paediatrics
paediatrics

Air pollutants, seasonal influenza, and acute otitis media in children: a population-based analysis using 22-year hospitalization data

BMC Public Health. 2024 Jun 13;24(1):1581. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18962-4. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Acute otitis media (AOM) is a prevalent childhood acute illness, with 13.6 million pediatric office …

Incidence, management and outcomes in hepatic artery complications after paediatric liver transplantation: protocol of the retrospective, international, multicentre HEPATIC Registry

BMJ Open. 2024 Jun 12;14(6):e081933. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081933. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Hepatic artery complications (HACs), such as a thrombosis or stenosis, are serious causes of morbidity and …

Closing the gap on healthcare quality for equity-deserving groups: a scoping review of equity-focused quality improvement interventions in medicine

BMJ Qual Saf. 2024 Jun 12:bmjqs-2023-017022. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-017022. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Quality improvement (QI) efforts are critical to promoting health equity and …

Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Predictive Models for Outcomes After Congenital Heart Surgery

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Jun 18;83(24):2440-2454. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.430. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Despite documented associations between social determinants of health and outcomes post-congenital heart surgery, clinical …