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  1. The effect of oral polio vaccine administered already at birth (OPV0) on child survival was not examined before being recommended in 1985. Observational data suggested that OPV0 was harmful for boys, and trial...

    Authors: Najaaraq Lund, Sofie Biering-Sørensen, Andreas Andersen, Ivan Monteiro, Luis Camala, Mathias Jul Jørgensen, Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:214
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. It is now recognized that preterm infants ≤28 weeks gestation can be effectively supported from the outset with nasal continuous positive airway pressure. However, this form of respiratory therapy may fail to ...

    Authors: Peter A Dargaville, Camille Omar F Kamlin, Antonio G De Paoli, John B Carlin, Francesca Orsini, Roger F Soll and Peter G Davis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:213
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  3. Antimicrobial use is very common in hospitalized children. An assessment of clinician’s prevailing knowledge and clinical approach to prescribing antimicrobials is helpful in order to develop the best strategi...

    Authors: Jennifer Bowes, Abdool S Yasseen III, Nicholas Barrowman, Barbara Murchison, Judy Dennis, Katherine A Moreau, Nisha Varughese and Nicole Le Saux
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:212
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  4. Dietary behaviours and physical activity are modifiable risk factors to address increasing levels of obesity among children and adolescents, and consequently to reduce later cardiovascular and metabolic diseas...

    Authors: Heather M Sedibe, Kathleen Kahn, Kerstin Edin, Tabitha Gitau, Anneli Ivarsson and Shane A Norris
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:211
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  5. The mitochondrial m.1555A>G mutation is associated with a high rate of permanent hearing loss, if aminoglycosides are given. Preterm infants have an increased risk of permanent hearing loss and are frequently ...

    Authors: Wolfgang Göpel, Sandra Berkowski, Michael Preuss, Andreas Ziegler, Helmut Küster, Ursula Felderhoff-Müser, Ludwig Gortner, Michael Mögel, Christoph Härtel and Egbert Herting
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:210
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  6. Unintentional injuries are a major cause of death among children. Data suggest that the retention of knowledge and skills about first aid declined over time. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects...

    Authors: Feng Li, Xiaoyang Sheng, Jinsong Zhang, Fan Jiang and Xiaoming Shen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:209
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  7. Little evidence exists regarding the optimal concentration of oxygen to use in the treatment of term neonates with spontaneous pneumothorax (SP). The practice of using high oxygen concentrations to promote “ni...

    Authors: Huma Shaireen, Yacov Rabi, Amy Metcalfe, Majeeda Kamaluddeen, Harish Amin, Albert Akierman and Abhay Lodha
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:208
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Brain-water content (BWC) decreases with maturation of the brain and potentially affects parameters of cerebral oxygenation determined by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Most commercially available devices ...

    Authors: Anja Demel, Martin Wolf, Christian F Poets and Axel R Franz
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:206
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  11. Developments in enzyme replacement therapy have kindled discussions on adding Pompe disease, characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting, to neonatal screening. Pompe disease does not fit traditio...

    Authors: Carla G van El, Tessel Rigter, Arnold JJ Reuser, Ans T van der Ploeg, Stephanie S Weinreich and Martina C Cornel
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:203
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  12. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood and has often a chronic course persisting into adulthood. However, up to 30% of children treated with st...

    Authors: Martin Holtmann, Benjamin Pniewski, Daniel Wachtlin, Sonja Wörz and Ute Strehl
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:202
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  13. Gitelman syndrome is an autosomal recessive tubulopathy characterized by hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, metabolic alkalosis and hypocalciuria. The majority of patients do not present with symptoms until late chi...

    Authors: Karim Bouchireb, Olivia Boyer, Lamisse Mansour-Hendili, Arnaud Garnier, Laurence Heidet, Patrick Niaudet, Remi Salomon and Rosa Vargas Poussou
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:201
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  14. In 2001 when 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced, almost all (90%) young Australian Indigenous children living in remote communities had some form of otitis media (OM), including 24% ...

    Authors: Amanda Jane Leach, Christine Wigger, Ross Andrews, Mark Chatfield, Heidi Smith-Vaughan and Peter Stanley Morris
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:200
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. The pediatric complex chronic conditions (CCC) classification system, developed in 2000, requires revision to accommodate the International Classification of Disease 10th Revision (ICD-10). To update the CCC c...

    Authors: Chris Feudtner, James A Feinstein, Wenjun Zhong, Matt Hall and Dingwei Dai
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:199
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  18. Mannitol- and exercise bronchial provocation tests are both used to diagnose exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. The study aim was to compare the short-term treatment response to budesonide and montelukast o...

    Authors: Salome Schafroth Török, Thomas Mueller, David Miedinger, Anja Jochmann, Ladina Joos Zellweger, Sabine Sauter, Alexandra Goll, Prashant N Chhajed, Anne B Taegtmeyer, Bruno Knöpfli and Jörg D Leuppi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:196
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  19. Internet risk has been recognised as a child safety problem, but evidence is insufficient to conclude that a child’s online risk exposure can lead to physical harm. This study aims to explore the ecological re...

    Authors: King-wa Fu, Chung-hong Chan and Patrick Ip
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:195
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  20. Trauma in pediatric patients is a major cause of death. This study investigated differences between decedents and survivors. Furthermore, an analysis of preventable and potential preventable trauma deaths was ...

    Authors: Carsten Schoeneberg, Marc Schilling, Judith Keitel, Manuel Burggraf, Bjoern Hussmann and Sven Lendemans
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:194
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  21. Vancomycin is effective against gram-positive bacteria and the first-line antibiotic for treatment of proven coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections. The aim of this study is bipartite: first, to assess t...

    Authors: Fleur S Sinkeler, Timo R de Haan, Caspar J Hodiamont, Yuma A Bijleveld, Dasja Pajkrt and Ron A A Mathôt
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:193
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  22. Children and adolescents with cerebral palsy suffer from higher levels of pain than their peers without disability. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of pain on health-related quality of life and...

    Authors: Marta Badia, Inmaculada Riquelme, Begoña Orgaz, Raquel Acevedo, Egmar Longo and Pedro Montoya
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:192
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  23. An increase in cryptorchidism has been reported in many countries. One mechanism could be low fetal testosterone production possibly secondary to altered placental human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) release. ...

    Authors: Carole Chedane, Hugues Puissant, Dominique Weil, Stéphanie Rouleau and Régis Coutant
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:191
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  24. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a potentially reversible clinicoradiologic syndrome characterized by headache, mental confusion, visual disturbances and seizures associated with posterior cereb...

    Authors: Gregorio Paolo Milani, Alberto Edefonti, Giacomo Tardini, Elisa Arturi, Claudia Maria Cinnante, Emanuela Anna Laicini, Ernesto Leva, Alberto Maria Cappellari, Carlo Agostoni and Emilio Filippo Fossali
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:190
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. To determine the serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae responsible for pneumonia complicated by parapneumonic effusion in children, we performed real-time PCR based pneumococcal “serotyping” directly on parapneum...

    Authors: Robert Slinger, Lucie Hyde, Ioana Moldovan, Francis Chan and Jeffrey M Pernica
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:189
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM) is a rare disease, which is defined as the onset of diabetes before the age of 6 months with persistence through life. Infants with KCNJ11 or ABCC8 genetic mutations ma...

    Authors: Ke Huang, Li Liang, Jun-feng Fu and Guan-pin Dong
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:188
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  27. In Sub-Saharan Africa over one million newborns die annually. We developed a sustainable and scalable home-based counselling intervention for delivery by community volunteers in rural southern Tanzania to impr...

    Authors: Suzanne Penfold, Fatuma Manzi, Elibariki Mkumbo, Silas Temu, Jennie Jaribu, Donat D Shamba, Hassan Mshinda, Simon Cousens, Tanya Marchant, Marcel Tanner, David Schellenberg and Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:187
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  28. Provision of optimal nutrition in children in critical care is often challenging. This study evaluated exclusive enteral nutrition (EN) provision practices and explored predictors of energy intake and delay of...

    Authors: Jackie Mara, Emma Gentles, Hani A Alfheeaid, Krystalia Diamantidi, Neil Spenceley, Mark Davidson, David Young and Konstantinos Gerasimidis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:186
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  29. Maternal depressive symptoms are negatively associated with early child growth in developing countries; however, few studies have examined this relation in developed countries or used a longitudinal design wit...

    Authors: Pamela J Surkan, Anna K Ettinger, Rebecca S Hock, Saifuddin Ahmed, Donna M Strobino and Cynthia S Minkovitz
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:185
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  30. Because early life growth has long-lasting metabolic and behavioral consequences, intervention during this period of developmental plasticity may alter long-term obesity risk. While modifiable factors during i...

    Authors: Ian M Paul, Jennifer S Williams, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Jessica S Beiler, Kateryna D Makova, Michele E Marini, Lindsey B Hess, Susan E Rzucidlo, Nicole Verdiglione, Jodi A Mindell and Leann L Birch
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:184
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  31. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has been shown to improve glucose control in adults with type 1 diabetes. Effectiveness of CGM is directly linked with CGM adherence, which can be challenging to maintain in...

    Authors: Margaret L Lawson, Brenda Bradley, Karen McAssey, Cheril Clarson, Susan E Kirsch, Farid H Mahmud, Jacqueline R Curtis, Christine Richardson, Jennilea Courtney, Tammy Cooper, Cynthia J Downie, Gopalan Rajamannar and Nicholas Barrowman
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:183
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  32. Perinatal stroke is a leading cause of early brain injury, cerebral palsy, and lifelong neurological morbidity. No study to date has examined the impact of raising a child with perinatal stroke on parents and ...

    Authors: Taryn B Bemister, Brian L Brooks, Richard H Dyck and Adam Kirton
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:182
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  33. Non-infection caused urticaria is a common ailment in adolescents. Its symptoms (e.g., unusual rash appearance, limitation of daily activities, and recurrent itching) may contribute to the development of depre...

    Authors: Chia-Lun Kuo, Chi-Yen Chen, Hui-Ling Huang, Wen-Liang Chen, Hua-Chin Lee, Chih-Yu Chang, Chu-Chung Chou, Shinn-Ying Ho, Han-Ping Wu and Yan-Ren Lin
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:181
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. In many resource-limited settings, the availability of effective phototherapy for jaundiced infants is frequently hampered by lack of, or inadequate resources to acquire and maintain conventional electric-powe...

    Authors: Bolajoko O Olusanya, Zainab O Imam, Cecilia A Mabogunje, Abieyuwa A Emokpae and Tina M Slusher
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:180
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is known to be under-recognised in Australia. The use of standard methods to identify when to refer individuals who may have FASD for specialist assessment could help imp...

    Authors: Rochelle E Watkins, Elizabeth J Elliott, Amanda Wilkins, Jane Latimer, Jane Halliday, James P Fitzpatrick, Raewyn C Mutch, Colleen M O’Leary, Lucinda Burns, Anne McKenzie, Heather M Jones, Janet M Payne, Heather D’Antoine, Sue Miers, Elizabeth Russell, Lorian Hayes…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:178
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  37. Despite therapeutic hypothermia 30-70% of newborns with moderate or severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy will die or survive with significant long-term impairments. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the fi...

    Authors: Thais Agut, Marisol León, Mónica Rebollo, Jordi Muchart, Gemma Arca and Alfredo Garcia-Alix
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:177
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  38. In addition to the benefits on physical and mental health, cardiorespiratory fitness has shown to have positive effects on cognition. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between cardiorespiratory ...

    Authors: Luís B Sardinha, Adilson Marques, Sandra Martins, António Palmeira and Cláudia Minderico
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:176
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. The beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet have been amply proven in adults with cardiovascular risk factors. The effects of this diet have not been extensively assessed in pediatric populations with obe...

    Authors: Lubia Velázquez-López, Gerardo Santiago-Díaz, Julia Nava-Hernández, Abril V Muñoz-Torres, Patricia Medina-Bravo and Margarita Torres-Tamayo
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:175
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  40. To describe the utilisation of antibiotics in children and adolescents across 5 European countries based on the same drug utilisation measures and age groups. Special attention was given to age-group-specific ...

    Authors: Jakob Holstiege, Tania Schink, Mariam Molokhia, Giampiero Mazzaglia, Francesco Innocenti, Alessandro Oteri, Irene Bezemer, Elisabetta Poluzzi, Aurora Puccini, Sinna Pilgaard Ulrichsen, Miriam C Sturkenboom, Gianluca Trifirò and Edeltraut Garbe
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:174
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Valid and reliable instruments measuring musculoskeletal symptoms prevalence and their impacts in the adolescent population are scarce. The Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ-E) is a reliable i...

    Authors: Élise P Legault, Vincent Cantin and Martin Descarreaux
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:173
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  42. Advanced puberty in girls is defined as the onset of puberty between the ages of 8 yr and 10 yr. The objective was to predict adult height (AH) at initial evaluation and to characterize patients with an actual...

    Authors: Pierre Lemaire, Delphine Pierre, Jean-Baptiste Bertrand and Raja Brauner
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:172
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHD) is a rare autosomal dominantly inherited disorder caused by germline mutations in the folliculin (FLCN) gene. Clinical manifestations of BHD include skin fibrofolliculomas, renal cel...

    Authors: Paul C Johannesma, Ben EEM van den Borne, Johannes JP Gille, Ad F Nagelkerke, JanHein TM van Waesberghe, Marinus A Paul, R Jeroen A van Moorselaar, Fred H Menko and Pieter E Postmus
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:171
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  44. The Taiwanese government has been promoting early intervention to children with intellectual disability for years, but data on its effectiveness are limited.

    Authors: Der-Chung Lai, Chung-Hsin Chiang, Yuh-Ming Hou, Jiun-Horng Liu, Shu-Fen Yao, How-Ran Guo and Yen-Cheng Tseng
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:170
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Clinical factors that affect the likelihood of abuse in children with femur fractures have not been well elucidated. Consequently, specifying which children with femur fractures warrant an abuse evaluation is ...

    Authors: Joanne N Wood, Oludolapo Fakeye, Valerie Mondestin, David M Rubin, Russell Localio and Chris Feudtner
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:169
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) may influence the immune system. Our objective was to compare the frequency of common illnesses in infants who received formula with or without added LCPUFAs.

    Authors: Alexandre Lapillonne, Nitida Pastor, Weihong Zhuang and Deolinda MF Scalabrin
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:168
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  47. Early environmental influences have been linked to child weight status, however further understanding of associations in diverse populations is needed.

    Authors: Sonya Irish Hauser, Christina D Economos, Miriam E Nelson, Jeanne P Goldberg, Raymond R Hyatt, Elena N Naumova, Sarah E Anderson and Aviva Must
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:167
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  49. Untreated celiac disease is traditionally believed to be associated with malabsorption and underweight. However, studies describing body mass index (BMI) in individuals at the time of diagnosis have shown cont...

    Authors: Maria van der Pals, Anna Myléus, Fredrik Norström, Solveig Hammarroth, Lotta Högberg, Anna Rosén, Anneli Ivarsson and Annelie Carlsson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:165
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Inadequate energy and micronutrient intake during childhood is a major public health problem in developing countries. Ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) made of locally available food ingredients can impro...

    Authors: Tahmeed Ahmed, Nuzhat Choudhury, M Iqbal Hossain, Nattapol Tangsuphoom, M Munirul Islam, Saskia de Pee, Georg Steiger, Rachel Fuli, Shafiqul A M Sarker, Monira Parveen, Keith P West Jr. and Parul Christian
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2014 14:164
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