Li, Jing Wang, Qingying Huang, Hong Lu

Open Access
Study protocol

Discovering the sense of touch: protocol for a randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of a somatosensory discrimination intervention for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Belinda McLean, Misty Blakeman, Leeanne Carey, Roslyn Ward, Iona Novak, Jane Valentine, Eve Blair, Susan Taylor, Natasha Bear, Michael Bynevelt, Emma Basc, Stephen Rose, Lee Reid, Kerstin Pannek, Jennifer Angeli, Karen Harpster, Catherine Elliott

Open Access
Research article

The cut-off levels of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein and the kinetics of mean platelet volume in preterm neonates with sepsis

C. Aydemir, H. Aydemir, F. Kokturk, C. Kulah, A. G. Mungan

Open Access
Case report

A mosaic form of microphthalmia with linear skin defects

Nina Prepeluh, Bojan Korpar, Andreja Zagorac, Boris Zagradišnik, Andreja Golub, Nadja Kokalj Vokač

Open Access
Study protocol

LyTONEPAL: long term outcome of neonatal hypoxic encephalopathy in the era of neuroprotective treatment with hypothermia: a French population-based cohort

Thierry Debillon, Nathalie Bednarek, Anne Ego, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Olivier Baud, Marie-Laure Charkaluk, Clothilde Desrobert, Cyril Flamant, Pierre Gressens, Gilles Kayem, Stephane Marret, Juliana Patkail, Loic Senthiles, Elie Saliba

Open Access
Study protocol

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome neurodevelopmental follow-up study (neurodevelopmental outcomes for children whose twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome was treated with placental laser photocoagulation)

Christie Bolch, Michael Fahey, Dinah Reddihough, Katrina Williams, Susan Reid, Angela Guzys, Stephen Cole, Andrew Edwards, Alison Fung, Ryan Hodges, Ricardo Palma-Dias, Mark Teoh, Susan Walker

Open Access
Study protocol

How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk: a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of the how-to parenting program on children’s mental health compared to a wait-list control group

Mireille Joussemet, Geneviève A. Mageau, Marie-Pier Larose, Mélanie Briand, Frank Vitaro

Open Access
Study protocol

SPORTS STARS study protocol: a randomised, controlled trial of the effectiveness of a physiotherapist-led modified sport intervention for ambulant school-aged children with cerebral palsy

Georgina L. Clutterbuck, Megan L. Auld, Leanne M. Johnston

Open Access
Research article

Feasibility and utility of active case finding of HIV-infected children and adolescents by provider-initiated testing and counselling: evidence from the Laquintinie hospital in Douala, Cameroon

Calixte Ida Penda, Carole Else Eboumbou Moukoko, Daniele Kedy Koum, Joseph Fokam, Cedric Anatole Zambo Meyong, Sandrine Talla, Paul Koki Ndombo

Open Access
Study protocol

A post-mortem population survey on foetal-infantile end-of-life decisions: a research protocol

Laure Dombrecht, Kim Beernaert, Ellen Roets, Kenneth Chambaere, Filip Cools, Linde Goossens, Gunnar Naulaers, Luc De Catte, Joachim Cohen, Luc Deliens, Sabrina Laroche, Claire Theyskens, Christine Vandeputte, Luc Cornette, Hilde Van de Broek

Open Access
Study protocol

The impact of DocosaHexaenoic Acid supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on Neurodevelopment of the offspring in India (DHANI): trial protocol

Shweta Khandelwal, M. K. Swamy, Kamal Patil, Dimple Kondal, Monica Chaudhry, Ruby Gupta, Gauri Divan, Mahesh Kamate, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Mrutyunjaya B. Bellad, Anita Gan, Bhalchandra S. Kodkany, Reynaldo Martorell, K. Srinath Reddy, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Usha Ramakrishnan, Nikhil Tandon, Aryeh D. Stein

Open Access
Study protocol

Early treatment versus expectative management of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants: a multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority trial in Europe (BeNeDuctus trial)

Tim Hundscheid, Wes Onland, Bart van Overmeire, Peter Dijk, Anton H. L. C. van Kaam, Koen P. Dijkman, Elisabeth M. W. Kooi, Eduardo Villamor, André A. Kroon, Remco Visser, Daniel C. Vijlbrief, Susanne M. de Tollenaer, Filip Cools, David van Laere, Anne-Britt Johansson, Catheline Hocq, Alexandra Zecic, Eddy Adang, Rogier Donders, Willem de Vries, Arno F. J. van Heijst, Willem P. de Boode

Open Access
Research article

Neonatal hypothermia and associated factors among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit of public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Birhanu Wondimeneh Demissie, Balcha Berhanu Abera, Tesfaye Yitna Chichiabellu, Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn

Open Access
Study protocol

Mobility may impact attention abilities in healthy term or prematurely born children at 7-years of age: protocol for an intervention controlled trial

Hadrien Ceyte, Joëlle Rosenbaum, Isabelle Hamon, Maëlle Wirth, Sébastien Caudron, Jean-Michel Hascoët

Open Access
Research article

Illness recognition and appropriate care seeking for newborn complications in rural Oromia and Amhara regional states of Ethiopia

Y. Amare, S. Paul, L. M. Sibley

Open Access
Case report

Mosaicism trisomy 10 in a 14-month-old child with additional neurological abnormalities: case report and literature review

Yang Gao, Yu-cong Ma, Yang-hua Ju, Ya-nan Li

Open Access
Research article

Use of plasma mitochondrial DNA levels for determining disease severity and prognosis in pediatric sepsis: a case control study

Hai peng Yan, Miao Li, Xiu lan Lu, Yi min Zhu, Wen-xian Ou-yang, Zheng hui Xiao, Jun Qiu, Shuang jie Li

Open Access
Study protocol

Early intervention program for very low birth weight preterm infants and their parents: a study protocol

Rita C. Silveira, Eliane Wagner Mendes, Rubia Nascimento Fuentefria, Nadia Cristina Valentini, Renato S. Procianoy

Open Access
Research article

Continuous hemofiltration improves the prognosis of bacterial sepsis complicated by liver dysfunction in children

Yun Cui, Xi Xiong, Fei Wang, Yuqian Ren, Chunxia Wang, Yucai Zhang

Open Access
Study protocol

Does red blood cell irradiation and/or anemia trigger intestinal injury in premature infants with birth weight ≤ 1250 g? An observational birth cohort study

Terri Marin, Ravi M. Patel, John D. Roback, Sean R. Stowell, Ying Guo, Kirk Easley, Megan Warnock, Jane Skvarich, Cassandra D. Josephson

Open Access
Research article

Review of guidelines on expression, storage and transport of breast milk for infants in hospital, to guide formulation of such recommendations in Sri Lanka

Ranmali Rodrigo, Lisa H. Amir, Della A. Forster

Open Access
Research article

Disclosure to HIV-seropositive children in rural Zambia

Shinya Tsuzuki, Naoko Ishikawa, Hideki Miyamoto, Christopher Dube, Nangana Kayama, Janet Watala, Albert Mwango

Open Access
Correction

Correction to: Muscle and tendon morphology alterations in children and adolescents with mild forms of spastic cerebral palsy

Annika Kruse, Christian Schranz, Markus Tilp, Martin Svehlik

Open Access
Research article

Patterns and outcome of acute poisoning among children in rural Sri Lanka

M. B. K. C. Dayasiri, S. F. Jayamanne, C. Y. Jayasinghe

Open Access
Research article

Maternal and child patterns of Medicaid retention: a prospective cohort study

Susmita Pati, Rose Calixte, Angie Wong, Jiayu Huang, Zeinab Baba, Xianqun Luan, Avital Cnaan

Open Access
Research article

Functional profiles of children with cerebral palsy in Jordan based on the association between gross motor function and manual ability

Nihad A. Almasri, Maysoun Saleh, Sana Abu-Dahab, Somaya H. Malkawi, Eva Nordmark

Open Access
Research article

An outbreak of Coxsackievirus A6–associated hand, foot, and mouth disease in a kindergarten in Beijing in 2015

Jie Li, Rong Zhu, Da Huo, Yiwei Du, Yuxiang Yan, Zhichao Liang, Yanxia Luo, Yang Yang, Lei Jia, Lijuan Chen, Quanyi Wang, Yan He

Open Access
Research article

Relevance of polymorphisms in MC4R and BDNF in short normal stature

Nikolas Herrfurth, Anna-Lena Volckmar, Triinu Peters, Gunnar Kleinau, Anne Müller, Cigdem Cetindag, Laura Schonnop, Manuel Föcker, Astrid Dempfle, Stefan A. Wudy, Struan F. A. Grant, Thomas Reinehr, Diana L. Cousminer, Johannes Hebebrand, Heike Biebermann, Anke Hinney

Open Access
Study protocol

To assess the effectiveness of various communication strategies for improving childhood pneumonia case management: study protocol of a community based behavioral open labeled trial in rural Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Shally Awasthi, Tuhina Verma, Monica Agarwal, Chandra Mani Pandey

Open Access
Research article

Prospective study of early and late outcomes of extremely low birthweight in Central Saudi Arabia

Mostafa A. Abolfotouh, Saif Al Saif, Waleed A. Altwaijri, Mohammed A. Al Rowaily

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence and predictors of metabolically healthy obesity in adolescents: findings from the national “Jeeluna” study in Saudi-Arabia

Lara Nasreddine, Hani Tamim, Aurelie Mailhac, Fadia S. AlBuhairan

Open Access
Research article

Dexmedetomidine is effective and safe during NIV in infants and young children with acute respiratory failure

M. Piastra, A. Pizza, S. Gaddi, E. Luca, O. Genovese, E. Picconi, D. De Luca, G. Conti

Open Access
Research article

Maternal views on facilitators of and barriers to breastfeeding preterm infants

Maria Lorella Gianni, Elena Nicoletta Bezze, Patrizio Sannino, Michela Baro, Paola Roggero, Salvatore Muscolo, Laura Plevani, Fabio Mosca

Open Access
Study protocol

Study protocol for the Australian autism biobank: an international resource to advance autism discovery research

Gail A. Alvares, Paul A. Dawson, Cheryl Dissanayake, Valsamma Eapen, Jacob Gratten, Rachel Grove, Anjali Henders, Helen Heussler, Lauren Lawson, Anne Masi, Emma Raymond, Felicity Rose, Leanne Wallace, Naomi R. Wray, Andrew J. O. Whitehouse, Jolene Berry, Vandhana Bharti, Dominique Cleary, Melanie De Jong, Mira Frenk, Maryam Haghiran, Alexis Harun, Helen Holdsworth, Anna Hunt, Rachel Jellett, Feroza Khan, Deborah Lennon, Jodie Leslie, Tiana McLaren, Candice Michael, Melanie Muniandy, Melissa Neylan, Michaela Nothard

Open Access
Case report

Eleven percent intact PGM3 in a severely immunodeficient patient with a novel splice-site mutation, a case report

Karin E. Lundin, Qing Wang, Abdulrahman Hamasy, Per Marits, Mehmet Uzunel, Valtteri Wirta, Ann-Charlotte Wikström, Anders Fasth, Olov Ekwall, C.I. Edvard Smith

Open Access
Case report

Clinical profile of comorbidity of rare diseases in a Tunisian patient: a case report associating incontinentia pigmenti and Noonan syndrome

Nehla Ghedira, Arnaud Lagarde, Karim Ben Ameur, Sahar Elouej, Rania Sakka, Emna Kerkeni, Fatma-Zohra Chioukh, Sylviane Olschwang, Jean-Pierre Desvignes, Sonia Abdelhak, Valerie Delague, Nicolas Lévy, Kamel Monastiri, Annachiara De Sandre-Giovannoli

Open Access
Research article

Genetic variation in folate metabolism is associated with the risk of conotruncal heart defects in a Chinese population

Xike Wang, Haitao Wei, Ying Tian, Yue Wu, Lei Luo

Open Access
Research article

Post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus and neurodevelopmental outcomes in a context of neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage: an institutional experience in 122 preterm children

Vianney Gilard, Alexandra Chadie, François-Xavier Ferracci, Marie Brasseur-Daudruy, François Proust, Stéphane Marret, Sophie Curey

Open Access
Research article

Maternal depression and child severe acute malnutrition: a case-control study from Kenya

S. Haithar, M. W. Kuria, A. Sheikh, M. Kumar, A. Vander Stoep

Open Access
Case report

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis following persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: a case report and literature review

Shigeo Iijima, Daizo Ueno, Toru Baba, Akira Ohishi

Open Access
Research article

The power of practice: simulation training improving the quality of neonatal resuscitation skills in Bihar, India

Brennan Vail, Melissa C. Morgan, Hilary Spindler, Amelia Christmas, Susanna R. Cohen, Dilys M. Walker

Open Access
Research article

NRG1 variant effects in patients with Hirschsprung disease

Gunadi, Nova Yuli Prasetyo Budi, Raman Sethi, Aditya Rifqi Fauzi, Alvin Santoso Kalim, Taufik Indrawan, Kristy Iskandar, Akhmad Makhmudi, Indra Adrianto, Lai Poh San

Open Access
Study protocol

A patient-centered, coordinated care approach delivered by community and pediatric primary care providers to promote responsive parenting: pragmatic randomized clinical trial rationale and protocol

Jennifer S. Savage, Samantha M. R. Kling, Adam Cook, Lindsey Hess, Shawnee Lutcher, Michele Marini, Jacob Mowery, Shannon Hayward, Sandra Hassink, Jennifer Franceschelli Hosterman, Ian M. Paul, Chris Seiler, Lisa Bailey-Davis

Open Access
Research article

The relationship between motor proficiency and reading ability in Year 1 children: a cross-sectional study

N. Milne, K. Cacciotti, K. Davies, R. Orr

Open Access
Study protocol

Early intervention at home in infants with congenital brain lesion with CareToy revised: a RCT protocol

Giuseppina Sgandurra, Elena Beani, Matteo Giampietri, Riccardo Rizzi, Giovanni Cioni, Francesca Cecchi, Maria Luce Cioni, Carlo Dani, Paolo Dario, Marco Di Galante, Ugo Faraguna, Patrizio Fiorini, Paolo Ghirri, Irene Mannari, Martina Maselli, Valentina Menici, Filomena Paternoster

Open Access
Research article

Long-term effects of the SLC2A9 G844A and SLC22A12 C246T variants on serum uric acid concentrations in children

Hye Ah Lee, Bo Hyun Park, Eun Ae Park, Su Jin Cho, Hae Soon Kim, Hyesook Park

Open Access
Research article

Risk of low serum levels of ionized magnesium in children with febrile seizure

Sung-Jin Baek, Jung Hye Byeon, So-Hee Eun, Baik-Lin Eun, Gun-Ha Kim

Open Access
Case report

Mosaic Tetrasomy of 9p24.3q21.11 postnatally identified in an infant born with multiple congenital malformations: a case report

Irene Plaza Pinto, Lysa Bernardes Minasi, Raphael Steckelberg, Claudio Carlos da Silva, Aparecido Divino da Cruz

Open Access
Research article

Predictors of breastfeeding duration in a predominantly Māori population in New Zealand

Kathy M. Manhire, Sheila M. Williams, David Tipene-Leach, Sally A. Baddock, Sally Abel, Angeline Tangiora, Raymond Jones, Barry J. Taylor

Open Access
Research article

Nutritional status, dental caries and tooth eruption in children: a longitudinal study in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR

Jed Dimaisip-Nabuab, Denise Duijster, Habib Benzian, Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzien, Amphayvan Homsavath, Bella Monse, Hak Sithan, Nicole Stauf, Sri Susilawati, Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild

Open Access
Research article

The paediatric version of Wisconsin gait scale, adaptation for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a prospective observational study

Agnieszka Guzik, Mariusz Drużbicki, Andrzej Kwolek, Grzegorz Przysada, Katarzyna Bazarnik-Mucha, Magdalena Szczepanik, Andżelina Wolan-Nieroda, Marek Sobolewski

Open Access
Research article

Prognostic value of early, conventional proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in cooled asphyxiated infants

Hajnalka Barta, Agnes Jermendy, Marton Kolossvary, Lajos R. Kozak, Andrea Lakatos, Unoke Meder, Miklos Szabo, Gabor Rudas

Open Access
Study protocol

Refining and testing the diagnostic accuracy of an assessment tool (PAT-POPS) to predict admission and discharge of children and young people who attend an emergency department: protocol for an observational study

Samah Riaz, Andrew Rowland, Steve Woby, Tony Long, Joan Livesley, Sarah Cotterill, Calvin Heal, Damian Roland

Open Access
Research article

Sexual and physical abuse and its determinants among street children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016

Ayana Chimdessa, Amsale Cheire

Open Access
Research article

Association between ambient air pollutants and preterm birth in Ningbo, China: a time-series study

Wen-Yuan Liu, Zhe-Bin Yu, Hai-Yan Qiu, Jian-Bing Wang, Xue-Yu Chen, Kun Chen

Open Access
Research article

Neonatal tactile stimulation at birth in a low-resource setting

Andrea Pietravalle, Francesco Cavallin, Anna Opocher, Stefania Madella, Maria Elena Cavicchiolo, Damiano Pizzol, Giovanni Putoto, Daniele Trevisanuto

Open Access
Correction

Correction to: Full title: peripheral venous catheter complications in children: predisposing factors in a multicenter prospective cohort study

Rim Ben Abdelaziz, Habiba Hafsi, Hela Hajji, Hela Boudabous, Amel Ben Chehida, Ali Mrabet, Khadija Boussetta, Sihem Barsaoui, Azza Sammoud, Mourad Hamzaoui, Hatem Azzouz, Néji Tebib

Open Access
Case report

Gillespie syndrome in a South Asian child: a case report with confirmation of a heterozygous mutation of the ITPR1 gene and review of the clinical and molecular features

Daham De Silva, Kathleen A. Williamson, Kavinda Chandimal Dayasiri, Nayani Suraweera, Vinushiya Quinters, Hiranya Abeysekara, Jithangi Wanigasinghe, Deepthi De Silva, Harendra De Silva

Open Access
Research article

Active case finding: comparison of the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of targeted versus blanket provider-initiated-testing and counseling of HIV among children and adolescents in Cameroon

Habakkuk Azinyui Yumo, Christopher Kuaban, Rogers Awoh Ajeh, Akindeh Mbuh Nji, Denis Nash, Anastos Kathryn, Marcus Beissner, Thomas Loescher

Open Access
Research article

Pre-lacteal feeding practice and associated factors among mothers having children less than two years of age in Aksum town, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017: a cross-sectional study

Girmay Tekaly, Mekuria Kassa, Tilahun Belete, Hagos Tasew, Tekelwoini Mariye, Tsega Teshale

Open Access
Research article

How often parents make decisions with their children is associated with obesity

Adrita Rahman, Kimberly G. Fulda, Susan F. Franks, Shane I. Fernando, Nusrath Habiba, Omair Muzaffar

Open Access
Research article

Cluster-randomized, controlled evaluation of a teacher led multi factorial school based back education program for 10 to 12-year old children

Silvia Dullien, Joachim Grifka, Petra Jansen

Open Access
Study protocol

Effect of breastfeeding education and support intervention (BFESI) versus routine care on timely initiation and exclusive breastfeeding in Southwest Ethiopia: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Misra Abdulahi, Atle Fretheim, Jeanette H. Magnus

Open Access
Research article

Percentile curves for cardiometabolic disease markers in Canadian children and youth: a cross-sectional study

Nicole Ata, Bryan Maguire, David C Hamilton, Stefan Kuhle

Open Access
Research article

Agreement test of transcutaneous bilirubin and bilistick with serum bilirubin in preterm infants receiving phototherapy

Rinawati Rohsiswatmo, Hanifah Oswari, Radhian Amandito, Hikari Ambara Sjakti, Endang Windiastuti, Rosalina Dewi Roeslani, Indrayady Barchia

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence and associated factors of pediatric emergency mortality at Tikur Anbessa specialized tertiary hospital: a 5 year retrospective case review study

Gemechu Jofiro, Kemal Jemal, Lemlem Beza, Tigist Bacha Heye

Open Access
Case report

Case report: multiple UGT1A1 gene variants in a patient with Crigler-Najjar syndrome

Linda Gailite, Dmitrijs Rots, Ieva Pukite, Gunta Cernevska, Madara Kreile

Open Access
Research article

Neurodevelopmental and emotional-behavioral outcomes in late-preterm infants: an observational descriptive case study

Roberto Palumbi, Antonia Peschechera, Mariella Margari, Francesco Craig, Arcangelo Cristella, Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli, Lucia Margari

Open Access
Research article

Adherence to the neonatal resuscitation algorithm for preterm infants in a tertiary hospital in Spain

Silvia Maya-Enero, Francesc Botet-Mussons, Josep Figueras-Aloy, Montserrat Izquierdo-Renau, Marta Thió, Martin Iriondo-Sanz

Open Access
Case report

Infant progressive colonic stenosis caused by antibiotic-related Clostridium difficile colitis – a case report and literature review

Xiaolong Xie, Bo Xiang, Yang Wu, Yiyang Zhao, Qi Wang, Xiaoping Jiang

Open Access
Research article

Medication administration error and contributing factors among pediatric inpatient in public hospitals of Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Zeray Baraki, Mebrahtu Abay, Lidiya Tsegay, Hadgu Gerensea, Awoke Kebede, Hafte Teklay

Open Access
Research article

Stabilization and reversal of child obesity in Andalusia using objective anthropometric measures by socioeconomic status

José-Juan Sánchez-Cruz, I de Ruiter, J J Jiménez-Moleón, Ll García, Maria-Jose Sánchez

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence of rotavirus infection among children with acute diarrhoea after rotavirus vaccine introduction in Kenya, a hospital cross-sectional study

Catherine Muendo, Ahmed Laving, Rashmi Kumar, Boniface Osano, Thaddaeus Egondi, Pamela Njuguna

Open Access
Research article

Procedural pain in children: a qualitative study of caregiver experiences and information needs

Kassi Shave, Samina Ali, Shannon D. Scott, Lisa Hartling

Open Access
Research article

Multi-professional meetings on health checks and communication in providing nutritional guidance for infants and toddlers in Japan: a cross-sectional, national survey-based study

Midori Ishikawa, Kumi Eto, Mayu Haraikawa, Kemal Sasaki, Zentaro Yamagata, Tetsuji Yokoyama, Noriko Kato, Yumiko Morinaga, Yoshihisa Yamazaki

Open Access
Research article

Neurodevelopmental outcome of late preterm infants in Johannesburg, South Africa

Tanusha Ramdin, Daynia Ballot, David Rakotsoane, Lethile Madzudzo, Nicolette Brown, Tobias Chirwa, Peter Cooper, Victor Davies

Open Access
Research article

What do Australian & New Zealand caregivers know about children’s ibuprofen? The results of an online survey?

Judy Mullan, Pippa Burns, Kathryn Weston, Shelley Crowther, Robyn Dixon, Emma Moselen

Open Access
Research article

Consumption habits of school canteen and non-canteen users among Norwegian young adolescents: a mixed method analysis

Arthur Chortatos, Laura Terragni, Sigrun Henjum, Marianne Gjertsen, Liv Elin Torheim, Mekdes K Gebremariam

Open Access
Study protocol

iMOVE: Intensive Mobility training with Variability and Error compared to conventional rehabilitation for young children with cerebral palsy: the protocol for a single blind randomized controlled trial

Laura A. Prosser, Samuel R. Pierce, Timothy R. Dillingham, Judy C. Bernbaum, Abbas F. Jawad

Open Access
Research article

Shared reading quality assessment by parental report: preliminary validation of the DialogPR

John S Hutton, Guixia Huang, Kieran J Phelan, Thomas DeWitt, Richard F Ittenbach

Open Access
Research article

Occlusal force predicts global motion coherence threshold in adolescent boys

Kensuke Kiriishi, Hirokazu Doi, Nobuaki Magata, Tetsuro Torisu, Mihoko Tanaka, Makoto Ohkubo, Mitsuhiro Haneda, Masaki Okatomi, Kazuyuki Shinohara, Takao Ayuse

Open Access
Research article

Cerebral palsy in Moldova: subtypes, severity and associated impairments

Ecaterina Gincota Bufteac, Guro L. Andersen, Vik Torstein, Reidun Jahnsen

Open Access
Research article

Clinical and genetic Rett syndrome variants are defined by stable electrophysiological profiles

Conor Keogh, Giorgio Pini, Adam H. Dyer, Stefania Bigoni, Pietro DiMarco, Ilaria Gemo, Richard Reilly, Daniela Tropea

Open Access
Case report

Kawasaki disease: two case reports from the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam-Tanzania

Mariam Noorani, Nuruddin Lakhani

Open Access
Research article

A formative study exploring perceptions of physical activity and physical activity monitoring among children and young people with cystic fibrosis and health care professionals

James Shelley, Stuart J Fairclough, Zoe R Knowles, Kevin W Southern, Pamela McCormack, Ellen A Dawson, Lee E F Graves, Claire Hanlon

Open Access
Research article

Nutritional rickets among children admitted with severe pneumonia at Mulago hospital, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Thereza Piloya, Beatrice Odongkara, Edward Maloba Were, Faith Ameda, Edison Mworozi, Paul Laigong

Open Access
Research article

Effectiveness of weekly cell phone counselling calls and daily text messages to improve breastfeeding indicators

Archana Patel, Priyanka Kuhite, Amrita Puranik, Samreen Sadaf Khan, Jitesh Borkar, Leena Dhande

Open Access
Case report

Autism spectrum disorder early in development associated with CHD8 mutations among two Chinese children

Jiangping Wang, Jinling Liu, Yi Gao, Kaixuan Wang, Kewen Jiang

Open Access
Research article

The clinical respiratory score predicts paediatric critical care disposition in children with respiratory distress presenting to the emergency department

Kanwal Nayani, Rubaba Naeem, Owais Munir, Naureen Naseer, Asher Feroze, Nick Brown, Asad I. Mian

Open Access
Case report

Case report: acute clinical presentation and neonatal management of primary hyperparathyroidism due to a novel CaSR mutation

Manuela Capozza, Iolanda Chinellato, Vito Guarnieri, Natascia Di lorgi, Maria Accadia, Cristina Traggiai, Girolamo Mattioli, Antonio Di Mauro, Nicola Laforgia

Open Access
Research article

Mothers’ Facebook posts about infant health: findings from the Grow2Gether study

Stacey Kallem, Rachel S. Gruver, Senbagam Virudachalam, Alexander G. Fiks

Open Access
Research article

Serum procalcitonin in bacterial & non-bacterial meningitis in children

Shipra Chaudhary, Nisha Keshary Bhatta, Madhab Lamsal, Rajendra Kumar Chaudhari, Basudha Khanal

Open Access
Research article

Growth during the first year in infants affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome

Tammy E. Corr, Eric W. Schaefer, Ian M. Paul

Open Access
Research article

Growth patterns from birth to 24 months in Chinese children: a birth cohorts study across China

Fengxiu Ouyang, Fan Jiang, Fangbiao Tao, Shunqing Xu, Yankai Xia, Xiu Qiu, Jun Zhang

Open Access
Research article

Type 1 tympanoplasty in pediatric patients: a review of 102 cases

Deniz Baklaci, Ismail Guler, Ihsan Kuzucu, Rauf Oguzhan Kum, Muge Ozcan

Open Access
Research article

Mode of delivery and short-term infant health outcomes: a prospective cohort study in a peri-urban Indian population

Tamala Gondwe, Kalpana Betha, G. N. Kusneniwar, Clareann H. Bunker, Gong Tang, Hyagriv Simhan, P. S. Reddy, Catherine L. Haggerty

Open Access
Research article

Healthcare workers’ views on the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in neonates: a qualitative study in Andhra Pradesh, India

Juan Emmanuel Dewez, Harish Chellani, Sushma Nangia, Katrin Metsis, Helen Smith, Matthews Mathai, Nynke van den Broek

Open Access
Research article

Hypertriglyceridaemia in extremely preterm infants receiving parenteral lipid emulsions

Ruth Sinclair, Tim Schindler, Kei Lui, Srinivas Bolisetty

Open Access
Research article

Cultural adaptation and harmonization of four Nordic translations of the revised Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP-R)

Emma Olsson, Agneta Anderzén-Carlsson, Sigríður María Atladóttir, Anna Axelin, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Mats Eriksson, Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir, Emilia Peltonen, Bonnie Stevens, Bente Vederhus, Randi Dovland Andersen

Open Access
Research article

Otologic, audiometric and speech findings in patients undergoing surgery for cleft palate

Cristina Garcia-Vaquero, Cristina Mir, Domingo Graterol, Nuria Ortiz, Maria Isabel Rochera-Villach, Matilde E. LLeonart, Juan Lorente

Open Access
Case report

Isolated neonatal bilateral vocal cord paralysis revealing a unilateral medullary defect: a case report

Camille Brotelande, Nicolas Leboucq, Mohamed Akkari, Thomas Roujeau, Massimo Di Maio, Christophe Milési, Michel Mondain, Charles Raybaud, Gilles Cambonie

Open Access
Research article

Sleep and its relationship to health in parents of preterm infants: a scoping review

Gunhild Nordbø Marthinsen, Sølvi Helseth, Liv Fegran

Open Access
Research article

A retrospective study of neonatal case management and outcomes in rural Rwanda post implementation of a national neonatal care package for sick and small infants

Merab Nyishime, Ryan Borg, Willy Ingabire, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Evrard Nahimana, Neil Gupta, Anne Hansen, Michelle Labrecque, Fulgence Nkikabahizi, Christine Mutaganzwa, Francois Biziyaremye, Claudine Mukayiranga, Francine Mwamini, Hema Magge

Open Access
Case report

Splenic embolization for a giant splenic hemangioma in a child: a case report

Woosun Choi, Young Bae Choi

Open Access
Research article

Burden and factors associated with clinical neonatal sepsis in urban Uganda: a community cohort study

Violet Okaba Kayom, Jamiir Mugalu, Abel Kakuru, Sarah Kiguli, Charles Karamagi

Open Access
Research article

Human immunodeficiency virus infection disclosure status to infected school aged children and associated factors in bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia: cross sectional study

Bikila Lencha, Gemehu Ameya, Zanebe Minda, Feyissa Lamessa, Jiregna Darega

Open Access
Research article

Slow velocity of the center of pressure and high heel pressures may increase the risk of Sever’s disease: a case-control study

David Rodríguez-Sanz, Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Daniel López-López, Cesar Calvo-Lobo, Eva María Martínez-Jiménez, Eduardo Perez-Boal, Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias, Patricia Palomo-López

Open Access
Research article

Mothers’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards the prevention and home-based management of diarrheal disease among under-five children in Diredawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2016: a cross-sectional study

Hailemariam Mekonnen Workie, Abdilahi Sharifnur Sharifabdilahi, Esubalew Muchie Addis

Open Access
Research article

Can echocardiographic screening in the early days of life detect critical congenital heart disease among apparently healthy newborns?

Miyuki Kondo, Akira Ohishi, Toru Baba, Tomoka Fujita, Shigeo Iijima

Open Access
Case report

Gallbladder agenesis with hepatic impairment: a case report

Yoshihiko Takano, Mirei Hoshino, Sakae Iriyama, Kyoko Takayanagi, Manabu Ishiro, Nobuhiro Kawakami, Takayuki Okamura

Open Access
Research article

High rate of antibiotic resistance among pneumococci carried by healthy children in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Archippe M. Birindwa, Matilda Emgård, Rickard Nordén, Ebba Samuelsson, Shadi Geravandi, Lucia Gonzales-Siles, Balthazar Muhigirwa, Théophile Kashosi, Eric Munguakonkwa, Jeanière T. Manegabe, Didace Cibicabene, Lambert Morisho, Benjamin Mwambanyi, Jacques Mirindi, Nadine Kabeza, Magnus Lindh, Rune Andersson, Susann Skovbjerg

Open Access
Study protocol

Rehabilitation of Executive function in Paediatric Traumatic brain injury (REPeaT): protocol for a randomized controlled trial for treating working memory and decision-making

Nikita Sood, Celia Godfrey, Vicki Anderson, Cathy Catroppa

Open Access
Research article

Prevalence of pain reports in pediatric primary care and association with demographics, body mass index, and exam findings: a cross-sectional study

Randall W. Grout, Rachel Thompson-Fleming, Aaron E. Carroll, Stephen M. Downs

Open Access
Research article

Motivations for weight loss in adolescents with overweight and obesity: a systematic review

David Franciole Oliveira Silva, Karine Cavalcanti Maurício Sena-Evangelista, Clélia Oliveira Lyra, Lucia Fátima Campos Pedrosa, Ricardo Fernando Arrais, Severina Carla Vieira Cunha Lima

Open Access
Research article

HIV diagnosis disclosure to infected children and adolescents; challenges of family caregivers in the Central Region of Ghana

Anna Hayfron-Benjamin, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Stephen Ayisi-Addo, Peter Mate Siakwa, Sylvia Mupepi

Open Access
Research article

Using neuroimaging to investigate the impact of Mandolean® training in young people with obesity: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Elanor C. Hinton, Laura A. Birch, John Barton, Jeffrey M. P. Holly, Kalina M. Biernacka, Sam D. Leary, Aileen Wilson, Olivia S. Byrom, Julian P. Hamilton-Shield

Open Access
Research article

Problematic social networking site usage and substance use by young adolescents

Alessandra Buja, Luigi Gallimberti, Sonia Chindamo, Camilla Lion, Alberto Terraneo, Michele Rivera, Elena Marini, Luis Javier Gomez-Perez, Emanuele Scafato, Vincenzo Baldo

Open Access
Research article

Insulin metabolism markers are predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis among overweight and obese children and adolescents

Golaleh Asghari, Pooneh Dehghan, Parvin Mirmiran, Emad Yuzbashian, Maryam Mahdavi, Maryam Tohidi, Tirang R. Neyestani, Farhad Hosseinpanah, Fereidoun Azizi

Open Access
Case report

10-year follow-up of congenital cytomegalovirus infection complicated with severe neurological findings in infancy: a case report

Eisuke Suganuma, Akira Oka, Hideaki Sakata, Nodoka Adachi, Satoshi Asanuma, Eiji Oguma, Akira Yamaguchi, Mihoko Furuichi, Yoji Uejima, Satoshi Sato, Tadamasa Takano, Yutaka Kawano, Risa Tanaka, Takashi Arai, Tsutomu Oh-Ishi

Open Access
Research article

Can clinical signs or symptoms combined with basic hematology data be used to predict the presence of bacterial infections in febrile children under - 5 years?

Francois Kiemde, Massa dit Achille Bonko, Marc Christian Tahita, Palpouguini Lompo, Halidou Tinto, Petra F. Mens, Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Michael Boele van Hensbroek

Open Access
Case report

Exploratory laparoscopy combined with pathological examination in the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding in a child: a case report

Jiande Chen, Bin Zhang, Zhilong Yan, Huaying Zhao, Kaihua Yang, Yong Yin, Lirong Jiang

Open Access
Research article

Necrotizing enterocolitis leads to disruption of tight junctions and increase in gut permeability in a mouse model

Srikanth Ravisankar, Rodney Tatum, Parvesh M. Garg, Maja Herco, Prem S. Shekhawat, Yan-Hua Chen

Open Access
Case report

Rare presentation of an atrial myxoma in an adolescent patient: a case report and literature review

Eduardo Macias, Elizabeth Nieman, Kentaro Yomogida, Orlando Petrucci, Cylen Javidan, Kevin Baszis, Shafkat Anwar

Open Access
Case report

Pediatric intramedullary schwannoma with syringomyelia: a case report and literature review

Keda Wang, Jizong Zhao, Yan Zhang, Yibing Su

Open Access
Research article

Breastfeeding performance in Afar regional state, northeastern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Jemal Hussien, Selam Assefa, Misgan Legesse Liben

Open Access
Research article

Relationship between asymptomatic rotavirus infection and jaundice in neonates: a retrospective study

Nu Ri Hwang, Jin Kyu Kim

Open Access
Case report

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with prone position ventilation successfully rescues infantile pertussis: a case report and literature review

Jingyi Shi, Chunxia Wang, Yun Cui, Yucai Zhang

Open Access
Research article

Newborn colonization and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Streptococcus agalactiae at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Mucheye Gizachew, Moges Tiruneh, Feleke Moges, Mulat Adefris, Zemene Tigabu, Belay Tessema

Open Access
Research article

Tobacco use among Latinx adolescents: exploring the immigrant paradox

Anna E. Epperson, Jan L. Wallander, Marc N. Elliott, Mark A. Schuster

Open Access
Research article

C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels in neonatal meningitis in England: an analysis of national variations in CRP cut-offs for lumbar puncture

Jonathan P. Sturgeon, Beatrice Zanetti, Dwight Lindo

Open Access
Research article

YKL-40 levels are associated with disease severity and prognosis of viral pneumonia, but not available in bacterial pneumonia in children

Xingge Yang, Guangyao Sheng

Open Access
Case report

Mediastinal teratoma presenting with hemoptysis and pleuritis misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (empyema)

Jinrong Liu, Baolin Tian, Qi Zeng, Chenghao Chen, Chunju Zhou, Huimin Li, Yuelin Shen, Shunying Zhao

Open Access
Research article

Seroprevalence of diphtheria and pertussis immunoglobulin G among children with pneumonia in Ji’nan, China

Qinghong Meng, Lijun Li, Wei Shi, Qing Wang, Mingjie Ding, Yanqin Liu, Xiang Ma, Kaihu Yao

Open Access
Research article

A content analysis of Australian television advertising: focus on child and adolescent oral health

Amit Arora, Caroline M. Bowman, Stephanie J. P. Chow, Jack Thepsourinthone, Sameer Bhole, Narendar Manohar

Open Access
Research article

What is the impact of the use of transanastomotic feeding tube on patients with esophageal atresia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chuan Wang, Liwei Feng, Yanan Li, Yi Ji

Open Access
Case report

A case of incomplete Kawasaki disease with extremely high serum ferritin and interleukin-18 levels

Takanori Noto, Hiroki Seto, Junji Fukuhara, Masao Murabayashi, Akihiro Yachie, Mamoru Ayusawa, Ichiro Morioka

Open Access
Research article

Point-of-care testing for procalcitonin in identifying bacterial infections in young infants: a diagnostic accuracy study

Thomas Waterfield, Julie-Ann Maney, Martin Hanna, Derek Fairley, Michael D. Shields

Open Access
Research article

Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from children with acute otitis media in Liuzhou, China

Yan Ling Ding, Jinjian Fu, Jichang Chen, Sheng Fu Mo, Shaolin Xu, Nan Lin, Peixu Qin, Eric McGrath

Open Access
Research article

Early features of Kawasaki disease with pyuria in febrile infants younger than 6 months

Seo Hee Yoon, Dong Soo Kim, Jong Gyun Ahn

Open Access
Research article

Hospitalisation after birth of infants: cross sectional analysis of potentially avoidable admissions across England using hospital episode statistics

Eleanor Jones, Beck Taylor, Gavin Rudge, Christine MacArthur, Deepthi Jyothish, Doug Simkiss, Carole Cummins

Open Access
Research article

Antibiotic prescribing in paediatric inpatients in Ghana: a multi-centre point prevalence survey

Appiah-Korang Labi, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Gifty Sunkwa-Mills, Antoinette Bediako-Bowan, Christiana Akufo, Stephanie Bjerrum, Enid Owusu, Christabel Enweronu-Laryea, Japheth Awuletey Opintan, Jorgen Anders Lindholm Kurtzhals, Mercy Jemima Newman

Open Access
Research article

Adaptation of pain scales for parent observation: are pain scales and symptoms useful in detecting pain of young children with the suspicion of acute otitis media?

Johanna M. Uitti, Sanna Salanterä, Miia K. Laine, Paula A. Tähtinen, Aino Ruohola

Open Access
Research article

High mortality due to congenital malformations in children aged < 1 year in French Guiana

Mathieu Nacher, Véronique Lambert, Anne Favre, Gabriel Carles, Narcisse Elenga

Open Access
Research article

Complementary feeding and effect of spontaneous fermentation on anti-nutritional factors of selected cereal-based complementary foods

Degnet Teferi Asres, Amanuel Nana, Girma Nega

Open Access
Research article

Childhood stunting in Thailand: when prolonged breastfeeding interacts with household poverty

Nisachol Cetthakrikul, Chompoonut Topothai, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Kanjana Tisayaticom, Supon Limwattananon, Viroj Tangcharoensathien

Open Access
Research article

The association of malaria morbidity with linear growth, hemoglobin, iron status, and development in young Malawian children: a prospective cohort study

Jaden Bendabenda, Noel Patson, Lotta Hallamaa, John Mbotwa, Charles Mangani, John Phuka, Elizabeth L. Prado, Yin Bun Cheung, Ulla Ashorn, Kathryn G. Dewey, Per Ashorn, Kenneth Maleta

Fitmachen fürs EKG-Befunden - Der Video-Kurs jetzt mit 10 CME-Punkten

Springer Medizin

BMC Pediatrics

Inhalt (396 Artikel)