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  1. Preterm-born or asphyxiated term-born children show more emotional and behavioral problems at preschool age than term-born children without a medical condition. It is uncertain whether parenting intervention p...

    Authors: Renske Schappin, Lex Wijnroks, Monica Uniken Venema, Barbara Wijnberg-Williams, Ravian Veenstra, Corine Koopman-Esseboom, Susanne Mulder-De Tollenaer, Ingeborg van der Tweel and Marian Jongmans
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:305
  2. An infant’s admission to a neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU) inevitably causes the parents emotional stress. Communication between parents and NICU staff is an essential part of the support offered to the pa...

    Authors: Helena Wigert, Michaela Dellenmark Blom and Kristina Bry
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:304
  3. There is some evidence that indicates generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) is a risk factor for pain persistence and recurrence in adolescence. However, how early pain develops and whether GJH without pain in...

    Authors: Oline Sohrbeck-Nøhr, Jens Halkjær Kristensen, Eleanor Boyle, Lars Remvig and Birgit Juul-Kristensen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:302
  4. HIV-related stigma diminishes the quality of life of affected patients. Little is known about perceived and enacted stigma of HIV-infected children in resources-limited settings. We documented the prevalence o...

    Authors: Hubert Barennes, Sovann Tat, Daniel Reinharz and Ung Vibol
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:300
  5. There is little published data regarding the rate of bilirubin clearance in newborns following total parenteral nutrition (TPN) cessation, particularly in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) population wit...

    Authors: Nisha Mangalat, Cynthia Bell, April Graves and Essam M Imseis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:298
  6. The relative incidence and clinical impact of individual respiratory viruses remains unclear among children presenting to the hospital emergency department with acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI).

    Authors: Jairo Gooskens, Vishnu van der Ploeg, Ram N Sukhai, Ann CTM Vossen, Eric CJ Claas and Aloys CM Kroes
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:297
  7. Though recent data suggest that multidisciplinary outpatient interventions can have a positive effect on childhood obesity, it is still unclear which program components are most beneficial and how they affect ...

    Authors: Dirk E Bock, Tracy Robinson, Jamie A Seabrook, Meghan Rombeek, Kambiz Norozi, Guido Filler, Ralf Rauch and Cheril L Clarson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:296
  8. We determined the accuracy of Rubarth’s newborn scale of sepsis and C- reactive protein in diagnosing neonatal sepsis and assessed antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of etiological bacteria.

    Authors: Martha Franklin Mkony, Mucho Michael Mizinduko, Augustine Massawe and Mecky Matee
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:293
  9. Young children with cerebral palsy (CP) receive a variety of interventions to prevent and/or reduce activity limitations and participation restrictions. Some of these interventions are intensive, and it is a c...

    Authors: Hilde Tinderholt Myrhaug, Sigrid Østensjø, Lillebeth Larun, Jan Odgaard-Jensen and Reidun Jahnsen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:292
  10. Rotaviruses are the leading cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children aged <5 years worldwide. A live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine, RIX4414 has been developed to reduce the global disease burden ...

    Authors: Nigel Cunliffe, Khalequ Zaman, Carlos Rodrigo, Serge Debrus, Bernd Benninghoff, Suryakiran Pemmaraju Venkata and Htay-Htay Han
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:295
  11. Vitamin D is essential for bone mineralization, particularly in premature infants. For nearly 20 years, Quebec has offered a program of free vitamin D supplements via its public medication insurance plan Régie de...

    Authors: Tarah Fatani, Atul K Sharma, Hope A Weiler, Odile Sheehy, Anick Bérard and Celia Rodd
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:291
  12. Little attention has been paid to asthma in ‘under-fives’ in Sub-Saharan Africa. In ‘under-fives’, acute asthma and pneumonia have similar clinical presentation and most children with acute respiratory symptom...

    Authors: Rebecca Nantanda, Marianne S Ostergaard, Grace Ndeezi and James K Tumwine
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:285
  13. A higher protein to carbohydrate ratio in the diet may potentiate weight loss, improve body composition and cardiometabolic risk, including glucose homeostasis in adults. The aim of this randomised control tri...

    Authors: Sarah P Garnett, Megan Gow, Mandy Ho, Louise A Baur, Manny Noakes, Helen J Woodhead, Carolyn R Broderick, Kerryn Chisholm, Julie Briody, Sukanya De, Katherine Steinbeck, Shubha Srinivasan, Geoffrey R Ambler and Chris T Cowell
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:289
  14. A low-cost bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) device has been shown to be an excellent clinical alternative to nasal oxygen for the care of neonates with respiratory difficulty. However, the de...

    Authors: Ariel Chen, Ashish A Deshmukh, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Elizabeth Molyneux, Kondwani Kawaza and Scott B Cantor
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:288
  15. Vitamin D is well recognized for its role in skeletal health and its involvement in the modulation of the immune system. In the literature, controversial results are reported for atopic diseases. Thus, we inve...

    Authors: Nina Wawro, Joachim Heinrich, Elisabeth Thiering, Jürgen Kratzsch, Beate Schaaf, Barbara Hoffmann, Irina Lehmann, Carl-Peter Bauer, Sibylle Koletzko, Andrea von Berg, Dietrich Berdel and Jakob Linseisen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:286
  16. Most babies are born healthy and grow and develop normally through childhood. There are, however, clearly identifiable high-risk groups of survivors, such as those born preterm or with ill-health, who are dest...

    Authors: Lex W Doyle, Peter J Anderson, Malcolm Battin, Jennifer R Bowen, Nisha Brown, Catherine Callanan, Catherine Campbell, Samantha Chandler, Jeanie Cheong, Brian Darlow, Peter G Davis, Tony DePaoli, Noel French, Andy McPhee, Shusannah Morris, Michael O’Callaghan…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:279
  17. Volvulus without malrotation in preterm infants is a rare but potentially life-threatening event of unknown aetiology. Confusion with necrotising enterocolitis may delay surgical intervention thereby aggravati...

    Authors: Christoph Maas, Stefanie Hammer, Hans-Joachim Kirschner, Yasemin Yarkin, Christian F Poets and Axel R Franz
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:287
  18. It has been demonstrated that glucose transporter (GLUT1) deficiency in a mouse model causes a diminished cerebral lipid synthesis. This deficient lipid biosynthesis could contribute to secondary CoQ deficienc...

    Authors: Delia Yubero, Mar O’Callaghan, Raquel Montero, Aida Ormazabal, Judith Armstrong, Carmina Espinos, Maria A Rodríguez, Cristina Jou, Esperanza Castejon, Maria A Aracil, Maria V Cascajo, Angela Gavilan, Paz Briones, Cecilia Jimenez-Mallebrera, Mercedes Pineda, Plácido Navas…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:284
  19. One of the most effective ways to promote the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV-1 in resource-limited settings is to encourage HIV-positive mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding (...

    Authors: John O Okanda, Craig B Borkowf, Sonali Girde, Timothy K Thomas and Shirley Lee Lecher
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:280
  20. No expert consensus guides practice for intensity of ongoing pediatric cardiology surveillance of hemodynamically insignificant small and moderate muscular ventricular septal defect (mVSD). Therefore, despite ...

    Authors: Erik L Frandsen, Aswathy V House, Yunbin Xiao, David A Danford and Shelby Kutty
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:282
  21. Newborns with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) are at risk for coagulopathy due to systemic oxygen deprivation. Additionally, therapeutic hypothermia (TH) slows enzymatic activity of the coagulation casca...

    Authors: Katie R Forman, Yaser Diab, Edward CC Wong, Stephen Baumgart, Naomi LC Luban and An N Massaro
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:277
  22. Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1, also known as autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal-dystrophy, is a rare autosomal recessive disease due to pathogenic variants in the AIRE gene. Classic f...

    Authors: Nicola Improda, Donatella Capalbo, Emilia Cirillo, Manuela Cerbone, Andrea Esposito, Claudio Pignata and Mariacarolina Salerno
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:272
  23. Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) hospitalization places children at increased risk of persistent psychological and behavioral difficulties following discharge. Despite tremendous advances in medical techno...

    Authors: Janet E Rennick, Geoffrey Dougherty, Christine Chambers, Robyn Stremler, Janet E Childerhose, Dale M Stack, Denise Harrison, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Karen Dryden-Palmer, Xun Zhang and Jamie Hutchison
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:276
  24. The positive effects of early developmental intervention (EDI) on early child development have been reported in numerous controlled trials in a variety of countries. An important aspect to determining the effi...

    Authors: Jan L Wallander, Fred J Biasini, Vanessa Thorsten, Sangappa M Dhaded, Desiree M de Jong, Elwyn Chomba, Omrana Pasha, Shivaprasad Goudar, Dennis Wallace, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Linda L Wright, Elizabeth McClure and Waldemar A Carlo
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:281
  25. Low birth weight is strongly correlated with an increased risk of adult diseases. Additionally, low birth weight might be a risk factor for asthma later in life.

    Authors: Xue-Feng Xu, Ying-Jun Li, Yuan-Jian Sheng, Jin-Ling Liu, Lan-Fang Tang and Zhi-Min Chen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:275
  26. Obesity amongst children is a growing problem worldwide. In contrast to adults, little is known on the effects of controlled weight loss on components of the metabolic syndrome in children. The primary aim of ...

    Authors: Nina Majlund Harder-Lauridsen, Nina Marie Birk, Mathias Ried-Larsen, Anders Juul, Lars Bo Andersen, Bente Klarlund Pedersen and Rikke Krogh-Madsen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:273
  27. Infections in newborns remain one of the most significant problems in modern medicine. Escherichia coli is an important cause of neonatal bloodstream and respiratory tract infections and is associated with high m...

    Authors: Agnieszka Chmielarczyk, Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach, Dorota Romaniszyn, Paweł Adamski, Ewa Helwich, Ryszard Lauterbach, Monika Pobiega, Maria Borszewska-Kornacka, Ewa Gulczyńska, Agnieszka Kordek and Piotr B Heczko
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:274
  28. Children who have unhealthy lifestyles are predisposed to develop hypertension, dyslipidemia and other complications. The epidemic of obesity is also affecting children with congenital heart disease. The aim o...

    Authors: Sandra Mari Barbiero, Caroline D’Azevedo Sica, Daniela Schneid Schuh, Claudia Ciceri Cesa, Rosemary de Oliveira Petkowicz and Lucia Campos Pellanda
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:271
  29. We aimed to show the relationship between recurrence of wheezing and serum levels of vitamin D, zinc, and copper in wheezy children compared with a healthy group.

    Authors: Metin Uysalol, Ezgi Pasli Uysalol, Yasin Yilmaz, Gunes Parlakgul, Tulin Ayse Ozden, Hayriye Vehid Ertem, Beyhan Omer and Nedret Uzel
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:270
  30. The death of a child is a devastating event for parents. In many high income countries, following an unexpected death, there are formal investigations to find the cause of death as part of wider integrated chi...

    Authors: Joanna Garstang, Frances Griffiths and Peter Sidebotham
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:269
  31. Preterm infants are at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders, including motor, cognitive or behavioural problems, which may potentially be modified by early intervention. The EU CareToy Project Consortium (

    Authors: Giuseppina Sgandurra, Laura Bartalena, Giovanni Cioni, Gorm Greisen, Anna Herskind, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Jakob Lorentzen, Jens Bo Nielsen and Elisa Sicola
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:268
  32. The UGT1A1 gene encodes a responsible enzyme, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase1A1 (UGT1A1), for bilirubin metabolism. Many mutations have already been identified in patients with inherited disorders with unconjugated ...

    Authors: Bixia Zheng, Guorui Hu, Jin Yu and Zhifeng Liu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:267
  33. Assisting smoking parents to quit smoking and eliminating the secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure of their children is a global health priority. Engaging healthcare workers in developing countries to address this ...

    Authors: Jing Liao, Abu S Abdullah, Guangmin Nong, Kaiyong Huang, Longde Lin, Zhenyu Ma, Li Yang, Zhiyong Zhang and Jonathan P Winickoff
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:266
  34. X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a rare inherited disease characterized by recurrent bacterial infections, a paucity or absence of peripheral lymphoid tissue, an absence of circulating B cells, and marked ...

    Authors: Bixia Zheng, Yayuan Zhang, Yu Jin and Haiguo Yu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:265
  35. The National Hospital of Pediatrics in Vietnam performed >200 exchange transfusions annually (2006–08), often on infants presenting encephalopathic from lower-level hospitals. As factors delaying care-seeking ...

    Authors: Loc T Le, John Colin Partridge, Bich H Tran, Vui T Le, Tuan K Duong, Ha T Nguyen and Thomas B Newman
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:264
  36. Interventions to prevent sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) have generally been population wide interventions instituted after case–control studies identified specific childcare practices associated wit...

    Authors: Barbara C Galland, Andrew Gray, Rachel M Sayers, Anne-Louise M Heath, Julie Lawrence, Rachael Taylor and Barry J Taylor
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:263
  37. Infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is common among young children insured through Medicaid in the United States. Complete and timely dosing with palivizumab is associated with lower risk of RSV-r...

    Authors: Leonard R Krilov, Anthony S Masaquel, Leonard B Weiner, David M Smith, Sally W Wade and Parthiv J Mahadevia
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:261
  38. Practice guidelines can promote higher-quality care, yet they are inconsistently adopted. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation to disconti...

    Authors: Clara E Filice, Jeremy C Green, Marjorie S Rosenthal and Joseph S Ross
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:260
  39. Negative early years and childhood experiences (EYCE), including socio-economic circumstances, parental health and parenting style, are associated with poor health outcomes both in childhood and adulthood. It ...

    Authors: Martin Taulbut, David Walsh and John O’Dowd
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:259
  40. Previous studies have assessed the metabolic changes and lifestyles associated with overweight adolescents. However, these associations are unclear amongst overweight adolescents who have already developed ins...

    Authors: Claudia-María Velásquez-Rodríguez, Marcela Velásquez-Villa, Leidy Gómez-Ocampo and Juliana Bermúdez-Cardona
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:258
  41. Several respiratory diseases are associated with specific respiratory sounds. In contrast to auscultation, computerized lung sound analysis is objective and can be performed continuously over an extended perio...

    Authors: Lia C Puder, Hendrik S Fischer, Silke Wilitzki, Jakob Usemann, Simon Godfrey and Gerd Schmalisch
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:257
  42. Mandibuloacral dysplasia type A (MADA) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by growth retardation, skeletal abnormality with progressive osteolysis of the distal phalanges and clavicles, crani...

    Authors: Di-Qing Luo, Xiao-Zhu Wang, Yan Meng, Ding-Yang He, Ying-Ming Chen, Zhi-Yong Ke, Ming Yan, Yu Huang and Da-Fang Chen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:256
  43. Parents’ knowledge about immunization is an important predictor factor for their children’s immunization status. The aims of this study were to assess parents’ knowledge and to evaluate the effect of a short e...

    Authors: Ammar Ihsan Awadh, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Omer Qutaiba Al-lela, Siti Halimah Bux, Ramadan M Elkalmi and Hazrina Hadi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:254

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