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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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February 2025

Acupuncture for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in neonates (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Cannabis use during adolescence and young adulthood and academic achievement: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Climate change, modern slavery, and its impact on health – a youth perspective and global call to action

A critical analysis of UK media characterisations of Long Covid in children and young people

Cycled light in the intensive care unit for preterm and low birth weight infants (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Evaluating the benefits and risks of puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones for transgender adolescents

Fluid restriction for treatment of symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants (new Cochrane intervention review)

Free summer programming and body mass index among schoolchildren from low-income households: a randomized clinical trial

Haematuria in children (BMJ practice pointer)

Identification and management of child abuse and neglect (BMJ practice pointer)

Levels of satisfaction and regret with gender-affirming medical care in adolescence

Longitudinal changes in epigenetic age acceleration across childhood and adolescence

The next 1000 days: building on early investments for the health and development of young children

            See also: The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice

Paediatric relapsed acute leukaemia: curative intent chemotherapy improves quality of life

Palliative care for infants with life-limiting conditions: integrative review

Pediatric climate distress: a scoping review and clinical resource

Peer support in paediatrics: a literature review

Prevention of self‐harm and suicide in young people up to the age of 25 in education settings (new Cochrane intervention review)

Psychosocial impact of alopecia areata in paediatric and adolescent populations: a systematic review

Toddler screen use before bed and its effect on sleep and attention: a randomized clinical trial

Unintended consequences of measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID‐19 pandemic: a scoping review (updated Cochrane prototype review)

Sources

BMJ, The (Nov); BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (Nov-Dec); Cochrane Library (Dec-Jan); JAMA Pediatrics (Dec); Journal of Climate Change and Health (Nov-Dec); Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dec-Jan); Lancet, The (Nov); PLOS Global Public Health (Nov)

December 2024

Anxiety and depression in youth with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cannabinoids used for medical purposes in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Early childhood screen use contexts and cognitive and psychosocial outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Early-childhood tablet use and outbursts of anger

Early newborn metabolic patterning and sudden infant death syndrome

Efficacy of gamified digital mental health interventions for pediatric mental health conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Impact of extreme heat and heatwaves on children’s health: a scoping review

Infant feeding and weight trajectories in the Eat, Sleep, Console trial: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

Intermittent energy restriction for adolescents with obesity: the Fast Track to Health randomized clinical trial

Non‐corticosteroid immunosuppressive medications for steroid‐sensitive nephrotic syndrome in children (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Pediatric oncology hospice: a comprehensive review

Pooled analysis of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep among children from 33 countries

Quality of care in the last two years of life for children with complex chronic conditions

Risk factors for severe disease in pediatric respiratory syncytial virus infections

SARS-CoV-2 infection and new-onset type 2 diabetes among pediatric patients, 2020-2022

A scoping review of the epidemiology and treatment of painful procedures in hospitalized neonates: what has changed in the past three decades?

Screen use at bedtime and sleep duration and quality among youths

Socioeconomic status moderates associations between hippocampal development and cognition in preterms

Symptoms of depression, eating disorders, and binge eating in adolescents with obesity: the Fast Track to Health randomized clinical trial

Sources

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Dec); Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (Sep); Cochrane Library (Oct-Nov); European Journal of Pain (Oct); JAMA Network Open (Oct); JAMA Pediatrics (Oct-Nov); Journal of Climate Change and Health (Sep-Oct); Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (Nov); Public Health (Oct)

October 2024

An approach to common sleep presentations in infants and toddlers

Approach to constipation in children: recommendations for evaluation and management

Assessing classroom ventilation rates using CO2 data from a nationwide study of UK schools and identifying school-wide correlation factors

Chronic cough in preschool aged children

Cord blood banking: experts raise concern over claims made for stem cell applications (BMJ investigation)

Corticosteroid therapy for nephrotic syndrome in children (updated Cochrane intervention review)

COVID-19 pandemic school disruptions and acute mental health in children and adolescents

Determining associations between intervention amount and outcomes for young autistic children: a meta-analysis

Differentiating mortality risk of individual infants and children to improve survival: opportunity for impact

Donor human milk for preventing necrotising enterocolitis in very preterm or very low‐birthweight infants (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Eating disorders: all that a pediatrician should know

Effectiveness of interventions to reduce social inequalities of weight status in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hospital-onset bacteremia among neonatal intensive care unit patients

Impact of extreme heat and heatwaves on children's health: a scoping review

Initial oxygen concentration for the resuscitation of infants born at less than 32 weeks’ gestation

Neonatal bacterial sepsis

Obesity in adolescents: a review (JAMA review)

Optimising sleep in adolescents: the challenges

Providing compassionate, evidence-based care for refugee, immigrant, and migrant children

The role of family support in moderating mental health outcomes for LGBTQ+ youth in primary care

Stigmatization and mental health impact of chronic pediatric skin disorders

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in parents caring for children with disabilities and long-term illnesses

Sources

Advances in Pediatrics (Aug); Archives of Suicide Research (Jul); Australian Journal of General Practice (Jun); BMJ, The (Jul-Sep); Cochrane Library (Aug-Sep); Developments in the Built Environment (Oct); JAMA Dermatology (Jun); JAMA (Sep); JAMA Dermatology (Jun); JAMA Network Open (Aug); JAMA Pediatrics (Aug-Sep); Journal of Climate Change and Health, The (Sep-Oct); Lancet, The (Jul-Aug); Obesity Reviews (Jul)

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