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941 Child Neglect and the Development of Externalizing Behavior Problems: Associations With Maternal Drug Dependence and Neighborhood Crime Child Maltreatment, January 14, 2013 Review Article
942 Individual Differences in the Cortisol Responses of Neglected and Comparison Children Child Maltreatment, January 14, 2013 Review Article
943 Quantitative Assessment of Brain Networks in Children With Sturge-Weber Syndrome Using Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Journal of Child Neurology, January 14, 2013
944 Global epidemiology of sickle haemoglobin in neonates: a contemporary geostatistical model-based map and population estimates The Lancet, January 14, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
945 The Relationship Between Cow’s Milk and Stores of Vitamin D and Iron in Early Childhood Pediatrics, January 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
946 Development at Age 36 Months in Children With Deformational Plagiocephaly Pediatrics, January 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
947 Withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: parental perspectives ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
948 A randomised trial of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor for neonatal sepsis: outcomes at 2 years ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
949 Correlation of Care Process Measures With Childhood Asthma Exacerbations Pediatrics, January 11, 2013 Review Article
950 Double-blind, randomised clinical assay to evaluate the efficacy of probiotics in preterm newborns weighing less than 1500 g in the prevention of necrotising enterocolitis ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
951 Breastfeeding and neonatal weight loss in healthy term infants Journal of Human Lactation, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
952 Intrapartum Asphyxia, Neonatal Encephalopathy, Cerebral Palsy, and Obstetric Interventions in the Term and Near-Term Infant NeoReviews, January 11, 2013 Review Article
953 Early lactation failure and formula adoption after elective caesarean delivery: cohort study ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
954 Axillary temperature measurement during hypothermia treatment for neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Review Article
955 Postnatal corticosteroids and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birthweight or extremely preterm infants: 15-year experience in Victoria, Australia ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Review Article
956 Babies born at the threshold of viability: changes in survival and workload over 20 years ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Clinical Guideline
957 Transfusion-associated necrotising enterocolitis in neonates ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Review Article
958 Seasonal variations in healthcare-associated infection in neonates in Canada ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Review Article
959 Perceived role in end-of-life decision making in the NICU affects long-term parental grief response ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Review Article
960 Pulse oximetry screening for congenital heart defects in newborn infants: an evaluation of acceptability to mothers ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition, January 11, 2013 Review Article
As published in Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research, elevated BMI is associated with fractures of the foot, ankle, knee, and leg (but not femur or hip) in children. In overweight, moderately obese, and extremely obese children, the ORs for fractures of the foot were 1.14, 1.23, and 1.42, respectively; fractures of the ankle, knee, and leg were 1.27, 1.28, and 1.51, respectively. Children 6-11 years of age were at highest risk.
Read the article summaryAs published in the Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, children with ?-thalassemia major (n=31; age range, 4-16 y) exhibit laboratory and ultrasound evidence of premature atherosclerosis. Specifically, total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C, and nitrate/nitrite levels were decreased, and VLDL-C levels, chitotroisidase activity, and carotid IMT were increased in affected children.
Read the article summaryAs published in Pediatrics, adolescent girls (11-12 years of age) vaccinated with HPV were not shown to have increased sexual activity over 3 years of follow-up compared to non-vaccinated girls (adjusted incidence rate ratio = 1.29). Sexual activity was assessed based on pregnancy, STD testing or diagnosis, and contraceptive counseling.
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