Month: <span>May 2025</span>
Month: May 2025

Month: May 2025

Paediatrics

Access to oral healthcare for children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study in the Aegean region of Türkiye

BMC Oral Health. 2025 May 2;25(1):680. doi: 10.1186/s12903-025-06053-8. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted healthcare systems, particularly affecting vulnerable populations such as children and …

Paediatrics

Emergency department visits for children identified as at risk of mental and behavioral conditions in the United States: an analysis of the 2019 NHIS data

BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 May 2;25(1):636. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-12792-9. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The prevalence of mental and behavioral health (MBH) conditions in children has been increasing …

Paediatrics

Diagnostic accuracy of visual triage checklist in early recognition of COVID-19 cases in the pediatric population: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Pediatr. 2025 May 2;25(1):352. doi: 10.1186/s12887-025-05693-7. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare facilities developed surveillance systems to identify patients suspected …

Child And Adolescent Mental Health

Acceptability and Usability of a Digital Behavioral Health Platform for Youth at Risk of Suicide: User-Centered Design Study With Patients, Practitioners, and Business Gatekeepers

JMIR Form Res. 2025 May 2;9:e65418. doi: 10.2196/65418. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Youth suicide rates are climbing, underscoring the need to improve clinical care. Personal smartphones can …

Child And Adolescent Mental Health

German validation of three ethics questionnaires: Consequentialist scale, ethical standards of judgment questionnaire, and revised ethics position questionnaire

PLoS One. 2025 May 2;20(5):e0319937. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319937. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The Consequentialist Scale (CS) and the Ethical Standards of Judgment Questionnaire (ESJQ) are instruments …

Child And Adolescent Mental Health

Prevalence and Association of Defense Mechanisms With Common Psychiatric Disorders: A National Study

J Clin Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 28;86(2):24m15582. doi: 10.4088/JCP.24m15582. ABSTRACT Objective: Although defense mechanisms are central concepts in psychiatry, whether individual disorders (or categories of disorders) …

Neonatal Medicine

More than just visits: Timing, frequency, and determinants of effective antenatal care in Bangladesh – BDHS 2007 to 2017-18

PLoS One. 2025 May 2;20(5):e0321686. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321686. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Timely initiation and adequate number of antenatal care (ANC) visits are crucial for ensuring …

Paediatrics

Glyphosate exposure increases early kidney injury biomarker KIM-1 in the pediatric population: a cross-sectional study

Sci Total Environ. 2025 May 1;980:179533. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179533. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Glyphosate exposure has been associated with adverse health effects, ranging from metabolic …

Paediatrics

A retrospective analysis of pediatric patients on a ketogenic diet: A comparison of inpatient versus outpatient diet initiations

Epilepsy Res. 2025 Apr 29;214:107556. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2025.107556. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Ketogenic diet therapies are effective therapies for drug-resistant epilepsy. Conventional initiation of …