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

Paediatrics current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

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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)

June 2025

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health: tracking progress on health and nutrition

Acupuncture for procedural pain in newborn infants (new Cochrane review)

Cardiovascular post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents: cohort study using electronic health records

Clinical rating scales for assessing pain in newborn infants (new Cochrane review)

The COVID-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2022–24: what new did we learn?

The effect of breastfeeding on early childhood caries: a prospective cohort study of 3-year-old Chinese children

Factors that influence caregivers’ and adolescents’ views and practices regarding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for adolescents: a qualitative evidence synthesis (new Cochrane review)

Gardening initiatives as an approach to cancer prevention for children and youth

Global prevalence of teething problems in infants and children—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Household income trajectory effect on oral health-related quality of life during the transition from childhood to adolescence

Kidney function following COVID-19 in children and adolescents

Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds

Lutein and zeaxanthin for reducing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants (new Cochrane review)

Otitis media in young children (NEJM clinical practice review)

Pediatric Long COVID subphenotypes: an EHR-based study from the RECOVER program

Prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG positivity and long COVID-19 in pediatric age group

Risk factors for child abuse and neglect: systematic review and meta-analysis

Schoolchildren with asthma face different risks at different ages

Symptoms, quality of life, and executive function in children who snore

TGFβ links EBV to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Trends and cross-country inequalities in global burns burden among children and adolescents: a population-based study from 1990 to 2021

Sources

BMJ, The (Apr); Burns (Apr); Cochrane Library (Apr); Gauntlet website, The (Mar); International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry (May); JAMA Network Open (Apr); JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Feb); Journal of Dentistry (Mar-Apr); Journal of Global Health (Apr); Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, The (Mar); Lancet, The (Apr); Nature (Mar); Nature Communications (Apr); NEJM (Apr); PLOS Digital Health (Apr); Public Health (Apr-May)

April 2025

Acupuncture for neonatal abstinence syndrome in newborn infants (new Cochrane intervention review)

Adolescent menstrual health must go beyond pads

Antegrade continence enemas for pediatric functional constipation: a systematic review

Apnea after 2-month vaccinations in hospitalized preterm infants: a randomized clinical trial

The association between prenatal antibiotic exposure and adverse long-term health outcomes in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Caffeine, daytime sleepiness, and conduct problems among early adolescents: a longitudinal analysis

Carbon dioxide detection for diagnosis of inadvertent respiratory tract placement of enterogastric tubes in children (new Cochrane diagnostic review)

Deciding whether to accept an unvaccinated child into a pediatric practice

Effect of pediatric obesity treatment on long-term health

Ethical and legal considerations in the care of children and young people with high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs): an approach to decision making

Expanded newborn screening using genome sequencing for early actionable conditions

Fluoride exposure and children’s IQ scores: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ganaxolone for treating seizures caused by CDKL5 deficiency disorder in people 2 years and over (new NICE guideline TA1033)

Global burden of neonatal preterm birth: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019

Global prevalence of sexual violence against children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Home-based educational interventions for children with asthma (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Interventions for myopia control in children: a living systematic review and network meta‐analysis (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Prevalence estimates and nature of online child sexual exploitation and abuse

Public health interventions targeting the prevention of adolescent vaping: a scoping review

Respiratory benefits of multisetting air purification in children: a cluster randomized crossover trial

Toxic air: the biggest environmental killer of children in Europe and Central Asia

Sources

BMJ, The (Jan); Cochrane Library (Feb); JAMA (Jan); JAMA Pediatrics (Feb-Mar); Journal of Adolescent Health (Jan); Journal of Infection (Jan); Journal of Pediatric Surgery (Jan); Lancet Child and Adolescent Health (Mar); NEJM (Jan); NICE website (Feb); Public Health (Jan); Public Health Nursing (Jan/Feb)

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