Month: <span>September 2025</span>
Month: September 2025

Nurses experiences with an intervention enhancing skill-mix in Kenyan neonatal units with severe workforce deficits: A qualitative study

Int J Nurs Stud. 2025 Sep 3;171:105202. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2025.105202. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Nurses remain critical in newborn care delivery in Kenya. However, …

Genomic and clinical epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenya: insights into variant circulation, reinfection, and multiple lineage importations during a post-pandemic wave

BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 Sep 9;3(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s44263-025-00201-6. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Between November 2023 and March 2024, coastal Kenya experienced another wave of severe acute …

Red blood cell transfusion frequency and the risk and severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Pediatr. 2025 Sep 10;25(1):679. doi: 10.1186/s12887-025-05797-0. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is a common intervention for anemia in preterm infants; however, its …

Comparisons of health-related factors in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with and without sleep problems following a weighted blanket sleep intervention

BMC Pediatr. 2025 Sep 9;25(1):678. doi: 10.1186/s12887-025-06051-3. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Adequate sleep is crucial for children’s health, especially for children with ADHD and concurrent sleep problems. …

Evaluation of biventricular function in asthmatic children with different severity by new echocardiographic modalities

BMC Pediatr. 2025 Sep 9;25(1):677. doi: 10.1186/s12887-025-06028-2. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of asthma severity on biventricular cardiac functions using tissue …