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Pediatric Reports, Volume 15, Issue 3

September 2023 - 16 articles

Cover Story: Clinicians attempt to avoid antibiotic use unless there are convincing signs of infection. The aims of this study were to report the ontogeny of biomarkers for inflammation among 142 infants born at 22 to 32 weeks of gestation and contextualize the levels with common etiologies of preterm delivery. Independent of gestational age, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) sharply declined following delivery. MCP-1 was increased in infants exposed to preeclampsia but decreased in those exposed to chorioamnionitis. CRP was increased in infants with funisitis, but it increased a day later than IL-6 in those with sepsis. Our results reveal unique biomarker profiles in infants exposed to distinct perinatal complications with implications for antibiotic stewardship and mechanistic investigations. View this paper
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Articles (16)

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,285 Views
11 Pages

Prechemotherapy Transperitoneal Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN) for a Wilms Tumor: Surgical and Oncological Outcomes in a Four-Year-Old Patient

  • Marcello Della Corte,
  • Elisa Cerchia,
  • Marco Oderda,
  • Paola Quarello,
  • Franca Fagioli,
  • Paolo Gontero and
  • Simona Gerocarni Nappo

21 September 2023

Background: Wilms tumor (WT) is the most frequent renal tumor in children. The SIOP-UMBRELLA Guidelines allow for nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) in syndromic patients, as well as in cases of small (<300 mL) non-syndromic unilateral WTs, without lym...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,319 Views
12 Pages

Early Diagnostic Markers of Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis

  • Preslava Gatseva,
  • Alexander Blazhev,
  • Zarko Yordanov and
  • Victoria Atanasova

20 September 2023

Objective: Early diagnosis of nosocomial infections in newborns is a great challenge, because in the initial phase of systemic infection, clinical symptoms are often non-specific, and routinely used hematological markers are not sufficiently informat...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,779 Views
7 Pages

Diagnostic Significance of Absence of Post-Feeding Contraction of the Gallbladder in Biliary Atresia: Two Case Reports

  • Masahiko Kosuga,
  • Yoshimitsu Fujii,
  • Takashi Doi,
  • Kazunari Kaneko and
  • Raoul Breugelmans

6 September 2023

Ultrasonography is an essential part of the diagnostic process of biliary atresia (BA). The characteristic findings of BA include a hilar hyperechoic zone, the triangular cord sign (TCS), an absence of gallbladder contraction after feeding, and gallb...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,607 Views
9 Pages

SARS-CoV-2-Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): A Case Report from Iraq

  • Ruwaid Behnam Y. Al-Simaani,
  • Lika’a Fasih Y. Al-Kzayer,
  • Kenan Hussien Ali,
  • Mouroge H. Al-Ani and
  • Yozo Nakazawa

4 September 2023

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to evolve. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare post-COVID-19 complication that affects children wit...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2,648 Views
20 Pages

BoDV-1 Infection in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Matteo Riccò,
  • Ilaria Zanella,
  • Elia Satta,
  • Silvia Ranzieri,
  • Silvia Corrado,
  • Federico Marchesi and
  • Simona Peruzzi

1 September 2023

Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) can cause a severe human syndrome characterized by meningo-myeloencephalitis. The actual epidemiology of BoDV-1 remains disputed, and our study summarized prevalence data among children and adolescents (<18-year-old)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,624 Views
10 Pages

Learning Italian as a Second Language in a Sample of Ukrainian Children: A Game-Based Learning Approach

  • Alessandro Frolli,
  • Francesco Cerciello,
  • Clara Esposito,
  • Mariagrazia Russo and
  • Fabio Bisogni

18 August 2023

Game-based learning is an educational approach aimed at acquiring knowledge through the use of play. There are various studies that note the effectiveness of playing as an educational tool and the use of digital platforms as a tool that can increase...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
6,366 Views
8 Pages

11 August 2023

Background: Self-limited epilepsy with autonomic seizures (SeLEAS), formerly known as Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS), is a common multifocal autonomic childhood epileptic syndrome. SeLEAS affects 6% of children in between the ages of 1 and 15 years wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,599 Views
11 Pages

Inflammatory Biomarker Profiles in Very Preterm Infants within the Context of Preeclampsia, Chorioamnionitis, and Clinically Diagnosed Postnatal Infection

  • Jordan T. Ewald,
  • Baiba Steinbrekera,
  • Jennifer R. Bermick,
  • Donna A. Santillan,
  • Tarah T. Colaizy,
  • Mark K. Santillan and
  • Robert D. Roghair

10 August 2023

Preterm delivery can be precipitated by preeclampsia or infection, and preterm infants are at heightened risk of postnatal infection. Little is known about the ontogeny of inflammatory biomarkers in extremely preterm infants. We hypothesized that sus...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,467 Views
21 Pages

9 August 2023

Rare Diseases (RDs) in adolescents are characterized by low frequency and clinical heterogeneity, are chronic and deliberating and demand a multidisciplinary approach as well as costly and specialized treatments. Comprehending patients’ and par...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,813 Views
10 Pages

Healthcare Experience of Pediatric Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Basma Al-Jabri,
  • Sara Alnuwaiser,
  • Haifa Abdulghaffar,
  • Rahaf Almuhanna,
  • Shaimaa Salaam,
  • Raval Brika,
  • Alia Addas and
  • Hala Bedaiwi

7 August 2023

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face several challenges in the healthcare setting. This study defines the challenges experienced by children with autism in hospitals in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a question...

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