This study investigates the relationship between the thickness of skin in preterm infants and its link with bilirubin and mortality, as this may help understanding the potential deleterious effects of phototherapy. Observational, prospective …
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Silvia Foligno, Valeria Bisceglie, Barbara Loi, Daniele De Luca
Evidence-based literature recognizes that the different degrees of agreement between a child self-report and a proxy-report depend on the characteristics of the domains, the child’s age and illness, the proxy’s own perspective on QoL, and family …
Compared with full-term infants, preterm infants have fat-free mass deficit in the first months of life, which increases the risk of metabolic diseases in the future. In this cohort of children born under 32-week gestational age or less than 1500 …
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Sylvia Reis Gonçalves Nehab, Letícia Duarte Villela, Andrea Dunshee Abranches, Saint Clair S. Gomes Junior, Fernanda Valente Mendes Soares, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira
The role of inflammatory cytokines in children with moderate to severe TBI (m-sTBI) is still incompletely understood. We aimed to investigate the associations between early plasma expression profiles of inflammatory cytokines and clinical outcomes …
Little is known about the impact of vitamin D supplementation on hand grip strength (HGS) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD). We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of …
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Diana Hanna, Doaa E. Kamal, Hebatallah M. Fawzy, Reham Abd Elkhalek
Extending the access to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to a wider public is an important step in increasing survivability of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. However, often price and maintenance of CPR manikins are barriers that …
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Lucía Peixoto-Pino, Santiago Martínez Isasi, Martín Otero Agra, Tina Van Duijn, Javier Rico-Díaz, Antonio Rodriguez Núñez, Roberto Barcala Furelos
To evaluate the influence of early nutritional intake on the growth pattern of very preterm infants. This was an observational study including 109 newborns (< 32 weeks gestational age). Perinatal morbidities, nutritional therapy (first four weeks …
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Maria Dalva Barbosa Baker Méio, Giovana Gleysse de Miranda Salgado, Letícia Duarte Villela, Ana Carolina Carioca da Costa, Paola Azara Tabicas Lima, Brunna Grazziotti Milanesi, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira
Multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare, severe, post-infectious hyperinflammatory condition that occurs after COVID-19 infection. In this study, we aimed to demonstrate the risk reduction of MIS-C and severe MIS-C after …
The aim of this research was to describe the epidemiology, presentation and healthcare use in primary care for foot and ankle problems in children and young people (CYP) across England. We undertook a population-based cohort study using data from …
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Emma Rezel-Potts, Catherine Bowen, Kate M. Dunn, Christopher I. Jones, Martin C. Gulliford, Stewart C. Morrison
Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. For decades, our institution has cared for humanitarian patients with late presentation of tetralogy of Fallot. They are characterized by severe right ventricular …
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Guillaume Maitre, Damien Schaffner, Sebastiano A. G. Lava, Marie-Hélène Perez, Stefano Di Bernardo
Patients with acute liver failure (ALF) and acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) have significant morbidity and mortality. They require extracorporeal blood purification modalities like continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and therapeutic …
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Caroline Jackson, Kristen Carlin, Niviann Blondet, Ian Jordan, Larissa Yalon, Patrick J. Healey, Jordan M. Symons, Shina Menon
The transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life is a critical period for neonates. Assessing the cardiovascular transition during this period immediately after birth is crucial but challenging. The present study compares adjusted estimated …
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Daniel Pfurtscheller, Bernhard Schwaberger, Nina Höller, Nariae Baik-Schneditz, Lukas Schober, Marlies Bruckner, Christoph Schlatzer, Berndt Urlesberger, Gerhard Pichler
Maya W. Keuning, Nikki N. Klarenbeek, Hidde J. Bout, Amber Broer, Melvin Draaijer, Jeroen Hol, Nina Hollander, Marieke Merelle, Amara Nassar-Sheikh Rashid, Charlotte Nusman, Emma Oostenbroek, Milan L. Ridderikhof, Manouck Roelofs, Ellen van Rossem, Sophie R. D. van der Schoor, Sarah M. Schouten, Pieter Taselaar, Koen Vasse, Anne-Marie van Wermeskerken, Julia M. J. van der Zande, Roy Zuurbier, Merijn W. Bijlsma, Dasja Pajkrt, Frans B. Plötz
Especially for pediatric patients, proxies of mucosal inflammation are needed. The Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI) has been established to predict clinical and endoscopic disease activity. However, histologic inflammation might …
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B. Schiller, E. Wirthgen, F. Weber, S. Schiller, M. Radke, M. Claßen, J. Däbritz, CEDATA-GPGE Study Group
The aim of this study is to study cardio-respiratory effects of nasal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHFOV) vs. NCPAP as an initial mode of ventilation in moderate-late-preterm infants. A randomized controlled trial was conducted in NICU …
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Marwa Mohamed Farag, Mohamed Ahmed Amen Hassan, Nader Abd EL Moneim Fasseeh, Hesham Abd EL Rahim Ghazal
The cardinal phenotypic hallmarks of Marfan syndrome (MFS) include cardiac, ocular, and skeletal abnormalities. Since the clinical phenotype of MFS is highly heterogeneous, with certain symptoms appearing as children age, the diagnostic process …
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Murat Karaoglan, Gulper Nacarkahya, Emel Hatun Aytac, Mehmet Keskin
Ustekinumab is an effective therapy for adult Crohn’s disease (CD), but data in paediatric CD patients are scarce. The aim of the study was to describe the real-life effectiveness and safety of ustekinumab in paediatric CD. This is a multicentre …
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Gemma Pujol-Muncunill, Víctor Manuel Navas-López, Oren Ledder, Shlomi Cohen, Marina Lekar, Dan Turner, Kaija-Leena Kolho, Arie Levine, Nicholas M. Croft, Jiri Bronsky, Dror S. Shouval, Amit Assa, Rachel Harris, Fevronia Kiparissi, Marina Aloi, Nadeem Ahmad Afzal, Christos Tzivinikos, Josefa Barrio, Christoph Norden, Maria Jesús Balboa Vega, Stephan Buderus, Ana Fernández de Valderrama, Lissy de Ridder, Ruth García-Romero, Enrique Medina, César Sánchez, Marta Velasco, Saioa Vicente, David C. Wilson, Sandhia Naik, Ondrej Hradsky, Lucia Cococcioni, Javier Martin-de-Carpi
