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BMC Pediatrics

Issue 1/2015

Content (220 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Association between sudden infant death syndrome and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis immunisation: an ecological study

Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Chih-Mei Hettler-Chen, Thomas Keil, Rebecca Muckelbauer

Open Access Research article

Association of dual-task walking performance and leg muscle quality in healthy children

Rainer Beurskens, Thomas Muehlbauer, Urs Granacher

Open Access Research article

Levels of evidence: a comparison between top medical journals and general pediatric journals

Dustin A Jacobson, Kunal Bhanot, Blake Yarascavitch, Jennifer Chuback, Ehud Rosenbloom, Mohit Bhandari

Open Access Research article

Comparisons of foot anthropometry and plantar arch indices between German and Brazilian children

Isabel CN Sacco, Andrea N Onodera, Kerstin Bosch, Dieter Rosenbaum

Open Access Case report

Paradoxical exacerbation of myoclonic-astatic seizures by levetiracetam in myoclonic astatic epilepsy

Yamane Makke, Ghassan Hmaimess, Wassim Nasreddine, Ahmad Fawaz, Ahmad Beydoun

Open Access Research article

Scoping review of patient- and family-oriented outcomes and measures for chronic pediatric disease

Sara D Khangura, Maria D Karaceper, Yannis Trakadis, John J Mitchell, Pranesh Chakraborty, Kylie Tingley, Doug Coyle, Scott D Grosse, Jonathan B Kronick, Anne-Marie Laberge, Julian Little, Chitra Prasad, Lindsey Sikora, Komudi Siriwardena, Rebecca Sparkes, Kathy N Speechley, Sylvia Stockler, Brenda J Wilson, Kumanan Wilson, Reem Zayed, Beth K Potter

Open Access Research article

Ten-year experience of more than 35,000 orofacial clefts in Africa

Julia C Conway, Peter J Taub, Rochelle Kling, Kurun Oberoi, John Doucette, Ethylin Wang Jabs

Open Access Research article

Caregivers’ hair cortisol: a possible biomarker of chronic stress is associated with obesity measures among children with disabilities

Xiaoli Chen, Bizu Gelaye, Juan Carlos Velez, Clarita Barbosa, Micah Pepper, Asterio Andrade, Wei Gao, Clemens Kirschbaum, Michelle A Williams

Open Access Research article

High mortality in HIV-infected children diagnosed in hospital underscores need for faster diagnostic turnaround time in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs

Anjuli Wagner, Jennifer Slyker, Agnes Langat, Irene Inwani, Judith Adhiambo, Sarah Benki-Nugent, Ken Tapia, Irene Njuguna, Dalton Wamalwa, Grace John-Stewart

Open Access Research article

Impact of physical activity on energy balance, food intake and choice in normal weight and obese children in the setting of acute social stress: a randomized controlled trial

Antje Horsch, Marion Wobmann, Susi Kriemler, Simone Munsch, Sylvie Borloz, Alexandra Balz, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Ayala Borghini, Jardena J Puder

Open Access Research article

Adoption of the children’s obesity clinic’s treatment (TCOCT) protocol into another Danish pediatric obesity treatment clinic

Sebastian W Most, Birgitte Højgaard, Grete Teilmann, Jesper Andersen, Mette Valentiner, Michael Gamborg, Jens-Christian Holm

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

BMC Pediatrics reviewer acknowledgement 2014

Nawsheen Boodhun

Open Access Study protocol

Prem Baby Triple P: a randomised controlled trial of enhanced parenting capacity to improve developmental outcomes in preterm infants

Paul Colditz, Matthew R Sanders, Roslyn Boyd, Margo Pritchard, Peter Gray, Michael J O’Callaghan, Virginia Slaughter, Koa Whittingham, Peter O’Rourke, Leanne Winter, Tracey Evans, Michael Herd, Jessica Ahern, Luke Jardine

Open Access Research article

Concordance of obesity classification between body mass index and percent body fat among school children in Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman Al-Mohaimeed, Saifuddin Ahmed, Khadiga Dandash, Mohammed Saleh Ismail, Nazmus Saquib

Open Access Research article

Physical activity during recess among 13–14 year old Mexican girls

Catalina Medina, Simon Barquera, Peter T Katzmarzyk, Ian Janssen

Open Access Research article

Neonatal assessment in the delivery room – Trial to Evaluate a Specified Type of Apgar (TEST-Apgar)

Mario Rüdiger, Nicole Braun, Jacob Aranda, Marta Aguar, Renate Bergert, Alica Bystricka, Gabriel Dimitriou, Khaled El-Atawi, Sascha Ifflaender, Philipp Jung, Katarina Matasova, Violeta Ojinaga, Zita Petruskeviciene, Claudia Roll, Jens Schwindt, Burkhard Simma, Nanette Staal, Gloria Valencia, Maria Gabriela Vasconcellos, Maie Veinla, Máximo Vento, Benedikt Weber, Anke Wendt, Sule Yigit, Heinz Zotter, Helmut Küster

Open Access Research article

Comparison of morbidity and mortality of very low birth weight infants in a Central Hospital in Johannesburg between 2006/2007 and 2013

Daynia E Ballot, Tobias Chirwa, Tanusha Ramdin, Lea Chirwa, Irma Mare, Victor A Davies, Peter A Cooper

Open Access Research article

A pilot study of less invasive surfactant administration in very preterm infants in a Chinese tertiary center

Yingying Bao, Guolian Zhang, Mingyuan Wu, Lixin Ma, Jiajun Zhu

Open Access Study protocol

Optimising nutrition to improve growth and reduce neurodisabilities in neonates at risk of neurological impairment, and children with suspected or confirmed cerebral palsy

Morag J Andrew, Jeremy R Parr, Chris Montague-Johnson, Oliver Braddick, Karen Laler, Nicola Williams, Bonny Baker, Peter B Sullivan

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of adherence measures of antiretroviral prophylaxis in HIV exposed infants in the first 6 weeks of life

Alicia Catherine Desmond, Dhayendre Moodley, Catherine A Conolly, Sandra A Castel, Hoosen M Coovadia

Open Access Research article

A method for reporting and classifying acute infectious diseases in a prospective study of young children: TEDDY

Maria Lönnrot, Kristian Lynch, Helena Elding Larsson, Åke Lernmark, Marian Rewers, William Hagopian, Jin-Xiong She, Olli Simell, Anette-G Ziegler, Beena Akolkar, Jeffrey Krischer, Heikki Hyöty

Open Access Research article

Social, dietary and clinical correlates of oedema in children with severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional study

Maren Johanne Heilskov Rytter, Hanifa Namusoke, Esther Babirekere-Iriso, Pernille Kæstel, Tsinuel Girma, Vibeke Brix Christensen, Kim F Michaelsen, Henrik Friis

Open Access Research article

Impact of the systematic introduction of low-cost bubble nasal CPAP in a NICU of a developing country: a prospective pre- and post-intervention study

Rossano Rezzonico, Letizia M Caccamo, Valeria Manfredini, Massimo Cartabia, Nieves Sanchez, Zoraida Paredes, Patrizia Froesch, Franco Cavalli, Maurizio Bonati

Open Access Research article

Stomatognathic evaluation at five years of age in children born premature and at term

Kíldane Maria Almeida Guedes, Alzira Maria D’Avila Nery Guimarães, Alliny de Souza Bastos, Karoline Guedes Mesquita Salviano, Neuza Josina Sales, Maria Luiza Dória Almeida, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel

Open Access Research article

A modified Bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction (BIND-M) algorithm is useful in evaluating severity of jaundice in a resource-limited setting

Paula G Radmacher, Frank D Groves, Joshua A Owa, Gabriel E Ofovwe, Emmanuel A Amuabunos, Bolajoko O Olusanya, Tina M Slusher

Open Access Case report

Acute respiratory distress syndrome in a child with severe epileptic disorder treated successfully by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report

Nobuyuki Nosaka, Shingo Ichiba, Kohei Tsukahara, Emily Knaup, Kumiko Hayashi, Shingo Kasahara, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Makio Oka, Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Harumi Yoshinaga, Yoshihito Ujike

Open Access Research article

Optimising motor learning in infants at high risk of cerebral palsy: a pilot study

Catherine Morgan, Iona Novak, Russell C Dale, Nadia Badawi

Open Access Research article

Transcanal microscope-assisted endoscopic myringoplasty in children

Lela Migirov, Michael Wolf

Open Access Research article

Trends in paediatric bloodstream infections at a South African referral hospital

Angela Dramowski, Mark F Cotton, Helena Rabie, Andrew Whitelaw

Open Access Research article

Measurement of delayed bathing and early initiation of breastfeeding: a cross-sectional survey exploring experiences of data collectors in Ethiopia

Mihretab Melesse Salasibew, Girmaye Dinsa, Della Berhanu, Suzanne Filteau, Tanya Marchant

Open Access Research article

Trends in neonatal mortality in Nigeria and effects of bio-demographic and maternal characteristics

Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi, Elijah Afolabi Bamgboye, Olusola Ayeni

Open Access Study protocol

Prematurity and respiratory outcomes program (PROP): study protocol of a prospective multicenter study of respiratory outcomes of preterm infants in the United States

Gloria S Pryhuber, Nathalie L Maitre, Roberta A Ballard, Denise Cifelli, Stephanie D Davis, Jonas H Ellenberg, James M Greenberg, James Kemp, Thomas J Mariani, Howard Panitch, Clement Ren, Pamela Shaw, Lynn M Taussig, Aaron Hamvas

Open Access Case report

Acute spontaneous neck haematoma in children: a rare entity

Shimin Zhuang, Jin Ye, Jingjia Li

Open Access Review

Management of late-preterm and term infants with hyperbilirubinaemia in resource-constrained settings

Bolajoko O Olusanya, Tinuade A Ogunlesi, Praveen Kumar, Nem-Yun Boo, Iman F Iskander, Maria Fernanda B de Almeida, Yvonne E Vaucher, Tina M Slusher

Open Access Case report

Absence of inferior vena cava in 14-year old boy associated with deep venous thrombosis and positive Mycoplasma pneumoniae serum antibodies- a case report

Boleslaw Kalicki, Monika Sadecka, Agata Wawrzyniak, Piotr Kozinski, Miroslaw Dziekiewicz, Anna Jung

Open Access Research article

High variability in the dosing of commonly used antibiotics revealed by a Europe-wide point prevalence study: implications for research and dissemination

Tuuli Metsvaht, Georgi Nellis, Heili Varendi, Anthony J Nunn, Susan Graham, Andre Rieutord, Thomas Storme, James McElnay, Hussain Mulla, Mark A Turner, Irja Lutsar

Open Access Research article

Pain characteristics of adolescent spinal pain

Brigitte Wirth, B Kim Humphreys

Open Access Research article

Still births, neonatal deaths and neonatal near miss cases attributable to severe obstetric complications: a prospective cohort study in two referral hospitals in Uganda

Annettee Nakimuli, Scovia N Mbalinda, Rose C Nabirye, Othman Kakaire, Sarah Nakubulwa, Michael O Osinde, Nelson Kakande, Dan K Kaye

Open Access Research article

Effects of low birth weight on time to BCG vaccination in an urban poor settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: an observational cohort study

Martin Kavao Mutua, Rhoune Ochako, Remare Ettarh, Henrik Ravn, Elizabeth Echoka, Peter Mwaniki

Open Access Research article

A prospective study of maternal preference for indomethacin prophylaxis versus symptomatic treatment of a patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants

Khalid AlFaleh, Eman Alluwaimi, Ahlam AlOsaimi, Sheikha Alrajebah, Bashayer AlOtaibi, Fatima AlRasheed, Turki AlKharfi, Bosco Paes

Open Access Research article

Physical activity improves mental health through resilience in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents

Frederick Ka Wing Ho, Lobo Hung Tak Louie, Chun Bong Chow, Wilfred Hing Sang Wong, Patrick Ip

Open Access Research article

Individual and contextual factors associated with verbal bullying among Brazilian adolescents

Catarina Machado Azeredo, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Ricardo Araya, Paulo Rossi Menezes

Open Access Research article

Waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio reference percentiles for abdominal obesity among Greek adolescents

Flora Bacopoulou, Vasiliki Efthymiou, Georgios Landis, Anastasios Rentoumis, George P Chrousos

Open Access Research article

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms in preschool children from an E-waste recycling town: assessment by the parent report derived from DSM-IV

Ruibiao Zhang, Xia Huo, Guyu Ho, Xiaojuan Chen, Hongwu Wang, Tianyou Wang, Lian Ma

Open Access Research article

Body composition among Sri Lankan infants by 18O dilution method and the validity of anthropometric equations to predict body fat against 18O dilution

Thushari Bandara, Manjula Hettiarachchi, Chandrani Liyanage, Sujeewa Amarasena, William Wai-Lun Wong

Open Access Research article

Vitamin D status in Saudi school children based on knowledge

Yousef Al-Saleh, Nasser M Al-Daghri, Nasiruddin Khan, Hanan Alfawaz, Abdulaziz M Al-Othman, Majed S Alokail, George P Chrousos

Open Access Research article

Blood pressure measurement at two years in offspring of women randomized to a trial of metformin for GDM: follow up data from the MiG trial

Malcolm R Battin, Victor Obolonkin, Elaine Rush, William Hague, Suzette Coat, Janet Rowan

Open Access Research article

The impact of physical fitness and body mass index in children on the development of acute mountain sickness: A prospective observational study

Shih-Hao Wu, Yin-Chou Lin, Yi-Ming Weng, Yu-Hui Chiu, Wen-Cheng Li, Shih-Hao Wang, Chang-Wei Chan, Te-Fa Chiu, Kuo-Feng Huang, Chung-Hsien Chen

Open Access Study protocol

The respiratory health of urban indigenous children aged less than 5 years: study protocol for a prospective cohort study

Kerry K. Hall, Anne B. Chang, Theo P. Sloots, Jennie Anderson, Anita Kemp, Jan Hammill, Michael Otim, Kerry-Ann F. O’Grady

Open Access Research article

Phenobarbital versus morphine in the management of neonatal abstinence syndrome, a randomized control trial

Fatemeh Nayeri, Mahdi Sheikh, Majid Kalani, Pedram Niknafs, Mamak Shariat, Hosein Dalili, Ahmad-Reza Dehpour

Open Access Research article

Outcomes when congenital heart disease is diagnosed antenatally versus postnatally in the UK: a retrospective population-based study

Lewis K Peake, Elizabeth S Draper, Judith LS Budd, David Field

Open Access Research article

Waist-to-height ratio is more closely associated with alanine aminotransferase levels than body mass index and waist circumference among population-based children: a cross-sectional study in Japan

Hirotaka Ochiai, Takako Shirasawa, Rimei Nishimura, Hinako Nanri, Tadahiro Ohtsu, Hiromi Hoshino, Naoko Tajima, Akatsuki Kokaze

Open Access Research article

Potassium urinary excretion and dietary intake: a cross-sectional analysis in 8–10 year-old children

Ana Catarina Oliveira, Patrícia Padrão, André Moreira, Mariana Pinto, Mafalda Neto, Tânia Santos, Joana Madureira, Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes, Pedro Graça, João Breda, Pedro Moreira

Open Access Research article

Nutrition promotion approaches preferred by Australian adolescents attending schools in disadvantaged neighbourhoods: a qualitative study

Lena D. Stephens, Sarah A. McNaughton, David Crawford, Kylie Ball

Open Access Research article

Development and psychometric properties of the parent version of the Profile of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (PONS) in children and adolescents

Paramala Santosh, Paul Gringras, Gillian Baird, Federico Fiori, Regina Sala

Open Access Research article

Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis

Vincenzo Basile, Antonio Di Mauro, Egisto Scalini, Paolo Comes, Ignazio Lofù, Michael Mostert, Silvio Tafuri, Mariano M. Manzionna

Open Access Research article

Obesity in school-aged children and its correlation with Gut E.coli and Bifidobacteria: a case–control study

Xiaolin Gao, Ruizhen Jia, Liang Xie, Linghan Kuang, Ling Feng, Chaomin Wan

Open Access Technical advance

Presence of anti-Toxocara canis antibodies and risk factors in children from the Amecameca and Chalco regions of México

Nadyeli Nava Cortés, Camilo Romero Núñez, Bautista Gómez Linda Guiliana, Pedro Abel Hernández García, Rafael Heredia Cárdenas

Open Access Research article

Growth and health outcomes at school age in HIV-exposed, uninfected Zambian children: follow-up of two cohorts studied in infancy

Laura Nicholson, Molly Chisenga, Joshua Siame, Lackson Kasonka, Suzanne Filteau

Open Access Research article

Improving communication and recall of information in paediatric diabetes consultations: a qualitative study of parents’ experiences and views

Julia Lawton, Norman Waugh, Kathryn Noyes, Kathryn Barnard, Jeni Harden, Louise Bath, John Stephen, David Rankin

Open Access Research article

Safety and efficacy of a 100 % dimethicone pediculocide in school-age children

Erin Speiser Ihde, Jeffrey R. Boscamp, Ji Meng Loh, Lawrence Rosen

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of an educational program for essential newborn care in resource-limited settings: Essential Care for Every Baby

Anu Thukral, Jocelyn Lockyer, Sherri L. Bucher, Sara Berkelhamer, Carl Bose, Ashok Deorari, Fabian Esamai, Sonia Faremo, William J. Keenan, Douglas McMillan, Susan Niermeyer, Nalini Singhal

Open Access Case report

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome revealing a cervical bronchogenic cyst: a case report

Penelope Thaller, Catherine Blanchet, Maliha Badr, Renaud Mesnage, Nicolas Leboucq, Michel Mondain, Gilles Cambonie

Open Access Research article

Subcutaneous fat necrosis in neonates with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy registered in the Swiss National Asphyxia and Cooling Register

Beate Grass, Lisa Weibel, Cornelia Hagmann, Barbara Brotschi

Open Access Research article

Predictors of treatment failure for non-severe childhood pneumonia in developing countries – systematic literature review and expert survey – the first step towards a community focused mHealth risk-assessment tool?

Eric D. McCollum, Carina King, Robert Hollowell, Janet Zhou, Tim Colbourn, Bejoy Nambiar, David Mukanga, Deborah C. Hay Burgess

Open Access Research article

Predictors of caregiver depression and family functioning after perinatal stroke

Taryn B. Bemister, Brian L. Brooks, Richard H. Dyck, Adam Kirton

Open Access Research article

Fragile X syndrome screening in Chinese children with unknown intellectual developmental disorder

Xiaoli Chen, Jingmin Wang, Hua Xie, Wenjuan Zhou, Ye Wu, Jun Wang, Jian Qin, Jin Guo, Qiang Gu, Xiaozhen Zhang, Taoyun Ji, Yu Zhang, Zhiming Xiong, Liwen Wang, Xiru Wu, Gary J. Latham, Yuwu Jiang

Open Access Research article

Blood pressure tracking in urban black South African children: birth to twenty cohort

Juliana Kagura, Linda S Adair, Mogi G Musa, John M Pettifor, Shane A Norris

Open Access Research article

A pilot study to determine the short-term effects of milk with differing glycaemic properties on sleep among toddlers: a randomised controlled trial

Snigdha Misra, Geok L Khor, Peter Mitchell, Samsul Haque, David Benton

Open Access Research article

Prediction of outcomes by early treatment responses in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a retrospective study in China

Wei Wei, Xiaojuan Chen, Yao Zou, Lixian Chang, Wenbin An, Yang Wan, Tianfeng Liu, Wenyu Yang, Yumei Chen, Ye Guo, Xiaofan Zhu

Open Access Study protocol

Diabetes IN develOpment (DINO): the bio-psychosocial, family functioning and parental well-being of youth with type 1 diabetes: a longitudinal cohort study design

Minke M. A. Eilander, Maartje de Wit, Joost Rotteveel, Henk Jan Aanstoot, Willie M. Bakker-van Waarde, Euphemia C. A. M. Houdijk, Marjolein Luman, Roos Nuboer, Jaap Oosterlaan, Per Winterdijk, Frank J. Snoek

Open Access Research article

Adverse drug events in hospitalized children at Ethiopian University Hospital: a prospective observational study

Tesfahun Chanie Eshetie, Bisrat Hailemeskel, Negussu Mekonnen, Getahun Paulos, Alemayehu Berhane Mekonnen, Tsinuel Girma

Open Access Research article

Comparing three short questionnaires to detect psychosocial problems among 3 to 4-year olds

Meinou H.C. Theunissen, Anton G.C. Vogels, Marianne S. de Wolff, Mathilde R. Crone, Sijmen A. Reijneveld

Open Access Research article

Clinical features and outcomes of invasive pneumococcal disease in a pediatric intensive care unit

Hsiang-Ju Hsiao, Chang-Teng Wu, Jing-Long Huang, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Yhu-Chering Huang, Jainn-Jim Lin, I-Anne Huang, Oi-Wa Chan, I-Jun Chou, Shao-Hsuan Hsia

Open Access Research article

Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes

Pierpaolo Mincarone, Carlo Giacomo Leo, Saverio Sabina, Daniele Costantini, Francesco Cozzolino, John B. Wong, Giuseppe Latini

Open Access Research article

How are children with HIV faring in Nigeria?- a 7 year retrospective study of children enrolled in HIV care

Moyinoluwa A. Ojeniran, Abieyuwa Emokpae, Cecilia Mabogunje, Patricia Akintan, Moshe Hoshen, Ram Weiss

Open Access Research article

U-shaped relationship between early blood glucose and mortality in critically ill children

Yanhong Li, Zhenjiang Bai, Mengxia Li, Xueqin Wang, Jian Pan, Xiaozhong Li, Jian Wang, Xing Feng

Open Access Study protocol

Alberta Provincial Pediatric EnTeric Infection TEam (APPETITE): epidemiology, emerging organisms, and economics

Stephen B. Freedman, Bonita E. Lee, Marie Louie, Xiao-Li Pang, Samina Ali, Andy Chuck, Linda Chui, Gillian R. Currie, James Dickinson, Steven J. Drews, Mohamed Eltorki, Tim Graham, Xi Jiang, David W. Johnson, James Kellner, Martin Lavoie, Judy MacDonald, Shannon MacDonald, Lawrence W. Svenson, James Talbot, Phillip Tarr, Raymond Tellier, Otto G. Vanderkooi

Open Access Study protocol

The New Zealand 1986 very low birth weight cohort as young adults: mapping the road ahead

Brian A. Darlow, L. John Horwood, Lianne J. Woodward, John M. Elliott, Richard W. Troughton, Mark J. Elder, Michael J. Epton, Josh D. Stanton, Maureen P. Swanney, Ross Keenan, Tracy R. Melzer, Victoria A. McKelvey, Karelia Levin, Margaret G. Meeks, Eric A. Espiner, Vicky A Cameron, Julia Martin

Open Access Research article

Trajectories of length, weight, and bone mineral density among preterm infants during the first 12 months of corrected age in China

Zhiwei Zhao, Ming Ding, Zubin Hu, Qiong Dai, Ambika Satija, Aiqin Zhou, Yusong Xu, Xuan Zhang, Frank B. Hu, Haiqing Xu

Open Access Research article

Parent/caregiver health literacy among children with special health care needs: a systematic review of the literature

Jessica Keim-Malpass, Lisa C. Letzkus, Christine Kennedy

Open Access Research article

Evaluating time between birth to cry or bag and mask ventilation using mobile delivery room timers in India: the NICHD Global Network’s Helping Babies Breathe Trial

Manjunath S. Somannavar, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Amit P. Revankar, Janet L. Moore, Elizabeth M. McClure, Pablo Destefanis, Martha DeCain, Norman Goco, Linda L. Wright

Open Access Research article

Bacterial meningitis in children under 15 years of age in Nepal

Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Sarmila Tandukar, Shamshul Ansari, Akriti Subedi, Anisha Shrestha, Rekha Poudel, Nabaraj Adhikari, Shital Raj Basnyat, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand

Open Access Case report

A unique phenotype in a patient with a rare triplication of the 22q11.2 region and new clinical insights of the 22q11.2 microduplication syndrome: a report of two cases

Sara O. Vaz, Renato Pires, Luís M. Pires, Isabel M. Carreira, Rui Anjos, Paula Maciel, Luisa Mota-Vieira

Open Access Research article

Association between feeding practices and weight status in young children

Jing-Qiu Ma, Li-Li Zhou, Yan-Qi Hu, Shan-Shan Liu, Xiao-Yang Sheng

Open Access Study protocol

The ProVIDe study: the impact of protein intravenous nutrition on development in extremely low birthweight babies

Frank H. Bloomfield, Caroline A. Crowther, Jane E. Harding, Cathryn A. Conlon, Yannan Jiang, Barbara E. Cormack

Open Access Research article

Dietary changes in migrant adolescents with increasing length of stay in Australia and associated risk of wheeze – a retrospective, cross sectional study

Lisa G. Wood, Marivic Lagleva, Smita Shah, Bronwyn S. Berthon, Sally Galbraith, Richard Henry, Helen Kepreotes, Peter G. Gibson

Open Access Research article

Effect of integrated infectious disease training and on-site support on the management of childhood illnesses in Uganda: a cluster randomized trial

Peace Imani, Brian Jakech, Ibrahim Kirunda, Martin K. Mbonye, Sarah Naikoba, Marcia R. Weaver

Open Access Research article

Poisoning emergency visits among children: a 3-year retrospective study in Qatar

Abdelrahman Ahmed, Ashraf Nazmi AlJamal, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Khalil Salameh, Khalid AlYafei, Samah Abu Zaineh, Fathea Salama S S Adheir

Open Access Research article

Motorcycle-related hospitalization of adolescents in a Level I trauma center in southern Taiwan: a cross-sectional study

Chi-Cheng Liang, Hang-Tsung Liu, Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Hsiao-Yun Hsieh, Ching-Hua Hsieh

Open Access Research article

Intraventricular hemorrhage in asphyxiated newborns treated with hypothermia: a look into incidence, timing and risk factors

Ghalia Al Yazidi, Elodie Boudes, Xianming Tan, Christine Saint-Martin, Michael Shevell, Pia Wintermark

Open Access Research article

Age of introduction of first complementary feeding for infants: a systematic review

Wafaa Qasem, Tanis Fenton, James Friel

Open Access Case report

Usefulness of positron emission tomography in the differentiation between tumor and infectious lesions in pediatric oncology: a case report

Fernanda Rodrigues Tibúrcio, Karla Emília de Sá Rodrigues, Hérika Martins Mendes Vasconcelos, Débora Marques Miranda, Ana Cristina Simões e Silva

Open Access Research article

Nutrition practice, compliance to guidelines and postnatal growth in moderately premature babies: the NUTRIQUAL French survey

Silvia Iacobelli, Marianne Viaud, Alexandre Lapillonne, Pierre-Yves Robillard, Jean-Bernard Gouyon, Francesco Bonsante

Open Access Research article

Introduction of the gross motor function classification system in Venezuela - a model for knowledge dissemination

Kristina Löwing, Ynes C. Arredondo, Marika Tedroff, Kristina Tedroff

Open Access Research article

Differences in perinatal and infant mortality in high-income countries: artifacts of birth registration or evidence of true differences?

Paromita Deb-Rinker, Juan Andrés León, Nicolas L. Gilbert, Jocelyn Rouleau, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Ragnheiður I. Bjarnadóttir, Mika Gissler, Laust H. Mortensen, Rolv Skjærven, Stein Emil Vollset, Xun Zhang, Prakesh S. Shah, Reg S. Sauve, Michael S. Kramer, K. S. Joseph

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with red blood cell transfusions in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants in Brazilian neonatal units

Amelia Miyashiro Nunes dos Santos, Ruth Guinsburg, Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida, Renato Soibelman Procianoy, Sergio Tadeu Martins Marba, Walusa Assad Gonçalves Ferri, Ligia MariaSuppo de Souza Rugolo, José Maria Andrade Lopes, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira, Jorge Hecker Luz, Maria Rafaela Conde González, Jucille do Amaral Meneses, Regina Vieira Cavalcante da Silva, Vânia Olivetti Steffen Abdallah, José Luiz Muniz Bandeira Duarte, Patricia Franco Marques, Maria Albertina Santiago Rego, Navantino Alves Filho, Vera Lúcia Jornada Krebs

Open Access Research article

Socio-demographic, environmental and caring risk factors for childhood drowning deaths in Bangladesh

Mosharaf Hossain, Kulanthayan K. C. Mani, Sherina Mohd Sidik, K. S. Hayati, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman

Open Access Research article

Nebulised hypertonic saline (3 %) among children with mild to moderately severe bronchiolitis - a double blind randomized controlled trial

Aayush Khanal, Arun Sharma, Srijana Basnet, Pushpa Raj Sharma, Fakir Chandra Gami

Open Access Research article

Operative management of cryptorchidism: guidelines and reality - a 10-year observational analysis of 3587 cases

Kai O. Hensel, Tawa Caspers, Andreas C. Jenke, Ekkehard Schuler, Stefan Wirth

Open Access Research article

Effects of low-dose clonidine on cardiovascular and autonomic variables in adolescents with chronic fatigue: a randomized controlled trial

Even Fagermoen, Dag Sulheim, Anette Winger, Anders M. Andersen, Johannes Gjerstad, Kristin Godang, Peter C. Rowe, J. Philip Saul, Eva Skovlund, Vegard Bruun Wyller

Open Access Research article

Psychostimulant prescribing trends in a paediatric population in Ireland: a national cohort study

Fiona Boland, Rose Galvin, Udo Reulbach, Nicola Motterlini, Dervla Kelly, Kathleen Bennett, Tom Fahey

Open Access Research article

Antidepressant prescribing in Irish children: secular trends and international comparison in the context of a safety warning

K. O’Sullivan, F. Boland, U. Reulbach, N. Motterlini, D. Kelly, K. Bennett, T. Fahey

Open Access Study protocol

Randomised trial of neonatal hypoglycaemia prevention with oral dextrose gel (hPOD): study protocol

Jane E Harding, Joanne E Hegarty, Caroline A Crowther, Richard Edlin, Greg Gamble, Jane M Alsweiler

Open Access Case report

Premature baby with extreme hyponatraemia (95 mmol per litre): a case report

Arthur Abelian, Cristian Eugen Ghinescu

Open Access Study protocol

PPREMO: a prospective cohort study of preterm infant brain structure and function to predict neurodevelopmental outcome

Joanne M. George, Roslyn N. Boyd, Paul B. Colditz, Stephen E. Rose, Kerstin Pannek, Jurgen Fripp, Barbara E. Lingwood, Melissa M. Lai, Annice HT Kong, Robert S. Ware, Alan Coulthard, Christine M. Finn, Sasaka E. Bandaranayake

Open Access Research article

Association between gross motor function and postural control in sitting in children with Cerebral Palsy: a correlational study in Spain

Sergio Montero Mendoza, Antonia Gómez-Conesa, María Dolores Hidalgo Montesinos

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