Month: <span>February 2025</span>
Month: February 2025

Effect of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on birth weight in Ethiopia: protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised trial

BMJ Open. 2025 Feb 6;15(2):e093385. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093385. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: This programme effectiveness study responds to the need for evidence of the effect on birth weight …

Early plasma ferritin concentrations are not associated with time to red cell transfusions in extremely and very preterm neonates: a prospective single-site observational study

BMJ Paediatr Open. 2025 Feb 6;9(1):e002967. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002967. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between plasma ferritin concentrations and (1) antenatal factors and (2) requirement …

Massively elevated sFlt1/PlGF in a pregnant patient with fetal growth restriction and perinatal death in the context of a systemic lupus erythematosus

BMJ Case Rep. 2025 Feb 5;18(2):e258131. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-258131. ABSTRACT We report a case of confusingly high soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1/placental growth factor (sFlt1/PlGF) ratio …

International accreditation of a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship program in Guatemala: a quantitative assessment

BMC Med Educ. 2025 Feb 7;25(1):198. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-06810-x. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: High-quality graduate medical education programs are essential to expand the care available to children with …

Association between cadherin-related family member 3 rs6967330-A and human rhinovirus-C induced wheezing in children

Virol J. 2025 Feb 6;22(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s12985-025-02644-7. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The heterogeneity of childhood wheezing illnesses is associated with viral and host factors. Human rhinoviruses (HRV) …

Development of tolerance to bedaquiline by overexpression of trypanosomal acetate: succinate CoA transferase in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Commun Biol. 2025 Feb 6;8(1):187. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-07611-0. ABSTRACT The F-type ATP synthase inhibitor bedaquiline (BDQ) is a potent inhibitor of mycobacterial growth and this inhibition …