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  1. The agreement between self-reported and proxy measures of health status in ill children is not well established. This study aimed to quantify the variation in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) derived fro...

    Authors: Wantanee Kulpeng, Vorasith Sornsrivichai, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Waranya Rattanavipapong, Pattara Leelahavarong, John Cairns, Yoel Lubell and Yot Teerawattananon
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:122
  2. Childhood asthma and obesity prevalence have increased in recent years suggesting a potential association. However, the direction of any association is poorly understood and the potential causal-relationship i...

    Authors: Kathryn B Egan, Adrienne S Ettinger and Michael B Bracken
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:121
  3. Obesity and mental health problems are prevalent among indigenous children in Canada and the United States. In this cross-sectional study the associations between adiposity and body size satisfaction, body ima...

    Authors: Noreen Dianne Willows, Denise Ridley, Kim D Raine and Katerina Maximova
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:118
  4. The aim of the study was to verify the association between body composition and physical fitness with bone status in children and adolescents.

    Authors: Anderson Marques de Moraes, Ezequiel Moreira Gonçalves, Vinicius Justino de Oliveira Barbeta and Gil Guerra-Júnior
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:117
  5. Although migrant workers account for the majority of newborns in Beijing, their children are less likely to undergo appropriate universal newborn hearing screening/rescreening (UNHS) than newborns of local non...

    Authors: Beier Qi, Xiaohua Cheng, Hui En, Bo Liu, Shichun Peng, Yong Zhen, Zhenghua Cai, Lihui Huang, Luo Zhang and Demin Han
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:116
  6. Previous studies have shown an association between adiposity, especially intra-abdominal adipose tissue, and hemodynamic/metabolic comorbidities in adults, however it is not clear in pediatric population. The ...

    Authors: Loreana Sanches Silveira, Paula Alves Monteiro, Bárbara de Moura Mello Antunes, Patrícia Monteiro Seraphim, Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Diego G Destro Christofaro and Ismael F F F Freitas Júnior
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:115
  7. The Nurse Family Partnership programme was developed in the USA where it is made available to pregnant young mothers in some socially deprived geographic areas. The related Family Nurse Partnership programme w...

    Authors: Eleri Owen-Jones, Marie-Jet Bekkers, Chris C Butler, Rebecca Cannings-John, Sue Channon, Kerenza Hood, John W Gregory, Alison Kemp, Joyce Kenkre, Belen Corbacho Martin, Alan Montgomery, Gwenllian Moody, Kate E Pickett, Gerry Richardson, Zoë Roberts, Sarah Ronaldson…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:114
  8. Quality assessment of pediatric randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in China is limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quantitative trends and quality indicators of RCTs published in mainland China...

    Authors: Chun-Song Yang, Ling-Li Zhang, Li-Nan Zeng, Yi Liang, Lu Han and Yun-Zhu Lin
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:113
  9. Functional constipation is a common disorder worldwide and is found in all paediatric age groups. Functional constipation can be caused by delayed colonic transit or dysfunction of the pelvic floor muscles. St...

    Authors: Marieke L van Engelenburg – van Lonkhuyzen, Esther MJ Bols, Marc A Benninga, Wim A Verwijs, Netty MWL Bluijssen and Rob A de Bie
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:112
  10. Tobacco products use is the leading cause of chronic diseases morbidity and mortality. This study explores an exposure to tobacco advertisements factors and knowledge, an association with snuff/pipe usage and ...

    Authors: Kotsedi D Monyeki, Han CG Kemper, Lateef O Amusa and Marcus Motshwane
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:111
  11. Small-for-gestational age (SGA) newborns constitute a special group of neonates who may have suffered varying degrees of intrauterine insults and deprivation. Variations in birth weight, length and Ponderal In...

    Authors: Olubanke R Oluwafemi, Fidelis O Njokanma, Elizabeth A Disu and Tinuade A Ogunlesi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:110
  12. The mainstay treatment of non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) based on weight loss and/or lifestyle changes is most often unsuccessful at all ages, thus requiring the implementation of pharmacological st...

    Authors: Pietro Vajro, Giulia Paolella, Marco Poeta, Cristina Pizza, Maria Sangermano and Grazia Massa
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:109
  13. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in Type 1 diabetes (T1D). Vascular dysfunction is an early and critical event in the development of cardiovascular disease. Children with T1D have vascu...

    Authors: Jemma Anderson, Alexia S Peña, Thomas Sullivan, Roger Gent, Bronwen D’Arcy, Timothy Olds, Brian Coppin and Jennifer Couper
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:108
  14. Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification (IIAC) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by wide spread calcifications in arterial walls, leading to vaso-occlusive ischaemia of multiple organs....

    Authors: Huma Shaireen, Alexandra Howlett, Harish Amin, Kamran Yusuf, Majeeda Kamaluddeen and Abhay Lodha
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:107
  15. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Part C) authorizes states to establish systems to provide early intervention services (e.g., therapy) for children at risk, with the incentive of federal financ...

    Authors: Beth Marie McManus, Stephanie Robert, Aggie Albanese, Mona Sadek-Badawi and Mari Palta
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:106
  16. Obesity impairs health related quality of life (HRQL) in adolescents, but most evidence in this area has mostly come from western societies. We wanted to test the hypothesis that obesity impairs HRQL in Kuwait...

    Authors: Shurooq A Boodai and John J Reilly
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:105
  17. Benign hyperplastic thymus is a rare but important differential diagnosis of anterior mediastinal lesions. Histological and radiological criteria are used to distinguish this benign condition from other malign...

    Authors: Rosa Nguyen, Jamie L Coleman, Scott C Howard and Monika L Metzger
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:103
  18. Low birth weight and accelerated infant growth have been identified as independent risk factors for childhood and adult obesity and cardiovascular disease. This led to the ‘Developmental Origins of Health and ...

    Authors: Arend W van Deutekom, Mai JM Chinapaw, Tanja GM Vrijkotte and Reinoud JBJ Gemke
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:102
  19. The aetiology of disabling chronic conditions in childhood in high income countries is not fully understood, particularly the association with socio-economic status (SES). Very few studies have used longitudin...

    Authors: Clare M Blackburn, Nicholas J Spencer and Janet M Read
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:101
  20. Mortality rate of patients admitted to Intensive Care Units is a widely adopted outcome indicator. Because of large case-mix variability, comparisons of mortality rates must be adjusted for the severity of pat...

    Authors: Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti, Marina Cuttini, Lucilla Ravà, Silvia Rinaldi, Carla Brusco, Paola Cogo, Nicola Pirozzi, Sergio Picardo, Franco Schiavi and Massimiliano Raponi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:100
  21. Given that it is not feasible to use dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or other reference methods to measure adiposity in all pediatric clinical and research settings, it is important to identify reasonable alte...

    Authors: Caroline E Boeke, Emily Oken, Ken P Kleinman, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Elsie M Taveras and Matthew W Gillman
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:99
  22. In two clinical trials, low-grade fever was observed more frequently after coadministration than after separate administration of two recommended routine pediatric vaccines. Since fever is an important issue w...

    Authors: Markus A Rose, Christine Juergens, Beate Schmoele-Thoma, William C Gruber, Sherryl Baker and Stefan Zielen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:98
  23. The objective of this study was to determine body fat percentiles of adolescents in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, according to gender, age, and sexual maturation.

    Authors: Isa de Pádua Cintra, Gerson Luis de Moraes Ferrari, Ana Carolina de Sousa Vieira Soares, Maria Aparecida Zanetti Passos, Mauro Fisberg and Maria Sylvia de Souza Vitalle
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:96
  24. Adherence to antiretroviral drugs in the treatment of paediatric HIV infection is complicated because of many factors including stigma and drug intake logistics. It is therefore important to identify children ...

    Authors: Frida William Mghamba, Omary MS Minzi, Augustine Massawe and Philip Sasi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:95
  25. The diagnosis of childhood asthma covers a broad spectrum of pathological mechanisms that can lead to similarly presenting clinical symptoms, but may nonetheless require different treatment approaches. Distinc...

    Authors: Susanne JH Vijverberg, Leo Koenderman, Francine C van Erp, Cornelis K van der Ent, Dirkje S Postma, Paul Brinkman, Peter J Sterk, Jan AM Raaijmakers and Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:94
  26. Identifying unwell neonates, particularly in the first week of life, is often subjective. If normal values are known, calculating the weight lost or gained from birth weight can be a useful adjunct in the eval...

    Authors: Claudia Turner, Verena Carrara, Naw Aye Mya Thien, Naw Moo Ku Paw, Marcus Rijken, Rose McGready and François Nosten
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:93
  27. Current fetal-infant growth references have an obvious growth disjuncture around 40 week gestation overlapping where the fetal and infant growth references are combined. Graphical smoothening of the disjunctur...

    Authors: Tanis R Fenton, Roseann Nasser, Misha Eliasziw, Jae H Kim, Denise Bilan and Reg Sauve
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:92
  28. Rates of laboratory testing and diagnostic practices for congenital CMV in the United States are unknown. We determined rates of CMV testing and diagnostic coding for CMV among insured infants in the United St...

    Authors: Jessica Leung, Michael J Cannon, Scott D Grosse and Stephanie R Bialek
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:90
  29. It is estimated that 22,800 children were living with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) (0.6% of children aged under 15 years) in Australia during 2003. Many children after a traumatic brain injury will experienc...

    Authors: Hugh EJ Senior, Lynne McKinlay, Jane Nikles, Philip J Schluter, Sue-Ann Carmont, Mary-Clare Waugh, Adrienne Epps, Owen Lloyd and Geoffrey K Mitchell
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:89
  30. Unintentional poisoning in young children is an important public health issue. Age pattern studies have demonstrated that children aged 1–3 years have the highest levels of poisoning risk among children aged 0...

    Authors: Marcia Schmertmann, Ann Williamson, Deborah Black and Leigh Wilson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:88
  31. Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) may amplify the effect of vaccines. We therefore investigated if neonatal VAS given with and without Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine to low-birth-weight (LBW) neonates had...

    Authors: Sofie Biering-Sørensen, Ane Bærent Fisker, Henrik Ravn, Luis Camala, Ivan Monteiro, Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:87
  32. Calcium (Ca2+) and vitamin D (VitD) play an important role in child health. We evaluated the daily intake of Ca2+ and VitD in healthy children. Moreover, we demonstrate the efficacy of Ca2+ and VitD supplementati...

    Authors: Linda Cosenza, Vincenza Pezzella, Rita Nocerino, Margherita Di Costanzo, Anna Coruzzo, Annalisa Passariello, Ludovica Leone, Marcella Savoia, Antonio Del Puente, Antonella Esposito, Gianluca Terrin and Roberto Berni Canani
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:86
  33. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a liver manifestation of metabolic syndrome since obesity and insulin resistance are the main pathogenic contributors for both conditions. NAFLD carries increased r...

    Authors: Wojciech Janczyk, Piotr Socha, Dariusz Lebensztejn, Aldona Wierzbicka, Artur Mazur, Joanna Neuhoff-Murawska and Pawel Matusik
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:85
  34. Family centred care (FCC) is currently a valued philosophy within neonatal care; an approach that places the parents at the heart of all decision-making and engagement in the care of their infant. However, to ...

    Authors: Gill Thomson, Victoria Hall Moran, Anna Axelin, Fiona Dykes and Renée Flacking
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:84
  35. Rotavirus is a leading worldwide cause of acute gastroenteritis in young children. This retrospective hospital-based study assessed the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children younger than 6 years in J...

    Authors: Hitoshi Tajiri, Yuriko Takeuchi, Tomoko Takano, Toshihiro Ohura, Ayano Inui, Kimie Yamamoto, Yoshihito Higashidate, Hisashi Kawashima, Shigeru Toyoda, Kosuke Ushijima, Gunasekaran Ramakrishnan, Mats Rosenlund and Katsiaryna Holl
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:83
  36. Recent reports indicate that Campylobacter species are becoming one of the leading causes of bacterial diarrhoeal disease worldwide and most of the isolates are resistant to different antibiotics. This study aime...

    Authors: Ayalew Lengerh, Feleke Moges, Chandrashekhar Unakal and Belay Anagaw
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:82
  37. A lack of age-appropriate formulations can make it difficult to administer medicines to children. A manipulation of the dosage form may be required to achieve the required dose. This study aimed to describe me...

    Authors: Roberta H Richey, Utpal U Shah, Matthew Peak, Jean V Craig, James L Ford, Catrin E Barker, Anthony J Nunn and Mark A Turner
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:81
  38. According to current evidence, the prevention of obesity should start early in life. Even the prenatal environment may expose a child to unhealthy weight gain; maternal gestational diabetes is known to be amon...

    Authors: Taina Mustila, Jani Raitanen, Päivi Keskinen, Antti Saari and Riitta Luoto
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:80
  39. One of the components of the Kangaroo Method (KM) is the adoption of the Kangaroo Position. The skin-to-skin contact and the vertical position the child adopts when in this position may provide sensorial, vest...

    Authors: Kaísa Trovão Diniz, José Eulálio Cabral-Filho, Rafael Moura Miranda, Geisy Maria Souza Lima and Danilo de Almeida Vasconcelos
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:79
  40. Despite growing evidence that supports the importance of 6-month exclusive breastfeeding, few Canadian mothers adhere to this, and early weaning onto solids is a common practice. This study assessed infant fee...

    Authors: Mahsa Jessri, Anna P Farmer, Katerina Maximova, Noreen D Willows and Rhonda C Bell
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:77
  41. Despite the low prevalence of daily smokers in Sweden, children are still being exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), primarily by their smoking parents. A prospective intervention study using methods ...

    Authors: Noomi Carlsson, AnnaKarin Johansson, Agneta Abrahamsson and Boel Andersson Gäre
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:76
  42. Data on the prevalence of renal and urine abnormalities among HIV-infected children in Sub-Saharan Africa are limited. We set out to determine the prevalence of proteinuria; low estimated glomerular filtration...

    Authors: Vongai Dondo, Hilda A Mujuru, Kusum J Nathoo, Maxwell Chirehwa and Zivanai Mufandaedza
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:75
  43. Quality of patient care in hospitals has been shown to be inconsistent during weekends and night-time hours, and is often associated with reduced patient monitoring, poor antibiotic prescription practices and ...

    Authors: David Gathara, Grace Irimu, Harrison Kihara, Christopher Maina, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, Julius Mwangi, Elizabeth Allen and Mike English
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:74
  44. Although breast milk has numerous benefits for infants’ development, with greater effects in those born preterm (at < 37 gestational weeks), mothers of preterm infants have shorter breastfeeding duration than ...

    Authors: Jenny Ericson, Mats Eriksson, Lena Hellström-Westas, Lars Hagberg, Pat Hoddinott and Renée Flacking
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:73
  45. Childhood obesity has become an emerging urban health problem in urban cities in Bangladesh, particularly in affluent families. Risk factors for obesity in this context have not been explored yet. The objectiv...

    Authors: Mejbah Uddin Bhuiyan, Shahaduz Zaman and Tahmeed Ahmed
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:72
  46. Prune belly syndrome is a rare congenital malformation of unknown aetiology and is characterised by abnormalities of the urinary tract, a deficiency of abdominal musculature and bilateral cryptorchidism in mal...

    Authors: Maria Ome, Regina Wangnapi, Nancy Hamura, Alexandra J Umbers, Peter Siba, Moses Laman, John Bolnga, Sheryle Rogerson and Holger W Unger
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:70

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