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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Paediatrics

Paediatrics current awareness bulletin

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December 2025

Analysis of risk factors for the recurrence of chronic tic disorder in children

Associations between parental engagement with health professionals and child health behaviours

Atopic eczema in under 12s: diagnosis and management (updated NICE guideline CG57)

Blood pressure values in healthy normal weight children and adolescents in eight European countries: auscultatory and oscillometric measurements

Blood product use in paediatric trauma: lessons from the TARN data

Breastfeeding and its impact on glucose trends and hypoglycaemia risk in at-risk neonates: a prospective observational study

Clesrovimab for prevention of RSV disease in healthy infants

A clinical decision tool including a decision tree, point-of-care testing of CRP, and safety-netting advice to guide antibiotic prescribing in acutely ill children in primary care in Belgium (ARON): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised, controlled trial

Communication with families of children with overweight status or obesity during consultation for tonsillectomy

DMD Care UK's guideline on cardiac care of children with dystrophinopathy and females carrying DMD-gene variations (new NICE guideline NG251)

Emollients to prevent pediatric eczema: a randomized clinical trial

Grief instruments in children and adolescents: a systematic review

How I treat pediatric pulmonary embolism

“How long until I am seen, doc?” Modelling paediatric emergency department waiting times to make personalised predictions

Intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in pediatric surgeries: a review of techniques, applications, and outcomes

Keeping up with school during hospitalization for children with chronic illnesses, siblings and parents

Medical imaging and pediatric and adolescent hematologic cancer risk

Parent-focused behavioural interventions for the prevention of early childhood obesity (TOPCHILD): a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Rapid cycle QI methods ensure prompt paediatric emergency care during 2022 respiratory surge

Service delivery, behavioural, and self‐management interventions for children with epilepsy (new Cochrane intervention review)

Supporting my child with her medical care (BMJ ‘What Your Patient is Thinking’ article)

Sources

Blood (Oct); BMJ (Sep); Child: Care, Health and Development (Nov); Cochane Library (Oct); Emergency Medicine Journal (Oct); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Sep); JAMA Dermatology (Sep); JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery (Aug); Journal of Clinical Ultrasound (Nov/Dec); Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Nov); Lancet (Sep-Oct); NEJM (Oct); NICE website (Sep-Oct); Omega (Sep)

October 2025

Abdominal and pelvic tumours in children: a review of diagnosis, management, and prognosis

Adverse respiratory events after pediatric endoscopic airway surgeries

Aluminum-adsorbed vaccines and chronic diseases in childhood: a nationwide cohort study

Are tooth bleaching procedures safe for children and adolescents? A scoping review of color change, side effects, and impact on patient satisfaction

Association of iron deficiency and anemia with obesity among children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Associations of dietary patterns and obesity development in school-aged children: results from the CHILD Cohort Study

Bed poverty: effects on child health—and the doctor’s role

Changes in early respiratory tract microecology associated with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

Childhood epilepsy (Lancet review)

Clinical manifestations and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents

A decade later, what have we learned from the Zika epidemic in children with intrauterine exposure?

Digital health interventions to treat overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: an umbrella review

Dysmenorrhea and adolescent mental health: a school-based cross-sectional study

Evaluation of nasogastric tube location using point-of-care ultrasonography in paediatric patients

Evaluation of school food policies for secondary schools in Europe: results for health, acceptance, and affordability from a scoping review

Examination of pediatric hemorrhagic stroke incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Extended caffeine for apnea in moderately preterm infants: the MoCHA randomized clinical trial

An ‘explosion in the mouth’: the oral health experiences of autistic children

Foreskin and penile problems in childhood

From preschool to policy: a scoping review of recommended interventions for a systems approach to improve dietary intake in early childhood

Functional abdominal pain disorders in children

Global burden of eye injuries in children and adolescents, 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study

Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Has this child experienced physical abuse? The Rational Clinical Examination systematic review

“He was not listening to hear me”: parent experiences with communication, inclusion, and marginalization in the pediatric emergency department

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (NEJM review)

‘Like it’s making my heart run’: a strengths-based understanding of the play of autistic children

Maternal and child nutrition: nutrition and weight management in pregnancy, and nutrition in children up to 5 years—summary of new NICE guidance

Multidose ondansetron after emergency visits in children with gastroenteritis

Navigating heart murmurs in children

Orbital cellulitis in the paediatric population

Overweight and obesity in preschoolers: overview of current treatment options

Paediatric care in general practice: case mix, referral patterns and healthcare costs

Postoperative nausea and vomiting in children: challenges and some solutions

A qualitative systematic review about children's everyday lives when a parent is seriously ill with the prospect of imminent death - perspectives of children and parents

Restoring the infant mortality rate as a measure of societal health and well-being

Should melatonin be used to help children sleep?

Statin therapy for children

Tracking and changes in the clustering of physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet, and sleep across childhood and adolescence: a systematic review

Visual impairment and blindness among children: a literature review

Sources

Academic Emergency Medicine (Jun); American Journal of Ophthalmology (Aug); Anesthesia & Analgesia (Jul); Annals of Internal Medicine (Jul); Australian Journal of General Practice (Jun); Autism (Mar-Jun); BJOG (Aug); BMJ, The (Jun-Aug); Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (Jul-Aug); Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease (Aug); Emergency Medicine Journal (Jun); ENT: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal (Jul); Infectious Disease Clinics of North America (Jun); JAMA (Jun-Jul); Journal of Dentistry (Aug); Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Jul); Lancet, The (Jul-Aug); NEJM (Jul-Aug); Obesity (Jul); Obesity Reviews (Jun-Sep); Omega (Aug); Surgery-Oxford (Aug)

August 2025

25 years of biologics for the treatment of pediatric rheumatic disease: advances in prognosis and ongoing challenges

Addictive screen use trajectories and suicidal behaviors, suicidal ideation, and mental health in US youths

The assessment of premature thelarche

Association between maternal diabetes and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 202 observational studies comprising 56·1 million pregnancies

Burosumab for treating X-linked hypophosphataemia in children and young people (updated NICE guideline HST8)

A call to action: the second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

Challenges in care provision for children and adolescents with differences of sex development

Characterizing Long COVID symptoms during early childhood

Craniosynostosis among children with X-linked hypophosphatemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Demographic and socioeconomic determinants of maternal knowledge and confidence in promoting infant and toddler oral health: an exploratory study

Family-related factors in children and adolescents with chronic pain: a systematic review

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke on children and adolescents aged under 20 years from 1990 to 2021, with projections of disability-adjusted life year to 2050: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

How I approach pharmacological thromboprophylaxis in children

How to identify children with cerebral palsy at risk of low bone mineral density

Impact of nirsevimab on RSV and non‐RSV severe respiratory infections in hospitalized infants

Long COVID in young children, school-aged children, and teens

Lung ultrasound as a tool for analysis of ventilation in children with respiratory failure

The metabolic programming of pubertal onset

Prevalence of sexual violence against children and age at first exposure: a global analysis by location, age, and sex (1990–2023)

SARS-CoV-2 induced immune perturbations in infants vary with disease severity and differ from adults’ responses

Sources

Arthritis Care & Research (May); Australian Journal of General Practice (May); Blood (May); Bone (Jul-Aug); Clinical Endocrinology (May); European Journal of Neurology (May); European Journal of Pain (Jul); Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (Apr); JAMA (Jun); JAMA Pediatrics (May); Journal of Clinical Ultrasound (Jun); Lancet, The (May); Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, The (Jun); NICE website (Apr); Pediatric Dental Journal (Aug)

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