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Neonatal Medicine

Cough medicine prescriptions for children by physician specialty and healthcare sector: a Finnish population-based nationwide register study

Eur J Pediatr. 2025 Jul 8;184(8):471. doi: 10.1007/s00431-025-06306-2. ABSTRACT Despite clear clinical guidelines advising against the use of cough and cold medicines (CCMs) in children, …

Neonatal Medicine

Autonomous screening of infants at high risk for neurodevelopmental impairments using a radar sensor and machine learning

Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 7;15(1):24331. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-10081-3. ABSTRACT Neurodevelopmental impairments (NDIs) are significant long-term complications in preterm infants. While early recognition of infants at high …

Neonatal Medicine

Association between urinary heavy metal concentrations, thyroid hormones, and birth outcomes among pregnant women in Isfahan City

Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 7;15(1):24264. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-10137-4. ABSTRACT Heavy metals are toxic elements that can have significant adverse effects on human health, particularly during vulnerable …

Neonatal Medicine

Implementation of an intervention to scale up coverage of pneumonia management in children younger than 5 years in a north Indian district: protocol for a quasi-experimental, mixed-methods, pre-post implementation study

BMJ Open. 2025 Jul 7;15(7):e093705. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093705. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The National Family Health Survey-5 has reported an under-five mortality rate of 41.9 per 1000 live …

Neonatal Medicine

Development and validation of a novel clinical risk score to predict hypoxaemia in children with pneumonia using the WHO PREPARE dataset

BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Jul 7;10(7):e017256. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017256. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Hypoxaemia predicts mortality at all levels of care, and appropriate management can reduce preventable deaths. …

Neonatal Medicine

Comparative outcomes of spontaneous intestinal perforation and necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants: a retrospective cohort study from Saudi Arabia

BMJ Paediatr Open. 2025 Jul 7;9(1):e003667. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2025-003667. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To compare risk factors, surgical management, nutritional outcomes and short-term neonatal morbidity and mortality between …