Month: <span>December 2024</span>
Month: December 2024

Month: December 2024

Paediatrics

Relationship between autism spectrum disorder and peripapillary intraretinal layer thickness: a pediatric retrospective cross-sectional study

Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2024 Dec 5;14(12):8347-8360. doi: 10.21037/qims-24-753. Epub 2024 Oct 18. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often presents with atypical visual processing, …

Paediatrics

Clinical surveillance of split renal function in en bloc kidney transplant recipients using 99mTc-diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid (DTPA) dynamic renal scintigraphy: preliminary findings and novel insights

Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2024 Dec 5;14(12):8456-8466. doi: 10.21037/qims-24-861. Epub 2024 Nov 1. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: En bloc kidney transplantation (EBKT) involves transplantation of two kidneys, …

Paediatrics

Assessing regional homogeneity and cognitive function alterations in pediatric brain tumor patients: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2024 Dec 5;14(12):8686-8695. doi: 10.21037/qims-24-529. Epub 2024 Oct 25. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cognitive impairment mechanisms in children with preoperative brain tumors are …

Neonatal Medicine

Length of stay and its associated factors in the neonatal intensive care unit of Gadarif Hospital, Eastern Sudan: a retrospective study

BMC Pediatr. 2024 Dec 19;24(1):821. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-05318-5. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Attention is increasingly paid to length of stay (LOS) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across …

Child And Adolescent Mental Health

Associations between internet addiction and suicidal ideation in depressed adolescents: the mediating effect of insomnia as well as sex differences

BMC Psychiatry. 2024 Dec 18;24(1):929. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-06357-z. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Insomnia may mediate the association between internet addiction (IA) and suicidal ideation (SI). However, such association …

Paediatrics

Prevalence and pathogen profiles of bacteremia in neonates hospitalized for clinical Sepsis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 18;24(1):1424. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-10312-4. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Bacteremia is prevalent in neonates, largely attributed to factors inherent in the neonatal period. However, …

Paediatrics

The relationship between non-communicable disease risk and mental wellbeing in adolescence: a cross-sectional study utilising objective measures in Indonesia

BMC Public Health. 2024 Dec 18;24(1):3416. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20902-1. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental …

Paediatrics

Co-existence of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 3b and undifferentiated connective tissue disease with subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord in children: a case report and literature review

BMC Pediatr. 2024 Dec 19;24(1):817. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-05262-4. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The clinical manifestations of subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord (SCD) in children are complex and …

Paediatrics

Clinical indicators for distinguishing septic arthritis from paediatric transient synovitis of the hip: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 18;24(1):1432. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-10341-z. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Septic arthritis (SA) of the hip joint is a serious infection that can result in …

Paediatrics

Comparing Medical Record Abstraction (MRA) error rates in an observational study to pooled rates identified in the data quality literature

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2024 Dec 18;24(1):304. doi: 10.1186/s12874-024-02424-x. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Medical record abstraction (MRA) is a commonly used method for data collection in clinical …