BMC Pediatrics

Puberty timing associated with obesity and central obesity in Chinese Han girls

Qiguo Lian, Yanyan Mao, Shan Luo, Shucheng Zhang, Xiaowen Tu, Xiayun Zuo, Chaohua Lou, Weijin Zhou

Ontogeny of alkaline phosphatase activity in infant intestines and breast milk

Ye Yang, Emilee Rader, Michele Peters-Carr, Rebecca C. Bent, Jennifer T. Smilowitz, Karen Guillemin, Bethany Rader

Pattern and extent of off-label and unlicensed drug use in neonatal intensive care units in Iran

Leila Kouti, Maryam Aletayeb, Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Aletayeb, Amir Kamal Hardani, Kaveh Eslami

Pseudotumour cerebri associated with mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and treatment with levofloxacin: a case report

Laura Maffeis, Robertino Dilena, Sophie Guez, Francesca Menni, Cristina Bana, Silvia Osnaghi, Giorgio Carrabba, Paola Marchisio

Exploring the physical activity and screen-viewing-related knowledge, training, and self-efficacy of early childhood education candidates

Brianne A. Bruijns, Kristi B. Adamo, Shauna M. Burke, Valerie Carson, Jennifer D. Irwin, Patti-Jean Naylor, Brian W. Timmons, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Patricia Tucker

Treating extravasation injuries in infants and young children: a scoping review and survey of UK NHS practice

Mark Corbett, David Marshall, Melissa Harden, Sam Oddie, Robert Phillips, William McGuire

Food security is not the only solution to prevent under-nutrition among 6–59 months old children in Western Amhara region, Ethiopia

Yeshalem Mulugeta Demilew, Abiot Tefera Alem

Factors associated with uptake of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination in Shanghai, China

Ya Yang, Yingjian Wang, Dongjian Yang, Shurong Dong, Yu Yang, Xu Zhu, Yue Chen, Yibiao Zhou, Qingwu Jiang

Adolescent-parent communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and its factors among secondary and preparatory school students in Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia: institution based cross sectional study

Samuel Kusheta, Belay Bancha, Yitagesu Habtu, Degefa Helamo, Samuel Yohannes

Protocol for a transdiagnostic study of children with problems of attention, learning and memory (CALM)

Joni Holmes, Annie Bryant, Susan Elizabeth Gathercole

Evaluation of systemic inflammatory response syndrome-negative sepsis from a Chinese regional pediatric network

Yuanyuan Wang, Xiaofei Lin, Hongni Yue, Niranjan Kissoon, Bo Sun, Bo Sun, Yuanyuan Wang, Hongni Yue, Xiaofei Lin, Bing Li, Chunlin Yu, Xiaochun Yang, Chunming Shan, Yujin Fan, Maotian Dong, Li Hao, Yixing Zhang, Wenlong Lin, Xiaofeng Zuo, Tingting Yin, Ping Su, Yongbo Heng, Jinzhong Xu

Physical activity for children with chronic disease; a narrative review and practical applications

Sarah L. West, Laura Banks, Jane E. Schneiderman, Jessica E. Caterini, Samantha Stephens, Gillian White, Shilpa Dogra, Greg D. Wells

Combination therapy with erythropoietin, magnesium sulfate and hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: an open-label pilot study to assess the safety and feasibility

Miho Nonomura, Sayaka Harada, Yuki Asada, Hisako Matsumura, Hiroko Iwami, Yuko Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ichiba

Ultrasound of the infant hip: manual fixation is equivalent to Graf’s technique regarding image quality—a randomized trial

Peter Voitl, Christian Sebelefsky, Sara Hosner, Astrid Woditschka, Susanne Diesner, Andreas Böck

The effect of placebo on endurance capacity in normal weight children – a randomized trial

Shira Fanti-Oren, Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Alon Eliakim, Michal Pantanowitz, Dan Nemet

Genetic investigation confirmed the clinical phenotype of congenital chloride diarrhea in a Hungarian patient: a case report

Éva Dávid, Dóra Török, Katalin Farkas, Nikoletta Nagy, Emese Horváth, Zsuzsanna Kiss, György Oroszlán, Márta Balogh, Márta Széll

Inhaled nitric oxide for neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn in the CINRGI study: time to treatment response

Leif D. Nelin, Jim L. Potenziano

Risk factors associated with mortality in neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency (NICCD) and clinical implications

Kuerbanjiang Abuduxikuer, Rui Chen, Zhong-Lin Wang, Jian-She Wang

Cross-cultural validation of the Bengali version KIDSCREEN-27 quality of life questionnaire

Rosalie Power, Rahena Akhter, Mohammad Muhit, Sabrina Wadud, Eamin Heanoy, Tasneem Karim, Nadia Badawi, Gulam Khandaker

The influence of gestational age in the psychometric testing of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates

Karin Schenk, Liliane Stoffel, Reto Bürgin, Bonnie Stevens, Dirk Bassler, Sven Schulzke, Mathias Nelle, Eva Cignacco

Occult child abuse presenting as pneumatosis intestinalis and portomesenteric venous gas - a case report

En-Pei Lee, Jainn-Jim Lin, Shao-Hsuan Hsia, Oi-Wa Chan, Han-Ping Wu

Do video game interventions improve motor outcomes in children with developmental coordination disorder? A systematic review using the ICF framework

Benjamin F. Mentiplay, Tara L. FitzGerald, Ross A. Clark, Kelly J. Bower, Linda Denehy, Alicia J. Spittle

The association between antibiotics in the first year of life and child growth trajectory

Elizabeth E. Dawson-Hahn, Kyung E. Rhee

Diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of group a streptococcal pharyngitis in children in a primary care setting: impact of point-of-care polymerase chain reaction

Arundhati Rao, Bradley Berg, Theresa Quezada, Robert Fader, Kimberly Walker, Shaowu Tang, Ula Cowen, Dana Duncan, Joanna Sickler

The subject-dependent, cumulative, and recency association of aerobic fitness with academic performance in Taiwanese junior high school students

Shu-Shih Hsieh, Jia-Ren Tsai, Shao-Hsi Chang, Jen-Yu Ho, Jui-Fu Chen, Po-Hsi Chen, Yao-Ting Sung, Tsung-Min Hung

Developmental outcomes of preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension at 18–24 months of corrected age

Eui Kyung Choi, Seung Han Shin, Ee-Kyung Kim, Han-Suk Kim

Risk factors for recurrent severe anemia among previously transfused children in Uganda: an age-matched case-control study

Aggrey Dhabangi, Richard Idro, Chandy C. John, Walter H. Dzik, Robert Opoka, Ronald Ssenyonga, Michael Boele van Hensbroek

Myocardial oedema in an 8-year-old Chinese boy with Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome

Karen Ka Yan Leung, Jaime Sou Rosa Duque, Kwong-Man Yu, Kai-Ning Cheong, Patrick Chun-Yin Chong, Marco Hok-Kung Ho, Pak-Cheong Chow

A health systems strengthening intervention to improve quality of care for sick and small newborn infants: results from an evaluation in district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

C. Horwood, L. Haskins, S. Phakathi, N. McKerrow

“From the moment I wake up I will use it…every day, very hour”: a qualitative study on the patterns of adolescents’ mobile touch screen device use from adolescent and parent perspectives

Siao Hui Toh, Erin K. Howie, Pieter Coenen, Leon M. Straker

Phase I clinical study of oral olaparib in pediatric patients with refractory solid tumors: study protocol

Masatoshi Takagi, Chitose Ogawa, Yuki Aoki-Nogami, Tomoko Iehara, Eri Ishibashi, Minoru Imai, Tetsuro Kihara, Kiyoshi Nobori, Kazuhisa Hasebe, Shuki Mizutani, Toshimi Kimura, Masashi Nagata, Masato Yasuhara, Kenichi Yoshimura, Pariko Yorozu, Hajime Hosoi, Ryuji Koike

Deciphering risk factors for blood stream infections, bacteria species and antimicrobial resistance profiles among children under five years of age in North-Western Tanzania: a multicentre study in a cascade of referral health care system

J. Seni, A. A. Mwakyoma, F. Mashuda, R. Marando, M. Ahmed, R. DeVinney, J. D. D. Pitout, S. E. Mshana

Time-to-recovery from severe acute malnutrition in children 6–59 months of age enrolled in the outpatient treatment program in Shebedino, Southern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

Genene Teshome, Tafese Bosha, Samson Gebremedhin

Bariatric surgery in adolescents: a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing laparoscopic gastric banding to combined lifestyle interventions in adolescents with severe obesity (BASIC trial)

Y. G. M. Roebroek, G. F. Paulus, E. G. A. H. van Mil, A. C. E. Vreugdenhil, B. Winkens, C. Nederkoorn, C. D. A. Stehouwer, J. W. M. Greve, N. D. Bouvy, L. W. E. van Heurn

Cognitive and motor outcomes in children born low birth weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from South Asia

Ravi Prakash Upadhyay, Gitismita Naik, Tarun Shankar Choudhary, Ranadip Chowdhury, Sunita Taneja, Nita Bhandari, Jose Carlos Martines, Rajiv Bahl, Maharaj Kishan Bhan

Clinical, etiological and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of pediatric urinary tract infections in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal

Lok Bahadur Shrestha, Ratna Baral, Prakash Poudel, Basudha Khanal

Predictors of treatment failure, time to switch and reasons for switching to second line antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected children receiving first line anti-retroviral therapy at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ethiopia

Gelila Solomon Haile, Alemseged Beyene Berha

Sail sign in neonatal pneumomediastinum: a case report

Stephen Sze Shing Teo, Archana Priyadarshi, Kathryn Browning Carmo

Lessons from a patient with cardiac arrest due to massive pulmonary embolism as the initial presentation of Wilms tumor: a case report and literature review

Atsuna Fukuda, Takeshi Isoda, Naoya Sakamoto, Keisuke Nakajima, Tetsuya Ohta

Reliability and accuracy of smartphones for paediatric infectious disease consultations for children with rash in the paediatric emergency department

İlker Devrim, Mine Düzgöl, Ahu Kara, İlknur Çağlar, Fatma Devrim, Nuri Bayram, Hurşit Apa

Quality of care and suspected developmental delay among children aged 1–59 months: a cross-sectional study in 8 counties of rural China

Chenlu Yang, Xiaoli Liu, Yuning Yang, Xiaona Huang, Qiying Song, Yan Wang, Hong Zhou

The evolving epidemiology of rotavirus A infection in Brazil a decade after the introduction of universal vaccination with Rotarix®

Filipe A. Carvalho-Costa, Rosane M. S. de Assis, Alexandre M. Fialho, Irene T. Araújo, Marcelle F. Silva, Mariela M. Gómez, Juliana S. Andrade, Tatiana L. Rose, Tulio M. Fumian, Eduardo M. Volotão, Marize P. Miagostovich, José Paulo G. Leite

Distribution of distinct subsets of circulating T follicular helper cells in Kawasaki disease

Meng Xu, Yanfang Jiang, Jinghua Wang, Deying Liu, Shaofeng Wang, Huanfa Yi, Sirui Yang

Performance characteristics of a local triage tool and internationally validated tools among under-fives presenting to an urban emergency department in Tanzania

Nafsa R. Marombwa, Hendry R. Sawe, Upendo George, Said S. Kilindimo, Nanyori J. Lucumay, Kilalo M. Mjema, Juma A. Mfinanga, Ellen J. Weber

Epidemiology of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and direct self-injurious behavior in adolescents with a migration background: a representative study

Carolin Donath, Marie Christine Bergmann, Sören Kliem, Thomas Hillemacher, Dirk Baier

Parents’ self-directed practices towards the use of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Hani Saleh Faidah, Abdul Haseeb, Majd Yousuf Lamfon, Malak Mohammad Almatrafi, Imtinan Abdullah Almasoudi, Ejaz Cheema, Waleed Hassan Almalki, Mahmoud E Elrggal, Mahmoud M.A. Mohamed, Fahad Saleem, Manal Mansour Al-Gethamy, Beenish Pervaiz, Tahir Mehmood Khan, Mohamed Azmi Hassali

High level of treatment failure and drug resistance to first-line antiretroviral therapies among HIV-infected children receiving decentralized care in Senegal

Abdoul-Magib Cissé, Gabrièle Laborde-Balen, Khady Kébé-Fall, Aboubacry Dramé, Halimatou Diop, Karim Diop, FatouNiasse-Traoré, Mohamed Coulibaly, Ndeye-Ngone Have, Nicole Vidal, Safiatou Thiam, Abdoulaye S. Wade, Martine Peeters, Bernard Taverne, Philippe Msellati, Coumba Touré-Kane

Nonsynostotic plagiocephaly: a child health care intervention in Skaraborg, Sweden

Freda Lennartsson, Per Nordin

A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of Loop-mediated-isothermal AMPlification (LAMP) in the diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children

Thomas Waterfield, Derek Fairley, Bronagh Blackwood, James McKenna, Michael D. Shields

Safety and immunogenicity of a varicella vaccine without human serum albumin (HSA) versus a HSA-containing formulation administered in the second year of life: a phase III, double-blind, randomized study

Saul N. Faust, Maguelone Le Roy, Chitsanu Pancharoen, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Weber, Katrina Cathie, Ulrich Behre, Jolanta Bernatoniene, Matthew D. Snape, Klaus Helm, Carlos Eduardo Medina Pech, Ouzama Henry, Carmen Baccarini, Michael Povey, Paul Gillard

Structured on-the-job training to improve retention of newborn resuscitation skills: a national cohort Helping Babies Breathe study in Tanzania

Mary Drake, Dunstan R. Bishanga, Akwila Temu, Mustafa Njozi, Erica Thomas, Victor Mponzi, Lauren Arlington, Georgina Msemo, Mary Azayo, Allan Kairuki, Amunga R. Meda, Kahabi G. Isangula, Brett D. Nelson

Infant mortality in Brazil attributable to inborn errors of metabolism associated with sudden death: a time-series study (2002–2014)

F. H. de Bitencourt, I. V. D. Schwartz, F. S. L. Vianna

Prevalence and burden of illness of treated hemolytic neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in a privately insured population in the United States

Tzy-Chyi Yu, Chi Nguyen, Nancy Ruiz, Siting Zhou, Xian Zhang, Elaine A. Böing, Hiangkiat Tan

Cross-sectional associations of objectively assessed sleep duration with physical activity, BMI and television viewing in German primary school children

Susanne Kobel, Olivia Wartha, Jens Dreyhaupt, Sarah Kettner, Jürgen M. Steinacker

A 10-year-old boy with dyspnea and hypoxia: abernathy malformation masquerading as pulmonary arteriovenous fistula

Lijian Xie, Yun Li, Xunwei Jiang, Jian Zhao, Tingting Xiao

Endocrine and metabolic complications in children and adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease: an Italian cohort study

V. Mandese, E. Bigi, P. Bruzzi, G. Palazzi, B. Predieri, L. Lucaccioni, M. Cellini, L. Iughetti

First experience with Tolvaptan for the treatment of neonates and infants with capillary leak syndrome after cardiac surgery

Anne Kerling, Okan Toka, André Rüffer, Hanna Müller, Sheeraz Habash, Christel Weiss, Sven Dittrich, Julia Moosmann

Macronutrient content of pooled donor human milk before and after Holder pasteurization

Pasqua Piemontese, Domenica Mallardi, Nadia Liotto, Chiara Tabasso, Camilla Menis, Michela Perrone, Paola Roggero, Fabio Mosca

A case report of a teenager with severe hand, foot, and mouth disease with brainstem encephalitis caused by enterovirus 71

Ying-Fu Chen, Lan Hu, Feng Xu, Cheng-jun Liu, Jing Li

Anthropometric and clinical correlates of fat mass in healthy term infants at 6 months of age

Ameyalli M. Rodríguez-Cano, Jennifer Mier-Cabrera, Cinthya Muñoz-Manrique, Arturo Cardona-Pérez, Gicela Villalobos-Alcázar, Otilia Perichart-Perera

Hb Knossos (HBB: c.82G > T), β-globin CD 5 (−CT) (HBB: c.17_18delCT) and δ-globin CD 59 (−a) (HBD: c.179delA) mutations in a Syrian patient with β-thalassemia intermedia

Faten Moassas, Mohamad Sayah Nweder, Hossam Murad

A de novo ANK1 mutation associated to hereditary spherocytosis: a case report

Ti-Long Huang, Bao-Hua Sang, Qing-Ling Lei, Chun-Yan Song, Yun-Bi Lin, Yu Lv, Chun-Hui Yang, Na Li, Yue-Huang Yang, Xian-Wen Zhang, Xin Tian

Gastric MALT lymphoma presented with primary perforation in an adolescent: a case report

Yu-Tang Chang, Ming-Yii Huang, Hsiang-Hung Shih, Chun-Chieh Wu, Tzu-Ying Lu, Pei-Chin Lin

Adherence to long-term use of renin-angiotensin II-aldosterone system inhibitors in children with chronic kidney disease

Chien-Ning Hsu, Shiou-Huei Huang, You-Lin Tain

A case report of tinea capitis in infant in first year of life

Narcisa Mandras, Janira Roana, Ornella Cervetti, Michele Panzone, Vivian Tullio

Breastfeeding and vitamin D supplementation reduce the risk of Kawasaki disease in a German population-based case-control study

K. Meyer, A. Volkmann, M. Hufnagel, E. Schachinger, S. Klau, J. Horstmann, R. Berner, M. Fischer, A. Lehner, N. Haas, S. Ulrich, A. Jakob

Practice variation in anti-epileptic drug use for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy among regional NICUs

Maria L. V. Dizon, Rakesh Rao, Shannon E. Hamrick, Isabella Zaniletti, Robert DiGeronimo, Girija Natarajan, Jeffrey R. Kaiser, John Flibotte, Kyong-Soon Lee, Danielle Smith, Toby Yanowitz, Amit M. Mathur, An N. Massaro

Mutations in the PIGW gene associated with hyperphosphatasia and mental retardation syndrome: a case report

Li’na Fu, Yan Liu, Yu Chen, Yi Yuan, Wei Wei

Impact of birthweight on health-care utilization during early childhood – a birth cohort study

Mario Rüdiger, Luise Heinrich, Katrin Arnold, Diana Druschke, Jörg Reichert, Jochen Schmitt

Effect of maternal smoking in pregnancy and childhood on child and adolescent sleep outcomes to 21 years: a birth cohort study

Frances O’Callaghan, Michael O’Callaghan, James G. Scott, Jake Najman, Abdullah Al Mamun

Relationship of four vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with type 1 diabetes mellitus susceptibility in Kuwaiti children

Majedah A. Rasoul, Mohammad Z. Haider, Maria Al-Mahdi, Hessa Al-Kandari, Gursev S. Dhaunsi

A case report of a challenging diagnosis of biliary atresia in a patient receiving total parenteral nutrition

Atu Agawu, Andrew Wehrman, Jennifer Pogoriler, Natalie A. Terry, Henry C. Lin

Rare cause of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis due to mutation in PRF1 and SH2D1A genes in two children – a case report with a review

Jayesh Sheth, Akash Patel, Raju Shah, Riddhi Bhavsar, Sunil Trivedi, Frenny Sheth

Is vitamin C enough? A case report of scurvy in a five-year-old girl and review of the literature

Timothy Hahn, Whitney Adams, Keith Williams

Overweight trajectory and cardio metabolic risk factors in young adults

Gabriela Callo Quinte, Fernando Barros, Denise Petrucci Gigante, Isabel Oliveira de Oliveira, Janaína Vieira dos Santos Motta, Bernardo Lessa Horta

Development of a web-based assessment tool that evaluates the meal situation when a child has a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Margaretha Jenholt Nolbris, Ann-Louise Gustafsson, Carina Fondin, Karin Mellgren, Stefan Nilsson

Sensation seeking in 3- to 6-year-old children: associations with socio-demographic parameters and behavioural difficulties

Myriam Haas, Andreas Hiemisch, Mandy Vogel, Oleg Wagner, Wieland Kiess, Tanja Poulain

Case report: Cholecystoduodenostomy for cholestatic liver disease in a premature infant with cystic fibrosis and short gut syndrome

Laura K. Fawcett, John Widger, Guy M. Henry, Chee Y. Ooi

A newborn with seizures born to a mother diagnosed with primary carnitine deficiency

Si Chen, Yingying Hu, Yumei Huang, Yan Nan, Xiaojian Zhou, Shangqin Chen, Jin Lin, Zhenlang Lin

Dysmenorrhea among high-school students and its associated factors in Kuwait

Sharefah Al-Matouq, Hessah Al-Mutairi, Ohood Al-Mutairi, Fatima Abdulaziz, Dana Al-Basri, Mona Al-Enzi, Abdullah Al-Taiar

Randomized controlled trial protocol to improve multisensory neural processing, language and motor outcomes in preterm infants

Mary Lauren Neel, Paul Yoder, Pawel J. Matusz, Micah M. Murray, Ashley Miller, Stephanie Burkhardt, Lelia Emery, Kaleigh Hague, Caitlin Pennington, Jessica Purnell, Megan Lightfoot, Nathalie L. Maitre

Ogilvie syndrome in a 8 year old girl after laparoscopic appendectomy

Giulia Gortani, Federica Pederiva, Lydie Ammar, Elisabetta Miorin, Giovanna Tonin, Giulia Dobbiani, Elena Marcuzzi, Egidio Barbi

Maternal characteristics and nutritional status among 6–59 months of children in Ethiopia: further analysis of demographic and health survey

Zufan Bitew Dessie, Melkitu Fentie, Zegeye Abebe, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Kindie Fentahun Muchie

Clinically relevant body composition methods for obese pediatric patients

Alexandra Kreissl, Anselm Jorda, Katharina Truschner, Gabriele Skacel, Susanne Greber-Platzer

EIF2AK3 novel mutation in a child with early-onset diabetes mellitus, a case report

Tarah H. Fatani

Congenital emphysematous lung disease associated with a novel Filamin A mutation. Case report and literature review

Gloria Pelizzo, Mirella Collura, Aurora Puglisi, Maria Pia Pappalardo, Emanuele Agolini, Antonio Novelli, Maria Piccione, Caterina Cacace, Rossana Bussani, Giovanni Corsello, Valeria Calcaterra

Evaluation of biochemical and haematological changes in dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever in Sri Lankan children: a prospective follow up study

Grace Angeline Malarnangai Kularatnam, Eresha Jasinge, Sunethra Gunasena, Dulani Samaranayake, Manouri Prasanta Senanayake, Vithanage Pujitha Wickramasinghe

Prevalence, risk factors and outcome of congenital anomalies among neonatal admissions in OGBOMOSO, Nigeria

Akinlabi E. Ajao, Ikeola A. Adeoye

Does education offset the effect of maternal disadvantage on childhood anaemia in Tanzania? Evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study

Olaide O. Ojoniyi, Clifford O. Odimegwu, Emmanuel O. Olamijuwon, Joshua O. Akinyemi

Changes in objectively measured physical activity after a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention in children with abdominal obesity: a randomized control trial

Lydia Morell-Azanza, Ana Ojeda-Rodríguez, Amaia Ochotorena-Elicegui, Nerea Martín-Calvo, María Chueca, Amelia Marti, Cristina Azcona-San Julian

Multilevel analysis of individual, household, and community factors influencing child growth in Nepal

Tim Smith, Gerald Shively

Rasopathies case report: concurrence of two pathogenic variations de novo in NF1 and KRAS genes in a patient

Irene Baquedano Lobera, Silvia Izquierdo Álvarez, María Jesús Oliván del Cacho

Delayed appearance of mature ganglia in an infant with an atypical presentation of total colonic and small bowel aganglionosis: a case report

Fereshteh Salimi Jazi, Julia M. Chandler, Chad M. Thorson, Tiffany J. Sinclair, Florette K. Hazard, John A. Kerner, Sanjeev Dutta, James C.Y. Dunn, Stephanie D. Chao

Paths to language development in at risk children: a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)

Kate Short, Patricia Eadie, Lynn Kemp

An atypical case of Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome presenting with crossed-bilateral limb hypertrophy and postaxial polydactyly: a case report

Rawan M. Al-Najjar, Rafael Fonseca

Allometric scaling of aerobic fitness outputs in school-aged pubertal girls

André O. Werneck, Jorge Conde, Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva, Artur Pereira, Daniela C. Costa, Diogo Martinho, João P. Duarte, João Valente-dos-Santos, Rômulo A. Fernandes, Mariana B. Batista, David Ohara, Edilson S. Cyrino, Enio R. V. Ronque

Cleidocranial dysplasia syndrome with epilepsy: a case report

Yimei Ma, Fumin Zhao, Dan Yu

Compound heterozygous POMGNT1 mutations leading to muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy type A3: a case report

Kondakova Olga Borisovna, Krasnenko Anna Yurievna, Tsukanov Kirill Yurievich, Klimchuk Olesya Igorevna, Korostin Dmitriy Olegovich, Davidova Anna Igorevna, Batysheva Tatyana Timofeevna, Zhurkova Natalia Vyacheslavovna, Surkova Ekaterina Ivanovna, Shatalov Peter Alekseevich, Ilinsky Valery Vladimirovich

From uncertainty to gradually managing and awaiting recovery of a periodic condition- a qualitative study of parents´ experiences of PFAPA syndrome

C. Sparud-Lundin, S. Berg, A. Fasth, A. Karlsson, P. Wekell

Assessing the role of family well-being on the quality of life of Indian children with thalassemia

Arulmani Thiyagarajan, Bagavandas M, Kalpana Kosalram

Muscle fitness and its association with body mass index in children and adolescents aged 7–18 years in China: a cross-sectional study

Huijing He, Li Pan, Jianwei Du, Feng Liu, Yuming Jin, Jingang Ma, Li Wang, Pengben Jia, Zhiping Hu, Guangliang Shan

Misdiagnosis of scrub typhus complicated by hemophagocytic syndrome

Miaomiao Lin, Airong Huang, Xiang Zheng, Lisha Ge, Shijun He

Obesity and understudied minority children: existing challenges and opportunities in epidemiology

Zerleen S. Quader, Julie A. Gazmararian, Lauren E. McCullough

Parental support in promoting children’s health behaviours and preventing overweight and obesity – a long-term follow-up of the cluster-randomised healthy school start study II trial

Åsa Norman, Zangin Zeebari, Gisela Nyberg, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder

Prospective audit and feedback on antibiotic use in neonatal intensive care: a retrospective cohort study

Nisha Thampi, Prakesh S. Shah, Sandra Nelson, Amisha Agarwal, Marilyn Steinberg, Yenge Diambomba, Andrew M. Morris

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in a pair of identical twins: a case report and updated review

Noor Shafina Mohd Nor, Alyaa Mahmood Al-Khateeb, Yung-An Chua, Noor Alicezah Mohd Kasim, Hapizah Mohd Nawawi

The prevalence of premature thelarche in girls and gynecomastia in boys and the associated factors in children in Southern China

Jianwei Zhang, Jinliang Xu, Lifang Liu, Xiaohua Xu, Xinxian Shu, Zhifeng Yang, Lanqiu LV, Xiding Cai, Xianjiang Jin, Zaiyan Gu, Junfen Fu

A screening tool for psychological difficulties in children aged 6 to 36 months: cross-cultural validation in Kenya, Cambodia and Uganda

Fabienne Nackers, Thomas Roederer, Caroline Marquer, Scholastic Ashaba, Samuel Maling, Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire, Sothara Muny, Chea Sokeo, Vireak Shom, Maria Palha, Pauline Lefèbvre, Beatrice W. Kirubi, Grace Kamidigo, Bruno Falissard, Marie-Rose Moro, Rebecca F. Grais

Lethal perinatal hypophosphatasia caused by a novel compound heterozygous mutation: a case report

Fengdan Yu, Junyi Wang, Xiaojing Xu

Enterostomy complications in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) surgery, a retrospective chart review at Odense University Hospital

Jens Kristian Bælum, Lars Rasmussen, Niels Qvist, Mark Bremholm Ellebæk

Survivorship care plan experiences among childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients and their families

Samantha T. Pannier, Karely Mann, Echo L. Warner, Stephanie Rosen, Akanksha Acharya, Claire Hacking, Cheryl Gerdy, Jennifer Wright, Yelena P. Wu, Anne C. Kirchhoff

Quick assessment with controlled attenuation parameter for hepatic steatosis in children based on MRI-PDFF as the gold standard

Jaeseung Shin, Myung-Joon Kim, Hyun Joo Shin, Haesung Yoon, Seung Kim, Hong Koh, Mi-Jung Lee

Household, maternal, and child related determinants of hemoglobin levels of Ethiopian children: hierarchical regression analysis

Shimels Hussien Mohammed, Tesfa Dejenie Habtewold, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh

Digenetic inheritance of SLC12A3 and CLCNKB genes in a Chinese girl with Gitelman syndrome

Yuanmei Kong, Ke Xu, Ke Yuan, Jianfang Zhu, Weiyue Gu, Li Liang, Chunlin Wang

Association between anxiety and aggression in adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Jee Eun Chung, Gonjin Song, Kitai Kim, Jeong Yee, Joo Hee Kim, Kyung Eun Lee, Hye Sun Gwak

Parental smoking and blood pressure in children and adolescents: a national cross-sectional study in China

Zilong Zhang, Jun Ma, Zhenghe Wang, Yanhui Dong, Zhaogeng Yang, Bin Dong, Yinghua Ma

Parental age and developmental milestones: pilot study indicated a role in understanding ADHD severity in Indian probands

Subhamita Maitra, Kanchan Mukhopadhyay

Childhood undernutrition in three disadvantaged East African Districts: a multinomial analysis

Kingsley E. Agho, Blessing J. Akombi, Akhi J. Ferdous, Irene Mbugua, Joseph K. Kamara

Faster recovery and reduced paracetamol use – a meta-analysis of EPs 7630 in children with acute respiratory tract infections

Georg Seifert, Juliette Brandes-Schramm, Andrea Zimmermann, Walter Lehmacher, Wolfgang Kamin

Anthropometric measurements can identify small for gestational age newborns: a cohort study in rural Tanzania

Cecilie Bøge Paulsen, Birgitte Bruun Nielsen, Omari Abdul Msemo, Sofie Lykke Møller, Josephine Roth Ekmann, Thor Grundtvig Theander, Ib Christian Bygbjerg, John Peter Andrea Lusingu, Daniel Thomas Remias Minja, Christentze Schmiegelow

Respiratory severity score as a predictive factor for severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death in extremely preterm infants

Young Hwa Jung, Jinhee Jang, Han-Suk Kim, Seung Han Shin, Chang Won Choi, Ee-Kyung Kim, Beyong Il Kim

Body mass index and dental caries in young people: a systematic review

Martha Paisi, Elizabeth Kay, Cathy Bennett, Irene Kaimi, Robert Witton, Robert Nelder, Debra Lapthorne

Prenatal diagnosis of congenital megalourethra with imperforate anus

An-Shine Chao, Yao-Lung Chang, Peter Ching-Chang Hsieh

First clinical experience with the Kora pacemaker system in congenital complete heart block in newborn infants

Stefan Kurath-Koller, Sabrina Schweintzger, Gernot Grangl, Ante Burmas, Andreas Gamillscheg, Martin Koestenberger

Measuring social participation in children with chronic health conditions: validation and reference values of the child and adolescent scale of participation (CASP) in the German context

Freia De Bock, Catherin Bosle, Christine Graef, Johannes Oepen, Heike Philippi, Michael S. Urschitz

Predictive value of the aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index for parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis in extremely low birth weight infants

Ji Hye Hwang, Mi Lim Chung

Comparison of various anthropometric indices in predicting abdominal obesity in Chinese children: a cross-sectional study

Gengdong Chen, Huanchang Yan, Yuting Hao, Shiksha Shrestha, Jue Wang, Yan Li, Yuanhuan Wei, Jialiang Pan, Zheqing Zhang

The various clinical spectra of juvenile xanthogranuloma: imaging for two case reports and review of the literature

Michaela Höck, Bernhard Zelger, Gisela Schweigmann, Barbara Brunner, Bettina Zelger, Gabriele Kropshofer, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer

Feasibility study and reference values of FibroScan 502 with M probe in healthy preschool children aged 5 years

Jing Zeng, Xi Zhang, Chao Sun, Qin Pan, Wen-Yi Lu, Qian Chen, Li-Su Huang, Jian-Gao Fan

Paediatric focal intracranial suppurative infection: a UK single-centre retrospective cohort study

Fabian J. S. van der Velden, Alexandra Battersby, Lucia Pareja-Cebrian, Nicholas Ross, Stephen L. Ball, Marieke Emonts

Observational study of clinical outcomes for testosterone treatment of pubertal delay in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

C. L. Wood, T. D Cheetham, K. G Hollingsworth, M. Guglieri, Y. Ailins-Sahun, S. Punniyakodi, A. Mayhew, V. Straub

Neutrophil CD64 index in cerebrospinal fluid as a marker of bacterial ventriculitis in children with external ventricular drainage

Mojca Groselj-Grenc, Metka Derganc, Andreja Natasa Kopitar, Maja Pavcnik

Follow-up study of neurodevelopment in 2-year-old infants who had suffered from neonatal hypoglycemia

Lin-Xia Qiao, Jian Wang, Ju-Hua Yan, Su-Xiang Xu, Hua Wang, Wen-Ying Zhu, Hai-Yan Zhang, Jie Li, Xing Feng

Drug related problems in the neonatal intensive care unit: incidence, characterization and clinical relevance

Ramon Duarte Leopoldino, Marco Tavares Santos, Tatiana Xavier Costa, Rand Randall Martins, António Gouveia Oliveira

Letter to the editor: clarifying some aspects and the terminology of individualized human milk fortification

Sertac Arslanoglu, Caroline King, Clair-Yves Boquien, Delphine Lamireau, Paola Tonetto, Barbara Krolak-Olejnik, Jean-Charles Picaud

Etiology of neonatal seizures and maintenance therapy use: a 10-year retrospective study at Toulouse Children’s hospital

E. Baudou, C. Cances, C. Dimeglio, C. Hachon Lecamus

Prevalence, risk factors and seasonal variations of different Enteropathogens in Lebanese hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis

Ali Salami, Hadi Fakih, Mohamed Chakkour, Lamis Salloum, Hisham F. Bahmad, Ghassan Ghssein

Neonatal hematological parameters and the risk of moderate-severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely premature infants

Xueyu Chen, Huitao Li, Xiaomei Qiu, Chuanzhong Yang, Frans J. Walther

Association between trimester-specific gestational weight gain and childhood obesity at 5 years of age: results from Shanghai obesity cohort

Wenyi Lu, Xi Zhang, Jiang Wu, Xiaomeng Mao, Xiuhua Shen, Qian Chen, Jun Zhang, Lisu Huang, Qingya Tang

MAMI: a birth cohort focused on maternal-infant microbiota during early life

Izaskun García-Mantrana, Cristina Alcántara, Marta Selma-Royo, Alba Boix-Amorós, Majda Dzidic, Jose Gimeno-Alcañiz, Isabel Úbeda-Sansano, Ignacio Sorribes-Monrabal, Ramón Escuriet, Fernando Gil-Raga, Anna Parra-Llorca, Cecilia Martínez-Costa, María Carmen Collado, Maria Carmen Collado, Izaskun García-Mantrana, Cristina Alcántara, Jose Gimeno-Alcañiz, Marta Selma-Royo, Alba Boix-Amorós, Majda Dzidic, Christine Baüerl, Eva Villoldo, Carlos Zafra, Laura Olivares, Gaspar Pérez-Martínez, Alex Mira, Maria Desamparados Ferrer, Jacobo Martínez Santamaria, Andrea Ahicart, Máximo Vento, Anna Parra-Llorca, María Gormaz, María Cernada, Cecilia Martínez-Costa, Bibiana Bertúa-Ríos, Beatriz Padilla, Elena Crehuá-Gaudiza, Alba Peretó-Moll, Amparo Rodríguez García, Maria Dolores Soler Rico, Fernando Gil-Raga, Nuria Bixquert Martínez, Isabel Úbeda-Sansano, Irene Rausell Segarra, Jose Luis Tortajada Soriano, Ignacio Sorribes-Monrabal, Luis C. Blesa-Baviera, Amelia Peris Vidal, Llanos Madrigal Hornos, Ramón Escuriet, Teresa Gonzalo del Moral, Pepi Domínguez Cano, Marga Franch i Ferrer, Concha Delgado, Adela Atero

Emotional and behavioral problems and associated factors among children and adolescents on highly active anti-retroviral therapy in public hospitals of West Gojjam zone, Amhara regional state of Ethiopia, 2018: a cross-sectional study

Demewoz Kefale, Abdisa Boka, Zureyash Mengstu, Zelalem Belayneh, Shegaw Zeleke

Evaluation of two SpO2 alarm strategies during automated FiO2 control in the NICU: a randomized crossover study

Malgorzata Warakomska, Thomas E Bachman, Maria Wilinska

Growth data and tumour risk of 32 Chinese children and adolescents with 45,X/46,XY mosaicism

Lili Pan, Zhe Su, Jianming Song, Wanhua Xu, Xia Liu, Longjiang Zhang, Shoulin Li

Prevalence of growth monitoring practice and its associated factors at public health facilities of North Gondar zone, northwest Ethiopia: an institution-based mixed study

Aschilo Wubet Melkamu, Bikes Destaw Bitew, Esmael Ali Muhammad, Melkamu Tamir Hunegnaw

UMOD gene mutations in Chinese patients with autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease: a pediatric case report and literature review

Jing Yang, Yu Zhang, Jianhua Zhou

Predictors of inappropriate complementary feeding practice among children aged 6 to 23 months in Wonago District, South Ethiopia, 2017; case control study

Zerihun Berhanu, Taddese Alemu, Dirshaye Argaw

Prospective observational study of early respiratory management in preterm neonates less than 35 weeks of gestation

Fernando R. Moya, Jan Mazela, Paul M. Shore, Steven G. Simonson, Robert Segal, Phillip D. Simmons, Timothy J. Gregory, Carlos G. Guardia, Judy R. Varga, Neil N. Finer

Asthma medication in children who are overweight/obese: justified treatment?

Yvette E. Lentferink, Nienke E. Boogaart, Walter A. F. Balemans, Catherijne A. J. Knibbe, Marja M. J. van der Vorst

Prenatal alcohol exposure and infant gross motor development: a prospective cohort study

Delyse Hutchinson, George J. Youssef, Clare McCormack, Judy Wilson, Steve Allsop, Jake Najman, Elizabeth Elliott, Lucinda Burns, Sue Jacobs, Ingrid Honan, Larissa Rossen, Hannah Fiedler, Samantha Teague, Joanne Ryan, Craig A. Olsson, Richard P. Mattick

Understanding pathways to social inequalities in childhood unintentional injuries: findings from the UK millennium cohort study

M. Campbell, E. T. C. Lai, A. Pearce, E. Orton, D. Kendrick, S. Wickham, D. C. Taylor-Robinson

Correction to: Is vitamin C enough? A case report of scurvy in a five-year-old girl and review of the literature

Timothy Hahn, Whitney Adams, Keith Williams

Challenges of training and delivery of pediatric surgical services in developing economies: a perspective from Pakistan

Amir Humza Sohail, Muhammad Hassaan Arif Maan, Mohammed Sachal, Muhammad Soban

Vaccination status of resident pediatricians and the potential risk for their patients - a cross-sectional questionnaire study in pediatric practices in Vienna

Susanne C. Diesner, Sarah Peutlberger, Peter Voitl

High sedentary time in children is not only due to screen media use: a cross-sectional study

Belinda Hoffmann, Susanne Kobel, Olivia Wartha, Sarah Kettner, Jens Dreyhaupt, Jürgen M. Steinacker

Severe diaphragmatic dysfunction with preserved activity of accessory respiratory muscles in a critically ill child: a case report of failure of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) and successful support with pressure support ventilation (PSV)

Thomas Langer, Serena Baio, Giovanna Chidini, Tiziana Marchesi, Giacomo Grasselli, Antonio Pesenti, Edoardo Calderini

Association of physical activity, vitamin E levels, and total antioxidant capacity with academic performance and executive functions of adolescents

Ahmad H. Alghadir, Sami A. Gabr, Zaheen A. Iqbal, Einas Al-Eisa

Schoolbag weight carriage in Portuguese children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study comparing possible influencing factors

João Barbosa, Mário C. Marques, Mikel Izquierdo, Henrique P. Neiva, Tiago M. Barbosa, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Alicia M. Alonso-Martínez, Antonio García-Hermoso, Roberto Aguado-Jimenez, Daniel A. Marinho

Indirect-comparison meta-analysis of treatment options for patients with refractory Kawasaki disease

Han Chan, Huan Chi, Hui You, Mo Wang, Gaofu Zhang, Haiping Yang, Qiu Li

Epidemiology of childhood overweight, obesity and their related factors in a sample of preschool children from Central Iran

Bahram Armoon, Mahmood Karimy

Assistance for parents with unsettled infants in Central Vietnam: a qualitative investigation of health professionals’ perspectives

Linda Murray, Thach Tran, Vo Van Thang, Nicole McDonald, Sean Beggs, Jane Fisher

Effect of passive exposure to cigarette smoke on blood pressure in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

Mahshid Aryanpur, Mahmoud Yousefifard, Alireza Oraii, Gholamreza Heydari, Mehdi Kazempour-Dizaji, Hooman Sharifi, Mostafa Hosseini, Hamidreza Jamaati

Effect of aspiration on the lungs in children: a comparison using chest computed tomography findings

Nobukazu Tanaka, Kanji Nohara, Akihito Ueda, Tamami Katayama, Miyuki Ushio, Nami Fujii, Takayoshi Sakai

Effect of a participatory intervention in women’s self-help groups for the prevention of chronic suppurative otitis media in their children in Jumla Nepal: a cluster-randomised trial

Susan Clarke, Robyn Richmond, Heather Worth, Rajendra Wagle, Andrew Hayen

Quality of life in children and adolescents with migraine: an Austrian monocentric, cross-sectional questionnaire study

Lydia Stella Koller, Susanne C. Diesner, Peter Voitl

Prevalence and associated factors of supine sleep position in 3-month-old infants: findings from the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort

Bruna Gonçalves C. da Silva, Mariângela Freitas da Silveira, Paula Duarte de Oliveira, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Nelson Arns Neumann, Fernando C. Barros, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi

An outcome-based definition of low birthweight for births in low- and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health

Malinee Laopaiboon, Pisake Lumbiganon, Siwanon Rattanakanokchai, Warut Chaiwong, João Paulo Souza, Joshua P. Vogel, Rintaro Mori, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu

Socioeconomic status and breastfeeding in China: an analysis of data from a longitudinal nationwide household survey

Chu Chen, Guo Cheng, Jay Pan

Distal and lateral subungual onychomycosis of the finger nail in a neonate: a rare case

Supram Hosuru Subramanya, Saujan Subedi, Yang Metok, Ajay Kumar, Peralam Yegneswaran Prakash, Niranjan Nayak

Down boy! A case of acute abdomen following a dog bite to the scrotum

Edwin S. Palmer, Phitsavanh Saysamoneyeu, Jennifer M. Siu, Annkham Thammaseng, Indi Trehan

Minoxidil versus placebo in the treatment of arterial wall hypertrophy in children with Williams Beuren Syndrome: a randomized controlled trial

Behrouz Kassai, Philippe Bouyé, Brigitte Gilbert-Dussardier, François Godart, Jean-Benoit Thambo, Massimiliano Rossi, Pierre Cochat, Pierre Chirossel, Stephane Luong, André Serusclat, Isabelle Canterino, Catherine Mercier, Muriel Rabilloud, Christine Pivot, Fabrice Pirot, Tiphanie Ginhoux, Stéphanie Coopman, Guillaume Grenet, François Gueyffier, Sylvie Di-Fillippo, Aurélia Bertholet-Thomas

Accuracy of motor assessment in the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Danielle Johnston, Erin Branton, Leah Rasmuson, Sylvia Schell, Douglas P. Gross, Lesley Pritchard-Wiart

Correction to: Delayed appearance of mature ganglia in an infant with an atypical presentation of total colonic and small bowel aganglionosis: a case report

Fereshteh Salimi Jazi, Julia M. Chandler, Chad M. Thorson, Tiffany J. Sinclair, Florette K. Hazard, John A. Kerner, Sanjeev Dutta, James C. Y. Dunn, Stephanie D. Chao

A novel UGT1A1 gene mutation causing severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia: a case report

Xiaoxia Shi, Sem Aronson, Ahmed Sharif Khan, Piter J. Bosma

Impact of a standardized protocol for the Management of Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice in a regional setting: an interventional quasi-experimental study

Hui-Siu Tan, Inthira-Sankari Balasubramaniam, Amar-Singh HSS, May-Luu Yeong, Chii-Chii Chew, Ranjit-Kaur Praim Singh, Ai-Yuin Leow, Fatimahtuz-Zahrah Muhamad Damanhuri, Santhi Verasingam

Glandular amputation by strangulating tied suture: a case report of late-onset complication in the Plastibell circumcision technique

Jalil Hosseini, Saeid Haghdani, Nima Narimani

Determinants of stunting among under-five children in Ethiopia: a multilevel mixed-effects analysis of 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data

K. Fantay Gebru, W. Mekonnen Haileselassie, A. Haftom Temesgen, A. Oumer Seid, B. Afework Mulugeta

The associations between injury mechanism and extended hospital stay among pediatric patients: findings from a trauma Center in Saudi Arabia

Suliman Alghnam, Jawaher Ali Towhari, Ibrahim Al Babtain, Muhannad Al Nahdi, Mohammed Hamad Aldebasi, Mahna Alyami, Hamad Alkhalaf

Anemia in disadvantaged children aged under five years; quality of care in primary practice

Casey Mitchinson, Natalie Strobel, Daniel McAullay, Kimberley McAuley, Ross Bailie, Karen M. Edmond

Baseline cardiac output and its alterations during ibuprofen treatment for patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants

Kai-Hsiang Hsu, Tai-Wei Wu, I-Hsyuan Wu, Mei-Yin Lai, Shih-Yun Hsu, Hsiao-Wen Huang, Tze-Yee Mok, Cheng-Chung Lee, Reyin Lien

Head ultrasound, CT or MRI? The choice of neuroimaging in the assessment of infants with congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Mina Smiljkovic, Christian Renaud, Bruce Tapiero, Valérie Lamarre, Fatima Kakkar

A multi-center clinical investigation on invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infection in China, 2010–2017

Chun-Zhen Hua, Hui Yu, Hong-Mei Xu, Lin-Hai Yang, Ai-Wei Lin, Qin Lyu, Hong-Ping Lu, Zhi-Wei Xu, Wei Gao, Xue-jun Chen, Chuan-Qing Wang, Chun-mei Jing

Low head circumference during early childhood and its predictors in a semi-urban settlement of Vellore, Southern India

Kulandaipalayam Natarajan Sindhu, Prashanth Ramamurthy, Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Ankita Henry, Joseph Dian Bondu, Sushil Mathew John, Sudhir Babji, Beena Koshy, Anuradha Bose, Gagandeep Kang, Venkata Raghava Mohan

Thrombophlebitis hiding under a KILT – case report on 40 years long-term follow-up of neonatal renal vein thrombosis

Stefan Lauener, Anne Bütikofer, Sandra Eigenheer, Robert Escher

Association between television viewing and early childhood overweight and obesity: a pair-matched case-control study in China

Jiajin Hu, Ning Ding, Liu Yang, Yanan Ma, Ming Gao, Deliang Wen

Probiotics may not prevent the deterioration of necrotizing enterocolitis from stage I to II/III

Zheng-Li Wang, Li Liu, Xiao-Yu Hu, Lu Guo, Qiu-Yu Li, Yao An, Ya-Jun Jiang, Shi Chen, Xue-Qiu Wang, Yu He, Lu-Quan Li

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its association with metabolic derangements among children with obesity

S. G. S. Adikaram, D. B. D. L. Samaranayake, N. Atapattu, K. M. D. L. D. Kendaragama, J. T. N. Senevirathne, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe

Rate and factors for scabies recurrence in children in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study

Anwar E. Ahmed, Hoda Jradi, Doaa A. AlBuraikan, Bashayr I. ALMuqbil, Monirah A. Albaijan, Ali M. Al-Shehri, Hamdan AL-Jahdali

Current phototherapy practice on Java, Indonesia

Mahendra T. A. Sampurna, Kinanti A. Ratnasari, Darto Saharso, Arend F. Bos, Pieter J. J. Sauer, Peter H. Dijk, Christian V. Hulzebos

Functional characteristics of circulating granulocytes in severe congenital neutropenia caused by ELANE mutations

Qiao Liu, Martina Sundqvist, Wenyan Li, André Holdfeldt, Liang Zhang, Lena Björkman, Johan Bylund, Claes Dahlgren, Cai Wang, Xiaodong Zhao, Huamei Forsman

Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial to test “¡Míranos! Look at Us, We Are Healthy!” – an early childhood obesity prevention program

Zenong Yin, Sarah L. Ullevig, Erica Sosa, Yuanyuan Liang, Todd Olmstead, Jeffrey T. Howard, Vanessa L. Errisuriz, Vanessa M. Estrada, Cristina E. Martinez, Meizi He, Sharon Small, Cindy Schoenmakers, Deborah Parra-Medina

Assessment of Cow’s milk-related symptom scores in early identification of cow’s milk protein allergy in Chinese infants

Yongmei Zeng, Jiyong Zhang, Guoqing Dong, Peihui Liu, Fei Xiao, Weiyan Li, Liting Wang, Qianzhen Wu

Learning disability nurse provision in children’s hospitals: hospital staff perceptions of whether it makes a difference

Kate Oulton, Jo Wray, Angela Hassiotis, Charlotte Kenten, Jessica Russell, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, Mark Whiting, Faith Gibson

Rotavirus antigenemia as a common event among children hospitalised for severe, acute gastroenteritis in Belém, northern Brazil

Maria Cleonice A. Justino, Erika A. Campos, Joana D’arc P. Mascarenhas, Luana S. Soares, Sylvia de Fátima S. Guerra, Ismari P. Furlaneto, Manoel Jaime C. Pavão Jr, Tassio S. Maciel, Fredison P. Farias, Orvácio M. Bezerra, Caio Breno G. Vinente, Rodrigo José S. Barros, Alexandre C. Linhares

Effects of particulate matter (PM) on childhood asthma exacerbation and control in Xiamen, China

Jinzhun Wu, Taoling Zhong, Yu Zhu, Dandan Ge, Xiaoliang Lin, Qiyuan Li

Evaluation of long-term effectiveness of the use of carglumic acid in patients with propionic acidemia (PA) or methylmalonic acidemia (MMA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Marwan Nashabat, Abdulrahman Obaid, Fuad Al Mutairi, Mohammed Saleh, Mohammed Elamin, Hind Ahmed, Faroug Ababneh, Wafaa Eyaid, Abdulrahman Alswaid, Lina Alohali, Eissa Faqeih, Majed Aljeraisy, Mohamed A. Hussein, Ali Alasmari, Majid Alfadhel

Transfer hospitalizations for pediatric severe sepsis or septic shock: resource use and outcomes

Folafoluwa O. Odetola, Achamyeleh Gebremariam

A clinical scoring system to predict the need for extensive resuscitation at birth in very low birth weight infants

Juyoung Lee, Jung Hyun Lee

Immunization coverage of 12–23 months old children and its associated factors in Minjar-Shenkora district, Ethiopia: a community-based study

Alemayehu Gonie Mekonnen, Alebachew Demelash Bayleyegn, Esubalew Tesfahun Ayele

GTP-Cyclohydrolase I deficiency presenting as malignant hyperphenylalaninemia, recurrent hyperthermia and progressive neurological dysfunction in a South Asian child – a case report

Kavinda Chandimal Dayasiri, Nayani Suraweera, Deepal Nawarathne, U. E. Senanayake, B. K. T. P. Dayanath, Eresha Jasinge, Kumudu Weerasekara

Noma in a boy with septic shock: a case report

Lili Xu, Wanrui Wei, Xiaohua Ge, Sibei Wan, Jing Yu, Xiaodong Zhu

Associations between number of pain sites and sleep, sports participation, and quality of life: a cross-sectional survey of 1021 youth from the Midwestern United States

David M. Bazett-Jones, Michael S. Rathleff, Sinead Holden

One month follow up of a neonate born to a mother who survived Ebola virus disease during pregnancy: a case report in the Democratic Republic of Congo

N. Kasereka Baraka, Mupenzi Mumbere, Evie Ndombe

A shared protocol for porcine surfactant use in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome: a feasibility study

Andrea Wolfler, Marco Piastra, Angela Amigoni, Pierantonio Santuz, Eloisa Gitto, Emanuele Rossetti, Carmine Tinelli, Cinzia Montani, Fabio Savron, Simone Pizzi, Luigia D’amato, Maria Cristina Mondardini, Giorgio Conti, Annalisa De Silvestri

Decision-making at the limit of viability: the Austrian neonatal choice context

Michal Stanak, Katharina Hawlik

Amoxicillin effect on bacterial load in group A streptococcal pharyngitis: comparison of single and multiple daily dosage regimens

Akihiro Nakao, Ken Hisata, Makoto Fujimori, Nobuaki Matsunaga, Mitsutaka Komatsu, Toshiaki Shimizu

A report of two children with Gorham-Stout disease

Mario Edgar Tena-Sanabria, Larisa Yarindy Jesús-Mejenes, Gabriela Fuentes-Herrera, Félix Alejandro Álvarez-Martínez, Nora Patricia Victorio-García, Juan Carlos Núñez-Enríquez

Prevalence and determinants of stunting and wasting among public primary school children in Gondar town, northwest, Ethiopia

Zegeye Getaneh, Mulugeta Melku, Mekuanint Geta, Tadele Melak, Melkamu Tamir Hunegnaw

Selective screening for familial hypercholesterolemia in Austrian children - first year results

Alexandra Kreissl, Nina Walleczek, Pinky Rose Espina, Ulrike Hallwirth, Susanne Greber-Platzer

Attitudes towards embryo donation among healthcare professionals working in child healthcare: a survey study

Gabriela Armuand, Gunilla Sydsjö, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Claudia Lampic

Effect of allopurinol in addition to hypothermia treatment in neonates for hypoxic-ischemic brain injury on neurocognitive outcome (ALBINO): study protocol of a blinded randomized placebo-controlled parallel group multicenter trial for superiority (phase III)

Christian A. Maiwald, Kim V. Annink, Mario Rüdiger, Manon J. N. L. Benders, Frank van Bel, Karel Allegaert, Gunnar Naulaers, Dirk Bassler, Katrin Klebermaß-Schrehof, Maximo Vento, Hercilia Guimarães, Tom Stiris, Luigi Cattarossi, Marjo Metsäranta, Sampsa Vanhatalo, Jan Mazela, Tuuli Metsvaht, Yannique Jacobs, Axel R. Franz, Axel R. Franz, Mario Rüdiger, Christian F. Poets, Manon Benders, Frank van Bel, Karel Allegaert, Gunnar Naulaers, Dirk Bassler, Katrin Klebermaß-Schrehof, Maximo Vento, Hercilia Guimarães, Tom Stiris, Luigi Cattarossi, Marjo Metsäranta, Sampsa Vanhatalo, Jan Mazela, Tuuli Metsvaht, Cees van Veldhuizen, Corinna Engel, Christian A. Maiwald, Gabriele von Oldershausen, Iris Bergmann, Monika Weiss, Caroline J. B. R. Wichera, Andreas Eichhorn, Michael Raubuch, Birgit Schuler, Cees K. W. van Veldhuizen, Bas Laméris, Yannique Jacobs, Roselinda van der Vlught-Meijer, Elke Griesmaier, Johannes Brandner, Marie Tackoen, Ruth Reibel, Chantal Lecart, Luc Cornette, Genevieve Malfilatre, Renaud Viellevoye, Tuuli Metsvaht, Mari-Liis Ilmoja, Pille Saik, Ruth Käär, Pille Andresson, Marjo Metsaranta, Axel R. Franz, Rolf Schloesser, Torsten Ott, Stefan Winkler, Thomas Hoehn, Norbert Teig, Michael Schroth, Ulrich H. Thome, Harald Ehrhardt, Luigi Cattarossi, Isabella Mauro, Eugenio Baraldi, Virgilio Carnielli, Giuseppe Paterlini, Marcello Napolitano, Paola Francesca Faldini, Gianluca Lista, Gianluca Visintin, Mario Barbarini, Laura Pagani, Emmanuele Mastretta, Giovanni Vento, Monica Fumagalli, Marco Binotti, Mirjam M. van Weissenbruch, Henrica L. M. van Straaten, Manon J. N. L. Benders, Kim V. Annink, Frank van Bel, Jeroen Dudink, Jan B. Derks, Inge P. de Boer, Clemens B. Meijssen, Timo R. de Haan, Linda G. van Rooij, Jacqueline L. van Hillegersberg, Minouche van Dongen, Jos Bruinenberg, Koen P. Dijkman, Marlies A. van Houten, Sophie R. D. van der Schoor, Tom Stiris, Bodil Salvesen, Moritz Schneider, Eirik Nestaas, Britt Nakstad, Jan Mazela, Lukas Karpinski, Ewa Gulczynska, Barbara Królak-Olejnik, Renata Bokiniec, Ana I. Vilan, Liliana Flores de Pinho, Claudia Ferraz, Almerinda Pereira, Rosalina Barroso, André Mendes da Graça, Teresa Tomé, Filomena Pinto, Maximo Vento, Juan Martínez Rodilla, Simón Lubián, Marta Campubri Camprubí, José Antonio Hurtado Suazo, Eva Valverde, José Ramón Fernández Lorenzo, José Martinez Orgado, Héctor Boix, Francisco Jimenez Parrilla, Maria Teresa Moral-Pumarega, Julia Maletzki, Claudia Knoepfli, Cornelia Hagmann, Sven Schulzke, Martin Stocker, André Birkenmaier, Thomas Riedel, Hans-Jörg Ehni, Annie Janvier, Georg Marckmann

Characteristics of intussusception among children in Korea: a nationwide epidemiological study

Soojin Jo, In Seok Lim, Soo Ahn Chae, Sin Weon Yun, Na Mi Lee, Su Yeong Kim, Dae Yong Yi

SLCO1B1 c.388A > G variant incidence and the severity of hyperbilirubinemia in Indonesian neonates

Radhian Amandito, Rinawati Rohsiswatmo, Michelle Halim, Vanessa Tirtatjahja, Amarila Malik

Factors influencing childhood anaemia in Bangladesh: a two level logistic regression analysis

Abu Yusuf, A. S. M. A. Mamun, Md. Kamruzzaman, Aik Saw, Nagah M. Abo El-fetoh, Pete E. Lestrel, Md. Golam Hossain

Undernutrition and associated factors among urban children aged 24–59 months in Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study

Aweke Girma, Haile Woldie, Fantahun Ayenew Mekonnen, Kedir Abdela Gonete, Mekonnen Sisay

A systematic review of the association between coping strategies and quality of life among caregivers of children with chronic illness and/or disability

Alana Fairfax, Jamie Brehaut, Ian Colman, Lindsey Sikora, Alessia Kazakova, Pranesh Chakraborty, Beth K. Potter

Deep coma in a child treated with propranolol for infantile hemangioma

Ilirjana Bakalli, Elmira Kola, Robert Lluka, Ermela Celaj, Durim Sala, Inva Gjeta, Sashenka Sallabanda, Dea Klironomi

The relationship between payer type and lipid outcomes in response to clinical lifestyle interventions in youth with dyslipidemia

Jacob C. Hartz, Elizabeth Yellen, Annette Baker, Justin Zachariah, Heather Ryan, S. Skylar Griggs, Nirav K Desai, Ravi Yanumula, Samuel Vinci, Caroline Brantley, Jennifer Bachman, Ellen McAuliffe, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Michael Mendelson, Sarah de Ferranti

The ethical justification for inclusion of neonates in pragmatic randomized clinical trials for emergency newborn care

Dan Kabonge Kaye

Value of parental concern and clinician’s gut feeling in recognition of serious bacterial infections: a prospective observational study

Urzula Nora Urbane, Dita Gaidule-Logina, Dace Gardovska, Jana Pavare

Mothers/caregivers healthcare seeking behavior towards childhood illness in selected health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Nebiat Teshager Abegaz, Hailemariam Berhe, Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle

Exon sequencing of the alpha-2-globin gene for the differential diagnosis of central cyanosis in newborns: a case report

Chungwoo Shin, Mee Hong, Myungshin Kim, Jung Hyun Lee

Correction to: Prenatal alcohol exposure and infant gross motor development: a prospective cohort study

Delyse Hutchinson, George J. Youssef, Clare McCormack, Judy Wilson, Steve Allsop, Jake Najman, Elizabeth Elliott, Lucinda Burns, Sue Jacobs, Ingrid Honan, Larissa Rossen, Hannah Fiedler, Samantha Teague, Joanne Ryan, Craig A. Olsson, Richard P. Mattick

Viewpoints from families for improving transition from NICU-to-home for infants with medical complexity at a safety net hospital: a qualitative study

Ashwini Lakshmanan, Katrina Kubicek, Roberta Williams, Marisela Robles, Douglas L. Vanderbilt, Christine B. Mirzaian, Philippe S. Friedlich, Michele Kipke

Sleep SAAF: a responsive parenting intervention to prevent excessive weight gain and obesity among African American infants

Justin A. Lavner, Brian K. Stansfield, Steven R. H. Beach, Gene H. Brody, Leann L. Birch

Early antibiotic exposure and development of asthma and allergic rhinitis in childhood

Jeffrey Ni, Hannah Friedman, Bridget C. Boyd, Andrew McGurn, Piotr Babinski, Talar Markossian, Lara R. Dugas

Evaluation of treatment response, drug resistance and HIV-1 variability among adolescents on first- and second-line antiretroviral therapy: a study protocol for a prospective observational study in the centre region of Cameroon (EDCTP READY-study)

Joseph Fokam, Maria Mercedes Santoro, Desire Takou, Anne-Esther Njom-Nlend, Paul Koki Ndombo, Nelly Kamgaing, Cedric Kamta, Andre Essiane, Samuel Martin Sosso, Alexis Ndjolo, Vittorio Colizzi, Carlo-Federico Perno

The discovery BPD (D-BPD) program: study protocol of a prospective translational multicenter collaborative study to investigate determinants of chronic lung disease in very low birth weight infants

Gaston Ofman, Mauricio T. Caballero, Damian Alvarez Paggi, Jacqui Marzec, Florencia Nowogrodzki, Hye-Youn Cho, Mariana Sorgetti, Guillermo Colantonio, Alejandra Bianchi, Luis M. Prudent, Nestor Vain, Gonzalo Mariani, Jorge Digregorio, Elba Lopez Turconi, Cristina Osio, Fernanda Galletti, Mariangeles Quiros, Andrea Brum, Santiago Lopez Garcia, Silvia Garcia, Douglas Bell, Marcus H. Jones, Trent E. Tipple, Steven R. Kleeberger, Fernando P. Polack

Scurvy presenting with limp and weakness: a case report

Robin M. Lund, Mara L. Becker, Steven Shapiro, Tyler Allison, Julia G. Harris

A case of dystonia with polycythemia and hypermanganesemia caused by SLC30A10 mutation: a treatable inborn error of manganese metabolism

Azita Tavasoli, Khadije Arjmandi Rafsanjani, Saba Hemmati, Marziyeh Mojbafan, Elham Zarei, Soudabeh Hosseini

Parental perspectives on retention and secondary use of neonatal dried bloodspots: a Dutch mixed methods study

Marleen E. Jansen, Lion J. M. van den Bosch, Marjolein J. Hendriks, Mariska M. J. Scheffer, Marie-Louise Heijnen, Conor M. W. Douglas, Carla G. van El

Growth of extremely low birth weight infants at a tertiary hospital in a middle-income country

Tendai Mabhandi, Tanusha Ramdin, Daynia Elizabeth Ballot

Clinical manifestations and anti-TNF alpha therapy of juvenile Behçet’s disease in Taiwan

Ya-Chiao Hu, Yao-Hsu Yang, Yu-Tsan Lin, Li-Chieh Wang, Hsin-Hui Yu, Jyh-Hong Lee, Bor-Luen Chiang

TRMA syndrome with a severe phenotype, cerebral infarction, and novel compound heterozygous SLC19A2 mutation: a case report

Xin Li, Qing Cheng, Yu Ding, Qun Li, Ruen Yao, Jian Wang, Xiumin Wang

Congenital anomalies prevalence in Addis Ababa and the Amhara region, Ethiopia: a descriptive cross-sectional study

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

Unsafe storage of household medicines: results from a cross-sectional study of four-year-olds from the 2004 Pelotas birth cohort (Brazil)

Delba Fonseca Santos, Marysabel Pinto Telis Silveira, Aline Lins Camargo, Alicia Matijasevich, Iná Silva Santos, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi

Pertussis detection in children with cough of any duration

Dan-Xia Wu, Qiang Chen, Kai-Hu Yao, Lan Li, Wei Shi, Jiang-Wei Ke, Ai-Min Wu, Peng Huang, Kun-Ling Shen

Association of vitamin D and diarrhoea in children aged less than five years at Muhimbili national hospital, Dar es Salaam: an unmatched case control study

Imran Hassam, Rodrick Kisenge, Said Aboud, Karim Manji

Early Check: translational science at the intersection of public health and newborn screening

Donald B. Bailey Jr, Lisa M. Gehtland, Megan A. Lewis, Holly Peay, Melissa Raspa, Scott M. Shone, Jennifer L. Taylor, Anne C. Wheeler, Michael Cotten, Nancy M. P. King, Cynthia M. Powell, Barbara Biesecker, Christine E. Bishop, Beth Lincoln Boyea, Martin Duparc, Blake A. Harper, Alex R. Kemper, Stacey N. Lee, Rebecca Moultrie, Katherine C. Okoniewski, Ryan S. Paquin, Denise Pettit, Katherine Ackerman Porter, Scott J. Zimmerman

Influence of prenatal and early-life exposures on food allergy and eczema in infancy: a birth cohort study

Xiao Gao, Yan Yan, Guangyu Zeng, Tingting Sha, Shiping Liu, Qiong He, Cheng Chen, Ling Li, Shiting Xiang, Hongyan Li, Shan Tan, Qiang Yan

Describing vancomycin serum levels in pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) patients: are expected goals being met

Talita Muniz Maloni, Talita Rantin Belucci, Sandra Regina Malagutti, Guilherme Henrique Campos Furtado

Longitudinal patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep in urban South African adolescents, Birth-To-Twenty Plus cohort

Sara K. Hanson, Richard J. Munthali, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Felipe Lobelo, Solveig A. Cunningham, Terryl J. Hartman, Shane A. Norris, Aryeh D. Stein

Severity of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and heart rate variability in neonates: a systematic review

Mads Andersen, Ted C. K. Andelius, Mette V. Pedersen, Kasper J. Kyng, Tine B. Henriksen

Survey of the initial management of celiac disease antibody tests by ordering physicians

Kathryn Potter, Lawrence de Koning, J. Decker Butzner, Dominica Gidrewicz

Factors associated with blood pressure disorders in Afro-descendant children and adolescents

Fernando Rodrigues Peixoto Quaresma, Erika da Silva Maciel, Francisco Winter dos Santos Figueiredo, Fernando Adami

A case report of mevalonate kinase deficiency in a 14-month-old female with fevers and lower extremity weakness

Tiziana Coppola, Bradford Becken, Heather Van Mater, Marie Theresa McDonald, Gabriela Maradiaga Panayotti

Protocol for the Emory University African American maternal stress and infant gut microbiome cohort study

Patricia A. Brennan, Anne L. Dunlop, Alicia K. Smith, Michael Kramer, Jennifer Mulle, Elizabeth J. Corwin

Study of Environmental Enteropathy and Malnutrition (SEEM) in Pakistan: protocols for biopsy based biomarker discovery and validation

Najeeha T. Iqbal, Sana Syed, Kamran Sadiq, Marium N. Khan, Junaid Iqbal, Jennie Z. Ma, Fayaz Umrani, Sheraz Ahmed, Elizabeth A. Maier, Lee A. Denson, Yael Haberman, Monica M. McNeal, Kenneth D. R. Setchell, Xueheng Zhao, Shahida Qureshi, Lanlan Shen, Christopher A. Moskaluk, Ta-Chiang Liu, Omer Yilmaz, Donald E. Brown, Michael J. Barratt, Vanderlene L. Kung, Jeffrey I. Gordon, Sean R. Moore, S. Asad Ali

Trends, determinants, and newborn mortality related to thermal care and umbilical cord care practices in South Asia

Lindsay Mallick, Jennifer Yourkavitch, Courtney Allen

HLA A*32 is associated to HIV acquisition while B*44 and B*53 are associated with protection against HIV acquisition in perinatally exposed infants

Linda Mouafo Mekue, Céline Nguefeu Nkenfou, Elvis Ndukong, Leaticia Yatchou, Beatrice Dambaya, Marie-Nicole Ngoufack, Joel Kadji Kameni, Jules-roger Kuiaté, Alexis Ndjolo

Prenatal findings in a fetus with X-linked recessive type of chondrodysplasia punctata (CDPX1): a case report with novel mutation

Guannan He, Yan Yin, Jing Zhao, Xueyan Wang, Jiaxiang Yang, Xi Chen, Li Ding, Yan Bai

Measles infection causing Bacillus Calmette-Guérin reactivation: a case report

Sobana Muthuvelu, Kev Shiau-Chong Lim, Ling-Yin Huang, Shi-Tying Chin, Anand Mohan

Neonatal hypothermia and associated factors within six hours of delivery in eastern part of Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Wubet Alebachew Bayih, Nega Assefa, Merga Dheresa, Biniam Minuye, Solomon Demis

Development, evaluation and validation of a screening tool for late onset bacteremia in neonates – a pilot study

Sandra A. N. Walker, Melanie Cormier, Marion Elligsen, Julie Choudhury, Asaph Rolnitsky, Carla Findlater, Dolores Iaboni

Anatomical patterns of cleft lip and palate deformities among neonates in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia; implication of environmental impact

Konjit K. Bekele, Peter E. Ekanem, Berhanu Meberate

Successful conservative treatment of intestinal perforation in VLBW and ELBW neonates: a single centre case series and review of the literature

Nan Ye, Yurong Yuan, Lei Xu, Riccardo E. Pfister, Chuanzhong Yang

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) vs noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) vs noninvasive high frequency oscillation ventilation (NHFOV) as post-extubation support in preterm neonates: protocol for an assessor-blinded, multicenter, randomized controlled trial

Yuan Shi, Daniele De Luca, Shi Yuan, Chen Long, Xingwang Zhu, Huanhuan Li, Xiaoyun Zhong, Sijie Song, Zhang Lan, Li Li, Huiqiang Liu, Xiaomei Tong, Xiaojing Xu, Li Feng Cui, Ming Yi, Zhoujie Peng, Li Jie, Dongmei Chen, Weifeng Zhang, Xinzhu Lin, Wang Bin, Weimin Huang, Guangliang Bi, Shaoru He, Yumei Liu, Yang Jie, Gao Weiwei, Wuhua Liang, Yaoxun Wu, Xinnian Pan, Qiufen Wei, Yujun Chen, Bingmei Wei, Ling Liu, Xinghui Zheng, Ding Xu, Wang Fan, Bin Yi, Jingyun Shi, Yuning Li, Li Jiang, Chunming Jiang, Chenghe Tang, Hong Xiong, Huiqing Sun, Wenqing Kang, Dapeng Liu, Falin Xu, Xing Kaihui, Yang Ning, Fang Liu, Shaoguang Lv, Liu Hanchu, Yuan Wenchao, Rui Cheng, Shen Xian, Hui Wu, Laishuan Wang, Zhenying Yang, Zhang Xiao, Xue Jiang, Zhankui Li, Rong Ju, Wang Jin, Wenbin Dong, Ye Xiaoxiu, Benqing Wu, Zheng Jun, Tian Xiuying, Mingxia Li, Yanping Zhu, Nuerya Rejiafu, Li Long, Yangfang Li, Canlin He, Li Li, Hong Ying Mi, Liang Kun, Hong Cao, Linglin Xia, Chuanfeng Li, Zhaoqing Yin, Su Le, Yanxiang Cheng, Liping Shi, Wang Chenhong, Jiajun Zhu, Zhang Xuefeng, Xi Rong Gao, Bo Lv, Liu Chongde, Wang Xiaorong, Chen Liping, Li Lin, Zhang Chunli, Chen Jia, Qiyu Li, Lv Qin, Yanhong Li, Yong Ji, Yanjiang Chen, Jianhua Sun, Jun Bu, Danni Zhong, Zongyan Gao, Han Shuping, Xiaohui Chen, Caiyun Gao, Hongbin Zhu, Zhenguang Li, Hongwei Wu, Xiuyong Cheng

HIV prevalence and risk factors in infants born to HIV positive mothers, measured by dried blood spot real-time PCR assay in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Mulu Lemlem Desta, Muthupandian Saravanan, Haftamu Hilekiros, Atsebaha Gebrekidan Kahsay, Nesredin Futwi Mohamed, Alefech Addisu Gezahegn, Bruno S. Lopes

Correction to: Factors influencing childhood anaemia in Bangladesh: a two level logistic regression analysis

Abu Yusuf, A. S. M. A. Mamun, Md. Kamruzzaman, Aik Saw, Nagah M. Abo El-fetoh, Pete E. Lestrel, Md. Golam Hossain

Persistence and change in behavioural problems during early childhood

Stephanie D’Souza, Lisa Underwood, Elizabeth R. Peterson, Susan M. B. Morton, Karen E. Waldie

Study protocol and rationale of the “Cogni-action project” a cross-sectional and randomized controlled trial about physical activity, brain health, cognition, and educational achievement in schoolchildren

Patricio Solis-Urra, Jorge Olivares-Arancibia, Ernesto Suarez-Cadenas, Javier Sanchez-Martinez, Fernando Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Francisco B. Ortega, Irene Esteban-Cornejo, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Jose Castro-Piñero, Alejandro Veloz, Steren Chabert, Kabir P. Sadarangani, Juan Pablo Zavala-Crichton, Jairo H. Migueles, Jose Mora-Gonzalez, Milton Quiroz-Escobar, Diego Almonte-Espinoza, Alfonso Urzúa, Constantino D. Dragicevic, Aland Astudillo, Eduardo Méndez-Gassibe, Daniel Riquelme-Uribe, Marcela Jarpa Azagra, Carlos Cristi-Montero

The prevalence and risk of urinary tract infection in malnourished children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Samuel N. Uwaezuoke, Ikenna K. Ndu, Ikenna C. Eze

Marfan syndrome in childhood: parents’ perspectives of the impact on daily functioning of children, parents and family; a qualitative study

Jessica Warnink-Kavelaars, Anita Beelen, Sarah Dekker, Frans Nollet, Leonie A. Menke, Raoul H. H. Engelbert

Correction to: Respiratory severity score as a predictive factor for severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death in extremely preterm infants

Young Hwa Jung, Jinhee Jang, Han-Suk Kim, Seung Han Shin, Chang Won Choi, Ee-Kyung Kim, Beyong Il Kim

U-shaped relationship between birth weight and childhood blood pressure in China

Chong Lai, Yiyan Hu, Di He, Li Liang, Feng Xiong, Geli Liu, Chunxiu Gong, Feihong Luo, Shaoke Chen, Chunlin Wang, Yimin Zhu

Neonatal meningitis, endocarditis, and pneumonitis due to Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus: a case report

Michelle T. Nguyen, Soha Idriss, Ernie Guzman, Elizabeth R. De Oliveira

Baby’s first bites: a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of vegetable-exposure and sensitive feeding on vegetable acceptance, eating behavior and weight gain in infants and toddlers

S. M. C. van der Veek, C. de Graaf, J. H. M. de Vries, G. Jager, C. M. J. L. Vereijken, H. Weenen, N. van Winden, M. S. van Vliet, J. M. Schultink, V. W. T. de Wild, S. Janssen, J. Mesman

Positional treatment without mechanical ventilation in a very preterm infant with unilateral pulmonary interstitial emphysema: case report and review of the literature

Xiaoping Lei, Oliver Stangl, Christina Bösche, Kristina Stuchlik, Roland Czorba, Christian Wieg

ICU admission following an unscheduled return visit to the pediatric emergency department within 72 hours

Charng-Yen Chiang, Fu-Jen Cheng, Yi-Syun Huang, Yu-Lun Chen, Kuan-Han Wu, I-Min Chiu

Comparing apples and pears: misleading conclusions about the population mental health impact of a parenting programme, a commentary on Marryat, Thompson and Wilson (2017)

Matthew R. Sanders, Linda de Caestecker, Stephen McLeod, Jamin J. Day, Karen M. T. Turner, Alina Morawska, James Kirby

Effects of immunotherapy on mortality in neonates with suspected or proven sepsis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Yuhang Li, Shulong Yang, Guiyue Wang, Miao Liu, Zhaodi Zhang, Haitao Liu, Kaijiang Yu, Changsong Wang

Acute psychosocial stress and working memory performance: the potential of physical activity to modulate cognitive functions in children

Kathrin Wunsch, Maria Meier, Lea Ueberholz, Jana Strahler, Nadine Kasten

Exploring the experiences of parent caregivers of children with chronic medical complexity during pediatric intensive care unit hospitalization: an interpretive descriptive study

Janet E. Rennick, Isabelle St-Sauveur, Alyssa M. Knox, Margaret Ruddy

Associations among amino acid, lipid, and glucose metabolic profiles in childhood obesity

Yosuke Suzuki, Jun Kido, Shirou Matsumoto, Kie Shimizu, Kimitoshi Nakamura

Retrospective cohort study on factors associated with mortality in high-risk pediatric critical care patients in the Netherlands

Carin W. Verlaat, Nina Wubben, Idse H. Visser, Jan A. Hazelzet, Dick van Waardenburg, Nicolette A. van Dam, Nicolaas J. Jansen, Marc van Heerde, Matthijs de Hoog, Martin Kneyber, Maaike Riedijk, Johannes van der Hoeven, Joris Lemson, Mark van den Boogaard

Oral diseases and oral health related behaviors in adolescents living in Maasai population areas of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Lutango D. Simangwa, Anne N. Åstrøm, Anders Johansson, Irene K. Minja, Ann-Katrin Johansson

Physical growth: is it a good indicator of development in early childhood in low- and middle-income countries?

Thach Duc Tran, Sara Holton, Hau Nguyen, Jane Fisher

Breastfeeding and timing of pubertal onset in girls: a multiethnic population-based prospective cohort study

Sara Aghaee, Julianna Deardorff, Louise C. Greenspan, Charles P. Quesenberry Jr., Lawrence H. Kushi, Ai Kubo

A unique case of acute brain haemorrhage with left ventricular systolic failure requiring ECMO

Kristy Xinghan Fu, Beatrice Hui Zhi Ng, Melissa Hui Xin Chua

Neonatal mortality risk assessment using SNAPPE- II score in a neonatal intensive care unit

Dipak Muktan, Rupa R. Singh, Nisha K. Bhatta, Dheeraj Shah

Immunoglobulin M profile of viral and atypical pathogens among children with community acquired lower respiratory tract infections in Luzhou, China

Ai Chen, Liyao Song, Zhi Chen, Xiaomei Luo, Qing Jiang, Zhan Yang, Liangcai Hu, Jinhua He, Lifang Zhou, Hai Yu

Current practice and awareness of pediatric off-label drug use in Shanghai, China -a questionnaire-based study

Mei Mei, Hong Xu, Libo Wang, Guoying Huang, Yonghao Gui, Xiaobo Zhang

Management of Late Preterm and Term Neonates exposed to maternal Chorioamnionitis

Mitali Sahni, María E. Franco-Fuenmayor, Karen Shattuck

Physical activity and screen time in out of school hours care: an observational study

Carol Maher, Rosa Virgara, Tony Okely, Rebecca Stanley, Millie Watson, Lucy Lewis

Better care for babies: the added value of a modified reverse syphilis testing algorithm for the treatment of congenital syphilis in a maternity Hospital in Central African Republic

Oluwakemi F. Ogundipe, Rafael Van den Bergh, Behounde Thierry, Kudakwashe C. Takarinda, Claude P. Muller, Collins Timire, Severine Caluwaerts, Pascale Chaillet, Isabel Zuniga

Functional constipation in infancy and early childhood: epidemiology, risk factors, and healthcare consultation

Anne Willemijn Walter, Anne Hovenkamp, Niranga Manjuri Devanarayana, Roshani Solanga, Shaman Rajindrajith, Marc Alexander Benninga

Television viewing and child cognition in a longitudinal birth cohort in Singapore: the role of maternal factors

Ramkumar Aishworiya, Shirong Cai, Helen Y. Chen, Desiree Y. Phua, Birit F. P. Broekman, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Yap Seng Chong, Lynette P. Shek, Fabian Yap, Shiao-Yng Chan, Michael J. Meaney, Evelyn C. Law

Impact of antiretroviral treatment on height evolution of HIV infected children

Patrinee Traisathit, Saïk Urien, Sophie Le Coeur, Sakulrat Srirojana, Noppadon Akarathum, Suparat Kanjanavanit, Chaiwat Ngampiyaskul, Sawitree Krikajornkitti, Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong, Marc Lallemant, Gonzague Jourdain

Increased risk of pulmonary hypertension following premature birth

Estelle Naumburg, Lars Söderström

Novel mutations of the POLR3A gene caused POLR3-related leukodystrophy in a Chinese family: a case report

Shuiyan Wu, Zhenjiang Bai, Xingqiang Dong, Daoping Yang, Hongmei Chen, Jun Hua, Libing Zhou, Haitao Lv

Improvement in gross motor function and muscle tone in children with cerebral palsy related to neonatal icterus: an open-label, uncontrolled clinical trial

Liem Nguyen Thanh, Kien Nguyen Trung, Chinh Vu Duy, Doan Ngo Van, Phuong Nguyen Hoang, Anh Nguyen Thi Phuong, Minh Duy Ngo, Thinh Nguyen Thi, Anh Bui Viet

Genotypes of glycoprotein B gene among the Indian symptomatic neonates with congenital CMV infection

Agniswar Sarkar, Dipanwita Das, Sabbir Ansari, Rajendra Prasad Chatterjee, Lopamudra Mishra, Biswanath Basu, Sanat Kumar Ghosh, Mala Bhattacharyay, Nilanjan Chakraborty

Diagnosis of Fraser syndrome missed out until the age of six months old in a low-resource setting: a case report

Aimé Mbonda, Francky Teddy Endomba, Ulrick S. Kanmounye, Jan René Nkeck, Joel Noutakdie Tochie

Development and validation of a Chinese parental health literacy questionnaire for caregivers of children 0 to 3 years old

Yan Zhang, Mu Li, Hong Jiang, Huijing Shi, Biao Xu, Salla Atkins, Xu Qian

Poor oral habits and malocclusions after usage of orthodontic pacifiers: an observational study on 3–5 years old children

Silvia Caruso, Alessandro Nota, Atanaz Darvizeh, Marco Severino, Roberto Gatto, Simona Tecco

Kawasaki shock syndrome in an Arab female: case report of a rare manifestation and review of literature

Ahmed A. Nugud, Assmaa Nugud, Deena Wafadari, Walid Abuhammour

Imperforate anus associated with anomalous pulmonary venous return in scimitar syndrome. Case report from a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia

Tamirat Moges Aklilu, Messele Chanie Adhana, Azmeraw Gissila Aboye

Favorable impact of long-term exercise on disease symptoms in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Corinne Legeret, Laura Mählmann, Markus Gerber, Nadeem Kalak, Henrik Köhler, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler, Serge Brand, Raoul Furlano

Comparison of NIV-NAVA and NCPAP in facilitating extubation for very preterm infants

Byoung Kook Lee, Seung Han Shin, Young Hwa Jung, Ee-Kyung Kim, Han-Suk Kim

Incidence of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children with congenital heart disease undergoing immunoprophylaxis with palivizumab in Pará state, north region of Brazil

Roseane Porfírio de Souza, Andre Luis Ribeiro Ribeiro, Sílvio Augusto Fernandes de Menezes, Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado

Wasting in under five children is significantly varied between rice producing and non-producing households of Libokemkem district, Amhara region, Ethiopia

Achenef Motbainor, Abeba Taye

Improving health, wellbeing and parenting skills in parents of children with special health care needs and medical complexity – a scoping review

Sally Bradshaw, Danai Bem, Karen Shaw, Beck Taylor, Christopher Chiswell, Mary Salama, Eve Bassett, Geetinder Kaur, Carole Cummins

Echocardiography-guided percutaneous closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects without arterial access and fluoroscopy

Haisong Bu, Yifeng Yang, Qin Wu, Wancun Jin, Tianli Zhao

The vulnerability to alcohol, tobacco, and drug use of adolescents in Hong Kong: a phenomenological study

Yim Wah Mak, Doris Leung, Alice Yuen Loke

Parent’s food preference and its implication for child malnutrition in Dabat health and demographic surveillance system; community-based survey using multinomial logistic regression model: North West Ethiopia; December 2017

Nigusie Birhan Tebeje, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Melike Endris Yesuf

Congenital bronchopulmonary foregut malformation: systematic review of the literature

Gang Yang, Lina Chen, Chang Xu, Miao Yuan, Yuan Li

Effect of household air pollution due to solid fuel combustion on childhood respiratory diseases in a semi urban population in Sri Lanka

Nayomi Ranathunga, Priyantha Perera, Sumal Nandasena, Nalini Sathiakumar, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Rajitha Wickremasinghe

Sports facilities, socio-economic context and overweight among the childhood population in two southern European cities: a cross sectional study

Romana Albaladejo, Rosa Villanueva, Paloma Astasio, Paloma Ortega, Juana Santos, Enrique Regidor

Relationship between paternal psychological distress and involvement in childcare among fathers of preschool-aged children: mediating effect of maternal psychological distress

Hyeon Sik Chu, Hanyi Lee

Prospective case control study of iron deficiency and the risk of febrile seizures in children in South Korea

Han Na Jang, Hoi Soo Yoon, Eun Hye Lee

Smartphone addiction may be associated with adolescent hypertension: a cross-sectional study among junior school students in China

Yunfei Zou, Ning Xia, Yunqing Zou, Zhen Chen, Yufeng Wen

Reducing preterm mortality in eastern Uganda: the impact of introducing low-cost bubble CPAP on neonates <1500 g

F. Okello, E. Egiru, J. Ikiror, L. Acom, KSM Loe, P. Olupot-Olupot, K. Burgoine

Maternal age at menarche and offspring body mass index in childhood

Hui Wang, Yunting Zhang, Ying Tian, Fei Li, Chonghui Yan, Hui Wang, Zhongchen Luo, Fan Jiang, Jun Zhang

Physicians advice, parental practice and adherence to doctor’s advice: an original survey on infant feeding

Jean-Pierre Chouraqui, Bérénice Delmas, Marine Le Bris, Marc Bellaiche, Camille Jung, Thierry Hanh

An assessment for diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for management of pediatric Iron defficiency Anemia in Saudi Arabia: a crossectional study

Hadi J. Al Sulayyim, Ali Al Omari, Motasim Badri

Does the fortified milk with high iron dose improve the neurodevelopment of healthy infants? Randomized controlled trial

Lucía Iglesias Vázquez, Josefa Canals, Núria Voltas, Cristina Jardí, Carmen Hernández, Cristina Bedmar, Joaquín Escribano, Núria Aranda, Rosa Jiménez, Josep Maria Barroso, Blanca Ribot, Victoria Arija

Pneumococcal carriage among children under five in Accra, Ghana, five years after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Nicholas T. K. D. Dayie, Elizabeth Y. Tettey, Mercy J. Newman, Elizabeth Bannerman, Eric S. Donkor, Appiah-Korang Labi, Hans-Christian Slotved

Correction to: Breastfeeding and timing of pubertal onset in girls: a multiethnic population-based prospective cohort study

Sara Aghaee, Julianna Deardorff, Louise C. Greenspan, Charles P. Quesenberry Jr, Lawrence H. Kushi, Ai Kubo

Optimizing gentamicin conventional and extended interval dosing in neonates using Monte Carlo simulation – a retrospective study

Monique Bergenwall, Sandra A. N. Walker, Marion Elligsen, Dolores C. Iaboni, Carla Findlater, Winnie Seto, Eugene Ng

Bacterial meningitis in Sudanese children; critical evaluation of the clinical decision using clinical prediction rules

Nada Abdelghani Abdelrahim, Imad Mohammed Fadl-Elmula, Hassan Mohammed Ali

A review of -multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a neonatal unit in Johannesburg, South Africa

Daynia E. Ballot, Rosella Bandini, Trusha Nana, Noma Bosman, Teena Thomas, Victor A. Davies, Peter A. Cooper, Mervyn Mer, Jeffrey Lipman

Kawasaki disease in infants less than one year of age: an Italian cohort from a single center

Greta Mastrangelo, Rolando Cimaz, Giovani Battista Calabri, Gabriele Simonini, Donatella Lasagni, Massimo Resti, Sandra Trapani

Psychometric properties of observational tools for identifying motor difficulties – a systematic review

P. Asunta, H. Viholainen, T. Ahonen, P. Rintala

The analysis of endocrine disruptors in patients with central precocious puberty

Mo Kyung Jung, Han Saem Choi, Junghwan Suh, Ahreum Kwon, Hyun Wook Chae, Woo Jung Lee, Eun-Gyong Yoo, Ho-Seong Kim

Correction to: Digenic inheritance of SLC12A3 and CLCNKB genes in a Chinese girl with Gitelman syndrome

Yuanmei Kong, Ke Xu, Ke Yuan, Jianfang Zhu, Weiyue Gu, Li Liang, Chunlin Wang

Childhood MMR vaccination and the incidence rate of measles infection: a ten year longitudinal cohort study of American children born in the 1990s

David A. Geier, Janet K. Kern, Mark R. Geier

Multicenter prospective clinical study to evaluate children short-term neurodevelopmental outcome in congenital heart disease (children NEURO-HEART): study protocol

I. Ribera, A. Ruiz, O. Sánchez, E. Eixarch, E. Antolín, E. Gómez-Montes, M. Pérez-Cruz, M. Cruz-Lemini, M. Sanz-Cortés, S. Arévalo, Q. Ferrer, E. Vázquez, L. Vega, P. Dolader, A. Montoliu, H. Boix, R. V. Simões, N. Masoller, J. Sánchez-de-Toledo, M. Comas, J. M. Bartha, A. Galindo, J.M. Martínez, L. Gómez-Roig, F. Crispi, O. Gómez, E. Carreras, L. Cabero, E. Gratacós, E. Llurba

Undernourished children presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a prospective descriptive study

Prosper J. Bashaka, Hendry R. Sawe, Victor Mwafongo, Juma A. Mfinanga, Michael S. Runyon, Brittany L. Murray

Newborn gender as a predictor of neonatal outcome in mixed gender twins born with very low birth weight

Bernard Barzilay, Nina Shirman, Haim Bibi, Ibrahim Abu-Kishk

Ocular characteristics in a variant microcephalic primordial dwarfism type II

Wan-Ju Chen, Fu-Chin Huang, Min-Hsiu Shih

Agreement between mothers’, fathers’, and children’s’ ratings on health-related quality of life in children born with esophageal atresia – a German cross-sectional study

Stefanie Witt, Janika Bloemeke, Monika Bullinger, Jens Dingemann, Michaela Dellenmark-Blom, Julia Quitmann

Different levels of cardiometabolic indicators in multiple vs. singleton children

Maria João Fonseca, Ana Cristina Santos, Henrique Barros

Increased liver echogenicity and liver enzymes are associated with extreme obesity, adolescent age and male gender: analysis from the German/Austrian/Swiss obesity registry APV

Susanne Greber-Platzer, Alexandra Thajer, Svenja Bohn, Annette Brunert, Felicitas Boerner, Wolfgang Siegfried, Andreas Artlich, Anja Moeckel, Hildegunde Waldecker-Krebs, Sophie Pauer, Reinhard W. Holl

Early prediction of spontaneous Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) closure and PDA-associated outcomes: a prospective cohort investigation

Jonathan L. Slaughter, Clifford L. Cua, Jennifer L. Notestine, Brian K. Rivera, Laura Marzec, Erinn M. Hade, Nathalie L. Maitre, Mark A. Klebanoff, Megan Ilgenfritz, Vi T. Le, Dennis J. Lewandowski, Carl H. Backes

Effects of dietary intervention on vitamin B12 status and cognitive level of 18-month-old toddlers in high-poverty areas: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Xiaoyang Sheng, Junli Wang, Feng Li, Fengxiu Ouyang, Jingqiu Ma

Clinical characteristics of enteroviral meningitis without pleocytosis in children: a retrospective single center observational study in the Republic of Korea

Yura Ko, Woochan Jeon, Minjung Kathy Chae, Heewon Yang, Jisook Lee

Effect of play-based family-centered psychomotor/psychosocial stimulation on the development of severely acutely malnourished children under six in a low-income setting: a randomized controlled trial

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

An economic analysis of human milk supplementation for very low birth weight babies in the USA

Grace Hampson, Sarah Louise Elin Roberts, Alan Lucas, David Parkin

Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index, smoking in pregnancy, and alcohol intake in pregnancy in relation to pubertal timing in the children

Nis Brix, Andreas Ernst, Lea Lykke Braskhøj Lauridsen, Erik Thorlund Parner, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Jørn Olsen, Tine Brink Henriksen, Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen

The relationship between breastfeeding and reported respiratory and gastrointestinal infection rates in young children

Nicole M. Frank, Kristian F. Lynch, Ulla Uusitalo, Jimin Yang, Maria Lönnrot, Suvi M. Virtanen, Heikki Hyöty, Jill M. Norris, Marian Rewers, Kimberly Bautista, Judith Baxter, Daniel Felipe-Morales, Kimberly Driscoll, Brigitte I. Frohnert, Marisa Gallant, Patricia Gesualdo, Michelle Hoffman, Rachel Karban, Edwin Liu, Jill Norris, Adela Samper-Imaz, Andrea Steck, Kathleen Waugh, Hali Wright, Jorma Toppari, Olli G. Simell, Annika Adamsson, Suvi Ahonen, Heikki Hyöty, Jorma Ilonen, Sanna Jokipuu, Leena Karlsson, Miia Kähönen, Mikael Knip, Mirva Koreasalo, Kalle Kurppa, Tiina Latva-aho, Maria Lönnrot, Markus Mattila, Elina Mäntymäki, Katja Multasuo, Tiina Niininen, Sari Niinistö, Mia Nyblom, Paula Ollikainen, Petra Rajala, Jenna Rautanen, Anne Riikonen, Minna Romo, Suvi Ruohonen, Juulia Rönkä, Satu Simell, Tuula Simell, Maija Sjöberg, Aino Stenius, Sini Vainionpää, Eeva Varjonen, Riitta Veijola, Suvi M. Virtanen, Mari Vähä-Mäkilä, Mari Åkerlund, Katri Lindfors, Jin-Xiong She, Desmond Schatz, Diane Hopkins, Leigh Steed, Jennifer Bryant, Janey Adams, Katherine Silvis, Michael Haller, Melissa Gardiner, Richard McIndoe, Ashok Sharma, Stephen W. Anderson, Laura Jacobsen, John Marks, Anette G. Ziegler, Andreas Beyerlein, Ezio Bonifacio, Anita Gavrisan, Cigdem Gezginci, Anja Heublein, Michael Hummel, Sandra Hummel, Annette Knopff, Charlotte Koch, Sibylle Koletzko, Claudia Ramminger, Roswith Roth, Marlon Scholz, Joanna Stock, Katharina Warncke, Lorena Wendel, Christiane Winkler, Åke Lernmark, Daniel Agardh, Carin Andrén Aronsson, Maria Ask, Jenny Bremer, Ulla-Marie Carlsson, Corrado Cilio, Emelie Ericson-Hallström, Annika Fors, Lina Fransson, Thomas Gard, Rasmus Bennet, Carina Hansson, Susanne Hyberg, Hanna Jisser, Fredrik Johansen, Berglind Jonsdottir, Silvija Jovic, Helena Elding Larsson, Marielle Lindström, Markus Lundgren, Maria Månsson-Martinez, Maria Markan, Jessica Melin, Zeliha Mestan, Caroline Nilsson, Karin Ottosson, Kobra Rahmati, Anita Ramelius, Falastin Salami, Sara Sibthorpe, Anette Sjöberg, Birgitta Sjöberg, Carina Törn, Anne Wallin, Åsa Wimar, William A. Hagopian, Michael Killian, Claire Cowen Crouch, Jennifer Skidmore, Ashley Akramoff, Jana Banjanin, Masumeh Chavoshi, Kayleen Dunson, Rachel Hervey, Rachel Lyons, Arlene Meyer, Denise Mulenga, Jared Radtke, Davey Schmitt, Julie Schwabe, Sarah Zink, Dorothy Becker, Margaret Franciscus, Mary Ellen Dalmagro-Elias Smith, Ashi Daftary, Mary Beth Klein, Chrystal Yates, Jeffrey P. Krischer, Sarah Austin-Gonzalez, Maryouri Avendano, Sandra Baethke, Rasheedah Brown, Brant Burkhardt, Martha Butterworth, Joanna Clasen, David Cuthbertson, Christopher Eberhard, Steven Fiske, Dena Garcia, Jennifer Garmeson, Veena Gowda, Kathleen Heyman, Belinda Hsiao, Francisco Perez Laras, Hye-Seung Lee, Shu Liu, Xiang Liu, Kristian Lynch, Colleen Maguire, Jamie Malloy, Cristina McCarthy, Aubrie Merrell, Steven Meulemans, Hemang Parikh, Ryan Quigley, Cassandra Remedios, Chris Shaffer, Laura Smith, Susan Smith, Noah Sulman, Roy Tamura, Ulla Uusitalo, Kendra Vehik, Ponni Vijayakandipan, Keith Wood, Jimin Yang, Liping Yu, Dongmei Miao, Polly Bingley, Alistair Williams, Kyla Chandler, Olivia Ball, Ilana Kelland, Sian Grace, Ben Gillard, William Hagopian, Sandra Ke, Niveen Mulholland, Beena Akolkar, Kasia Bourcier, Thomas Briese, Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Eric Triplett

Understanding unplanned readmissions for children undergoing surgery in a single pediatric general surgical department

Chao Zheng, Hong Zhou, Hai Zhu, Bailin Chen, Lin Qiu, Chunbao Guo

Chest circumference in full-term newborns: how can it be predicted?

Ingrid G. Azevedo, Norrara S. O. Holanda, Nivia M. R. Arrais, Raweny T. G. Santos, Ana G. F. Araujo, Silvana A. Pereira

Functional abdominal pain disorders in adolescents in Indonesia and their association with family related stress

Hanifah Oswari, Fatima Safira Alatas, Badriul Hegar, William Cheng, Arnesya Pramadyani, Marc Alexander Benninga, Shaman Rajindrajith

Early Pediatric Fractures in a Universally Insured Population within the United States

Jared A. Wolfe, Heather Wolfe, Amanda Banaag, Scott Tintle, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos

Severe clinical manifestation of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase deficiency associated with two novel mutations: a case report

Hao Liu, Jing-kun Miao, Chao-wen Yu, Ke-xing Wan, Juan Zhang, Zhao-jian Yuan, Jing Yang, Dong-juan Wang, Yan Zeng, Lin Zou

Prevalence, clinical outcomes and rainfall association of acute respiratory infection by human metapneumovirus in children in Bogotá, Colombia

Obando Evelyn, Fernández-Sarmiento Jaime, Montoya David, Acevedo Lorena, Arroyave Jenifer, Gamboa Oscar

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in two brothers with DNA ligase IV deficiency: a case report and review of the literature

Sarah Schober, Karin Schilbach, Michaela Doering, Karin M. Cabanillas Stanchi, Ursula Holzer, Patrick Kasteleiner, Jens Schittenhelm, Juergen F. Schaefer, Ingo Mueller, Peter Lang, Rupert Handgretinger

Initial and delayed thyroid-stimulating hormone elevation in extremely low-birth-weight infants

Shin Ae Yoon, Yun Sil Chang, So Yoon Ahn, Se In Sung, Won Soon Park

Identification of a novel splicing mutation in the SLC25A13 gene from a patient with NICCD: a case report

Linlin Zhang, Yingying Li, Wenli Shi, Jinshuang Gao, Yuan Tian, Ying Li, Yaqing Guo, Shihong Cui, Xiaoan Zhang

What are the information needs of parents caring for a child with Glutaric aciduria type 1?

Hilary Piercy, Mildrid Yeo, Sufin Yap, Anthony R. Hart

A child with Gradenigo syndrome presenting with meningism: a case report

A. S. Athapathu, E. R. S. Bandara, A. A. H. S. Aruppala, K. M. A. U. Chandrapala, Sachith Mettananda

Infliximab for pediatric patients with ulcerative colitis: a phase 3, open-label, uncontrolled, multicenter trial in Japan

Hitoshi Tajiri, Katsuhiro Arai, Seiichi Kagimoto, Reiko Kunisaki, Nobuyuki Hida, Noriko Sato, Hiroshi Yamada, Mieko Nagano, Yutaka Susuta, Kunihiko Ozaki, Kazuoki Kondo, Toshifumi Hibi

A risk factor for early wheezing in infants: rapid weight gain

Lijuan Yin, Ye Song, Yongfang Liu, Zehui Ye

Necrotizing enterocolitis after intravitreal bevacizumab in an infant with Incontinentia Pigmenti – a case report

S. Kunzmann, T. Ngyuen, A. Stahl, J. M. Walz, M. M. Nentwich, C. P. Speer, K. Ruf

HABIT efficacy and sustainability trial, a multi-center randomized controlled trial to improve hydroxyurea adherence in youth with sickle cell disease: a study protocol

Arlene Smaldone, Deepa Manwani, Banu Aygun, Kim Smith-Whitley, Haomiao Jia, Jean-Marie Bruzzese, Sally Findley, Joshua Massei, Nancy S. Green

Publisher Correction to: Comparing apples and pears: misleading conclusions about the population mental health impact of a parenting programme, a commentary on Marryat, Thompson and Wilson (2017)

Factors affecting the growth of infants diagnosed with cystic fibrosis by newborn screening

K. D. Patterson, T. Kyriacou, M. Desai, W. D. Carroll, F. J. Gilchrist

The influence of the maternal peer group (partner, friends, mothers’ group, family) on mothers’ attitudes to obesity-related behaviours of their children

Adrian J. Cameron, Emma Charlton, Adam Walsh, Kylie Hesketh, Karen Campbell

Assessing public awareness of clubfoot and knowledge about the importance of early childhood treatment: a cross-sectional survey

Abdulmonem Alsiddiky, Salman Alrwibaah, Abdulrahman Alqahtani, Abdulmalek Alnujidi, Abdullah Alhomaidhi, Abdulla Almasoud, Raheef Alatassi

Dynamic Electronic Tracking and Escalation to reduce Critical care Transfers (DETECT): the protocol for a stepped wedge mixed method study to explore the clinical effectiveness, clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of an electronic physiological surveillance system for use in children

Gerri Sefton, Bernie Carter, Steven Lane, Matthew Peak, Ceu Mateus, Jen Preston, Fulya Mehta, Bruce Hollingsworth, Roger Killen, Enitan D. Carrol

Mortality and severe morbidity of very preterm infants: comparison of two French cohort studies

Anais Godeluck, Patrick Gérardin, Victorine Lenclume, Corinne Mussard, Pierre-Yves Robillard, Sylvain Sampériz, Valérie Benhammou, Patrick Truffert, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Duksha Ramful

Evaluation of the safety, tolerance and efficacy of 1-year consumption of infant formula supplemented with Lactobacillus fermentum CECT5716 Lc40 or Bifidobacterium breve CECT7263: a randomized controlled trial

J. Maldonado, M. Gil-Campos, J. A. Maldonado-Lobón, M. R. Benavides, K. Flores-Rojas, R. Jaldo, I. Jiménez del Barco, V. Bolívar, A. D. Valero, E. Prados, I. Peñalver, M. Olivares

Gender differences in the nonmedical use of psychoactive medications in the school population- national trends and related factors

Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Isabel Jiménez-Trujillo, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Nazaret Alonso-Fernández, Soledad García-Gómez-Heras, Domingo Palacios-Ceña

Effects of closed-loop automatic control of the inspiratory fraction of oxygen (FiO2-C) on outcome of extremely preterm infants – study protocol of a randomized controlled parallel group multicenter trial for safety and efficacy

Christian A. Maiwald, Hendrik J. Niemarkt, Christian F. Poets, Michael S. Urschitz, Jochem König, Helmut Hummler, Dirk Bassler, Corinna Engel, Axel R. Franz, Axel R. Franz, Corinna Engel, Christian F. Poets, Helmut Hummler, Michael S. Urschitz, Jochem König, Hendrik J. Niemarkt, Dirk Bassler, Christian A. Maiwald, Gabriele von Oldershausen, Iris Bergmann, Monika Weiss, Caroline J. B. R. Wichera, Andreas Eichhorn, Michael Raubuch, Birgit Schuler, Mark Schoberer, Sonja Trepels-Kottek, Thomas M. K. Völkl, Sibylle C. Horsinka, Edmondo N. L. Hammond, Christoph von Buch, Norbert Teig, Susanne Dettmers, Hans Thorsten Körner, Birte Tröger, Annika Ander, Axel Hübler, Barbara Seipolt, Lars Mense, Thomas Hoehn, Klaus Lohmeier, Hans-Jörg Bittrich, Kathrin Roefke, Christian von Schnakenburg, Klaus Niethammer, Hans Fuchs, Daniel Klotz, Monika Wolf, Sarah Kabisch, Anna Koluch, Sandra Idel, Bettina Bohnhorst, Corinna Peter, Sascha Meyer, Harald Sauer, Kathrin Lorenz, Joachim Kühr, Sandra Holz, Ulrich H. Thome, Benjamin W. Ackermann, Corinna Gebauer, Catrice Celanowski, Hubert Fahnenstich, Cecil Kannan, Eva Mildenberger, André Kidszun, Julia Winter, Rolf F. Maier, Hana Voss, Ralf Pallacks, Kirsten M. Lang, André Gatti, Andreas W. Flemmer, Susanne Herber-Jonat, Marcus Krüger, Daniela Reber, Julia Sandkötter, Katja Masjosthusmann, Florian Urlichs, Thomas Frank, Michael Schroth, Christian Grillhösl, Jochen Kittel, Holger Michel, Sven Wellmann, Hans-Christoph Schneider, Anja Mayer, Hans-Martin Lode, Daniel Lorenz, Axel T. Bosk, Torben Lindner, Matthias Vochem, Patrick Neuberger, Jörg Arand, Marc R. Mendler, Jochen Essers, Christian Bender, Jessica Beckmann, Ralf Rauch, Ulrich Bernbeck, Kirsten Glaser, Johannes Wirbelauer, André A. Kroon, Tom Goos, Thilo Mohns, Henrica L. M. van Straaten, Estelle E. M. Mulder, Mara Hesse

Mutations in both SAMD9 and SLC19A2 genes caused complex phenotypes characterized by recurrent infection, dysphagia and profound deafness – a case report for dual diagnosis

Yan Zhang, Yi Zhang, Victor Wei Zhang, Chunyi Zhang, Hongke Ding, Aihua Yin

Identifying medication errors in neonatal intensive care units: a two-center study

Kaveh Eslami, Fateme Aletayeb, Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Aletayeb, Leila Kouti, Amir Kamal Hardani

Hepatitis B infection and risk factors among children living with HIV in Yaounde, Cameroon: an integrated management

Fokam Joseph, Kamga Wouambo Rodrigue, Tchatchouang Serges, Nguwoh Philippe Salomon, Taheu Ngounouh Christian, Tommo Tchouaket Michel Carlos, Fosso Samuel, Njom-Nlend Anne-Esther, Vittorio Colizzi, Nkenfou Nguefeu Celine

Congenital prepubic sinus with dorsal penile curvature: a case report and literature review

Chuan Wang, Xue Ma

Surgical treatment of awn aspiration causing bronchopleural fistula and bronchiectasis: case reports

Anna Rieth, Tamás Kovács, Zoltán Novák, Katalin Kapus, Aurél Ottlakán, Tibor Németh, József Furák

Immunoreactive trypsinogen levels in newborn screened infants with an inconclusive diagnosis of cystic fibrosis

Chee Y. Ooi, Rosie Sutherland, Carlo Castellani, Katherine Keenan, Margaret Boland, Joe Reisman, Candice Bjornson, Mark A. Chilvers, Richard van Wylick, Steven Kent, April Price, Dimas Mateos-Corral, Daniel Hughes, Melinda Solomon, Peter Zuberbuhler, Janna Brusky, Peter R. Durie, Felix Ratjen, Tanja Gonska

Epidemiological profile of meningitis in Iran before pentavalent vaccine introduction

Zeinab Berangi, Manoochehr Karami, Younes Mohammadi, Milad Nazarzadeh, Seyed Mohsen Zahraei, Hamidreza Javidrad, Saber Heidari

A state-level study of opioid use disorder treatment access and neonatal abstinence syndrome

Elizabeth R. Wolf, Sebastian T. Tong, Roy T. Sabo, Steven H. Woolf, Kassie Abbinanti, James Pecsok, Alex H. Krist

Prenatal alcohol history – setting a threshold for diagnosis requires a level of detail and accuracy that does not exist

Susan Petryk, Muhammad A. Siddiqui, Juliet Ekeh, Mamata Pandey

Successful treatment in a child with enthesitis-related arthritis involving the sternoclavicular joint: a case report

Po-Yu Huang, Ling-Sai Chang, Mindy Ming-Huey Guo, Ho-Chang Kuo

Growth of HIV-uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Guangdong, China: an 18-month longitudinal follow-up study

Bing Li, Liu-ying Tang, Zhi-qiang Wang, Shuang Gao, Yun-tao Wu, Hao-li Xu, Yuan-zhu Ma

Evaluation of the vitamin D and biomedical statuses of young children with β-thalassemia major at a single center in southern China

Uet Yu, Li Chen, Xiaodong Wang, Xiaoling Zhang, Yue Li, Feiqiu Wen, Sixi Liu

Weight management among school-aged children and adolescents: a quantitative assessment in a Ghanaian municipality

Daniel Gyamfi, Christian Obirikorang, Emmanuel Acheampong, Evans Adu Asamoah, Bernard Berko Sampong, Emmanuella Nsenbah Batu, Enoch Odame Anto

Study protocol of Diabetes LEAP: a longitudinal study examining emotional problems in adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents/caregivers

Giesje Nefs, Linh Nguyen, Per Winterdijk, Esther Hartman, Theo Sas, Roos Nuboer, Ineke De Kruijff, Willie Bakker-van Waarde, Henk-Jan Aanstoot, Frans Pouwer

A real-world evaluation of a tertiary care childhood obesity intervention to reduce metabolic risk in a hard-to-reach urban population

Nagla S. Bayoumi, Elizabeth Helzner, Aimee Afable, Michael A. Joseph, Sarita Dhuper

Prevalence and associated factors of neurodevelopmental disability among infants in eastern Uganda: a population based study

Gertrude Namazzi, Helena Hildenwall, Paul Mubiri, Claudia Hanson, Christine Nalwadda, Margaret Nampijja, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Peter Waiswa, James K. Tumwine

Risk factors of acute respiratory infections among under five children attending public hospitals in southern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016/2017

Sielu Alemayehu, Kalayou Kidanu, Tensay Kahsay, Mekuria Kassa

Burden of neurological and neurocognitive impairment in pediatric sickle cell anemia in Uganda (BRAIN SAFE): a cross-sectional study

Nancy S. Green, Deogratias Munube, Paul Bangirana, Linda Rosset Buluma, Bridget Kebirungi, Robert Opoka, Ezekiel Mupere, Philip Kasirye, Sarah Kiguli, Annet Birabwa, Michael S. Kawooya, Samson K. Lubowa, Rogers Sekibira, Edwards Kayongo, Heather Hume, Mitchell Elkind, Weixin Peng, Gen Li, Caterina Rosano, Philip LaRussa, Frank J. Minja, Amelia Boehme, Richard Idro

A descriptive study to explore working conditions and childcare practices among informal women workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: identifying opportunities to support childcare for mothers in informal work

Christiane Horwood, Lyn Haskins, Laura Alfers, Zandile Masango-Muzindutsi, Richard Dobson, Nigel Rollins

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure with head cap fixation as a contributing factor to extensive scalp necrosis in a preterm neonate with early-onset sepsis and scalp hematoma

P. Zachhau, A. E. Gravergaard, H. T. Christesen

Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding practice in the first six months of life and its determinants in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Meysam Behzadifar, Mandana Saki, Masoud Behzadifar, Mahnaz Mardani, Fatemeh Yari, Farzad Ebrahimzadeh, Hadis Majidi Mehr, Shadi Abdi Bastami, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among under-five children in and around Haro Dumal Town, Bale Zone, Ethiopia

Eshetu Gadisa, Kefiyalew Jote

Factors associated with diarrhea and acute respiratory infection in children under two years of age in rural Bangladesh

Md Barkat Ullah, Malay K. Mridha, Charles D. Arnold, Susana L. Matias, Md Showkat A. Khan, Zakia Siddiqui, Mokbul Hossain, Rina Rani Paul, Kathryn G. Dewey

Effect of skill drills on neonatal ventilation performance in a simulated setting- observation study in Nepal

Rejina Gurung, Abhishek Gurung, Avinash K. Sunny, Omkar Basnet, Shree Krishna Shrestha, Øystein Herwig Gomo, Helge Myklebust, Sakina Girnary, Ashish KC

Later achievement of infant motor milestones is related to lower levels of physical activity during childhood: the GECKO Drenthe cohort

Silvia I. Brouwer, Ronald P. Stolk, Eva Corpeleijn

Clinical findings in congenital infection by Zika virus: a retrospective study in a reference hospital in Central-West Brazil

Cláudia de Paula Guimarães, Myrella Silveira Macedo, Maria Alves Barbosa, Solomar Martins Marques, Paulo Sucasas Costa, Ênio Chaves de Oliveira

Prenatal pet keeping and caregiver-reported attention deficit hyperactivity disorder through preadolescence in a United States birth cohort

Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow, Alexandra R. Sitarik, Tisa M. Johnson-Hooper, Jannel M. Phillips, Kyra Jones, Christine Cole Johnson, Jennifer K. Straughen

Thyroid dysfunction in preterm infants born before 32 gestational weeks

Hye-Rim Kim, Young Hwa Jung, Chang Won Choi, Hye Rim Chung, Min-Jae Kang, Beyong Il Kim

A home-video method to assess infant gross motor development: parent perspectives on feasibility

M. Boonzaaijer, F. van Wesel, J. Nuysink, M. J. M. Volman, M. J. Jongmans

Sentinel surveillance of child maltreatment cases presenting to Canadian emergency departments

Aimée Campeau, Lil Tonmyr, Erik Gulbransen, Martine Hébert, Steven McFaull, Robin Skinner

Motor and cognitive functioning in children treated for idiopathic clubfoot at the age of 3 years

Julia Dillmann, Gudrun Schwarzer, Christian-Dominik Peterlein

Accidental ketosis-induced polyuria in a toddler: a case report

Anthony Cioci, Chad Rudnick, Levonti Ohanisian

Understanding health-related behavior among adolescents living with HIV in Lima, Peru

Carly A. Rodriguez, Emiliano Valle, Jerome Galea, Milagros Wong, Lenka Kolevic, Maribel Muñoz, Leonid Lecca, Molly F. Franke

Association of physical activity with adiposity in preschoolers using different clinical adiposity measures: a cross-sectional study

Amar Arhab, Nadine Messerli-Bürgy, Tanja H. Kakebeeke, Kerstin Stülb, Annina Zysset, Claudia S. Leeger-Aschmann, Einat A. Schmutz, Andrea H. Meyer, Simone Munsch, Susi Kriemler, Oskar G. Jenni, Jardena J. Puder

Bacterial profile and antibacterial susceptibility of otitis media among pediatric patients in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia: cross-sectional study

Bereket Tadesse, Techalew Shimelis, Mesfin Worku

A clinical trial of enteral Levetiracetam for acute seizures in pediatric cerebral malaria

Gretchen L. Birbeck, Susan T. Herman, Edmund V. Capparelli, Fraction K. Dzinjalamala, Samah G. Abdel Baki, Macpherson Mallewa, Neema M. Toto, Douglas G. Postels, Joseph C. Gardiner, Terrie E. Taylor, Karl B. Seydel

A de novo SCN8A heterozygous mutation in a child with epileptic encephalopathy: a case report

Kao-Min Lin, Geng Su, Fengpeng Wang, Xiaobin Zhang, Yuanqing Wang, Jun Ren, Xin Wang, Yi Yao, Ying Zhou

Effect of multi-component school-based program on body mass index, cardiovascular and diabetes risks in a multi-ethnic study

Paula Costa-Urrutia, Rafael Álvarez-Fariña, Carolina Abud, Valentina Franco-Trecu, Julián Esparza-Romero, Cruz Mónica López-Morales, Martha Eunice Rodríguez-Arellano, Jaime Valle Leal, Valentina Colistro, Julio Granados

Feasibility of a guided participation discharge program for very preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial

S. Y. Lee, J. P. C. Chau, K. C. Choi, S. H. S. Lo

First-year growth of 834 preterm infants in a Chinese population: a single-center study

Ying Deng, Fan Yang, Dezhi Mu

The effect of enteral bolus feeding on regional intestinal oxygen saturation in preterm infants is age-dependent: a longitudinal observational study

Sara J. Kuik, Anne G. J. F. van Zoonen, Arend F. Bos, Koenraad N. J. A. Van Braeckel, Jan B. F. Hulscher, Elisabeth M. W. Kooi

Short-term outcomes of extremely preterm infants at discharge: a multicenter study from Guangdong province during 2008–2017

Fan Wu, Guosheng Liu, Zhoushan Feng, Xiaohua Tan, Chuanzhong Yang, Xiaotong Ye, Yiheng Dai, Weiyi Liang, Xiuzhen Ye, Jing Mo, Lu Ding, Benqing Wu, Hongxiang Chen, Chiwang Li, Zhe Zhang, Xiao Rong, Wei Shen, Weimin Huang, Bingyan Yang, Junfeng Lv, Leying Huo, Huiwen Huang, Hongping Rao, Wenkang Yan, Yong Yang, Xuejun Ren, Fangfang Wang, Dong Liu, Shiguang Diao, Xiaoyan Liu, Qiong Meng, Yu Wang, Bin Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Yuge Huang, Dang Ao, Weizhong Li, Jieling Chen, Yanling Chen, Wei Li, Zhifeng Chen, Yueqin Ding, Xiaoyu Li, Yuefang Huang, Niyang Lin, Yangfan Cai, Shasha Han, Ya Jin, Zhonghe Wan, Yi Ban, Bo Bai, Guanghong Li, Yuexiu Yan, Qiliang Cui

Heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorders in children with Kawasaki disease: what is new today?

Chien-Heng Lin, Wei-De Lin, I-Ching Chou, Inn-Chi Lee, Syuan-Yu Hong

Intravenous versus intravenous/oral antibiotics for perforated appendicitis in pediatric patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chuan Wang, Yanan Li, Yi Ji

Formula-feeding practice and associated factors among urban and rural mothers with infants 0–6 months of age: a comparative study in Jimma zone Western Ethiopia

Lakew Abebe, Mamusha Aman, Shifera Asfaw, Hailay Gebreyesus, Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin, Abebe Mamo

Changes of inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress indicators in children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura and clinical effects of hemoperfusion in the treatment of severe Henoch-Schönlein purpura with gastrointestinal involvement in children

Ying Zhu, Yang Dong, Lin Wu, Fang Deng

Primary immunodeficiency disease: a retrospective study of 112 Chinese children in a single tertiary care center

Jinhong Wu, Wenwei Zhong, Yong Yin, Hao Zhang

Effect of long term inhaled corticosteroid therapy on adrenal suppression, growth and bone health in children with asthma

Anuradha KWDA, Prematilake GLDC, Batuwita BAUI, Kannangoda KASR, Hewagamage US, Wijeratne S, Lankatilake Kantha, de Silva KSH

Pediatric congenital buttock sinus tract:10-year experience in a single institution

Kai Wang, Chunhui Peng, Wenbo Pang, Dayong Wang, Tingchong Zhang, Zengmeng Wang, Dongyang Wu, Yajun Chen

Residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities: a case study of youth developmental trajectories of personal growth and caregiver perspectives

Shauna Kingsnorth, Alanna E. F. Rudzik, Gillian King, Amy C. McPherson

A cross-sectional survey of adrenal steroid hormones among overweight/obese boys according to puberty stage

Bingyan Cao, Chunxiu Gong, Di Wu, Xuejun Liang, Wenjing Li, Min Liu, Chang Su, Miao Qin, Xi Meng, Liya Wei

Efficiency and safety of phenylephrine and tropicamide used in premature retinopathy: a prospective observational study

Atilla Alpay, Sılay Canturk Ugurbas, Cumhur Aydemir

Use of sildenafil in an infant with persistent pulmonary hypertension secondary to lung and renal hypoplasia – a case report

Karen Lavie-Nevo, Kevin C. Harris, Joseph Y. Ting

Nebulized hypertonic saline 3% for 1 versus 3 days in hospitalized bronchiolitis: a blinded non-inferiority randomized controlled trial

Gaëlle Beal, Catherine Barbier, Sophie Thoret, Amandine Rubio, Mathilde Bonnet, Roseline Mazet, Anne Ego, Isabelle Pin

End-user perspectives to inform policy and program decisions: a qualitative and quantitative content analysis of lifestyle treatment recommendations by adolescents with obesity

M. Kebbe, A. Perez, A. Buchholz, T.-L. F. McHugh, S. D. Scott, C. Richard, M. P. Dyson, G. D. C. Ball

Comparison of Military Health System Data Repository and American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric

Arin L. Madenci, Cathaleen K. Madsen, Nicollette K. Kwon, Lindsey L. Wolf, Kristin A. Sonderman, Jill M. Zalieckas, Samuel E. Rice-Townsend, Adil H. Haider, Robert L. Ricca, Brent R. Weil, Christopher B. Weldon, Tracey P. Koehlmoos

Predictors of early life milestones: Results from the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort

Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Marie Grønkjær, Erik Lykke Mortensen

A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial assessing the efficacy of bedtime buddy® for the treatment of nocturnal enuresis in children

Janet Schloss, Kimberley Ryan, Rebecca Reid, Amie Steel

A rare content of congenital inguinal hernia: a case report of splenogonadal fusion

Xi Xiang, Yong Jiang, Ju-xian Liu, Li Qiu

Significant predictive factors of the severity and outcomes of the first attack of acute angioedema in children

Yuan-Jhen Syue, Chao-Jui Li, Wen-Liang Chen, Tsung-Han Lee, Cheng-Chieh Huang, Mei-Chueh Yang, Chih-Ming Lin, Meng-Huan Wu, Chu-Chung Chou, Chin-Fu Chang, Yan-Ren Lin

Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive diseases in China: a meta-analysis

Jinjian Fu, Rongsong Yi, Yongjiang Jiang, Shaolin Xu, Peixu Qin, Zhuoxin Liang, Jichang Chen

Relationship between segmental trunk control and gross motor development in typically developing infants aged from 4 to 12 months: a pilot study

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

Birth weight charts for a Chinese population: an observational study of routine newborn weight data from Chongqing

Xue Zhao, Yinyin Xia, Hua Zhang, Philip N. Baker, Tom Norris

Perioperative effects of caudal block on pediatric patients in laparoscopic upper urinary tract surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Bingdong Tao, Kun Liu, Dandan Wang, Mengmeng Ding, Ni Yang, Ping Zhao

Factors associated with the early termination of exclusive breastfeeding among mother-infant dyads in Samara-Logia, Northeastern Ethiopia

Amanuel Molla Beyene, Misgan Legesse Liben, Amit Arora

Diagnostic accuracy of QuickVue® Dipstick Strep A test and its effect on antibiotic prescribing in children in the United Arab Emirates

Seyed Ali Safizadeh Shabestari, Zainab A. Malik, Fadil Y. A. Al-Najjar

Neurodevelopmental effect of intracranial hemorrhage observed in hypoxic ischemic brain injury in hypothermia-treated asphyxiated neonates - an MRI study

Andrea Lakatos, Márton Kolossváry, Miklós Szabó, Ágnes Jermendy, Hajnalka Barta, Gyula Gyebnár, Gábor Rudas, Lajos R. Kozák

Sex-related change in BMI of 15- to 16-year-old Norwegian girls in cross-sectional studies in 2002 and 2017

Asborg A. Bjertnaes, Jacob H. Grundt, Petur B. Juliusson, Trond J. Markestad, Tor A. Strand, Mads N. Holten-Andersen

Impact of the intervention program “JolinchenKids – fit and healthy in daycare” on energy balance related-behaviors: results of a cluster controlled trial

Berit Steenbock, Christoph Buck, Hajo Zeeb, Stefan Rach, Claudia R. Pischke

Association between early childhood caries and malnutrition in a sub-urban population in Nigeria

Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Olujide Arije, Maha El Tantawi, Kikelomo Adebanke Kolawole, Mary Obiyan, Olaniyi Arowolo, Elizabeth O. Oziegbe

A novel training simulator for portable ultrasound identification of incorrect newborn endotracheal tube placement – observational diagnostic accuracy study protocol

Hasan S. Merali, Mark O. Tessaro, Khushboo Q. Ali, Shaun K. Morris, Sajid B. Soofi, Shabina Ariff

Maternal and paternal perinatal depressive symptoms associate with 2- and 3-year-old children’s behaviour: findings from the APrON longitudinal study

Nicole Letourneau, Brenda Leung, Henry Ntanda, Deborah Dewey, Andrea J. Deane, Gerald F. Giesbrecht

A nationwide survey on neonatal medical resources in mainland China: current status and future challenges

Qiuping Li, Tao Han, Yanping Zhang, Qian Zhang, Xiangyong Kong, Yonghui Yang, Zhichun Feng

Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal parasitic infestations among preschool children in Sekota town, Waghimra zone, Ethiopia

Mesfin Wudu Kassaw, Ayele Mamo Abebe, Kenean Getaneh Tlaye, Alemu Birara Zemariam, Biruk Beletew Abate

A qualitative exploration of potential determinants of accelerated summer weight gain among school-age children: perspectives from parents

Lindsay A. Tanskey, Jeanne P. Goldberg, Kenneth Chui, Aviva Must, Catherine M. Wright, Jennifer M. Sacheck

Clinical features of patients with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia, mutation screening of PRRT2 and the effects of morning draughts of oxcarbazepine

Gang Pan, Linmei Zhang, Shuizhen Zhou

Association of uncoordinated sucking pattern with developmental outcome in premature infants: a retrospective analysis

You Gyoung Yi, Byung-Mo Oh, Seung Han Shin, Jin Yong Shin, Ee-Kyung Kim, Hyung-Ik Shin

Distinct pituitary hormone levels of 184 Chinese children and adolescents with multiple pituitary hormone deficiency: a single-centre study

Fengxue Wang, Jinyan Han, Xiaohong Shang, Guimei Li

Effects of air pollution on children from a socioecological perspective

Jong In Kim, Gukbin Kim, Yeonja Choi

Seasonal variations in the occurrence of acute appendicitis and their relationship with the presence of fecaliths in children

Yao-Jen Hsu, Yu-Wei Fu, Taiwai Chin

The prevalence and clinical characteristics of pertussis-associated pneumonia among infants in Botswana

Bahaa Abu-Raya, David M. Goldfarb, Marek Smieja, Kathy Luinstra, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Andrew P. Steenhoff, Kristen A. Feemster, Tonya Arscott-Mills, Coleen K. Cunningham, Samir S. Shah, Mohamed Zaakir Patel, Matthew S. Kelly, Manish Sadarangani

Characterization of gut microbiota in children with pulmonary tuberculosis

Weiran Li, Yu Zhu, Qiong Liao, Zhiling Wang, Chaomin Wan

Nutrient intakes and sources of fiber among children with low and high dietary fiber intake: the 2016 feeding infants and toddlers study (FITS), a cross-sectional survey

Kristen Finn, Emma Jacquier, Brian Kineman, Heidi Storm, Ryan Carvalho

Randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve parental knowledge and management practices of fever

M. Kelly, L. Sahm, S. McCarthy, R. O’Sullivan, A. Mc Gillicuddy, F. Shiely

Risk-based approach to school entry examinations in Germany – a validation study

Amand Führer, Andreas Wienke, Snezhina Wiermann, Christine Gröger, Daniel Tiller

Family dissolution and children’s social well-being at school: a historic cohort study

Line Lund Laursen, Kathrine Bang Madsen, Carsten Obel, Lena Hohwü

Case report: palmar herpetic whitlow and forearm lymphangitis in a 10-year-old female

Leora Lieberman, Daniel Castro, Avni Bhatt, Fred Guyer

Assessing the risk of early unplanned rehospitalisation in preterm babies: EPIPAGE 2 study

Robert Anthony Reed, Andrei Scott Morgan, Jennifer Zeitlin, Pierre-Henri Jarreau, Héloïse Torchin, Véronique Pierrat, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Babak Khoshnood

Transdiagnostic associations across communication, cognitive, and behavioural problems in a developmentally at-risk population: a network approach

Silvana Mareva, Joni Holmes

Factors associated with permanent hypothyroidism in infants with congenital hypothyroidism

Eun Sil Park, Ju Young Yoon

Evaluation of neuropsychiatric comorbidities and their clinical characteristics in Chinese children with asthma using the MINI kid tool

Hao Zhou, Zhihe Chen, Weiqing Zhao, Ye Liu, Yuxia Cui

Association between atopic disease and anemia in pediatrics: a cross-sectional study

Kiyon Rhew, Jung Mi Oh

Two novel mutations in the ALPL gene of unrelated Chinese children with Hypophosphatasia: case reports and literature review

Xiaojian Mao, Sichi Liu, Yunting Lin, Zhen Chen, Yongxian Shao, Qiaoli Yu, Haiying Liu, Zhikun Lu, Huiyin Sheng, Xinshuo Lu, Yonglan Huang, Li Liu, Chunhua Zeng

Antenatal and postnatal diagnoses of visible congenital malformations in a sub-Saharan African setting: a prospective multicenter cohort study

Igor Kamla, Nelly Kamgaing, Serge Billong, Joel Noutakdie Tochie, Paul Tolefac, Vincent de Paul Djientcheu

Association between 90o push-up and cardiorespiratory fitness: cross-sectional evidence of push-up as a tractable tool for physical fitness surveillance in youth

Toyin Ajisafe

The practice of key essential nutrition action messages and associated factors among mothers of children from birth up to 2 years old in Wereilu Wereda, south Wollo zone, Amhara, Northeast Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Biruk Beletew, Bereket Gebremichael, Tewodros Tesfaye, Ayelign Mengesha, Mesfin Wudu

Case report: horse or zebra, ascites or pseudo-ascites? Care for pictural details!

Alessandro Rossi, Fabiola Di Dato, Raffaele Iorio, Gianfranco Vallone, Carmine Mollica, Maria Grazia Caprio, Jean De Ville De Goyet, Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo

IgA vasculitis (Henoch – Schönlein Purpura) as the first manifestation of juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Case-control study and systematic review

Chiharu Murata, Ana Luisa Rodríguez-Lozano, Hayde Guadalupe Hernández-Huirache, Miriam Martínez-Pérez, Laura Andrea Rincón-Arenas, Esmeralda Nancy Jiménez-Polvo, Francisco Eduardo Rivas-Larrauri, Cecilia Solís-Galicia

Respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in a healthy 3-year-old child: a case report

A. Gavotto, A. Ousselin, O. Pidoux, P. Cathala, V. Costes-Martineau, B. Rivière, J. L. Pasquié, P. Amedro, C. Rambaud, G. Cambonie

Correction to: 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 Iorgi, Maria Accadia, Cristina Traggiai, Girolamo Mattioli, Antonio Di Mauro, Nicola Laforgia

Clinical analysis of a case of neonatal exfoliative esophagitis in an 18-day-old neonate

Zu-Qin Yang, Jing-Yun Mai, Min-Li Zhu, Xiu-Man Xiao, Xiao-Xiao He, Shang-Qin Chen, Zhen-Lang Lin

Liver stiffness measurement predicts the difficulty of Kasai procedure in biliary atresia: a single center retrospective analysis of 199 patients

Qiulong Shen, Yajun Chen, Chunhui Peng, Wenbo Pang, Zengmeng Wang, Dongyang Wu, Kai Wang, Xinjie Huang

Vocal and motor behaviors as a possible expression of gastrointestinal problems in preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Margherita Prosperi, Elisa Santocchi, Filippo Muratori, Chiara Narducci, Sara Calderoni, Raffaella Tancredi, Maria Aurora Morales, Letizia Guiducci

The clinical practice guideline palliative care for children and other strategies to enhance shared decision-making in pediatric palliative care; pediatricians’ critical reflections

Dunja Dreesens, Lotte Veul, Jonne Westermann, Nicole Wijnands, Leontien Kremer, Trudy van der Weijden, Eduard Verhagen

Comparison between clinical features and prognosis of malignancy- and non-malignancy–associated pediatric hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Hua Pan, Yongmin Huo, Lirong Sun

Comparison of family centered care with family integrated care and mobile technology (mFICare) on preterm infant and family outcomes: a multi-site quasi-experimental clinical trial protocol

Linda S. Franck, Rebecca M. Kriz, Robin Bisgaard, Diana M. Cormier, Priscilla Joe, Pamela S. Miller, Jae H. Kim, Carol Lin, Yao Sun

Correction to: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in two brothers with DNA ligase IV deficiency: a case report and review of the literature

Sarah Schober, Karin Schilbach, Michaela Doering, Karin M. Cabanillas Stanchi, Ursula Holzer, Patrick Kasteleiner, Jens Schittenhelm, Juergen F. Schaefer, Ingo Mueller, Peter Lang, Rupert Handgretinger

Measuring early childhood development in multiple contexts: the internal factor structure and reliability of the early Human Capability Index in seven low and middle income countries

Alanna Sincovich, Tess Gregory, Cristian Zanon, Daniel D. Santos, John Lynch, Sally A. Brinkman

Clinical similarities between influenza A and B in children: a single-center study, 2017/18 season, Korea

Yu Na Oh, San Kim, Young Bae Choi, Sung Il Woo, Youn-Soo Hahn, Joon Kee Lee

Can early surgery improve the outcome of patients with meconium peritonitis? A single-center experience over 16 years

Yi Jiang, Weihua Pan, Wenjie Wu, Weipeng Wang, Suna Sun, Jun Wang

Malnutrition as predictor of survival from anti-retroviral treatment among children living with HIV/AIDS in Southwest Ethiopia: survival analysis

Abdu Oumer, Mina Edo Kubsa, Berhanu Abebaw Mekonnen

Differences in attitudes to feeding post repair of Gastroschisis and development of a standardized feeding protocol

Donna Hobson, Kaye Spence, Amit Trivedi, Gordon Thomas

Analyses of pathological cranial ultrasound findings in neonates that fall outside recent indication guidelines: results of a population-based birth cohort: survey of neonates in Pommerania (SNiP-study)

Judith Weise, Matthias Heckmann, Hagen Bahlmann, Till Ittermann, Heike Allenberg, Grzegorz Domanski, Anja Erika Lange

Adaptive capacity of 2- to 5-month-old infants to the flow, shape, and flexibility of different teats during bottle feeding: a cross-sectional study

M. L. J. Lagarde, N. van Alfen, S. A. F. de Groot, A. C. H. Geurts, L. van den Engel-Hoek

Determinants of delayed diagnosis among pediatric cancer patients from Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia

Alemseged Berhane, Tadele Hailu, Afework Mulugeta

Prenatal and neonatal factors involved in the development of childhood allergic diseases in Guangzhou primary and middle school students

Bolan Yu, Lijuan Dai, Juanjuan Chen, Wen Sun, Jingsi Chen, Lili Du, Nali Deng, Dunjin Chen

The maternal antibody against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis showed distinct regional difference in China

Qinghong Meng, Qinghui Qian, Li Li, Dandan Liu, Wei Gao, Lin Yuan, Kaihu Yao

Association between severe unaddressed dental needs and developmental health at school entry in Canada: a cross-sectional study

Magdalena Janus, Caroline Reid-Westoby, Catherine Lee, Marni Brownell, Jonathon L. Maguire

The prevalence and root causes of delay in seeking healthcare among mothers of under five children with pneumonia in hospitals of Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia

Getasew Mulat Bantie, Zemene Meseret, Melkamu Bedimo, Abebayehu Bitew

Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among Palestinian school-age children and the associated risk factors: a cross sectional study

Saad Al-Lahham, Nidal Jaradat, Mohammad Altamimi, Ola Anabtawi, Alma Irshid, Malik AlQub, Majdi Dwikat, Fouad Nafaa, Lama Badran, Rawan Mohareb, Reema Haji, Tareq Aqqad, Sadeq Jayyab, Budour Abu Ghosh, Rina Taher, Hamzeh Al Zabadi

Handwriting in children with Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder: role of graphology

Rony Cohen, Batia Cohen-Kroitoru, Ayelet Halevy, Sharon Aharoni, Irena Aizenberg, Avinoam Shuper

Analysis of factors related to recurrence of paediatric hepatoblastoma - a single Centre retrospective study

Wei Yang, Yiwei Chen, Yijin Huang, Huanmin Wang

Mapping the prevalence and nature of drug related problems among hospitalised children in the United Kingdom: a systematic review

Adam Sutherland, Denham L. Phipps, Stephen Tomlin, Darren M. Ashcroft

Benefits of ultra-fast-track anesthesia for children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery

Jing Xu, Guanghua Zhou, Yanpei Li, Na Li

Neonatal body composition: crossectional study in healthy term singletons in Germany

Cornelia Wiechers, Sara Kirchhof, Lena Balles, Vanessa Avelina, Romy Weber, Christoph Maas, Jan Pauluschke-Fröhlich, Manfred Hallschmid, Hubert Preißl, Andreas Fritsche, Christian F. Poets, Axel R. Franz

Neonatal body composition by air displacement plethysmography in healthy term singletons: a systematic review

Cornelia Wiechers, Sara Kirchhof, Christoph Maas, Christian F. Poets, Axel R. Franz

Heart rate agreement between the 20-meter shuttle run test and virtual system in healthy children: a cross-sectional study

Cristiane A. Moran, Simone Dal Corso, Maria Teresa Bombig, Andrey Jorge Serra, Silvana Alves Pereira, Maria Stella Peccin

Colon stenosis due to acute neonatal appendicitis in a preterm baby: a case report

Takuto Naito, Hiromu Teramen, Hiroaki Hayashi, Mai Takegawa, Haruko Sakamoto, Toshihide Shimada, Koichi Ohno, Misao Yoshii

Case report: maple syrup urine disease with a novel DBT gene mutation

Wei Feng, Jinfu Jia, Heyang Guan, Qing Tian

Communication between mothers and health workers is important for quality of newborn care: a qualitative study in neonatal units in district hospitals in South Africa

Christiane Horwood, Lyn Haskins, Silondile Luthuli, Neil McKerrow

Prognostic value of perioperative NT-proBNP after corrective surgery for pediatric congenital heart defects

Fangqin Lin, Lingling Zheng, Yanqin Cui, Weidan Chen, Ramit Kumar Gupta, Huixian Li, Xinxin Chen, Huimin Xia, Huiying Liang

Association of adverse childhood experiences and neurodevelopmental disorders in people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and non-FASD controls

Cassondra Kambeitz, Marilyn G. Klug, Jacob Greenmyer, Svetlana Popova, Larry Burd

Neonatal mortality and its determinates in public hospitals of Gamo and Gofa zones, southern Ethiopia: prospective follow up study

Abera Mersha, Agegnehu Bante, Shitaye Shibiru

The performance of the EMS triage (RETTS-p) and the agreement between the field assessment and final hospital diagnosis: a prospective observational study among children < 16 years

Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz, Thomas Karlsson, Maria Jiménez-Herrera, Christer Axelsson

Maternal H. pylori seropositivity is associated with gestational hypertension but is irrelevant to fetal growth and development in early childhood

Fu-Ping Lai, Yi-Fang Tu, Bor-Shyang Sheu, Yao-Jong Yang

The relationship between endothelial progenitor cells and pulmonary arterial hypertension in children with congenital heart disease

Hong-Xiao Sun, Guo-Ju Li, Zhan-Hui Du, Zhen Bing, Zhi-Xian Ji, Gang Luo, Si-Lin Pan

Active children are less adipose and insulin resistant in early adolescence; evidence from the Mysore Parthenon Cohort

Sarah H. Kehoe, Ghattu V. Krishnaveni, Sargoor Veena, Krishnarajasagara N. Kiran, Samuel C. Karat, Asha Dhubey, Patsy Coakley, Caroline H. D. Fall

Results of a referral-based weight management program targeted toward children aged 2 to 6 years with obesity or severe obesity

Eric E. Wickel, Lamiaa Ali, Hollie Hawkins, Eden Hemming

Association of cleft lip and palate on mother-to-infant bonding: a cross-sectional study in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)

Shinobu Tsuchiya, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Haruki Momma, Takeyoshi Koseki, Kaoru Igarashi, Ryoichi Nagatomi, Takahiro Arima, Nobuo Yaegashi, Shin Yamazaki, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Kishi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Shuichi Ito, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Michihiro Kamijima, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Youichi Kurozawa, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh

Prepregnancy obesity is associated with cognitive outcomes in boys in a low-income, multiethnic birth cohort

Elizabeth M. Widen, Amy R. Nichols, Linda G. Kahn, Pam Factor-Litvak, Beverly J. Insel, Lori Hoepner, Sara M. Dube, Virginia Rauh, Frederica Perera, Andrew Rundle

Gross motor developmental dysfunctional outcomes in infantile and toddler pediatric intensive care unit survivors

Chun-Feng Yang, Yang Xue, Jun-Yan Feng, Fei-Yong Jia, Yu Zhang, Yu-Mei Li

Neonatal near-misses in Ghana: a prospective, observational, multi-center study

Ashura Bakari, April J. Bell, Samuel A. Oppong, Yemah Bockarie, Priscilla Wobil, Gyikua Plange-Rhule, Bamenla Q. Goka, Cyril M. Engmann, Richard M. Adanu, Cheryl A. Moyer

Weight status and obesity-related dietary behaviours among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children in Victoria, Australia

Breanna Scott, Kristy A. Bolton, Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, Jennifer Marks

Impact of sunflower seed oil versus mustard seed oil on skin barrier function in newborns: a community-based, cluster-randomized trial

Aimee Summers, Marty O. Visscher, Subarna K. Khatry, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Steven C. LeClerq, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, Luke C. Mullany

Real spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality in pediatric patient with tight filum terminale following minor trauma: a case report

Qin Chuan Liang, Bo Yang, Yun Hai Song, Pin Pin Gao, Ze Yang Xia, Nan Bao

Association of maternal ethnicity and urbanicity on severe pediatric disease: a nationwide cohort study

Ya-Ting Chang, Huei-Shyong Wang, Jia-Rou Liu, Chi-Nan Tseng, I-Jun Chou, Shue-Fen Luo, Chang-Fu Kuo, Lai-Chu See

Autism spectrum disorder is associated with gut microbiota disorder in children

Hairong Sun, Zhong You, Libo Jia, Fang Wang

The influence of dietary diversity on the nutritional status of children between 6 and 23 months of age in Tanzania

Ahmed Gharib Khamis, Akwilina Wendelin Mwanri, Julius Edward Ntwenya, Katharina Kreppel

Study protocol: The Dutch 20|30 Postmeningitis study: a cross-sectional follow-up of two historical childhood bacterial meningitis cohorts on long-term outcomes

O. El Tahir, R. C. J. de Jonge, S. Ouburg, S. A. Morré, A. M. van Furth

Prevalence of positional skull deformities in 530 premature infants with a corrected age of up to 6 months: a multicenter study

Wang Yang, Jianping Chen, Wenzhi Shen, Chengju Wang, Zhifeng Wu, Qing Chang, Wenzao Li, Kuilin Lv, Qiuming Pan, Hongxia Li, Duyao Ha, Yuping Zhang