Sisk, Bryan A Friedrich, Annie B Mozersky, Jessica Walsh, Heidi DuBois, James
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Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education
Communication in pediatrics is important for psychological well-being and health outcomes. However, consensus is lacking regarding the core functions of communication in pediatrics. The aims of this study were (1) to evaluate whether and how core communication functions from adult oncology apply to communication in pediatric medicine and (2) to exa...
Dipasquale, Valeria Gottrand, Frederic Sullivan, Peter B. Romano, Claudio
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics
The prevalence of children with neurological impairment (NI) presenting feeding difficulties and gastrointestinal symptoms is rising. The most recent guidelines recommend early nutritional assessment and intervention in order to prevent undernutrition and growth failure, along with the proper diagnosis and treatment of some frequent gastrointestina...
van Katwyk, Sasha Augustine, Sajit Thébaud, Bernard Thavorn, Kednapa
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BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundBronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is among the most severe chronic lung diseases and predominantly affects premature infants. There is a general understanding of BPD’s significant impact on the short-term outcomes however there is little evidence on long-term outcomes. Our study estimates the lifetime clinical outcomes, quality of life, an...
Weiss, Pamela F. Maksymowych, Walter P. Xiao, Rui Biko, David M. Francavilla, Michael L. Lambert, Robert G. Jaremko, Jacob L. Heshin-Bekenstein, Merav Brandon, Timothy G. Chauvin, Nancy A.
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Arthritis Research & Therapy
BackgroundThe SPARCC sacroiliac joint inflammation (SIS) and structural (SSS) scores are reliable measures to quantify abnormalities in the pediatric sacroiliac joint. We aimed to evaluate the utility of online calibration modules for the SIS and SSS and the reliability of their component change scores.MethodsChange score reliability of 6 raters wa...
Stadnick, Nicole A Martinez, Kassandra Aarons, Gregory A Lee, David Van-Cleave, Jeanne Brookman-Frazee, Lauren
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Academic pediatrics
Timely identification of mental health needs and linkage to services is critical to provide comprehensive care for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Pediatric primary care is well-positioned to facilitate this process through integrated care approaches. As a first step towards mental health integration, this study applied the Exploratio...
Sutcliffe, Catherine G. Mutanga, Jane N. Moyo, Nkumbula Schue, Jessica L. Hamahuwa, Mutinta Thuma, Philip E. Moss, William J.
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundEarly infant diagnosis is important for timely identification of HIV-infected infants and linkage to care. Testing at birth has been implemented to facilitate earlier diagnosis of HIV infection but may present new challenges. This study was conducted to understand the acceptability and feasibility of birth testing in urban and rural setti...
Jelicic Kadic, Antonia Kovacevic, Tanja Runjic, Edita Simicic Majce, Ana Markic, Josko Polic, Branka Mestrovic, Julije Puljak, Livia
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BMC Medical Research Methodology
BackgroundOne of the frequently used methods for assessing research trends and the impact of published scientific literature in a particular discipline is citation analysis. Journals may strive to improve their metrics by choosing manuscripts and study designs that are more likely to be cited. The aim of this study was to identify the 50 most-cited...
Mohammadyari, Parvin Gadda, Giacomo Taibi, Angelo Munuera del Cerro, Josep
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European Radiology Experimental
BackgroundCongenital vascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in paediatric age. Despite the importance of paediatric haemodynamics, large investigations have been devoted to the evaluation of circulation in adults. The novelty of this study consists in the development of a well calibrated mathematical model of cardiovascular circulat...
Bjornstad, Erica C. Muronya, William Smith, Zachary H. Gibson, Keisha Mottl, Amy K. Charles, Anthony Marshall, Stephen W. Golightly, Yvonne M. Munthali, Charles K. Gower, Emily W.
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BMC Nephrology
BackgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) is highly associated with mortality risk in children worldwide. Trauma can lead to AKI and is a leading cause of pediatric death in Africa. However, there is no information regarding the epidemiology of pediatric, trauma-associated AKI in Africa.MethodsProspective cohort study of pediatric trauma patients admitte...
Shi, Peng Zhang, Xiaobo Liu, Lijuan Tang, Liangfeng Li, Jing Wang, Libo Li, Albert M. Cao, Yang Xu, Hong Huang, Guoying
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BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundRespiratory infections are one of three leading causes of childhood mortality, and worldwide increase and recent plateau in childhood asthma has been reported. However, data on trends of respiratory diseases over long period of time is limited. This study aimed to determine the trends of respiratory disease outpatient visits (ROVs) and di...
