Month: <span>November 2024</span>
Month: November 2024

Salivary cortisol is not associated with dexamethasone response in preterm infants with evolving bronchopulmonary dysplasia

J Perinatol. 2024 Nov 21. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02177-x. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Short-term treatment efficacy of systemic dexamethasone (DEX) in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary …

Sevoflurane exposure in early life: mitochondrial dysfunction and neurotoxicity in immature rat brains without long-term memory loss

Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 20;14(1):28747. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-79150-3. ABSTRACT Neurotoxic effects of general anesthetics, particularly sevoflurane, on pediatric neurodevelopment are a global concern. This study investigated …

Diagnostic efficacy and clinical utility of whole-exome sequencing in Czech pediatric patients with rare and undiagnosed diseases

Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 20;14(1):28780. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-79872-4. ABSTRACT In the last decade, undiagnosed disease programs have emerged to address the significant number of individuals with …

High detection rate of circulating-tumor DNA from cerebrospinal fluid of children with central nervous system germ cell tumors

Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2024 Nov 20;12(1):178. doi: 10.1186/s40478-024-01886-w. ABSTRACT Central nervous system germ cell tumors (CNS-GCT) are malignant neoplasms that arise predominantly during adolescence and …