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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) occurs in 3–5 of 1000 live births and is associated with known risk factors. In most countries, formal practice for early detection of DDH entails the combination of ri...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:136
Published on: 5 June 2017
Research article
The body mass index (BMI) is a simple and widely utilized screening tool for obesity in children and adults. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate if BMI could predict total fat mass (TFM) and perc...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:135
Published on: 2 June 2017
Research article
The association between early weight gain and later allergic outcomes has not been well studied. We examined the relation between weight gain and the subsequent development of allergic outcomes in the first 36...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:134
Published on: 2 June 2017
Research article
Historically, bifidobacteria were the dominant intestinal bacteria in breastfed infants. Still abundant in infants in developing nations, levels of intestinal bifidobacteria are low among infants in developed ...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:133
Published on: 30 May 2017
Research article
Migrant children are a population at risk for various health problems. Despite the increased inflow of migrants in Greece, data regarding their health assessment are lacking. This study aims to describe the cl...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:132
Published on: 26 May 2017
Research article
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) remains a problem of great concern worldwide especially in developing countries. The occurrence of a neurological syndrome can be an indicator of insult to the brain. We a...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:131
Published on: 25 May 2017
Technical advance
Severe obesity is an important and distinct weight status classification that is associated with disease risk and is increasing in prevalence among youth. The ability to graphically present population weight s...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:130
Published on: 24 May 2017
Research article
Cardiovascular and metabolic consequences of obesity in children, unlike adults, are still not well understood nor have they been subject to extensive research in Africa. We aimed to identify the cardio-metabo...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:129
Published on: 19 May 2017
Research article
There are conflicting results in the literature on the impact of chorioamnionitis on neonatal respiratory morbidities. However, most studies are based on small clinical samples and fail to account for the comp...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:128
Published on: 17 May 2017
Research article
Critically ill children are those in need of immediate attention on arrival to an emergency room. The importance of glycemic level measurement as well as maintaining the patency of the airway, effective breath...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:126
Published on: 16 May 2017
