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  1. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious gastrointestinal disease, primarily affects preterm newborns and occurs after 7 days of life (late-onset NEC, LO-NEC). Unfortunately, over the past several decades,...

    Authors: Kun-Yao Hong, Yao Zhu, Fan Wu, Jian Mao, Ling Liu, Rong Zhang, Yan-Mei Chang, Wei Shen, Li-Xia Tang, Xiu-Zhen Ye, Yin-Ping Qiu, Li Ma, Rui Cheng, Hui Wu, Dong-Mei Chen, Ling Chen…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:172
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  3. Parents/guardians can greatly influence their child’s movement behaviours (i.e., physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep). Yet, they have reported to lack sufficient background knowledge to foster he...

    Authors: Brianne A. Bruijns, Matthew Bourke, Aidan Loh and Patricia Tucker
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:164
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  4. Heath-related quality of life (HRQoL) is lower in adolescents with chronic health conditions compared to healthy peers. While there is evidence of some differences according to the underlying condition and gen...

    Authors: Mira Kallio, Anna Tornivuori, Päivi J. Miettinen, Kaija-Leena Kolho, Heikki Relas, Evelyn Culnane, Hayley Loftus, Susan M. Sawyer and Silja Kosola
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:163
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  5. Each year an estimated 2.3 million newborns die in the first 28 days of life. Most of these deaths are preventable, and high-quality neonatal care is fundamental for surviving and thriving. Service readiness i...

    Authors: Rebecca E. Penzias, Christine Bohne, Samuel K. Ngwala, Evelyn Zimba, Norman Lufesi, Ekran Rashid, Edith Gicheha, Opeyemi Odedere, Olabisi Dosunmu, Robert Tillya, Josephine Shabani, James H. Cross, Sara Liaghati-Mobarhan, Msandeni Chiume, George Banda, Alfred Chalira…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 2):655
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 2

  7. Fanconi-Bickel syndrome is characterized by hepatorenal disease caused by anomalous glycogen storage. It occurs due to variants in the SLC2A2 gene. We present a male patient of 2 years 7 months old, with failure ...

    Authors: Hugo Hernán Abarca-Barriga, María Cristina Laso-Salazar, Diego Orihuela-Tacuri, Jenny Chirinos-Saire and Anahí Venero-Nuñez
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:161
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  8. Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy-50 (DEE-50) is a rare clinical condition believed to be caused by a mutation in the CAD gene and is associated with a bleak prognosis. CAD-related diseases have a wide r...

    Authors: Lifen Duan, Lei Ye, Runxiu Yin, Ying Sun, Wei Yu, Yi Zhang, Haiyan Zhong, Xinhua Bao and Xin Tian
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:160
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  9. To verify the association between ideal sleep time and physical literacy components while also considering multiple mediators, such as quality of life and obesity, using a sample of adolescents.

    Authors: Vanilson Batista Lemes, Ana Paula Sehn, Cézane Priscila Reuter, Ryan Donald Burns, Anelise Reis Gaya, Adroaldo Cesar Araujo Gaya and Caroline Brand
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:159
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  10. Kawasaki syndrome (KS) is an acute vasculitis that affects children < 5 years of age and leads to coronary artery lesions (CAL) in about 20-25% of untreated cases. Machine learning (ML) is a branch of artifici...

    Authors: Yaqi Tang, Yuhai Liu, Zhanhui Du, Zheqi Wang and Silin Pan
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:158
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  11. Chorioamnionitis (CA) can cause multiple organ injuries in premature neonates, particularly to the lungs. Different opinions exist regarding the impact of intrauterine inflammation on neonatal respiratory dist...

    Authors: Wen-li Liu, Yao Zhou, Chao Zhang, Jun Chen, Xu-feng Yin, Feng-xia Zhou and Shao-jun Chen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:157
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  12. This paper reports a case of influenza complicated with influenza associated encephalopathy complicated with acute pancreatitis. This kind of disease is relatively rare, we hope to draw people’s attention to i...

    Authors: Junhao Cui, Wanyu Jia, Peng Li, Xue Zhang, Zheng Li and Chunlan Song
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:156
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  13. Oropharyngeal interventions are an accepted method to improve the nutritional performance of premature infants. Considering the countless benefits of breast milk and the few studies on the use of breast milk a...

    Authors: Fatemeh Kelich, Mojtaba Qanbari Qalehsari, Ali Zabihi, Seyedeh Roghayeh Jafarian Amiri and Navid Danaee
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:155
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  14. Allergic asthma is a type I allergic reaction mediated by serum Immunoglobulin E (IgE). B cell-mediated humoral immune response to allergens in the pathophysiology of allergic asthma have not been thoroughly e...

    Authors: Yunying Zhu, Qian Jiang, Chenshuang Lei, Qinhua Yu and Liannv Qiu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:154
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  15. Bacterial organisms causing neonatal sepsis have developed increased resistance to commonly used antibiotics. Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health problem. The spread of Multidrug-Resistant Organi...

    Authors: Stefani Miranda, Aminuddin Harahap, Dominicus Husada and Fara Nayo Faramarisa
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:153
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  17. To ensure a child's full growth, health, and development during infancy and the early years, adequate nutrition is crucial. A crucial window of opportunity for ensuring children's proper growth and development...

    Authors: Kedir Abdela Gonete, Dessie Abebaw Angaw and Lemma Derseh Gezie
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:151
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  18. In Cameroon, acute bronchiolitis has been reported as the third commonest lower respiratory infection and is usually associated with low mortality. Nonetheless, respiratory distress associated with non-adheren...

    Authors: Charlotte Eposse Ekoube, Emmanuel Heles Nsang, Patricia Épée, Edgar Mandeng Ma Linwa, Yolande Djike Puepi, Ritha Mbono Betoko, Diomède Noukeu Njinkui, Dominique Enyama, Dora Mbonjo Bitsie, Jeannette Disso Massako, Soumaiyatou Abba, Esther Eleonore Ngo Linwa and Calixte Ida Penda
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:150
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  19. Measuring arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) is crucial for proper mechanical ventilation, but the current sampling method is invasive. End-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) has been used as a surroga...

    Authors: Hye-Ji Han, Bongjin Lee and June Dong Park
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:149
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:274

  20. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a multifactorial gastrointestinal disease with high morbidity and mortality among premature infants. However, studies with large samples on the factors of NEC in China have n...

    Authors: Shuliang Zhao, Huimin Jiang, Yiqun Miao, Wenwen Liu, Yanan Li, Hui Liu, Aihua Wang, Xinghui Cui and Yuanyuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:148
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  21. Intussusception is one of the most common acute abdominal conditions in pediatric patients, and if left untreated, it may result in intestinal necrosis and even death. The etiology of the disease is unknown an...

    Authors: Junzhao Zhu, Weiping Cheng, Youbo Xu, Yingqiang Guo and Lexiang Shi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:147
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  22. Under-5 mortality decreased significantly worldwide between 2000 and 2015, but there is still progress to be made, particularly in lower- and middle-income countries. This supplement shares the work over the l...

    Authors: Agnes Binagwaho and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):654
    Content type: Introduction Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  23. Bangladesh significantly reduced under-5 mortality (U5M) between 2000 and 2015, despite its low economic development and projected high mortality rates in children aged under 5 years. A portion of this success...

    Authors: Fauzia Akhter Huda, Kedest Mathewos, Hassan Rushekh Mahmood, Omar Faruk, Lisa R. Hirschhorn and Agnes Binagwaho
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):653
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  24. The Exemplars in Under-5 Mortality (U5M) was a multiple cases study of how six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda, and Senegal, implemented health system-delive...

    Authors: Agnes Binagwaho, Amelia VanderZanden, Patricia J. Garcia, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Mahesh Maskey, Mohamadou Sall, Felix Sayinzoga, Raj Kumar Subedi, Alula M. Teklu, Kateri Donahoe, Miriam Frisch, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Kelechi Udoh and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):652
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  25. Between 2000–2015, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) implemented evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M). Even among LMICs successful in reducing U5M, this drop ...

    Authors: Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Amelia VanderZanden, Alemayehu Amberbir, Alula Teklu, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Mahesh Maskey, Mohamadou Sall, Patricia J. Garcia, Raj Kumar Subedi, Felix Sayinzoga, Lisa R. Hirschhorn and Agnes Binagwaho
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):651
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  27. Over the last eight decades, many evidence-based interventions (EBIs) have been developed to reduce amenable under-5 mortality (U5M). Implementation research can help reduce the lag between discovery and deliv...

    Authors: Felix Sayinzoga, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Caroline Beyer, Kateri B. Donahoe and Agnes Binagwaho
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):649
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  28. A thorough examination of context, and how it influences implementation of evidence-based interventions, is a promising strategy for enhancing child survival initiatives. Spreading approaches that are identifi...

    Authors: Quinhas Fernandes, Orvalho Augusto and Kenneth Sherr
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):648
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  29. The Ethiopian government implemented a national community health program, the Health Extension Program (HEP), to provide community-based health services to address persisting access-related barriers to care us...

    Authors: Laura Drown, Alemayehu Amberbir, Alula M. Teklu, Meseret Zelalem, Abreham Tariku, Yared Tadesse, Solomon Gebeyehu, Yirdachew Semu, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Amelia VanderZanden, Agnes Binagwaho and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):647
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  30. Health policymakers aiming to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M) often lack data regarding how successful interventions in other countries were implemented. The Exemplars in U5M Study identified countries that ach...

    Authors: Patricia J. García, Anna Larson Williams, Marco H. Carcamo, Amelia VanderZanden and Agnes Binagwaho
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):646
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  31. Health system-delivered evidence-based interventions (EBIs) are important to reducing amenable under-5 mortality (U5M). Implementation research (IR) can reduce knowledge gaps and decrease lags between new know...

    Authors: Raj Kumar Subedi, Amelia VanderZanden, Kriti Adhikari, Sasmrita Bastola, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Agnes Binagwaho and Mahesh Maskey
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 23(Suppl 1):645
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 23 Supplement 1

  32. In Germany, various preventive services are offered to children and adolescents. These include regular standardized examinations (so called U/J examinations) and several vaccinations. Although strongly recomme...

    Authors: Philip Bammert, Wiebke Schüttig, Iryna Iashchenko, Jacob Spallek, Petra Rattay, Sven Schneider, Matthias Richter, Claudia R Pischke, Nico Dragano and Leonie Sundmacher
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:146
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  33. Globally, 257 million people have chronic hepatitis. Even though a safe and effective prophylactic vaccine against HBV infection has been available, it causes significant morbidity and mortality. HBV vaccines ...

    Authors: Mekuanint Geta, Endalew Yizengaw and Tsegahun Manyazewal
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:145
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  34. Neonates with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) may present with fatal complications and permanent serious consequences. Vitamin status may influence fetal development. In this study we assessed vitamin A...

    Authors: Hanaa Reyad Abdallah, Abderahman A. Abdelrazek, Eman Refaat Youness, Hisham A. Orban, Marwa A. Mahmoud, Ahmed Helal El Sayed and Moushira Zaki
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:144
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  35. To investigate the clinical characteristics of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) complicated by intestinal perforation and predict the incidence of intestinal perforation in NEC.

    Authors: Pei Huang, Nandu Luo, Xiaoqi Shi, Jiahong Yan, Jiaojiao Huang, Yan Chen and Zuochen Du
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:143
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  36. Neonatal asphyxia is one of preventable causes of neonatal mortality throughout the world. It could be improved by early detection and control of the underlying causes. However, there was lack of evidence on i...

    Authors: Shewazerf Gizachew, Girma Wogie, Mekasha Getnet and Arega Abebe Lonsako
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:142
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  37. The assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness is important because it allows the identification of subgroups with poor health status and the targeting of effective intervention strategies to improve health.

    Authors: Jose Sulla-Torres, Rubén Vidal-Espinoza, Christopher Avendaño-Llanque, Alexander Calla-Gamboa, Manuel Zúñiga-Carnero, Rossana Gomez-Campos and Marco Cossio-Bolaños
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:141
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  39. Japanese Kawasaki disease (KD) risk scores cannot be adopted in non-Japanese patients. In North American populations a baseline coronary artery Z-score > 2 and the Son score are associated with coronary artery...

    Authors: Adriano La Vecchia, Rita Stracquadaino, Lucia Mauri, Lucia Augusta Baselli, Rozan Abdallah, Martina Cucchetti, Anna Maria Colli, Carlo Agostoni and Rosa Maria Dellepiane
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:139
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  40. Hemangiomas, also called infantile hemangiomas (IH) or hemangiomas of infancy are the most frequently seen benign vascular tumors of infancy. Different types of hemangiomas are described in the literature. The...

    Authors: Konstantine Chakhunashvili, Eka Kvirkvelia, Natia Todua and Davit G. Chakhunashvili
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:138
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  41. The early identification of infants with a risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in the first few years of life is essential for better developmental outcomes. Screenings should be carried out by combining the...

    Authors: Giulia Segre, Antonio Clavenna, Elisa Roberti, Francesca Scarpellini, Massimo Cartabia, Chiara Pandolfini, Valeria Tessarollo, Ilaria Costantino and Maurizio Bonati
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:137
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  42. To explore the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)-assisted training on lower limb motor function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP).

    Authors: Yan He, Qi Zhang, Ting-Ting Ma, Yan-Hua Liang, Rong-Rong Guo, Xiao-Song Li, Qian-Jin Liu and Tian-Yang Feng
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:136
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  43. Poisoning among children and adolescents is a public health problem worldwide. To take preventive measures, the pattern of this problem should be determined. This study aimed to describe the demographic charac...

    Authors: Mitra Hemmati, Mohamad Reza Tohidi, Ali Mohammadi, Firozeh Jahanpour, Bahareh Andayeshgar and Sahar Fallah
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:135
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  44. A substantial number of children in the world are regularly subjected to physical punishment by their parents as a method of upbringing. Evidence suggests that it has negative effects on the development of bra...

    Authors: Vanessa Chire Illachura, Maria Inés Montesinos-Malpartida, Luciana Bellido-Boza, Zully M. Puyén and Dora Blitchtein-Winicki
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:134
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  45. Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a monogenic disorder leading to special facial features, mental retardation, and multiple system malformations. Lysine demethylase 6A, (KDM6A, MIM*300128) is the pathogenic gene of Kabuki ...

    Authors: Yirou Wang, Yufei Xu, Yao Chen, Yabin Hu, Qun Li, Shijian Liu, Jian Wang and Xiumin Wang
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:133
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  46. Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is the commonest glomerular disease among children. It is characterized by heavy proteinuria and is a risk factor for hypothyroidism in the affected children. Hypothyroidism is of conce...

    Authors: Maureen Tumwesige, Joseph Rujumba, Thereza Piloya and Judith Caroline Aujo
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:132
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  47. The objective of this study was to assess the likelihood of acute appendicitis (AA) in children presenting with abdominal symptoms at the emergency department (ED), based on their prior primary care (PC) consu...

    Authors: Kevin Vevaud, Aymeric Dallocchio, Nathalie Dumoitier, Alban Laspougeas, Anaïs Labrunie, Alexis Belgacem, Laurent Fourcade and Quentin Ballouhey
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:131
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  48. This study aims to translate the Pectus Excavatum Evaluation Questionnaire(PEEQ) into Chinese, and to comprehensively assess subjective outcomes in quality of life of children with pectus excavatum.

    Authors: Yujia Wu, Qi Zeng, Yaguang Peng, Chenghao Chen, Na Zhang and Jie Yu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:130
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  50. Trachoma is the most prevalent eye disease in Ethiopia, especially among children aged 1–9 years and continues to be a public health concern. Nevertheless, in Ethiopia’s rural Jamma district in South Wollo Zon...

    Authors: Tadesse Altaseb, Mistir Lingerew and Metadel Adane
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:128
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