Comparative analysis of ambient, in-home, and personal exposures reveals associations between breathing zone pollutant levels and asthma exacerbations in high-risk children by Camille M. Moore, Jonathan Thornburg, Elizabeth A. Secor, Katharine L. Hamlington, Allison M. Schiltz, Kristy L. Freeman, Jamie L. Everman, Tasha E. Fingerlin, Andrew H. Liu, Max A. Seibold

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European standard clinical practice recommendations for paediatric high-grade gliomas by Elwira Szychot, Géraldine Giraud, Darren Hargrave, Dannis van Vuurden, Jacques Grill, Veronica Biassoni, Maura Massimo, André O. Von Büren, Rejin Kebudi, Maria João Gil-da-Costa, Sophie Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Simon Bailey, Michael Karremann, Stephanie Bolle, Thankamma Ajithkumar, Mechthild Krause, Yasmin Lassen-Ramshad, Geert Janssens, Giovanni Morana, Ulrike Löbel, Shivaram Avula, Brigitte Bison, Maarten Lequin, Kristian Aquilina, Ulrich Thomale, Pelle Nilsson, Sami Bui-Quy Abu Hamdeh, Torsten Pietsch, Pascale Varlet, Thomas S. Jacques, Pieter Wesseling, David Jones, Uri Tabori, Anirban Das, David Mulligan, Francesca Kozmann, Christof M. Kramm

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Preventing sensory and motor dysfunctions in children receiving neurotoxic chemotherapy: PrepAir study - an update by Céline Hammadou, Bianca Celine Schmidli, Christina Schindera, Nicolas von der Weid, Uta Tacke, Oliver Faude, Sarah Koch, Fiona Streckmann

“…., & Farrar, M. A. (2016). Pediatric chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: A systematic review of current knowledge. …”
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Glutamine Supplementation in Sick Children: Is It Beneficial? by Elise Mok, Régis Hankard

“…Further insufficient evidence is available on the benefits of Gln supplementation in pediatric patients. This includes premature infants, infants with gastrointestinal disease, children with Crohn's disease, short bowel syndrome, malnutrition/diarrhea, cancer, severe burns/trauma, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, and type 1 diabetes. …”
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Highest Recorded Serum Creatinine by Christine Persaud, Uttsav Sandesara, Victor Hoang, Joshua Tate, Wayne Latack, David Dado

“…After extensive literature review, we present a case of the highest recorded serum creatinine of 73.8 mg/dL in a 23-year-old male with the history of pediatric deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT). …”
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Adult-onset Renal Neuroblastoma: Case Report and Literature Review by Yao-Ren Yang, Cih-En Huang

“…Neuroblastoma is an extremely rare neoplasm in adults, with a poorer prognosis compared to pediatric neuroblastoma. Due to its rarity, there are no specific treatment guidelines for adult neuroblastoma. …”
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in an Iranian Infant by Zahra Movahedi, Mohammad Reza Shokrollahi, Mohammad Aghaali, Hosein Heydari

“…Though occurrence of PAM is rare, this unusual disease has grave prognosis, so infection with free living amoebas must be considered in differential diagnosis of pediatric patients of purulent meningitis without evidence of bacteria on Gram’s stain and imaging findings, nonspecific brain edema on CT or hydrocephalus even without history of contact.…”
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Clinical case – medulloblastoma by A. Kablytė, R. Gleiznienė

“… In this article we present a clinical case of malignant neuroectodermal tumor – medulloblastoma manifestation in a pediatric patient. This type of tumor occurs mostly in infants, and it is more common among boys than girls. …”
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Neurotrophic Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 2 (NTRK2) Alterations in Low-Grade Gliomas: Report of a Novel Gene Fusion Partner in a Pilocytic Astrocytoma and Review of the Literature by Siobhan S. Pattwell, Eric Q. Konnick, Yajuan J. Liu, Rebecca A. Yoda, Laligam N. Sekhar, Patrick J. Cimino

“…Pilocytic astrocytoma is a low-grade glial neoplasm of the central nervous system (CNS) that tends to occur in the pediatric population and less commonly presents in adults. …”
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Immunological Evaluation for Personalized Interventions in Children with Tuberculosis: Should It Be Routinely Performed? by Laura E. Carreto-Binaghi, Esmeralda Juárez, Silvia Guzmán-Beltrán, María Teresa Herrera, Martha Torres, Alejandro Alejandre, José Arturo Martínez-Orozco, Eduardo Becerril-Vargas, Yolanda Gonzalez

“…Here, we describe the immunological evaluation of eight pediatric patients infected with a member of the M. tuberculosis complex, most of them with concomitant pulmonary infections (bacteria, viruses, or fungi). …”
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Unilateral Hemiparesis with Thoracic Epidural in an Adolescent by Rosalie F. Tassone, Christian Seefelder, Navil F. Sethna

“…This unusual presentation of complete hemibody neural blockade has not been reported in the pediatric population. Maneuvers to improve contralateral uniform neural blockade were unsuccessful. …”
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Capsule Endoscopy in the Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease by Federico Argüelles-Arias, Juan Rodríguez-Oballe, Calixto Duarte-Chang, Luisa Castro-Laria, Josefa María García-Montes, Ángel Caunedo-Álvarez, Juan Manuel Herrerías-Gutiérrez

“…We review different studies that have been published reporting the use of CE in suspected and evaluation of the extension or the recurrence in CD and also its use in pediatric population and its complications.…”
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Anesthetic Management and Neuromonitoring in a Patient with Very Long-Chain Acyl-Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase Deficiency Undergoing Scoliosis Surgery: A Case Report and Review of Liter... by Anna Tanaka, Tim Cai, Michael Platten, Luis E. Tollinche, Samuel J. DeJoy

“…Patients with very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD) are prone to hypoglycemia and clinical decompensation when metabolic demands of the body are not met. We present a pediatric patient with VLCADD who underwent a posterior spinal fusion for scoliosis requiring intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring. …”
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Robust Position Control of a Knee-Joint Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Using a Linear Matrix Inequalities-Based Design Approach by Sahar Jenhani, Hassène Gritli, Jyotindra Narayan

“…This study focuses on developing a control methodology for exoskeleton robots designed for lower limb rehabilitation, specifically addressing the needs of elderly individuals and pediatric therapy. The approach centers on implementing an affine state-feedback controller to effectively regulate and stabilize the knee-joint exoskeleton robot at a desired position. …”
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Phase 4 Pharmacovigilance Trial of Paromomycin Injection for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in India by Prabhat K. Sinha, T. K. Jha, Chandreshwar P. Thakur, Devendra Nath, Supriyo Mukherjee, Amrendra Kumar Aditya, Shyam Sundar

“…This study enrolled 506 adult and pediatric patients. Of the 494 patients in the intent-to-treat (ITT) population, 98% received a full course of treatment. …”
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Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term F... by Sven Young, Jonas M. Fevang, Gunnar Gullaksen, Per T. Nilsen, Lars B. Engesæter

“…The aim of this study was to see whether the benefits of crossed wire fixation over skeletal traction in the treatment of pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures (SCHF) were mirrored in the children's or their caregivers' rating of the experience. …”
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Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging of an Intramedullary Epidermoid Cyst with Dorsal Dermal Sinus Tract in a Toddler by Michael G. Fazio, Alyson M. Kil, Veronica J. Rooks, Timothy J. Biega

“…This case demonstrates the use of diffuse-weighted MRI to assist in the diagnosis and surgical management of an atypical presentation of a rare developmental abnormality, which is not well documented in the pediatric radiological literature. Failure to diagnosis may have significant neurological permanent debilitating consequences.…”
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Early Renal Involvement in a Girl with Classic Fabry Disease by Fernando Perretta, Norberto Antongiovanni, Sebastián Jaurretche

“…Glomerular and vascular changes are present before progression to overt proteinuria and decreased glomerular filtration rate, even in pediatric patients. A case of incipient renal involvement in a girl with classic Fabry disease is reported.…”
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Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Study by M. M. Schoemaker, A. S. Niemeijer, K. Reynders, B. C. M. Smits-Engelsman

“…The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a Neuromotor Task Training (NTT), recently developed for the treatment of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) by pediatric physical therapists in the Netherlands. NTT is a task-oriented treatment program based upon recent insights from motor control and motor learning research. …”
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Oral Health of Lipjan Convicts: Kosovo Prison House by Luljeta Zajmi, Agim Begzati, Milaim Sejdini, Nora Berisha, Lumnije Krasniqi

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