Research article
Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) are often used as indices predictive of central obesity. The aims of this study were: 1) to obtain smoothed centile charts and LMS tables for WC and WH...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:162
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
Approximately 8–23% of premature infants develop pulmonary hypertension (PH), and this diagnosis confers a higher possibility of mortality. As a result, professional societies recommend PH screening in prematu...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:163
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
Neonatal mortality accounts for nearly three quarters of all infant deaths in Vietnam. The nursing team are the largest professional group working with newborns, however do not routinely receive neonatal train...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:161
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
Systematic reviews support health systems and clinical decision-making by identifying and summarizing all existing studies on a particular topic. In 2009, a comprehensive description of child-relevant systemat...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:155
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
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...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:158
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
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...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:160
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
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...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:156
Published on: 11 July 2017
Study protocol
Twenty-to-forty percent of women experience postpartum depressive symptoms, which can affect both the mother and infant. In preterm infants, daily skin-to-skin contact (SSC) between the mother and her infant h...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:154
Published on: 6 July 2017
Study protocol
Extant research has demonstrated that parenting behaviour can be a significant contributor to the development of brain structure and mental health during adolescence. Nonetheless, there is limited research exa...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:153
Published on: 30 June 2017
Study protocol
Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) is the most common life-threatening childhood neurological emergency. Despite this, there is a lack of high quality evidence supporting medication use after first line benzo...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:152
Published on: 22 June 2017
Case report
Thrombocytopenia can occur in different circumstances during childhood and although immune thrombocytopenia is its most frequent cause, it is important to consider other conditions, especially when there is a ...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:151
Published on: 22 June 2017
Research article
A plateau in childhood overweight and obesity has been reported in some developed countries while in almost all developing countries this problem is on the rise. The aim of this paper is to describe the change...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:150
Published on: 19 June 2017
Research article
Sound transmission is used in the diagnosis of hip dysplasia since the end of the 80’s. Aim of this study is to quantify the validity and reliability of electroacoustic probe for the diagnosis of hip dysplasia...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:149
Published on: 19 June 2017
Research article
Family-centered care seems promising in preventive pediatrics, but evidence is lacking as to whether this type of care is also valid as a means to identify risks to infants’ social-emotional development. We ai...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:148
Published on: 15 June 2017
Research article
This study examined the frequency of and differences in sedentary bouts of different durations and the total time spent in sedentary bouts on a weekday, a weekend day, during school hours, during after-school ...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:147
Published on: 14 June 2017
Research article
Decisional conflict is a state of uncertainty about the best treatment option among competing alternatives and is common among adult patients who are inadequately involved in the health decision making process...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:146
Published on: 13 June 2017
Research article
Infant feeding practices are known to influence the child’s long-term health. Studies have associated obesity and other diseases with reduced breastfeeding and early introduction of high calorie beverages (HCB...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:145
Published on: 13 June 2017
Research article
Infant birth weight, which is classified into low birth weight, normal birth weight and macrosomia, is associated with short and long-term health consequences, such as neonatal mortality and chronic disease in...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:144
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research article
Despite availability of treatment guidelines, persistent diarrhoea (PD) has been a major contributor of diarrhoeal deaths in low and middle income countries. We evaluated the outcome of children under the age ...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:142
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research article
In China, the measles vaccine is offered for free whereas the pneumococcal vaccine is a for-fee vaccine. This difference has the potential to influence how caregivers evaluate whether a vaccine is important or...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:143
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research article
Approximately 50% of the deaths of children under the age of 5 can be attributed to undernutrition, which also encompasses severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Diarrhoea is strongly associated with these deaths an...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:140
Published on: 7 June 2017
Research article
Overweight and atopic dermatitis (AD) are major health problems in most industrialised countries, but the relationship between overweight and AD in infants and young children is unclear. We investigated if wei...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:141
Published on: 7 June 2017
Research article
Neonatal sepsis is a blood stream infection which is seen in the first month of life of the neonate. Bacterial profile of neonatal septicemia is constantly changing thus, current knowledge on the patterns of b...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:137
Published on: 6 June 2017
Research article
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis that occurs in children and may lead to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Progressive coronary dilatation for at least 2 months is associated with wo...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:139
Published on: 6 June 2017
Research article
Research studies show conflicting results regarding the association between menarche and body weight. The purpose of the present study was to investigate if anthropometric indicators of body composition, body ...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:138
Published on: 6 June 2017
