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Zika virus vertical transmission induces neuroinflammation and synapse impairment in brain cells derived from children born with Congenital Zika Syndrome

Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 3;14(1):18002. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65392-8. ABSTRACT Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was first reported in 2015 in Brazil as causing microcephaly and other developmental …

Neonatal Medicine

Association between maternal multimorbidity and neurodevelopment of offspring: a prospective birth cohort study from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

BMJ Open. 2024 Aug 3;14(8):e082585. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082585. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between multimorbidity during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental delay in offspring using data from …

Neonatal Medicine

Protocol of a cost-effectiveness analysis of a combined intervention for depression and parenting compared with enhanced standard of care for perinatally depressed, HIV-positive women and their infants in rural South Africa

BMJ Open. 2024 Aug 3;14(8):e082977. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082977. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Poverty, HIV and perinatal depression represent a triple threat to public health in sub-Saharan Africa because …

Neonatal Medicine

Vaginal dinoprostone versus Foley catheter for induction of labor at term with an unfavorable cervix: an open-label randomized controlled trial

Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2024 Aug 1:101436. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101436. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Induction of labor with mechanical methods or pharmacological agents …

Neonatal Medicine

Intubation and Lower Saturation in the Delivery Room are Associated with Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Neonates with Transposition of the Great Arteries

J Pediatr. 2024 Aug 1:114222. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114222. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To identify delivery room (DR) characteristics of patients with transposition of the …

Paediatrics

Optimising healthcare transition of adolescents and young adults to adult care: a perspective statement of the Italian Society of Obesity

Eat Weight Disord. 2024 Aug 4;29(1):51. doi: 10.1007/s40519-024-01678-0. ABSTRACT The transition to adult health care (HCT, Health Care Transition), is the purposeful, planned movement of …

Paediatrics

Comparison of Risk-Scoring Systems in Predicting Kawasaki Disease Associated Coronary Artery Dilation in a North American Cohort

Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 Aug 4. doi: 10.1007/s00246-024-03611-9. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Scoring systems used to predict morbidity in children with Kawasaki disease (KD) have …