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  1. There is a growing global acknowledgement that improving child survival rates is no longer sufficient. Emphasis is shifting to the improvement of health and developmental trajectories in early childhood. Scree...

    Authors: Alastair van Heerden, Celia Hsiao, Beatrice Matafwali, Julia Louw and Linda Richter
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:55
  2. The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months followed by introduction of iron-rich complementary foods (CFs). The aim of this study was to determine the impact of different i...

    Authors: Wafaa Qasem, Meghan B. Azad, Zakir Hossain, Elnaz Azad, Sarah Jorgensen, Sandra Castillo San Juan, Chenxi Cai, Ehsan Khafipour, Trust Beta, L. Jackson Roberts II and James Friel
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:54
  3. Bell’s palsy or acute idiopathic lower motor neurone facial paralysis is characterized by sudden onset paralysis or weakness of the muscles to one side of the face controlled by the facial nerve. While there i...

    Authors: Franz E. Babl, Mark T. Mackay, Meredith L. Borland, David W. Herd, Amit Kochar, Jason Hort, Arjun Rao, John A. Cheek, Jeremy Furyk, Lisa Barrow, Shane George, Michael Zhang, Kaya Gardiner, Katherine J. Lee, Andrew Davidson, Robert Berkowitz…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:53
  4. 1) To identify socio-demographic factors associated with parental “no-intent” for their 13–17 year old unvaccinated daughter to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series within the next twelve mont...

    Authors: Vinay K. Cheruvu, Madhav P. Bhatta and Lauren N. Drinkard
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:52
  5. Wheelchair mobility skills (WMS) training is regarded by children using a manual wheelchair and their parents as an important factor to improve participation and daily physical activity. Currently, there is no...

    Authors: Marleen Elisabeth Sol, Olaf Verschuren, Laura de Groot and Janke Frederike de Groot
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:51
  6. Vancomycin has recently gained popularity as an empiric therapy for late onset sepsis in the NICU. Changes in resistance patterns in common organisms has resulted in targeting higher trough concentrations of v...

    Authors: Vidit Bhargava, Michael Malloy and Rafael Fonseca
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:50
  7. Handling neonates with postnatal respiratory failure due to congenital airway malformations implies knowledge about emergency management of unexpected difficult airway. In these stressful situations both techn...

    Authors: Beate Grass, Leopold Simma, Michael Reinehr, Urs Zimmermann, Claudine Gysin, Georg Henze and Vincenzo Cannizzaro
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:49
  8. In many countries there are now detailed Child Death Review (CDR) processes following unexpected child deaths. CDR can lead to a fuller understanding of the causes for each child’s death but this potentially i...

    Authors: Joanna Garstang, Frances Griffiths and Peter Sidebotham
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:48
  9. IQ deficits are linked to even mild obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children. Although OSA is commonly first diagnosed in the pre-school age group, a randomised trial is still needed to assess IQ outcomes af...

    Authors: Karen A. Waters, Jasneek Chawla, Margaret-Anne Harris, Carolyn Dakin, Helen Heussler, Robert Black, Alan Cheng, Hannah Burns, John D. Kennedy and Kurt Lushington
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:47
  10. We assessed the effects of providing a package of interventions including small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) containing 0, 5 or 10 mg zinc and illness treatment to Burkinabe children from...

    Authors: Souheila Abbeddou, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, Jérome W. Somé, Jean Bosco Ouédraogo, Kenneth H. Brown. and Sonja Y. Hess
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:46
  11. Being born preterm with very low birthweight (VLBW ≤ 1500 g) poses a risk for cortical and subcortical gray matter (GM) abnormalities, as well as for having more psychiatric problems during childhood and adole...

    Authors: Violeta L Botellero, Jon Skranes, Knut Jørgen Bjuland, Asta Kristine Håberg, Stian Lydersen, Ann-Mari Brubakk, Marit S Indredavik and Marit Martinussen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:45
  12. Paediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is relatively common and disabling. Improving treatment requires the development of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) that enabl...

    Authors: Roxanne M. Parslow, Alison Shaw, Kirstie L. Haywood and Esther Crawley
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:43
  13. Oral antipyretics are commonly used to treat pediatric patients who develop fevers. However, patients presenting to the emergency department or undergoing surgery are frequently unable to tolerate oral antipyr...

    Authors: Samia N. Khalil, Barry J. Hahn, Corrie E. Chumpitazi, Amy D. Rock, Byron A. Kaelin and Charles G. Macias
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:42
  14. Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have increased mortality and are also at increased risk of celiac disease (CD). It is unknown if CD influences mortality in DS. In this study we examined the risk of death i...

    Authors: Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Benjamin Lebwohl, Peter H. R. Green, Wendy K. Chung and Karl Mårild
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:41
  15. The Triple P parenting programme has been reported to improve child mental health at population level, but it consumes substantial resources. Previous published work has suggested improvements in whole populat...

    Authors: Louise Marryat, Lucy Thompson and Philip Wilson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:40

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  16. In the UK, 1–2% of infants are born very preterm (<32 weeks of gestation) or have very low birth weight (<1500 g). Very preterm infants are initially unable to be fed nutritional volumes of milk and therefore ...

    Authors: Jane Abbott, Janet Berrington, Ursula Bowler, Elaine Boyle, Jon Dorling, Nicholas Embleton, Edmund Juszczak, Alison Leaf, Louise Linsell, Samantha Johnson, Kenny McCormick, William McGuire, Tracy Roberts and Ben Stenson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:39
  17. Preterm neonates undergo many painful procedures as part of their standard care in the neonatal intensive care unit. However, pain treatment is inadequate in many of these routine procedures. In the present st...

    Authors: Jie Qiu, Yun-fei Jiang, Fang Li, Qian-hong Tong, Hui Rong and Rui Cheng
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:38
  18. Despite the high burden of pediatric mortality from preventable conditions in low and middle income countries and the existence of multiple tools to prioritize critically ill children in low-resource settings,...

    Authors: Bhakti Hansoti, Alexander Jenson, Devin Keefe, Sarah Stewart De Ramirez, Trisha Anest, Michelle Twomey, Katie Lobner, Gabor Kelen and Lee Wallis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:37
  19. The current recommendation within integrated Community Case Management guidelines that all children presenting with uncomplicated fever and no danger signs be followed up after three days may not be necessary....

    Authors: Elburg van Boetzelaer, Lara S. Ho, Julie R. Gutman, Laura C. Steinhardt, Alison Wittcoff, Yolanda Barbera, Pascal Ngoy, Steven A. Harvey and Luke C. Mullany
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:36
  20. Despite improvements in child survival in the past four decades, an estimated 6.3 million children under the age of five die each year, and more than 40% of these deaths occur in the neonatal period. Intervent...

    Authors: Emily R. Smith, Ilana Bergelson, Stacie Constantian, Bina Valsangkar and Grace J. Chan
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:35
  21. In Bo district, rural Sierra Leone, we assessed the burden of the 2014 Ebola outbreak on under-five consultations at a primary health center and the quality of care for under-15 children at a Médecins Sans Fro...

    Authors: Veerle Hermans, Rony Zachariah, Desalegn Woldeyohannes, Gbessay Saffa, Dauda Kamara, Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Walter Kizito, Marcel Manzi, Petra Alders and Jacob Maikere
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:34
  22. Perinatal stroke is the leading cause of unilateral (hemiparetic) cerebral palsy, with life-long personal, social and financial consequences. Translational research findings indicate that early therapy interve...

    Authors: Anna Purna Basu, Janice Elizabeth Pearse, Jessica Baggaley, Rose Mary Watson and Tim Rapley
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:33
  23. This study aims to identify risk factors and the neurodevelopmental impact of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in a limited-resource setting among a refugee and migrant population residing along the Thai-Myanmar bo...

    Authors: Laurence Thielemans, Margreet Trip-Hoving, Germana Bancone, Claudia Turner, Julie A. Simpson, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Michaël Boele van Hensbroek, Patrick van Rheenen, Moo Kho Paw, François Nosten, Rose McGready and Verena I. Carrara
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:32
  24. The X-linked condition “Aarskog-Scott syndrome (AAS)” causes a characteristic combination of short stature, facial, genital and skeletal anomalies. Studies elucidated a causative link between AAS and mutations...

    Authors: Abdul Rezzak Hamzeh, Fatima Saif, Pratibha Nair, Asma Jassim Binjab, Madiha Mohamed, Mahmoud Taleb Al-Ali and Fatma Bastaki
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:31
  25. Nigeria is among countries with high Under-Five Mortality (U5M) rates worldwide. Both maternal and childhood factors have been linked to U5M in the country. However, despite the growing global recognition of t...

    Authors: Stephen Ayo Adebowale, Oyewale Mayowa Morakinyo and Godson Rowland Ana
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:30
  26. Stunting prevalence in children less than 5 years has remained stagnated in Peru from 1992 to 2007, with a rapid reduction thereafter. We aimed to assess the role of different predictors on stunting reduction ...

    Authors: Luis Huicho, Carlos A. Huayanay-Espinoza, Eder Herrera-Perez, Eddy R. Segura, Jessica Niño de Guzman, María Rivera-Ch and Aluisio J.D. Barros
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:29
  27. The recreational use of trampolines is an increasingly popular activity among children and adolescents. Several studies reported about radiological findings in trampoline related injuries in children. The followi...

    Authors: E. Hauth, H. Jaeger, P. Luckey and M. Beer
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:27
  28. Taking care of a child with special needs can be draining and difficult and require a lot of parental time and resources. The present study investigated the long-term sickness absence of parents who have child...

    Authors: Idunn Brekke, Elena Albertini Früh, Lisbeth Gravdal Kvarme and Henrik Holmstrøm
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:26
  29. Anaemia is one of the major causes of death among children under five years in Africa, with a prevalence of 64.6% among pre-school children. In 2014, we conducted a cross-sectional study in Namutumba district ...

    Authors: Fiona Kuziga, Yeka Adoke and Rhoda K. Wanyenze
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:25
  30. Infant HIV infection is associated with delayed milestone attainment. The extent to which effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents these delays is not well defined.

    Authors: Sarah Benki-Nugent, Dalton Wamalwa, Agnes Langat, Kenneth Tapia, Judith Adhiambo, Daisy Chebet, Helen Moraa Okinyi and Grace John-Stewart
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:24
  31. Infant mortality has dropped considerably in India over the last 5 years. A sharp contrast to this decline in national average of infant mortality is the rate recorded during 2014–2015 from the southernmost di...

    Authors: Alok K. Deb, Shanta Dutta, Chhaihlo Hnichho, Mary Vanlalpeki, Hli Thapi Phosa, Khaila Rakhu, Samuel Lalfakawma Fanai, Manoj Chakrabarti and Samiran Panda
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:23
  32. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with inborn errors of steroid metabolism. 21-hydroxylase enzyme deficiency occurs in 90 to 95% of all cases of CAH, with accum...

    Authors: Cristiane Kopacek, Simone Martins de Castro, Mayara Jorgens Prado, Claudia Maria Dornelles da Silva, Luciana Amorim Beltrão and Poli Mara Spritzer
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:22
  33. Telemedicine has been recognized as a way to improve accessibility, quality, and efficiency of care. In view of the introduction of new telemedicine services, we conducted a survey through a self-administered ...

    Authors: Luisa Russo, Ilaria Campagna, Beatrice Ferretti, Eleonora Agricola, Elisabetta Pandolfi, Emanuela Carloni, Angelo D’Ambrosio, Francesco Gesualdo and Alberto E. Tozzi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:21
  34. Bronchiolitis is a common respiratory illness of early childhood. For most children it is a mild self-limiting disease but a small number of children develop respiratory failure. Nasal continuous positive airw...

    Authors: H. Turnham, R. S. Agbeko, J. Furness, J. Pappachan, A. G. Sutcliffe and P. Ramnarayan
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:20
  35. Increasingly, the experiences and perceptions of parents who decline vaccination are the subject of investigation. However, the experiences of clinicians who encounter these parents in the course of their work...

    Authors: Nina J. Berry, Alexandra Henry, Margie Danchin, Lyndal J. Trevena, Harold W. Willaby and Julie Leask
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:19
  36. Nearly half of the population of Northwest China live in Shaanxi province, but population-based data on the epidemiologic characteristics of congenital heart defects (CHD) in this population is limited. The st...

    Authors: Leilei Pei, Yijun Kang, Yaling Zhao and Hong Yan
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:18
  37. To determine the prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition among infants with Cleft palate and/or cleft lip (CP+/-L) at Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Uganda Hospital (CoRSU) in Uganda.

    Authors: Martin Tungotyo, Daniel Atwine, Deborah Nanjebe, Andrew Hodges and Martin Situma
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:17
  38. The objective of the study was to describe the baseline health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a cohort of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), and analyze its associated clinical ...

    Authors: Marta Murillo, Joan Bel, Jacobo Pérez, Raquel Corripio, Gemma Carreras, Xavier Herrero, Josep-Maria Mengibar, Dolors Rodriguez-Arjona, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Hein Raat and Luis Rajmil
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:16
  39. Stunting has been identified as one of the major proximal risk factors for poor physical and mental development of children under-5 years. Stunting predominantly occurs in the first 1000 days of life (0–23 mon...

    Authors: Blessing Jaka Akombi, Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, John Joseph Hall, Dafna Merom, Thomas Astell-Burt and Andre M. N. Renzaho
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:15
  40. RotaTeq™ (RV5; Merck & Co. Inc., USA) and Rotarix™ (RV1, GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium) vaccines, developed to prevent rotavirus diarrhea in children under five years old, were both introdu...

    Authors: Raúl F. Velázquez, Alexandre C. Linhares, Sergio Muñoz, Pamela Seron, Pedro Lorca, Rodrigo DeAntonio and Eduardo Ortega-Barria
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:14
  41. Parents have a vital influence on the participation of their child with a physical disability. The aim of this study is to gain insight into parents’ own daily actions, challenges, and needs while supporting t...

    Authors: Barbara Piškur, Anna J. H. M. Beurskens, Marjolijn Ketelaar, Marian J. Jongmans, Barbara M. Casparie and Rob J. E. M. Smeets
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:12
  42. Early diagnosis of food allergies (FA) is important for a favorable prognosis. This study aimed to determine the level of awareness of FA among pediatricians in Kuwait.

    Authors: Waleed Al-Herz, Khalid Husain, Ahmed Al-Khabaz, Mohamed A. A. Moussa and Fawaz Al-Refaee
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:11
  43. Children with congenital heart disease are at increased risk of malnutrition. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of wasting, underweight and stunting among children with congenital heart dise...

    Authors: Anthony Batte, Peter Lwabi, Sulaiman Lubega, Sarah Kiguli, Kennedy Otwombe, Lucy Chimoyi, Violette Nabatte and Charles Karamagi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:10
  44. Progress has been made in tackling malaria however there are still over 207 million cases worldwide, the majority in children. As survival rates improve, numbers of children with long-term neurodisabling seque...

    Authors: Emmie W. Mbale, Terrie Taylor, Bernard Brabin, Macpherson Mallewa and Melissa Gladstone
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:9
  45. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders observed in childhood and adolescence. Its key symptoms — reduced attention, poor control of impulses as well as incre...

    Authors: Valentin Benzing and Mirko Schmidt
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:8
  46. A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is frequently found in very preterm neonates and is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. A shunt across a PDA can result in an unfavorable distribution of...

    Authors: Anna Sellmer, Bodil H. Bech, Jesper V. Bjerre, Michael R. Schmidt, Vibeke E. Hjortdal, Gitte Esberg, Søren Rittig and Tine B. Henriksen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:7
  47. Dietary diversity (DD) is useful indicator of dietary quality and nutrient adequacy. In developing countries limited evidence is available regarding predictors of DD during the critical complementary feeding p...

    Authors: Dalecha Dangura and Samson Gebremedhin
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:6

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