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  1. Bangladesh significantly reduced under-5 mortality (U5M) between 2000 and 2015, despite its low economic development and projected high mortality rates in children aged under 5 years. A portion of this success...

    Authors: Fauzia Akhter Huda, Kedest Mathewos, Hassan Rushekh Mahmood, Omar Faruk, Lisa R. Hirschhorn and Agnes Binagwaho
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):653
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  2. The Exemplars in Under-5 Mortality (U5M) was a multiple cases study of how six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda, and Senegal, implemented health system-delive...

    Authors: Agnes Binagwaho, Amelia VanderZanden, Patricia J. Garcia, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Mahesh Maskey, Mohamadou Sall, Felix Sayinzoga, Raj Kumar Subedi, Alula M. Teklu, Kateri Donahoe, Miriam Frisch, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Kelechi Udoh and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):652
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  3. Between 2000–2015, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) implemented evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M). Even among LMICs successful in reducing U5M, this drop ...

    Authors: Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Amelia VanderZanden, Alemayehu Amberbir, Alula Teklu, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Mahesh Maskey, Mohamadou Sall, Patricia J. Garcia, Raj Kumar Subedi, Felix Sayinzoga, Lisa R. Hirschhorn and Agnes Binagwaho
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):651
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  4. Over the last eight decades, many evidence-based interventions (EBIs) have been developed to reduce amenable under-5 mortality (U5M). Implementation research can help reduce the lag between discovery and deliv...

    Authors: Felix Sayinzoga, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Caroline Beyer, Kateri B. Donahoe and Agnes Binagwaho
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):649
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  5. A thorough examination of context, and how it influences implementation of evidence-based interventions, is a promising strategy for enhancing child survival initiatives. Spreading approaches that are identifi...

    Authors: Quinhas Fernandes, Orvalho Augusto and Kenneth Sherr
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):648
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  6. The Ethiopian government implemented a national community health program, the Health Extension Program (HEP), to provide community-based health services to address persisting access-related barriers to care us...

    Authors: Laura Drown, Alemayehu Amberbir, Alula M. Teklu, Meseret Zelalem, Abreham Tariku, Yared Tadesse, Solomon Gebeyehu, Yirdachew Semu, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Amelia VanderZanden, Agnes Binagwaho and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):647
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  7. Health policymakers aiming to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M) often lack data regarding how successful interventions in other countries were implemented. The Exemplars in U5M Study identified countries that ach...

    Authors: Patricia J. García, Anna Larson Williams, Marco H. Carcamo, Amelia VanderZanden and Agnes Binagwaho
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):646
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  8. Health system-delivered evidence-based interventions (EBIs) are important to reducing amenable under-5 mortality (U5M). Implementation research (IR) can reduce knowledge gaps and decrease lags between new know...

    Authors: Raj Kumar Subedi, Amelia VanderZanden, Kriti Adhikari, Sasmrita Bastola, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Agnes Binagwaho and Mahesh Maskey
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):645
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  9. In Germany, various preventive services are offered to children and adolescents. These include regular standardized examinations (so called U/J examinations) and several vaccinations. Although strongly recomme...

    Authors: Philip Bammert, Wiebke Schüttig, Iryna Iashchenko, Jacob Spallek, Petra Rattay, Sven Schneider, Matthias Richter, Claudia R Pischke, Nico Dragano and Leonie Sundmacher
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:146
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  10. Globally, 257 million people have chronic hepatitis. Even though a safe and effective prophylactic vaccine against HBV infection has been available, it causes significant morbidity and mortality. HBV vaccines ...

    Authors: Mekuanint Geta, Endalew Yizengaw and Tsegahun Manyazewal
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:145
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  11. Neonates with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) may present with fatal complications and permanent serious consequences. Vitamin status may influence fetal development. In this study we assessed vitamin A...

    Authors: Hanaa Reyad Abdallah, Abderahman A. Abdelrazek, Eman Refaat Youness, Hisham A. Orban, Marwa A. Mahmoud, Ahmed Helal El Sayed and Moushira Zaki
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:144
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  12. To investigate the clinical characteristics of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) complicated by intestinal perforation and predict the incidence of intestinal perforation in NEC.

    Authors: Pei Huang, Nandu Luo, Xiaoqi Shi, Jiahong Yan, Jiaojiao Huang, Yan Chen and Zuochen Du
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:143
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  13. Neonatal asphyxia is one of preventable causes of neonatal mortality throughout the world. It could be improved by early detection and control of the underlying causes. However, there was lack of evidence on i...

    Authors: Shewazerf Gizachew, Girma Wogie, Mekasha Getnet and Arega Abebe Lonsako
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:142
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  14. The assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness is important because it allows the identification of subgroups with poor health status and the targeting of effective intervention strategies to improve health.

    Authors: Jose Sulla-Torres, Rubén Vidal-Espinoza, Christopher Avendaño-Llanque, Alexander Calla-Gamboa, Manuel Zúñiga-Carnero, Rossana Gomez-Campos and Marco Cossio-Bolaños
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:141
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  16. Japanese Kawasaki disease (KD) risk scores cannot be adopted in non-Japanese patients. In North American populations a baseline coronary artery Z-score > 2 and the Son score are associated with coronary artery...

    Authors: Adriano La Vecchia, Rita Stracquadaino, Lucia Mauri, Lucia Augusta Baselli, Rozan Abdallah, Martina Cucchetti, Anna Maria Colli, Carlo Agostoni and Rosa Maria Dellepiane
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:139
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  17. Hemangiomas, also called infantile hemangiomas (IH) or hemangiomas of infancy are the most frequently seen benign vascular tumors of infancy. Different types of hemangiomas are described in the literature. The...

    Authors: Konstantine Chakhunashvili, Eka Kvirkvelia, Natia Todua and Davit G. Chakhunashvili
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:138
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  18. The early identification of infants with a risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in the first few years of life is essential for better developmental outcomes. Screenings should be carried out by combining the...

    Authors: Giulia Segre, Antonio Clavenna, Elisa Roberti, Francesca Scarpellini, Massimo Cartabia, Chiara Pandolfini, Valeria Tessarollo, Ilaria Costantino and Maurizio Bonati
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:137
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  19. To explore the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)-assisted training on lower limb motor function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP).

    Authors: Yan He, Qi Zhang, Ting-Ting Ma, Yan-Hua Liang, Rong-Rong Guo, Xiao-Song Li, Qian-Jin Liu and Tian-Yang Feng
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:136
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  20. Poisoning among children and adolescents is a public health problem worldwide. To take preventive measures, the pattern of this problem should be determined. This study aimed to describe the demographic charac...

    Authors: Mitra Hemmati, Mohamad Reza Tohidi, Ali Mohammadi, Firozeh Jahanpour, Bahareh Andayeshgar and Sahar Fallah
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:135
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  21. A substantial number of children in the world are regularly subjected to physical punishment by their parents as a method of upbringing. Evidence suggests that it has negative effects on the development of bra...

    Authors: Vanessa Chire Illachura, Maria Inés Montesinos-Malpartida, Luciana Bellido-Boza, Zully M. Puyén and Dora Blitchtein-Winicki
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:134
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  22. Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a monogenic disorder leading to special facial features, mental retardation, and multiple system malformations. Lysine demethylase 6A, (KDM6A, MIM*300128) is the pathogenic gene of Kabuki ...

    Authors: Yirou Wang, Yufei Xu, Yao Chen, Yabin Hu, Qun Li, Shijian Liu, Jian Wang and Xiumin Wang
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:133
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  23. Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is the commonest glomerular disease among children. It is characterized by heavy proteinuria and is a risk factor for hypothyroidism in the affected children. Hypothyroidism is of conce...

    Authors: Maureen Tumwesige, Joseph Rujumba, Thereza Piloya and Judith Caroline Aujo
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:132
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  24. The objective of this study was to assess the likelihood of acute appendicitis (AA) in children presenting with abdominal symptoms at the emergency department (ED), based on their prior primary care (PC) consu...

    Authors: Kevin Vevaud, Aymeric Dallocchio, Nathalie Dumoitier, Alban Laspougeas, Anaïs Labrunie, Alexis Belgacem, Laurent Fourcade and Quentin Ballouhey
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:131
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  25. This study aims to translate the Pectus Excavatum Evaluation Questionnaire(PEEQ) into Chinese, and to comprehensively assess subjective outcomes in quality of life of children with pectus excavatum.

    Authors: Yujia Wu, Qi Zeng, Yaguang Peng, Chenghao Chen, Na Zhang and Jie Yu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:130
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  27. Trachoma is the most prevalent eye disease in Ethiopia, especially among children aged 1–9 years and continues to be a public health concern. Nevertheless, in Ethiopia’s rural Jamma district in South Wollo Zon...

    Authors: Tadesse Altaseb, Mistir Lingerew and Metadel Adane
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:128
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  28. Diet may contribute to better asthma control in children by impacting the immune and inflammatory pathophysiology. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate differences in nutrient intake, Children’s Dietary ...

    Authors: Nevra Koç, Nursena Ersoy, Hülya Yardimci, İlknur Külhaş Çelik and Ersoy Civelek
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:127
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  29. Scurvy is an uncommon disease in developed countries caused by deficiency of vitamin C. We present a case of scurvy in a 14-year-old male with autism with both novel presentation and imaging findings. This cas...

    Authors: Henry Charles de Boer and Jasdev Singh Sawhney
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:126
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  30. Vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of childhood diarrhea. We aim to carry out a review and meta-analysis of the evidence relating vitamin D insufficiency to childhood diarrhea.

    Authors: Glen Lazarus, I Gusti Ngurah Sanjaya Putra, Michelle Clarissa Junaidi, Jessica Sylvania Oswari and Hanifah Oswari
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:125
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  32. There is an unmet need for phototherapy treatment in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to prevent disability and death of newborns with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Home phototherapy deployed by communi...

    Authors: Farjana Jahan, Sarker Masud Parvez, Mahbubur Rahman, Sk Masum Billah, Farzana Yeasmin, Tania Jahir, Rezaul Hasan, Gary L. Darmstadt, Shams El Arifeen, Md. Mahbubul Hoque, Mohammod Shahidullah, Muhammad Shariful Islam, Sabina Ashrafee and Eric M. Foote
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:123
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  33. Health risk behaviors often emerge or intensify during adolescence and tend to co-occur, exposing individuals to an even greater risk for the development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The likelihood of ...

    Authors: Alanna Gomes da Silva, Juliana Bottoni Souza, Crizian Saar Gomes, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Ana Carolina Micheletti Gomide Nogueira de Sá and Deborah Carvalho Malta
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:122
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  34. Hereditary hypophosphatemia rickets with hypercalciuria (HHRH) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by reduced renal phosphate reabsorption leading to hypophosphataemia, rickets and bone pain. ...

    Authors: Lufeng Wang, Gulimire Kulaixi, Jiazireya Zaiyinati, Guzhalikezi Aibai, Danyang Du and Yanying Guo
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:121
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  35. Developmental delays in children are assessed in four basic domains: gross motor, fine motor, social, and language. Early years of life are crucial in a child’s development, so it is imperative that parents be...

    Authors: Raman Kumar, Malaika Ali, Muhammad Saad Pasha, Haya Waseem Ansari and Noureen Durrani
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:120
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  37. Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disease often associated with bone problems, mainly scoliosis and hip dysplasia (HD). This study aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics of orthopedic deform...

    Authors: Miao Miao, Guo-Qiang Zhao, Qiong Zhou, Yun-Qi Chao and Chao-Chun Zou
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:118
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  38. Biliary atresia (BA) is a severe neonatal disease with progressive intra- and extra-hepatic bile ducts inflammation and hepatic fibrosis. Characterization of gut microbiome profiles in infants with biliary atr...

    Authors: Fei Liu, Ru Wei, Xiaogang Xu, Menglong Lan, Boyuan Tao, Zijian Liang and Jixiao Zeng
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:117
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  39. Severe combined immunodeficiencies (SCIDs) are hereditary disorders characterized by impaired T and B cell function, resulting in significant immune system dysfunction. Recombination-activating gene (RAG) mutatio...

    Authors: Nima Taghizadeh, Soha Mohammadi, Hassan Abolhassani, Sima Shokri, Mohammad Nabavi, Morteza Fallahpour and Mohammad Hassan Bemanian
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:116
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  40. Cow’s milk allergy (CMA) is the most common food allergy in infants. As this food allergy indicates a wide range of clinical syndromes due to immunological reactions to cow’s milk proteins, we aimed to evaluat...

    Authors: Shohreh Maleknejad, Kobra Dashti, Afshin Safaei-Asl, Zahra Atrkar Roshan, Soodeh Salehi and Afagh Hassanzadeh-Rad
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:115
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  41. Neonatal jaundice is a condition caused by elevated levels of bilirubin in the bloodstream. Laboratory determination of serum bilirubin concentration by total serum bilirubin (TSB) test is still considered as ...

    Authors: Pascal Clemence, Robert Moshiro and Karim Manji
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:114
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  42. Birth asphyxia is the main cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity worldwide. Some studies indicate intimate partner violence during pregnancy is a risk factor for birth asphyxia. In Ethiopia, intimate partn...

    Authors: Kahsay Zenebe Gebreslasie, Gelawdiwos Gebre, Dawit Zenebe, Rahel Nardos and Aklil Birhane
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:113
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  43. Illness perceptions comprise assumptions about symptoms, timeline, consequences, controllability, and emotional responses to an illness. Recent evidence shows that illness perceptions are associated with copin...

    Authors: Kristina Herzog, Florian Schepper, Jessy Herrmann and Julia Martini
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:112
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  45. Due to medical procedures, preterm infants are at high risk for side effects of pain. In this regard, heel lancing for capillary blood sampling is a common painful procedure. The present study was conducted to...

    Authors: Shamimeh Yarahmadi, Moluk Pouralizadeh, Zahra Atrkarroushan and Parichehr Shahroudi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:110
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  47. Delirium is a serious complication experienced by hospitalized children. Therefore, preventive management strategies are recommended for these patients. However, comprehensive analyses of delirium intervention...

    Authors: Kyua Kim, Ju Hee Jeong and Eun Kyoung Choi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:108
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  48. As the predominant complication in preterm infants, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) necessitates accurate identification of infants at risk and expedited therapeutic interventions for an improved prognosis. T...

    Authors: Liangliang Li, Shimin Xu, Miaomiao Li, Xiangyun Yin, Hongmin Xi, Ping Yang, Lili Ma, Lijuan Zhang and Xianghong Li
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:107
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  49. Several studies have shown association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of hepcidin regulatory pathways genes with impaired iron status. The most common is in the TMPRSS6 gene. In Africa, very few studie...

    Authors: Hanan M. Hamed, Eman El Bostany, Ayat A. Motawie, Amany M. Abd Al-Aziz, Abbass A. Mourad, Hassan M. Salama, Solaf Kamel, Eman M. Hassan, Neveen A. Helmy, Gamila S. El-saeed and Eman A. Elghoroury
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:105
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  50. Mitochondrial diseases are heterogeneous in terms of clinical manifestations and genetic characteristics. The dynamin 1-like gene (DNM1L) encodes dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1), a member of the GTPases dynamin ...

    Authors: Zhenkun Zhang, Xiaofan Bie, Zhehui Chen, Jing Liu, Zhenhua Xie, Xian Li, Mengjun Xiao, Qiang Zhang, Yaodong Zhang, Yanling Yang and Dongxiao Li
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:104
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