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  1. Peripheral venous catheterization (PVC) is frequently used in children. This procedure is not free from potential complications. Our purpose was to identify the types and incidences of PVC complications in chi...

    Authors: Rim Ben Abdelaziz, Habiba Hafsi, Hela Hajji, Hela Boudabous, Amel Ben Chehida, Ali Mrabet, Khadija Boussetta, Sihem Barsaoui, Azza Sammoud, Mourad Hamzaoui, Hatem Azzouz and Néji Tebib
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:208
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:307

  2. Nutrition in children has an important influence on health both in childhood and adulthood. Actions aimed at improving children’s nutrition are essential, not only to the children and their families, but also ...

    Authors: Sylwia Merkiel-Pawłowska and Wojciech Chalcarz
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:207
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  3. Vaccination is a major, but simple and cost effective public health intervention in the prevention of infectious diseases, especially in children. Nowadays, many children still miss scheduled vaccines in the E...

    Authors: Andreas Chiabi, Félicitée D. Nguefack, Florine Njapndounke, Marie Kobela, Kelly Kenfack, Séraphin Nguefack, Evelyn Mah, Georges Nguefack-Tsague and Fru Angwafo III
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:206
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  5. Intramuscular vitamin A supplementation decreases the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants without significant adverse effects. However, intramuscular vitamin A sup...

    Authors: Abhijeet Rakshasbhuvankar, Sanjay Patole, Karen Simmer and J. Jane Pillow
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:204
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  6. The role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the management of pancreatobiliary and digestive diseases is well established in adults, but it remains limited in children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the...

    Authors: Alessandro Fugazza, Barbara Bizzarri, Federica Gaiani, Marco Manfredi, Alessia Ghiselli, Pellegrino Crafa, Maria Clotilde Carra, Nicola de’Angelis and Gian Luigi de’Angelis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:203
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  7. Pediatric nephrology is challenging in developing countries and data on the burden of kidney disease in children is difficult to estimate due to absence of renal registries. We aimed to describe the epidemiolo...

    Authors: Marie Patrice Halle, Carine Tsou Lapsap, Esther Barla, Hermine Fouda, Hilaire Djantio, Beatrice Kaptue Moudze, Christophe Adjahoung Akazong and Eugene Belley Priso
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:202
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  8. Understanding factors related to girls’ body image discrepancy, which is the difference between self-perceived current or actual and ideal body size, is important for addressing body-related issues and prevent...

    Authors: Lorraine B. Robbins, Jiying Ling and Kenneth Resnicow
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:201
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  9. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage is below national goals in the United States. Research is needed to inform strategically designed interventions that target sociodemographic groups with underuti...

    Authors: Echo L. Warner, Qian Ding, Lisa M. Pappas, Kevin Henry and Deanna Kepka
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:200
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  10. There is a need for data on children’s self-reported discomfort in clinical research, helping ethics committees to make their evaluation of discomfort described in study protocols evidence-based. Since there i...

    Authors: Mira S. Staphorst, Reinier Timman, Jan Passchier, Jan J. V. Busschbach, Johannes B. van Goudoever and Joke A. M. Hunfeld
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:199
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  11. Epidemiological data on childhood disability are lacking in Low and Middle Income countries (LMICs) such as Malawi, hampering effective service planning and advocacy. The Key Informant Method (KIM) is an innov...

    Authors: Myroslava Tataryn, Sarah Polack, Linda Chokotho, Wakisa Mulwafu, Petros Kayange, Lena Morgon Banks, Christiane Noe, Chris Lavy and Hannah Kuper
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:198
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:92

  12. Retrospective studies show that severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects child development. However, to what extent SAM affects children of different ages at its acute stage is not well documented. This study w...

    Authors: Teklu Gemechu Abessa, Liesbeth Bruckers, Patrick Kolsteren and Marita Granitzer
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:197
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  13. Little is known about the suitability of three commonly used body mass index (BMI) classification systems for Indigenous youth. We estimated overweight and obesity prevalence among Cree youth of Eeyou Istchee ...

    Authors: Audray St-Jean, Salma Meziou, Pierre Ayotte and Michel Lucas
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:196
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  14. We analysed hospital admissions of a predominantly Aboriginal cohort of children in the remote Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia during the first 7 years of life.

    Authors: Philippa J. Dossetor, Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk, James P. Fitzpatrick, June Oscar, Maureen Carter, Rochelle Watkins, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Heather E. Jeffery and David Harley
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:195
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  15. Vaccination is used worldwide to prevent infectious diseases. However, vaccination programmes in western countries face challenges in sustaining high coverage rates. The aim of this study was to explore how pa...

    Authors: Gitte Thybo Pihl, Helle Johannessen, Jette Ammentorp, Jane Schmidt Jensen and Poul-Erik Kofoed
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:194
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  16. Many children in the remote Fitzroy Valley region of Western Australia have prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Individuals with PAE can have neurodevelopmental impairments and be diagnosed with one of several ty...

    Authors: Robyn Doney, Barbara R. Lucas, Rochelle E. Watkins, Tracey W. Tsang, Kay Sauer, Peter Howat, Jane Latimer, James P. Fitzpatrick, June Oscar, Maureen Carter and Elizabeth J. Elliott
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:193
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  17. Liver, spleen and kidney dimensions on ultrasonography vary with the age, weight and ethnicity. Reference standards of these parameters for normal Sri Lankan children are not available. Our aim was to establis...

    Authors: Dianne Tania Dayanthi Warnakulasuriya, Pattiya Pathirennahalage Uddika Chamila Peries, Yaddehi Arachchillage Chaminda Rathnasekara, KaluArachchige Thushari Madurika Jayawardena, Angappulige Upasena and Anada Rajitha Wickremasinghe
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:192
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  18. As care for preterm and low birth weight (LBW) infants improves in resource-limited settings, more infants are surviving the neonatal period. Preterm and (LBW) infants are at high-risk of nutritional and medic...

    Authors: Catherine M. Kirk, Jean Claude Uwamungu, Kim Wilson, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier, Neo Tapela, Peter Niyigena, Christian Rusangwa, Merab Nyishime, Evrard Nahimana, Fulgence Nkikabahizi, Christine Mutaganzwa, Eric Ngabireyimana, Francis Mutabazi and Hema Magge
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:191
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  19. Paragonimiasis, particularly hepatic paragonimiasis (HP), is a type of zoonotic parasitic disease rarely encountered in infants. There have been only a few reports of HP, and no case of HP has been reported in...

    Authors: Zongrong Gong, Zhicheng Xu, Chuanfen Lei and Chaomin Wan
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:190
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  20. Scaling up neonatal care facilities in developing countries can improve survival of newborns. Recently, the only tertiary neonatal care facility in Suriname transitioned to a modern environment in which interv...

    Authors: Rens Zonneveld, Natanael Holband, Anna Bertolini, Francesca Bardi, Neirude P. A. Lissone, Peter H. Dijk, Frans B. Plötz and Amadu Juliana
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:189
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  22. Regional evidence-based guidelines for the prophylaxis and management of infantile colic are not available for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The Allied Against Infantile Functional GI Disorde...

    Authors: Flavia Indrio, Mohamad Miqdady, Fahd Al Aql, Joseph Haddad, Berkouk Karima, Katayoun Khatami, Nehza Mouane, Aiman Rahmani, Sulaiman Alsaad, Mohamed Salah, Gamal Samy and Silvio Tafuri
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:187
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  23. Hyperbilirubinaemia is a major cause of neonatal morbidity. Early identification of those infants most at risk might allow the development of targeted primary preventative therapy and follow-up. The objective ...

    Authors: Kelsey D. J. Jones, S E. Grossman, Dharshini Kumaranayakam, Arati Rao, Greg Fegan and Narendra Aladangady
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:186
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  24. The influence of socio-economic determinants on choice of infant male circumcision provider is not known in areas with high population coverage such as rural Africa. The overall aim of this study was to determ...

    Authors: Thomas Gyan, Kimberley McAuley, Natalie Strobel, Sam Newton, Seth Owusu-Agyei and Karen Edmond
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:185
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  25. Studies conducted mainly in high-income countries have shown that preterm births are associated with increased risk of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study was to assess the pre...

    Authors: Iná S. Santos, Fernando C. Barros, Tiago Munhoz and Alicia Matijasevich
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:184
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  26. The extensive vaccination programme against swine flu resulted in an increased incidence of narcolepsy among children and adolescents. There is a need to explore if these young persons’ experiences have affect...

    Authors: Karin Blomberg, Agneta Anderzén Carlsson, Lars Hagberg, Östen Jonsson, Lena Leissner and Mats H. Eriksson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:183
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  27. The prevalence of underfive diarrhea in Somali Regional State, Ethiopia is one of the highest in the country. This study attempted to examine the multiple factors associated with underfive diarrhea and how the...

    Authors: Hailemichael Bizuneh, Fentabil Getnet, Beyene Meressa, Yonatan Tegene and Getnet Worku
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:182
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  28. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is an important illness that is a common cause of hearing loss in newborn infants and a major cause of disability in children. For that reason, treatment of symptoma...

    Authors: Beatriz Morillo-Gutierrez, Sheila Waugh, Ailsa Pickering, Terence Flood and Marieke Emonts
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:181
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  30. Sclerosing mesenteritis is a rare fibroinflammatory disorder of unknown etiology that primarily affects the mesentery of the small intestine during late adult life. Only about twenty pediatric cases have been ...

    Authors: Cui-ping Liang, Min Yang, Pei-Yu Chen, Lan-Lan Geng, Ding-You Li and Si-Tang Gong
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:179
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  33. Burundi is one of the poorest countries and is among the four countries with the highest prevalence of stunting (58%) among children aged less than 5 years. This situation undermines the economic growth of the...

    Authors: Sandra Nkurunziza, Bruno Meessen, Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden and Catherine Korachais
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:176
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  34. Mutations in the COL2A1 gene cause type II collagenopathies characterized by skeletal dysplasia with a wide spectrum of phenotypic severity. Most COL2A1 mutations located in the triple-helical region, and the gly...

    Authors: Jing Chen, Xiaomin Ma, Yulin Zhou, Guimei Li and Qiwei Guo
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:175
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  36. Children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are frequently at risk of long-term impairments of attention and executive functioning but these problems are difficult to predict. Although deficits have been report...

    Authors: Amy A. Wilkinson, Maureen Dennis, Nevena Simic, Margot J. Taylor, Benjamin R. Morgan, Helena Frndova, Karen Choong, Craig Campbell, Douglas Fraser, Vicki Anderson, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Russell Schachar and Jamie Hutchison
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:173
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  37. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is commonly detected during mass screening for neonatal disease. We developed a method to measure reduced glutathione (GSH) and glutathione disulfide (GSSG) ...

    Authors: Zhen-hua Gong, Guo-li Tian, Qi-wei Huang, Yan-min Wang and Hong-ping Xu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:172
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  38. The Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates (BPSN) is a multidimensional pain assessment tool that is already widely used in clinical settings in the German speaking areas of Europe. Recent findings indicate that pain...

    Authors: Eva Cignacco, Karin Schenk, Bonnie Stevens, Liliane Stoffel, Dirk Bassler, Sven Schulzke and Mathias Nelle
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:171
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  39. Negative peer experiences may lead adolescents with overweight and obesity to be less active and engage in more sitting-related behaviors. Our study is among the first to empirically test these associations an...

    Authors: Jodie A. Stearns, Valerie Carson, John C. Spence, Guy Faulkner and Scott T. Leatherdale
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:170
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  41. Children suffering from rheumatic disease are faced with multidimensional challenges that affect their quality of life and family dynamics. Symptom management and monitoring of the course of the disease over t...

    Authors: Anne-Sylvie Ramelet, Béatrice Fonjallaz, Laura Rio, Sandra Zoni, Pierluigi Ballabeni, Joachim Rapin, Christophe Gueniat and Michaël Hofer
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:168
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  42. Extremely preterm infants (≤ 28 weeks gestation) commonly require endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation (MV) to maintain adequate oxygenation and gas exchange. Given that MV is independently assoc...

    Authors: Wissam Shalish, Lara J. Kanbar, Smita Rao, Carlos A. Robles-Rubio, Lajos Kovacs, Sanjay Chawla, Martin Keszler, Doina Precup, Karen Brown, Robert E. Kearney and Guilherme M. Sant’Anna
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:167
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  43. Compared to very low gestational age (<32 weeks, VLGA) cohorts, very low birth weight (<1500 g; VLBW) cohorts are more prone to selection bias toward small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants, which may impact u...

    Authors: Louise IM Koller-Smith, Prakesh S. Shah, Xiang Y. Ye, Gunnar Sjörs, Yueping A. Wang, Sharon S. W. Chow, Brian A. Darlow, Shoo K. Lee, Stellan Håkanson and Kei Lui
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:166
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  44. Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) still represents one of the leading causes of visual impairment in childhood. Systemic propranolol has proven to be effective in reducing ROP progression in preterm newborns, a...

    Authors: Luca Filippi, Giacomo Cavallaro, Elettra Berti, Letizia Padrini, Gabriella Araimo, Giulia Regiroli, Valentina Bozzetti, Chiara De Angelis, Paolo Tagliabue, Barbara Tomasini, Giuseppe Buonocore, Massimo Agosti, Angela Bossi, Gaetano Chirico, Salvatore Aversa, Roberta Pasqualetti…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:165
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  45. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the most common cause of liver disease in endemic areas such as South Korea. After HBV vaccination, hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb) titers gradually decrease. Trends i...

    Authors: Kyeong Hun Lee, Kyu Seok Shim, In Seok Lim, Soo Ahn Chae, Sin Weon Yun, Na Mi Lee, Young Bae Choi and Dae Yong Yi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:164
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  46. Bullying and cyberbullying are common phenomena in schools. These negative behaviours can have a significant impact on the health and particularly mental health of those involved in such behaviours, both as vi...

    Authors: Leonardo Bevilacqua, Nichola Shackleton, Daniel Hale, Elizabeth Allen, Lyndal Bond, Deborah Christie, Diana Elbourne, Natasha Fitzgerald-Yau, Adam Fletcher, Rebecca Jones, Alec Miners, Stephen Scott, Meg Wiggins, Chris Bonell and Russell M. Viner
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:160
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  47. The use of cord blood in the neonatal screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is being done with increasing frequency but has yet to be adequately evaluated against the use of periphe...

    Authors: Saif AlSaif, Ma. Bella Ponferrada, Khalid AlKhairy, Khalil AlTawil, Adel Sallam, Ibrahim Ahmed, Mohammed Khawaji, Khalid AlHathlol, Beverly Baylon, Ahmed AlSuhaibani and Mohammed AlBalwi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:159
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  48. Complications during pregnancy, childbirth and/or the postnatal period may result in the admission of a baby to a neonatal unit (NNU). While the survival and long-term prospects of high-risk infants are enhanc...

    Authors: Susan Kerr, Caroline King, Rhona Hogg, Kerri McPherson, Janet Hanley, Maggie Brierton and Sean Ainsworth
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:158
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  49. According to WHO (2013) report the number of under five-year mortality in Ethiopia was 195,504, out of this 84,437 was from neonatal death and this mortality is related to immediate obstetric and newborn care ...

    Authors: Abadi Kidanemariam Berhe, Fitiwi Tinsae and Gebremedhin Gebreegziabher
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:157
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  50. In Japan, rotavirus hospitalisation occurs at a rate from 2.8 to 13.7 per 1000 child-years among children age less than 5 years, and it imposes a substantial burden to the healthcare system in the country. Whi...

    Authors: Yoshiyuki Fujii, Atsuko Noguchi, Shinobu Miura, Haruka Ishii, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi and Tsutomu Takahashi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:156
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