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  1. Asthma is becoming increasingly prevalent among children in China. Poor parent knowledge and attitudes often contribute to inappropriate management practices, leading to deficiencies in the care process. We ai...

    Authors: Jing Zhao, Kunling Shen, Li Xiang, Guoqing Zhang, Meng Xie, Juan Bai and Qiyi Chen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:20
  2. Not only in adults but also in children and adolescents, obesity increases the risk for several health disorders. In turn, many factors including genetic variations and environmental influences (e.g. physical ...

    Authors: Annette Rauner, Filip Mess and Alexander Woll
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:19
  3. During the first weeks of hospitalization, premature babies and their parents encounter difficulties in establishing early bonds and interactions. Only a few studies have explored what caregivers can do to mee...

    Authors: Sonia Guillaume, Natacha Michelin, Elodie Amrani, Brigitte Benier, Xavier Durrmeyer, Sandra Lescure, Charlotte Bony, Claude Danan, Olivier Baud, Pierre-Henri Jarreau, Elodie Zana-Taïeb and Laurence Caeymaex
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:18
  4. Ankle-Foot-Orthoses with a ventral shell, also known as Floor Reaction Orthoses (FROs), are often used to reduce gait-related problems in children with spastic cerebral palsy (SCP), walking with excessive knee...

    Authors: Yvette L Kerkum, Jaap Harlaar, Annemieke I Buizer, Josien C van den Noort, Jules G Becher and Merel-Anne Brehm
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:17
  5. A high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in children presenting with severe pneumonia has previously been reported in South Africa. However, little is known about TB among children with pneumonia in Uganda and o...

    Authors: Josephine M Nantongo, Eric Wobudeya, Ezekiel Mupere, Moses Joloba, Willy Ssengooba, Harriet N Kisembo, Irene R Lubega and Philippa M Musoke
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:16
  6. To identify the predictive factors for malignancies using basic clinical and laboratory information in children presenting with musculoskeletal pain and eventually diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis ...

    Authors: Antonella Agodi, Martina Barchitta, Cristina Trigilia, Patrizia Barone, Silvia Marino, Rosaria Garozzo, Manuela La Rosa, Giovanna Russo and Andrea Di Cataldo
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:15
  7. There is little reliable information on the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Australia and no coordinated national approach to facilitate case detection. The aim of this study was to id...

    Authors: Rochelle E Watkins, Elizabeth J Elliott, Jane Halliday, Colleen M O’Leary, Heather D’Antoine, Elizabeth Russell, Lorian Hayes, Elizabeth Peadon, Amanda Wilkins, Heather M Jones, Anne McKenzie, Sue Miers, Lucinda Burns, Raewyn C Mutch, Janet M Payne, James P Fitzpatrick…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:13
  8. As the various systems in the body are inter-connected to form a single structural unit, a pathological condition in one area can also affect other areas. There are many known correlations between the visual a...

    Authors: Armando Silvestrini-Biavati, Marco Migliorati, Eleonora Demarziani, Simona Tecco, Piero Silvestrini-Biavati, Antonella Polimeni and Matteo Saccucci
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:12
  9. Type D personality, or the “distressed personality”, is a psychosocial factor associated with negative health outcomes, although its impact in younger populations is unclear. The purpose of this study was to i...

    Authors: Emelie Condén, Jerzy Leppert, Lisa Ekselius and Cecilia Åslund
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:11
  10. The Medical Home model recommends that Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) receive a medical care plan, outlining the child’s major medical issues and care needs to assist with care coordination. W...

    Authors: Sherri Adams, Eyal Cohen, Sanjay Mahant, Jeremy N Friedman, Radha MacCulloch and David B Nicholas
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:10
  11. Data on baseline characteristics of children with asthma to predict individual treatment responses are lacking. We aimed to set up a data-collection system which can easily fill this gap in clinical practice.

    Authors: Kim Zomer-Kooijker, Francine C van Erp, Walter A F Balemans, Bart E van Ewijk and Cornelis K van der Ent
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:9
  12. Otitis media (OM) is a very common condition in children and occurs during years that are critical to the development of learning, literacy, and math skills. Therefore, among a large cohort of Danish conscript...

    Authors: Marie Mortensen, Rikke Beck Nielsen, Niels Fisker and Mette Nørgaard
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:8
  13. Parasitic infections have been shown to have deleterious effects on host nutritional status. In addition, although helmintic infection can modulate the host inflammatory response directed against the parasite,...

    Authors: Bemnet Amare, Jemal Ali, Beyene Moges, Gizachew Yismaw, Yeshambel Belyhun, Simon Gebretsadik, Desalegn Woldeyohannes, Ketema Tafess, Ebba Abate, Mengistu Endris, Desalegn Tegabu, Andargachew Mulu, Fusao Ota, Bereket Fantahun and Afework Kassu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:7
  14. Hypoxia associated with bronchiolitis is not always easy to assess on clinical grounds alone. The aim of this study was to determine the value of food intake during the previous 24 hours (bottle and spoon feed...

    Authors: François Corrard, France de La Rocque, Elvira Martin, Claudie Wollner, Annie Elbez, Marc Koskas, Alain Wollner, Michel Boucherat and Robert Cohen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:6
  15. Treatment and prophylaxis of sepsis in very low birth weight neonates is a matter of concern and research is being undertaken with the aim to give rise to shared approaches based on solid evidence. As part of ...

    Authors: Chiara Pandolfini, Sequi Marco, Manzoni Paolo and Bonati Maurizio
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:5
  16. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas (NHL) are common in African children, with endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) being the most common subtype. While the role of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) in endemic BL is known, no data are ...

    Authors: Rogatus Kabyemera, Nestory Masalu, Peter Rambau, Erasmus Kamugisha, Benson Kidenya, Anita De Rossi, Maria Raffaella Petrara and Damas Mwizamuholya
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:4
  17. Available evidence indicates that early intervention programs, such as the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), can positively affect key outcomes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, program...

    Authors: Valsamma Eapen, Rudi Črnčec and Amelia Walter
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:3
  18. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common arthropathy of childhood. Different diseases affect school attendance to varying degrees. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of juvenile idiop...

    Authors: Ilham Bouaddi, Samira Rostom, Dalal El Badri, Asmae Hassani, Bouchra Chkirate, Bouchra Amine and Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2013 13:2
  19. Hypertensive crisis in children is a relatively rare condition presenting with elevated blood pressure (BP) and related symptoms, and it is potentially life-threatening. The aim of this study was to survey chi...

    Authors: Wen-Chieh Yang, Lu-Lu Zhao, Chun-Yu Chen, Yung-Kang Wu, Yu-Jun Chang and Han-Ping Wu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:200
  20. Estimated 17,000 neonates (≤ 28 days of age) die in Vietnam annually, corresponding to more than half of the child mortality burden. However, current knowledge about these neonates is limited. Prematurity, asp...

    Authors: Alexandra Y Kruse, Binh TT Ho, Cam N Phuong, Lone G Stensballe, Gorm Greisen and Freddy K Pedersen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:199
  21. While survival rates of extremely preterm infants have improved over the last decades, the incidence of neurodevelopmental disability (ND) in survivors remains high. Representative current data on the severity...

    Authors: Luregn J Schlapbach, Mark Adams, Elena Proietti, Maude Aebischer, Sebastian Grunt, Cristina Borradori-Tolsa, Myriam Bickle-Graz, Hans Ulrich Bucher, Beatrice Latal and Giancarlo Natalucci
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:198
  22. Quality hospital care is important in ensuring that the needs of severely ill children are met to avert child mortality. However, the quality of hospital care for children in developing countries has often bee...

    Authors: Dewan ME Hoque, Muntasirur Rahman, Sk Masum Billah, Michael Savic, AQM Rezaul Karim, Enayet K Chowdhury, Altaf Hossain, SAJ Md Musa, Harish Kumar, Sudhansh Malhotra, Ziaul Matin, Neena Raina, Martin W Weber and Shams El Arifeen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:197
  23. Antibiotic surveillance is mandatory to optimise antibiotic therapy. Our objectives were to evaluate antibiotic use in our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and to implement a simple achievable intervention...

    Authors: Martin Stocker, Eduardo Ferrao, Winston Banya, Jamie Cheong, Duncan Macrae and Anke Furck
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:196
  24. Burn injuries have a major impact on the patient’s physical and psychological functioning. The consequences can, especially in pediatric burns, persist long after the injury. A decrease in physical fitness see...

    Authors: Laurien M Disseldorp, Leonora J Mouton, Tim Takken, Marco Van Brussel, Gerard IJM Beerthuizen, Lucas HV Van der Woude and Marianne K Nieuwenhuis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:195
  25. Celiac disease is defined as a ‘chronic small intestinal immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals’. Sweden has experienced an “epidemic” of ...

    Authors: Anna Myléus, Olle Hernell, Leif Gothefors, Marie-Louise Hammarström, Lars-Åke Persson, Hans Stenlund and Anneli Ivarsson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:194
  26. Licensed for use in males in 2009, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in adolescent males are extremely low. Literature on HPV vaccination focuses on females, adult males, or parents of adolescent ma...

    Authors: Andreia B Alexander, Nathan W Stupiansky, Mary A Ott, Debby Herbenick, Michael Reece and Gregory D Zimet
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:192
  27. Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. One of the main difficulties is obtaining adequate specimens for bacteriological confirmation of the disease in ...

    Authors: Minime-Lingoupou Fanny, Narcisse Beyam, Jean Chrusostome Gody, G Zandanga, F Yango, Alexandre Manirakiza, Leen Rigouts, Catherine Pierre-Audigier, Brigitte Gicquel and Gustave Bobossi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:191
  28. The northern territory Nunavut has Canada’s largest jurisdictional land mass with 33,322 inhabitants, of which 85% self-identify as Inuit. Nunavut has rates of infant mortality, postneonatal mortality and hosp...

    Authors: Sorcha A Collins, Padma Surmala, Geraldine Osborne, Cheryl Greenberg, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Sharon Edmunds-Potvin and Laura Arbour
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:190
  29. Even minor abnormalities of early child development may have dramatic long term consequences. Accurate prevalence rates for a range of developmental impairments have been difficult to establish. Since related ...

    Authors: Heribert L Stich, Bernhard Th Baune, Riccardo N Caniato, Rafael T Mikolajczyk and Alexander Krämer
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:188
  30. The use of biomarkers has expanded considerably, as an alternative to questionnaire-based metrics of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS); few studies have assessed the affect of such alternative metrics on diver...

    Authors: Chris Carlsten, Helen Dimich-Ward, Anne DyBuncio, Allan B Becker and Moira Chan-Yeung
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:187
  31. The burden of disability is more severe among children in low income countries. Moreover, the number of children with disabilities (CWDs) in sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to increase with reduction in child ...

    Authors: Yoshito Kawakatsu, Satoshi Kaneko, Mohamed Karama and Sumihisa Honda
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:186
  32. The incidence of acute otitis media (AOM) vary from country to country. Geographical variations together with differences in study designs, reporting and settings play a role. We assessed the incidence of AOM ...

    Authors: Paola Marchisio, Luigi Cantarutti, Miriam Sturkenboom, Silvia Girotto, Gino Picelli, Daniele Dona, Antonio Scamarcia, Marco Villa and Carlo Giaquinto
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:185
  33. Oral clefts are one of the most common birth defects with significant medical, psychosocial, and economic ramifications. Oral clefts have a complex etiology with genetic and environmental risk factors. There a...

    Authors: George L Wehby, Norman Goco, Danilo Moretti-Ferreira, Temis Felix, Antonio Richieri-Costa, Carla Padovani, Fernanda Queiros, Camilla Vila Nova Guimaraes, Rui Pereira, Steve Litavecz, Tyler Hartwell, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Lorette Javois and Jeffrey C Murray
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:184
  34. Despite changes in WHO guidelines, stavudine is still used extensively for treatment of pediatric HIV in the developing world. Lipoatrophy in sub-Saharan African children can be stigmatizing and have far-reach...

    Authors: Steve Innes, Mark F Cotton, Richard Haubrich, Maria M Conradie, Margaret van Niekerk, Clair Edson, Helena Rabie, Sonia Jain, Xiaoying Sun, Ekkehard W Zöllner, Stephen Hough and Sara H Browne
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:183
  35. Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute otitis media (AOM). Unfortunately, there is a lack of knowledge about the exact role of the ET’s bony support, the temporal...

    Authors: Chantal Morin, Dominique Dorion, Jean-Marie Moutquin and Mélanie Levasseur
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:181
  36. Establishing healthy physical activity (PA) behaviours in early childhood is important for future PA behaviours. Parents play a central role in young children’s PA. However, there is currently little research ...

    Authors: Georgina F Bentley, Joanna K Goodred, Russell Jago, Simon J Sebire, Patricia J Lucas, Kenneth R Fox, Sarah Stewart-Brown and Katrina M Turner
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:180
  37. Studies on the association of birth by caesarean section (C/S) and allergies have produced conflicting findings. Furthermore, evidence on whether this association may differ in those at risk of atopy is limite...

    Authors: Ourania Kolokotroni, Nicos Middleton, Marina Gavatha, Demetris Lamnisos, Kostas N Priftis and Panayiotis K Yiallouros
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:179
  38. PEG-based laxatives are considered today the gold standard for the treatment of constipation in children. PEG formulations differ in terms of composition of inactive ingredients which may have an impact on acc...

    Authors: Francesco Savino, Serena Viola, Maiullari Erasmo, Giovanni Di Nardo, Salvatore Oliva and Salvatore Cucchiara
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:178
  39. Pediatric rehabilitation considers Family-centered service (FCS) as a way to increase participation of children with a physical disability in daily life. An important principal is that parents greatly contribu...

    Authors: Barbara Piškur, Anna JHM Beurskens, Marian J Jongmans, Marjolijn Ketelaar, Meghan Norton, Christina A Frings, Helena Hemmingsson and Rob JEM Smeets
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:177
  40. The ability of different obesity indices to predict cardiovascular risk is still debated in youth and few data are available in sub Saharan Africa. We compared the associations between several indices of obesi...

    Authors: Pascal Bovet, Tiphaine Arlabosse, Bharathi Viswanathan and Gary Myers
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:176
  41. Allergy represents a risk factor at the base of sleep-disordered breathing in pediatric age. Among allergic diseases, the atopy is characterized by a tendency to be “hyperallergic.” Sleep-disordered breathing ...

    Authors: Anna Maria Zicari, Giuseppe Marzo, Anna Rugiano, Camilla Celani, Maria Palma Carbone, Simona Tecco and Marzia Duse
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:175
  42. Evaluation of elementary writing skills in children is usually obtained with high resolution (and high cost) techniques or with low resolution pen-and-paper tests. In this observational study we tested a quant...

    Authors: Matteo Chiappedi, Rosella Togni, Elisabetta De Bernardi, Ilaria Maria Carlotta Baschenis, Sara Battezzato, Umberto Balottin, Elena Dalla Toffola and Maurizio Bejor
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:173
  43. Evaluation of palpable neck masses may be a diagnostic problem in pediatric patients, with differential diagnosis including congenital, inflammatory, tumoral and traumatic lesions. Ultrasonography is usually a...

    Authors: Vincenzo Davide Catania, Carlo Manzoni, Mariangela Novello, Libero Lauriola and Antonella Coli
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:172
  44. We assessed anthropometric status, breastfeeding duration, morbidity, and mortality outcomes during the first four years of life according to gestational age, in three population-based birth cohorts in the cit...

    Authors: Fernando C Barros, José Luis Diaz Rossello, Alicia Matijasevich, Samuel C Dumith, Aluisio J D Barros, Iná Silva dos Santos, Denise Mota and Cesar G Victora
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:169

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