International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions by Grant R. Tomkinson, Justin J. Lang, Lukáš Rubín, Ryan McGrath, Bethany Gower, Terry Boyle, Marilyn G. Klug, Alexandra J. Mayhew, Henry T. Blake, Francisco B. Ortega, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Costan G. Magnussen, Brooklyn J. Fraser, Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Yang Liu, Kaare Christensen, Darryl P. Leong, Mette Aadahl, Edimansyah Abdin, Julian Alcazar, Aqeel Alenazi, Bader Alqahtani, Cledir De A. Amaral, Thatiana L.M. Amaral, Alex Andrade Fernandes, Peter Axelsson, Jennifer N. Baldwin, Karin Bammann, Aline R. Barbosa, Ameline Bardo, Inosha Bimali, Peter Bjerregaard, Martin Bobak, Colin A. Boreham, Klaus Bös, João Carlos Bouzas Marins, Joshua Burns, Nadezda Capkova, Lilia Castillo-Martínez, Liang-Kung Chen, Siu Ming Choi, Rebecca K.J. Choong, Susana C. Confortin, Cyrus Cooper, Jorge E. Correa-Bautista, Amandine Cournil, Grace Cruz, Eling D. de Bruin, José Antonio De Paz, Bruno De Souza Moreira, Luiz Antonio Dos Anjos, María Cristina Enríquez Reyna, Eduardo Ferriolli, Gillian Forrester, Elena Frolova, Abadi K. Gebre, Atef M. Ghaleb, Tiffany K. Gill, Yasuyuki Gondo, M. Cristina Gonzalez, Citlali Gonzalez Alvarez, Mary K. Hannah, Nicholas C. Harvey, Jean-Yves Hogrel, Marie-Theres Huemer, Toshiko Iidaka, Lewis A. Ingram, Dmitri A. Jdanov, Victoria L. Keevil, Wolfgang Kemmler, Rose Anne Kenny, Dae-Yeon Kim, Tracy L. Kivell, Ingirid G.H. Kjær, Alexander Kluttig, Rumi Kozakai, Danit Langer, Lisbeth A. Larsen, Wei-Ju Lee, David A. Leon, Eric Lichtenstein, Bertis B. Little, Roberto Alves Lourenço, Rahul Malhotra, Robert M. Malina, Kiyoaki Matsumoto, Tal Mazor-Karsenty, Marnee J. McKay, Sinéad McLoughlin, Abhishek L. Mensegere, Mostafa Mohammadian, Virgilio Garcia Moreira, Hiroshi Murayama, Anne Murray, Anita Liberalesso Neri, Claudia Niessner, Gabriel Núñez Othón, Gabriel Olveira, Suzanne G. Orchard, Andrezj Pajak, Chan Woong Park, Julie A. Pasco, Maria E. Peña Reyes, Leani Souza Máximo Pereira, Annette Peters, Eric Tsz-Chun Poon, Margareth C. Portela, Jedd Pratt, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Wendy Rodríguez-García, Joanne Ryan, Mauricio A. San-Martín, Francisco José Sánchez-Torralvo, Mahnaz Saremi, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Satoshi Seino, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Marc Sim, Bjørn Heine Strand, Mythily Subramaniam, Charlotte Suetta, Sophia X. Sui, Jonas S. Sundarakumar, Koya Suzuki, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Maw Pin Tan, Yu Taniguchi, Barbara Thorand, Anna Turusheva, Anne Therese Tveter, Jonathan Wagner, Dao Wang, Stuart J. Warden, Julia Wearing, Shiou Liang Wee, Leo D. Westbury, Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Alexander Woll, Noriko Yoshimura, Ruby Yu

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Adaptation and validation of the Children’s Surgical Assessment Tool for Rwandan district hospitals by Sarah Nuss, Jean Paul Majyambere, Edmond Ntaganda, Callum Forbes, Jonathan Nkurunziza, Carol Mugabo, Vincent Cubaka, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier

“…An expert panel of surgeons, anaesthesiologists, paediatricians, and health systems strengthening experts were invited to participate based on their experience with paediatric surgical or anaesthetic care at district hospitals or with health systems strengthening in the Rwandan context. …”
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Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Positive Critically Ill Children by Yudy Fonseca, MD, Alise Davies, PA, Stephanie Jarrin, MD, Liliana Simon, MD, Cortney Foster, DO, Sun Kai, Adnan Bhutta, MD

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DYNAMICS OF MISCARRIAGE AMONG THE FEMALE POPULATION OF FERTILE AGE IN UKRAINE AND IN LVIV REGION IN 2014-2021 by Nataliia Timchenko, Taras Gutor

“…Statistical data of the Center for Medical Statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine were used, namely Form No. 21 "Report on medical care for pregnant women, women in labor and women giving birth". …”
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Considerations on the cost analysis of Pediatric Intensive Care Units in Italy. by D. Galante

“…The healthcare system in Italy is known for its universal coverage and high-quality medical services, with pediat- ric intensive care units (PICUs) being a crucial compo- nent in the care of critically ill children. …”
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Assessing caregiver stress and resource needs in pediatric cancer care by Shaimaa Mohamed Amin, Mahmoud Abdelwahab Khedr, Azza Medhat Aziz Mansy, Ahmed Hashem El-Monshed, Mohamed Gamal Noaman Malek, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry

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Voice of the nurse in paediatric intensive care: a scoping review by Denise Alexander, Maria Brenner, Michael Connolly, Kate Masterson

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“NEEDS NOT DEEDS”: The Scottish Children’s Hearing and the Enduring Legacy of Lord Kilbrandon by John Sturgeon, Elodie Leygue-Eurieult

“…Due to political concerns about rising juvenile offending, the Scottish Office in Edinburgh established in 1961, a committee of enquiry to review systems and procedures for children appearing in Scottish Courts. …”
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Social support perception in parents of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus by Natalia Macarena Maureira MIranda, Claudia Maribel Muñoz Pavez, Maria Cecilia Toffoletto Toffoletto, Ángel Roco Videla

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the support of family members and the health team for parents caring for their diabetic children is essential for facing with the changes that this disease causes in family dynamics.…”
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Determinants of Parental Attitudes towards Children’s Vaccination in Lithuania: An Online Survey by Kamilė Čeponytė, Eglė Narkevičiūtė, Aušra Beržanskytė, Sigita Burokienė

“…The formation of parents‘ attitudes towards children‘s vaccination is a complex process that is determined by parents‘ attitudes towards the health care system, lack of trust in doctors, and gaps in communication about the benefits and risks of vaccination. …”
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Multidisciplinary, multicenter consensus for the care of patients affected with Sturge–Weber syndrome by May El Hachem, Andrea Diociaiuti, Angela Galeotti, Francesca Grussu, Elena Gusson, Alessandro Ferretti, Carlo Efisio Marras, Davide Vecchio, Simona Cappelletti, Mariasavina Severino, Carlo Gandolfo, Simone Reali, Rosa Longo, Carmen D’Amore, Lodovica Gariazzo, Federica Marraffa, Marta Luisa Ciofi Degli Atti, Maria Margherita Mancardi, and the Sturge-Weber Syndrome Multidisciplinary Group

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The dawn of preventing respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections in children by Z Dangor, S A Madhi, H Zar, D Demopoulos

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Family Self-Support in Managing Down Syndrome Children: A Qualitative Study by Farzaneh Noroozi, Zohreh Farrar, Tayebeh Gharibi, Roqayeh Gashmard

“…Also, public policies should enhance supportive intermediation for prevention and life quality promotion and also decrease health challenges. They are also supposed to lessen the costs of health care. …”
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Chromosomal abnormalities in children as a predictor of the development of congenital heart and vascular diseases by Z.V. Selska, O.R. Sadova, V.I. Bobrova, K.E. Popov

“…Genetic testing for congenital cardiovascular abnormality can potentially improve prognosis by providing valuable information on personalized health care, confidence in clinical diagnosis, and patient follow-up. …”
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Efficacy of Bacillus clausii UBBC-07 in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children by H.V. Beketova, O.O. Koiro, S.S. Bohdanova, M.S. Bulhakova, K.M. Heorhitsa, O.B. Il’kiv, О.R. Kavka, О.Z. Kmit’, О.V. Kukhar, V.І. Liubetska, V.V. Maleiko, І.А. Matiukhina, К.О. Medvedska, N.B. Pavchak, К.А. Percheklii, V.V. Semenchuk, Y.О. Sotnichenko, U.М. Tomashiuk, N.І. Tsvynda, М.Y. Shalimanova

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Children in Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State: Patients’ Condition and Caregivers’ Burden by A. M. Giovannetti, M. Pagani, D. Sattin, V. Covelli, A. Raggi, S. Strazzer, E. Castelli, A. Trabacca, A. Martinuzzi, M. Leonardi

“…Rehabilitative programs for children with SV and SMC should also provide interventions on surrounding systems: improving the network of psychological support and social assistance may decrease the burden of caregivers and, in turn, improve caring abilities and children quality of life.…”
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Schools as Sites of Homelessness Prevention by Jayne Malenfant, Naomi Nichols

“…More specific to our focus, populations of young people who are more likely to experience homelessness (e.g. youth with mental health issues, 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, youth from care, and Indigenous youth) face significant barriers to accessing safe, culturally appropriate, and supportive education, suggesting rights to housing and rights to education are intersecting equity issues. …”
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Screening and evaluation of key technologies for non-bioartificial liver care: an empirical study by Yunzhi Zhang, Han Zhang, Ling Luo, Zhen Liu, Anlin Liu, Lin Shi, Lin Shi, Luwen Liang, Jing Zhao, Pu Chen, Yanli Yang

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Interactions among Ecological Factors That Explain the Psychosocial Quality of Life of Children with Complex Needs by Sandy Thurston, Louise Paul, Chenglin Ye, Patricia Loney, Gina Browne, Lehana Thabane, Peter Rosenbaum

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on utilisation of facility-based essential maternal and child health services from March to August 2020 compared with pre-pandemic March–August 2019... by Grace J Chan, Delayehu Bekele, Bezawit Mesfin Hunegnaw, Kimiko Van Wickle, Chalachew Bekele, Fanos Ashenafi Gebremeskel, Michelle Korte, Christine Tedijanto, Lisanu Taddesse

“…Enablers of service utilisation included communities’ decreased fear of COVID-19 and awareness-raising activities.Conclusion We observed a decline in essential MNCH services particularly in sick children and new family planning visits. To improve the resiliency of fragile health systems, resources are needed to continuously monitor service utilisation and clients’ evolving concerns during public health emergencies.…”
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