Overnight oximetry in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy: a single center experience by C. Carrie Liu, Kathleen H. Chaput, Valerie Kirk, Warren Yunker

“…Home-based sleep oximetry continues to be used in the diagnosis of pediatric OSA despite a lack of correlation with lab-based polysomnography. …”
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Medial Position and Counterclockwise Rotation of the Parietal Scalp Hair-Whorl as a Possible Indicator for Non-Right-Handedness by Heinrich Schmidt, Martin Depner, Michael Kabesch

“…In 519 patients of a pediatric practice, PWs were located and the swirling direction determined. …”
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The Potential Importance of MicroRNAs as Novel Indicators How to Manage Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis More Effectively by Krzysztof Orczyk, Elzbieta Smolewska

“…It is complemented with other miRNAs possibly relevant for JIA (miR-145, miR-23b, miR-27a, and miR-204) and discussion on challenges for using miRNAs in pediatric rheumatology (particularly, issues regarding specificity of biomarkers and measurements involving synovial fluid).…”
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Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis as the First Manifestation of Neuro-Behçet Disease by Mohsen Jari, Taiiebeh Mohammadi, Ensiyeh Taheri

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Relationship between Body Mass Index and Tooth Decay in a Population of 3–6-Year-Old Children in Iran by Leila Shafie Bafti, Maryam Alsadat Hashemipour, Hamidreza Poureslami, Zeinab Hoseinian

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Bilateral Reduction Mammoplasty with Nipple-areola Complex Graft in Ten-Year-Old Girl with Juvenile Gigantomastia: A Case Report by Khadija Ali, Manar Husain, Amal Alrayes, Hussain Alsaffar

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Surgery Management of Rare Hypertrophic Frenum in an Infant by Sheila de Carvalho Stroppa, Juliana Yassue Barbosa da Silva, Maria Cristina Reis Tavares, João Gilberto Duda, Estela Maris Losso

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Anti-human leukocyte antigen-DPB1 antibody-associated transfusion-related acute lung injury after hematopoietic stem cell infusion by Mehmet Can Balkan, Fatma Visal Okur, Fatma Burcu Belen Apak, Sevil Babayeva, Numan Firat Ekici, Baris Kuskonmaz, Duygu Uckan Cetinkaya

“…Here, we report a pediatric case with TRALI after infusion of the hematopoietic stem cell product from his female donor who has recently given birth 6 months ago. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on testing, positive cases, patient characteristics, and hospital contacts for respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, and pneumococcus in Danish children by Andreas Jensen, Lone Graff Stensballe

“…Background: Respiratory infections substantially impact pediatric health. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced widespread non-pharmaceutical interventions, which influenced the incidence of common respiratory infections. …”
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Appendiceal Perforation and Abdominal Wall Infection Caused by Invasive Mucormycosis in a Child with Acute Leukemia by Li C, Luo Y, Wang Y, Bai Q

“…It is extremely rare to observe gastrointestinal mucormycosis in pediatric acute leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy. …”
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Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Daytime Voiding Symptoms in Children with Primary Enuresis: An Observational Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Desmopres... by Teng-Kai Yang, Ya-Jun Guo, Hong-Chiang Chang, Hung-Ju Yang, Kuo-How Huang

“…Children aged from 5 to 12 years with the chief complaint of PE treated with desmopressin were enrolled in pediatric urology clinics. The parent-reported SNAP-IV questionnaire was used to evaluate ADHD symptoms (cut-off value: 90th percentile). …”
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Non-classical pulmonary exacerbation in cystic fibrosis revealing ALK-Translocated lung cancer: A case report by Mohamad Hadhud, Johnathan Arnon, Anat Hershko-Moshe, Adi Hollander, Noa Hurvitz-Lehmann, Assaf Potruch, Henny Azmanov, Rottem Kuint, Nurith Hiller, Elie Picard, Naama Sebbag-Sznajder, Shira Leebhoff, Michael Wilschanski, Myriam Grunewald, Liron Birimberg-Schwartz, Malena Cohen-Cymberknoh

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Vesicoureteral Reflux, a Scarred kidney, and Minimal Proteinuria: An Unusual Cause of Adult Secondary Hypertension by Shaifali Sandal, Apurv Khanna

“…Vesicoureteral reflux as a cause of hypertension, while commonly described in pediatric populations, is less prevalent in the adult population especially in the absence of proteinuria. …”
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Fatal Cerebral Edema in a Young Adult with Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Blame the Bicarbonate? by Sameera Natarajan, Radhika Kulkarni, Apoorva Tangri

“…Cerebral edema is a devastating complication of DKA which is extremely rare in adults but is the leading cause of diabetes-related death in the pediatric population. Newly diagnosed diabetes, younger age, first episode of DKA, severity of DKA at presentation, and administration of bicarbonate are predictive of cerebral edema in DKA. …”
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Contribution to diagnostics/prognostics of tuberculosis in children. II. Indicative value of metal ions and biochemical parameters in serum by Luterotti Svjetlana, Kordić Tončica Vukman, Letoja Ivka Zoričić, Dodig Slavica

“…Along with biochemical parameters, they have been successfully applied to diagnostics/prognostics of tuberculosis in children, through analyses of sera from pediatric patients with lung tuberculosis or suspected tuberculosis, enabling the follow-up of therapeutic efficiency. …”
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Mature Ovarian Teratoma: Atypical Imaging by S. Wakrim, M. EL Jdid

“…The incidence of a mature ovarian teratoma ranged from 20% to 30% of pediatric ovarian tumors (Sabaa et al., 2009), which is composed of well-differentiated tissues that derive from all three germ cell layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm); it is one of the most common benign ovarian neoplasms. …”
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Childhood Cancer Pain: a Challenge for Health Professionals by Alexis Ramón Pineda González, Grettel Águila Calero, Anaelys Acosta Hernández

“…Cancer in pediatric ages is an uncommon disease, however, in recent years its incidence and prevalence has increased considerably. …”
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Peritoneal Catheter Knot Formation by Anwar Ul-Haq, Faisal Al-Otaibi, Saud Alshanafey, Mohamed Diya Sabbagh, Essam Al Shail

“…The ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is a common procedure in pediatric neurosurgery that carries a risk of complications at cranial and abdominal sites. …”
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Sporadic Pemphigus Foliaceus in a 3-Year-Old Vietnamese Girl: A Case Report and Literature Review by Trinh Thi Diem Nguyen, Trinh Ngoc To Chau, Phuong Thi Doan Vo, Hao Trong Nguyen

“…Less than 40 nonendemic pediatric pemphigus foliaceus cases have been documented in the literature. …”
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Reduced white matter integrity and disrupted brain network in children with type 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy by Huirong Nie, Shasha Lan, Huan Wang, Pei Xiang, Mengzhen Yan, Yang Fan, Wanqing Shen, Yijuan Li, Wen Tang, Zhiyun Yang, Yujian Liang, Yingqian Chen

“…Methods Forty-two type 2 and 3 pediatric SMA patients and 42 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HC) were prospectively enrolled in this study. …”
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