Pediatrics 2025: The AMSPDC Workforce Initiative.
Published in The Journal of pediatrics
Multisite Pain Is Highly Prevalent in Children with Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders and Is Associated with Increased...
Published in The Journal of pediatrics
To characterize the types of multisite pain experienced by children with functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) and to examine differences in psychosocial distress, functional disability, and health-related quality of life in children with multisite pain vs abdominal pain alone. Cross-sectional study of children ages 7-17 years (n = 406) with ...
A Cluster Randomized Trial to Reduce Missed Abusive Head Trauma in Pediatric Intensive Care Settings.
...Published in The Journal of pediatrics
To estimate the impact of the PediBIRN (Pediatric Brain Injury Research Network) 4-variable clinical decision rule (CDR) on abuse evaluations and missed abusive head trauma in pediatric intensive care settings. This was a cluster randomized trial. Participants included 8 pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in US academic medical centers; PICU an...
A Brief Early Childhood Screening Tool for Psychopathology Risk in Primary Care: The Moderating Role of Poverty.
Published in The Journal of pediatrics
To evaluate the Preschool Feeling Checklist (PFC) utility for predicting later mental disorders and functioning for children and assess whether the PFC's predictive utility differs as a function of childhood poverty. We analyzed data from a prospective longitudinal study of preschoolers in St Louis. Preschoolers (N = 287) were recruited from primar...
Optical Detection of Intracranial Pressure and Perfusion Changes in Neonates With Hydrocephalus.
...Published in The Journal of pediatrics
To demonstrate that a novel noninvasive index of intracranial pressure (ICP) derived from diffuse optics-based techniques is associated with intracranial hypertension. We compared noninvasive and invasive ICP measurements in infants with hydrocephalus. Infants born term and preterm were eligible for inclusion if clinically determined to require cer...
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Investigation and Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency.
Published in The Journal of pediatrics
To determine if the racial/ethnic inequity in growth hormone (GH) use is due to differences in GH stimulation testing and/or prescribing patterns in children referred for endocrine evaluation of short stature. Retrospective chart review was performed including children aged 2-16 years, height z-score of ≤-1.5, and of non-Hispanic White (NHW), non-H...
Justice System Involvement Among Adolescents in the Emergency Department.
Published in The Journal of pediatrics
To assess justice system involvement among adolescents in the pediatric emergency department and identify associations with risk and protective factors. We conducted a cross-sectional, computerized survey of adolescents to assess for personal, justice system involvement, and nonhousehold justice system involvement (ie, important people outside of h...
Should Vitamin A Injections to Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Death Be Reserved for High-Risk Infants? Reanalysis...
...Published in The Journal of pediatrics
To determine whether infants at higher risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) or death benefit more from vitamin A therapy than those at lower risk. We conducted a post hoc reanalysis of a landmark phase III randomized controlled trial conducted from January 1996 to July 1997 at 14 university-affiliated neonatal intensive care units in the US. Da...
Gestational Age, Birth Weight, and Neurocognitive Development in Adolescents in Tanzania.
...Published in The Journal of pediatrics
To investigate the association between gestational age, birthweight, and birthweight adjusted for gestational age, with domains of neurocognitive development and behavioral problems in adolescents in Tanzania. Data from a long-term follow-up of adolescents aged 11-15 years born to women previously enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of prenat...
An Unintended Consequence of Pandemic Control Measures: Fewer Cases of Kawasaki Disease.
Published in The Journal of pediatrics
