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  1. Radiologic volumetric evaluation of Wilms’ tumor (WT) is an important indicator to guide treatment decisions. However, due to the heterogeneity of the tumors, radiologists have main-guard differences in diagno...

    Authors: Weikang Li, Yiran Sun, Guoxun Zhang, Qing Yang, Bo Wang, Xiaohui Ma and Hongxi Zhang
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:321
  2. Alcohol consumption by children and adolescents is receiving increasing attention. It may cause dyslipidemia, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, the association between alcohol consumption and ...

    Authors: Qingting Bu, Lingyan Fang, Bo Huang, Huijun Cai and Zhenyu Pan
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:320
  3. Very low birth weight infants are cared for postnatally in the incubator because of adverse consequences of hypothermia. Data on the optimal weight of transfer to a warming crib are rare. The aim of this study...

    Authors: Sandra Greve, Nora Bruns, Anne-Kathrin Dathe, Michael M. Schuendeln, Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser and Anja Stein
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:319
  4. Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) of common childhood illness is one of the global initiatives to reduce mortality among under-five children by two-thirds. It is also implemented in Ethiopia to impro...

    Authors: Mekides Geta, Geta Asrade Alemayehu, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Tadele Biresaw Belachew, Chalie Tadie Tsehay and Getachew Teshale
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:310
  5. The issue of Infant and Young Child Feeding practices was widespread; it was estimated that infants were not exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life. Complementary foods were frequently provided ...

    Authors: Mulat Tirfie Bayih, Melesse Belayneh and Wasihun Mekonen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:280
  6. Reading learning disability (RLD) is characterized by a specific difficulty in learning to read that is not better explained by an intellectual disability, lack of instruction, psychosocial adversity, or a neu...

    Authors: Rodrigo Flores-Gallegos, Thalía Fernández, Sarael Alcauter, Erick Pasaye, Lucero Albarrán-Cárdenas, Bertha Barrera-Díaz and Paulina Rodríguez-Leis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:318
  7. Patients with Turner syndrome (TS) face an increased risk of developing aortic dilatation (AD), but diagnosing AD in children presents greater complexity compared to adults. This study aimed to investigate the...

    Authors: Wei Su, Longwei Sun, Zhuoguang Li, Xia Liu, Longjiang Zhang, Xiu Zhao, Shumin Fan, Boning Li, Ying Xie, Weiwei Xiao and Zhe Su
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:317
  8. Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is the most common histiocytic disorder in children, and liver involvement in LCH is rare. This retrospective study reported the clinical features and prognosis of patients ...

    Authors: Xinshun Ge, Wenxin Ou, Ang Wei, Hongyun Lian, Honghao Ma, Lei Cui, Dong Wang, Liping Zhang, Xiaoman Wang, Lejian He, Rui Zhang and Tianyou Wang
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:316
  9. Ultrasound (US) is often the first method used to look for brain or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space pathologies. Knowledge of normal CSF width values is essential. Most of the available US normative values wer...

    Authors: Jozef Fandak, Stefan Markart, Erik P. Willems, Simon Wildermuth, Thomas Frauenfelder, Tim Fischer, Tobias J. Dietrich and Stephan L. Waelti
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:315
  10. Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is a congenital disorder that can be classified into nine types, with Type I ACC being the most common. Type V ACC associated with fetus papyraceus is a rare subtype of ACC. We re...

    Authors: Yan song, Ru yang, Zeyao shi, Jing yan, Shulin hou, Xiaowen li and Xiufang zhao
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:314
  11. The search for other indicators to assess the weight status of individuals is important as it may provide more accurate information and assist in personalized medicine.This work is aimed to develop a machine l...

    Authors: Taira Batista Luna, Jose Luis García Bello, Agustín Garzón Carbonell, Ana de la Caridad Román Montoya, Alcibíades Lara Lafargue, Héctor Manuel Camué Ciria and Yohandys A. Zulueta
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:313
  12. Diarrhea caused by Salmonella and Shigella species are the leading cause of illness especially in developing countries. These infections are considered as the main public health problems in children, including Et...

    Authors: Kader Muse, Kedir Urgessa, Tadesse Shume, Bawlah Tahir and Fitsum Weldegebreal
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:311
  13. Schinzel-Giedion syndrome (SGS) is a severe multisystem disorder characterized by distinctive facial features, profound intellectual disability, refractory epilepsy, cortical visual impairment, hearing loss, a...

    Authors: Jing Zheng, Meiqun Gu, Shasha Xiao, Chongzhen Li, Hongying Mi and Xiaoyan Xu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:309
  14. ASXL3-related disorder, first described in 2013, is a genetic disorder with an autosomal dominant inheritance that is caused by a heterozygous loss-of-function variant in ASXL3. The most characteristic feature is...

    Authors: Yuto Arai, Tohru Okanishi, Tetsuya Okazaki, Hiroyuki Awano, Rie Seyama, Yuri Uchiyama, Naomichi Matsumoto, Akiko Tamasaki and Yoshihiro Maegaki
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:308
  15. Anorectal malformation is a common congenital problem occurring in 1 in 5,000 births and has a spectrum of anatomical presentations, requiring individualized surgical treatments for normal growth. Delayed extu...

    Authors: Qianqian Zhang, Jing Xu, Qinghua Huang, Tianqing Gong, Jia Li and Yu Cui
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:307
  16. Congenital chloride diarrhoea (CCD) is an autosomal recessive condition that causes secretory diarrhoea and potentially deadly electrolyte imbalances in infants because of solute carrier family 26 member 3 (SLC26...

    Authors: Qian Li, Jing Wang, Ruixian Zang, Lichun Yu, Zhenle Yang and Shuzhen Sun
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:305
  17. T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) tends to involve central nervous system (CNS) infiltration at diagnosis. However, cases of residual CNS lesions detected at the end of induction and post early inten...

    Authors: Yuichi Nagamatsu, Takeshi Isoda, Motoki Inaji, Jun Oyama, Daiki Niizato, Dan Tomomasa, Noriko Mitsuiki, Motoi Yamashita, Takahiro Kamiya, Kohsuke Imai, Hirokazu Kanegane, Tomohiro Morio and Masatoshi Takagi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:304
  18. Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) causes significant morbidity in children worldwide; however, the disease burden of children hospitalized with viral gastroenteritis in China has been rarely described. Through this ...

    Authors: Fei Li, Lingyun Guo, Qi Li, Hui Xu, Yiliang Fu, Luci Huang, Guoshuang Feng, Gang Liu, Xiangpeng Chen and Zhengde Xie
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:303
  19. We present a patient with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) who developed worsening plus disease after complete regression of stage 3 ROP. The use of fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) aided the visualization...

    Authors: Wei Loon Ng, Adisak Trinavarat and La-ongsri Atchaneeyasakul
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:301
  20. Complex social determinants of health may not be easily recognized by health care providers and pose a unique challenge in the vulnerable pediatric population where patients may not be able to advocate for the...

    Authors: Alison Eyre, Janice Cohen, Sarah Funnell, Lynsey James, Sheena Guglani, Hounaida Abi Haidar, Lindy Samson, Michelle Ward, Radha Jetty, Megan Harrison, John S. Lyons, Leigh Fraser-Roberts, Susan Bennett, Douglas Archibald, Soha Khorsand and Tobey Audcent
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:300
  21. We aimed to investigated the influencing risk factors of voriconazole-induced liver injury in Uygur pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

    Authors: Ting Zhao, Hui-lan Zhang, Hao Shen, Jie Feng, Ting-ting Wang, Hong-jian Li and Lu-hai Yu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:299
  22. A large number of psychological consequences including sleep health emerged during the 2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Sleep patterns in toddlers are vulnerable to negative environmental exposure...

    Authors: Xiaoxia Lin, Xianrui Chen, Yanhui Chen, Ping Xu and Shan Chen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:298
  23. Parents/caregivers of children with developmental disabilities (CDD) have a wide range of support needs and there are various interventions available. Support, challenges, and needs among parents/caregivers of...

    Authors: Jelena Međaković, Antonia Čivljak, Tatjana Zorčec, Vesna Vučić, Danijela Ristić-Medić, Aleksandra Veselinović, Marta Čivljak and Livia Puljak
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:297
  24. Cough variant asthma (CVA) is one of the most common causes of chronic cough in children worldwide. The diagnosis of CVA in children remains challenging. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic utility of im...

    Authors: Chunyu Tian, Shiqiu Xiong, Shuo Li, Xin Song, Yantao Zhang, Xinmei Jiang, Xinyue Hou, Yifan Zhang and Chuanhe Liu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:296
  25. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common cause of acute illness among infants and young children. There are numerous methods for collecting urine in children who are not toilet trained. This review examine...

    Authors: Lucy M Wilson, Clara Tam, Veronica Ka Wai Lai, Motunrayo Ajayi, Mê-Linh Lê, Banke Oketola, Terry P Klassen and Alex Aregbesola
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:294
  26. This study reported height prediction and longitudinal growth changes in Chinese pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) during and after treatment and their associations with outcomes.

    Authors: Xiaojia Wen, Hongbo He, Ruidong Zhang, Ying Wu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Wei Lin, Jiaole Yu, Jia Fan, Pengli Huang, Jiajia Chen, Wenjing Li, Chunxiu Gong and Huyong Zheng
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:293
  27. Breast milk contains various crucial nutrients and biologically active substances and is ideal for newborns. This study aimed to analyze the composition of breast milk from mothers of premature and full-term i...

    Authors: Guixia Chen, Rongxian Xu, Jiyong Zhang, Meifeng Yang, Jianxia Fan, Yinying Huang and Xiaoling Sun
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:292
  28. In environments with limited resources, undernutrition is a serious public health risk. Its dual relationship to human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) leads to crises in a child's physical, emotional, s...

    Authors: Fikre Moga Lencha, Hailemariam Mekonnen Workie, Fikir Tadesse Mequanint and Zenebe Jebero Zaza
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:290
  29. Monitoring of training load is done to improve physical performance and minimize the incidence of injuries. The study examined the correlation between accumulated training load parameters based on periods with...

    Authors: Hadi Nobari, Özgür Eken, Utkarsh Singh, Armin Gorouhi, José Carlos Ponce Bordón, Pablo Prieto-González, Ahmet Kurtoğlu and Tomás García Calvo
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:289
  30. To describe the feeding characteristics and growth of children with prenatal exposure to Zika virus (ZIKV) from birth to 48 months.

    Authors: Danielle Maria da Silva Oliveira, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Maria Helena Teixeira Pinto, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Regina Coeli Ramos, Thalia Velho Barreto de Araújo, Sophie Helena Eickmann, Paula Fabiana Sobral da Silva, Maria Durce Costa Gomes Carvalho, Olga Sophia de Sousa Martins and Ana Célia Oliveira dos Santos
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:286
  31. Adequate sleep and exercise are important components of the human lifestyle. Paying attention to these two factors is very important to improve the condition of children with type 1 diabetes. Therefore, this s...

    Authors: Nastaran Amiri, Kimia Karami, Fatemeh Valizadeh and Yaser Mokhayeri
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:283
  32. Little has been done to establish biobanks for studying the environment and lifestyle risk factors for diseases among the school-age children. The Minhang Pediatric Biobank (MPB) cohort study aims to identify ...

    Authors: Xiaosa Wen, Xinyue Zhang, Yun Qiu, Yaqin Wang, Liujie Zhu, Tao Liu and Zengliang Ruan
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:282
  33. Wilms’ tumor (WT) is the most common renal tumor in childhood. Pyroptosis, a type of inflammation-characterized and immune-related programmed cell death, has been extensively studied in multiple tumors. In the...

    Authors: Yujun Guo, Wenjun Lu, Ze’nan Zhang, Hengchen Liu, Aodan Zhang, Tingting Zhang, Yang Wu, Xiangqi Li, Shulong Yang, Qingbo Cui and Zhaozhu Li
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:279
  34. Plummer–Vinson syndrome (PVS) is characterized by a triad of symptoms consisting of microcytic hypochromic anaemia, oesophageal webs, and dysphagia. PVS is commonly found in women in the fourth and fifth decad...

    Authors: Wasif Ilyas Vohra, Kamran Sadiq, Mubashir Iqbal and Ayaz-ur- Rehman
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:278
  35. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) to synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) in preterm infants requiring mechanical ventilation after paten...

    Authors: Hui-Zi Lin, Yun-Feng Lin and Yi-Rong Zheng
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:277
  36. COVID-19 vaccines are authorized for use in children in the United States; real-world assessment of vaccine effectiveness in children is needed. This study’s objective was to estimate the effectiveness of rece...

    Authors: Rachel P. Ogilvie, J. Bradley Layton, Patricia C. Lloyd, Yixin Jiao, Djeneba Audrey Djibo, Hui Lee Wong, Joann F. Gruber, Ron Parambi, Jie Deng, Michael Miller, Jennifer Song, Lisa B. Weatherby, Lauren Peetluk, An-Chi Lo, Kathryn Matuska, Michael Wernecke…
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:276
  37. Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is caused by loss-of-function mutations at the GNAS gene (as in the PHP type 1A; PHP1A), de novo or inherited at heterozygous state, or by epigenetic alterations at the GNAS locus (...

    Authors: Fabio Sippelli, Silvana Briuglia, Chiara Ferraloro, Anna Paola Capra, Emanuele Agolini, Tiziana Abbate, Giorgia Pepe, Tommaso Aversa, Malgorzata Wasniewska and Domenico Corica
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:271
  38. There have been few studies evaluating the control of hypertension (HT) in children. This study aimed to assess the control of HT using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and to compare the parameters...

    Authors: Kevalin Vigraijaroenying, Kwanchai Pirojsakul, Poomiporn Katanyuwong, Kanchana Tangnararatchakit, Pawaree Saisawat, Songkiat Chantarogh, Witchuri Paksi and Uthen Bunmee
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2024 24:269

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