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Language in the home during the first year of life

Mary Brushe and colleagues show no effect of maternal education on the number of words children hear and the number of vocalisations they produce in their first year of life.

Management of fever in children

Clinical practice guidelines have been developed for the management of fever in children. A new study reports on the adherence by clinicians to indicators of best practice and highlights areas for improvement.

Announcing the launch of In Review

BMC Pediatrics, in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:

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Showcase their work to funders and others with a citable DOI while it is still under review
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Distribution characteristics of cow’s milk-sIgE components in children with respiratory allergic diseases in southern China

Authors: Huimin Huang, Wenting Luo, Nili Wei, Xueqing Liang, Peiyan Zheng, Haisheng Hu and Baoqing Sun

Content type: Research article

24 February 2020
Risk factors for low cardiac output syndrome in children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Authors: Xinwei Du, Hao Chen, Xiaoqi Song, Shunmin Wang, Zedong Hao, Lifeng Yin and Zhaohui Lu

Content type: Research article

24 February 2020
Delayed initiation of enteral feeds is associated with postnatal growth failure among preterm infants managed at a rural hospital in Uganda

Authors: Clare Nakubulwa, Victor Musiime, Flavia B. Namiiro, James K Tumwine, Christine Hongella, James Nyonyintono, Anna B. Hedstrom and Robert Opoka

Content type: Research article

24 February 2020
A case of bi-ventricular extensive calcification caused by multiple factors

Authors: Xiaoyan Tu, Zhihui Hu, Kevin Yang, Zhuoqing Hu and Yi Jiang

Content type: Case report

22 February 2020
Child characteristics and early intervention referral and receipt of services: a retrospective cohort study

Authors: Beth M. McManus, Zachary Richardson, Margaret Schenkman, Natalie J. Murphy, Rachel M. Everhart, Simon Hambidge and Elaine Morrato

Content type: Research article

22 February 2020

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A 'snip' in time: what is the best age to circumcise?

Authors: Brian J Morris, Jake H Waskett, Joya Banerjee, Richard G Wamai, Aaron AR Tobian, Ronald H Gray, Stefan A Bailis, Robert C Bailey, Jeffrey D Klausner, Robin J Willcourt, Daniel T Halperin, Thomas E Wiswell and Adrian Mindel

Content type: Debate

28 February 2012
A new growth chart for preterm babies: Babson and Benda's chart updated with recent data and a new format

Authors: Tanis R Fenton

Content type: Technical advance

16 December 2003
Communicating with parents about vaccination: a framework for health professionals

Authors: Julie Leask, Paul Kinnersley, Cath Jackson, Francine Cheater, Helen Bedford and Greg Rowles

Content type: Correspondence

21 September 2012
Pulse oximetry in the newborn: Is the left hand pre- or post-ductal?

Authors: Christoph Rüegger, Hans Ulrich Bucher and Romaine Arlettaz Mieth

Content type: Research article

21 May 2010
A systematic review and meta-analysis to revise the Fenton growth chart for preterm infants

Authors: Tanis R Fenton and Jae H Kim

Content type: Technical advance

20 April 2013

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Aims and scope

BMC Pediatrics is an open access journal publishing peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of health care in neonates, children and adolescents, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.