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Diagnostic test accuracy of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein for predicting invasive and serious bacterial infections in young febrile infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Hannah Norman-Bruce MBBS, Etimbuk Umana MD, Clare Mills PhD, Hannah Mitchell PhD, Lisa McFetridge PhD, David McCleary BSc, Thomas Waterfield PhD
Febrile infants presenting in the first 90 days of life are at higher risk of invasive and serious bacterial infections than older children. Modern clinical practice guidelines, mostly using procalcitonin as a diagnostic biomarker, can identify infants who are at low risk and therefore suitable for tailored management. C-reactive protein, by comparison, is widely available, but whether C-reactive protein
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Galvanised by tragedy: Elizabeth Bankah Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Farooq Kazi, Ammara Mushtaq
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The pain of being a young person experiencing chronic pain Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Breanna Tory
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Space matters: co-creating youth-friendly services Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jules Morgan
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New treatments for children with achondroplasia Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Prof Ravi Savarirayan MD, Prof Julie Hoover-Fong MD, Patrick Yap MD, Svein O Fredwall MD
Achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism in humans, caused by a common pathogenic variant in the gene encoding fibroblast growth factor receptor 3, , which impairs the process of endochondral ossification of the growing skeleton. In this Review, we outline the clinical and genetic hallmarks of achondroplasia and related conditions, the natural history and impact of achondroplasia over a patient's
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Can the 2024 UK election change the child health trajectory? Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
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Childhood appetitive traits and adolescent eating disorders: early risk markers Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Brittany Matheson
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Early childhood appetitive traits and eating disorder symptoms in adolescence: a 10-year longitudinal follow-up study in the Netherlands and the UK Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Ivonne P M Derks PhD, Zeynep Nas PhD, Holly A Harris PhD, Alice R Kininmonth PhD, Prof Janet Treasure PhD, Prof Pauline W Jansen PhD, Clare H Llewellyn PhD
Obesity and eating disorders commonly co-occur and might share common risk factors. Appetite avidity is an established neurobehavioural risk factor for obesity from early life, but the role of appetite in eating disorder susceptibility is unclear. We aimed to examine longitudinal associations between appetitive traits in early childhood and eating disorder symptoms in adolescence. In this longitudinal
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The touch of science: the Petal trial Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Ruth Guinsburg
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Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 379–91 Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16
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Effect of parental touch on relieving acute procedural pain in neonates and parental anxiety (Petal): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial in the UK Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Annalisa G V Hauck MD, Marianne van der Vaart DPhil, Eleri Adams FRCPCH, Luke Baxter PhD, Aomesh Bhatt MRCGP, Daniel Crankshaw MBChB, Amraj Dhami MBChB, Ria Evans Fry MBChB, Marina B O Freire MSc, Caroline Hartley PhD, Roshni C Mansfield BM BCh, Simon Marchant MSc, Vaneesha Monk PhD, Fiona Moultrie PhD, Mariska Peck BMBS, Shellie Robinson MSc, Jean Yong MRCPCH, Ravi Poorun MBPhD, Maria M Cobo PhD,
Touch interventions such as massage and skin-to-skin contact relieve neonatal pain. The Parental touch trial (Petal) aimed to assess whether parental stroking of their baby before a clinically required heel lance, at a speed of approximately 3 cm/s to optimally activate C-tactile nerve fibres, provides effective pain relief. Petal is a multicentre, randomised, parallel-group interventional superiority
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Long-term outcomes after severe childhood malnutrition in adolescents in Malawi (LOSCM): a prospective observational cohort study Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Amir Kirolos MBChB, Philliness P Harawa MBBS, Takondwa Chimowa FCPaed[SA], Oscar Divala MSc, Bridget Freyne PhD, Angus G Jones PhD, Natasha Lelijveld PhD, Samantha Lissauer PhD, Prof Kenneth Maleta PhD, Prof Melissa J Gladstone MD, Marko Kerac PhD, CHANGE study collaborators group, Mubarek Abera, Gemechu Ameya, Kenneth Anujo, Melkamu Arefayine, Tsinuel Girma, Gerard Bryan Gonzales, Laurentya Olga,
Research on long-term outcomes of severe childhood malnutrition is scarce. Existing evidence suggests potential associations with cardiometabolic disease and impaired cognition. We aimed to assess outcomes in adolescents who were exposed to severe childhood malnutrition compared with peers not exposed to severe childhood malnutrition. In Long-term Outcomes after Severe Childhood Malnutrition (LOCSM)
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Keeping schools open in times of health crises: seeing the global picture Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Didier Jourdan, Nicola J Gray
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What is the specific role of schools and daycares in COVID-19 transmission? A final report from a living rapid review Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Sarah E Neil-Sztramko PhD, Emily Belita PhD, Robyn L Traynor MSc, Leah Hagerman MPH, Selin Akaraci PhD, Patricia Burnett MSc, Alyssa Kostopoulos MPH, Prof Maureen Dobbins PhD
Due to rapidly evolving conditions, the question of how to safely operate schools and daycares remained a top priority throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to growing and changing evidence, the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools in Canada maintained a living rapid review on the role of schools and daycares in COVID-19 transmission to guide evidence-informed decision making
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Holistic support for children with rare disease Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Siyuan Li, Yingqi Hua
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Thank you to our peer reviewers and contributors in 2023 Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Esther Lau, Josefine Gibson, Amy Slogrove
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Thank you to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health's statistical and peer reviewers in 2023 Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13
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Addressing barriers to child and adolescent reproductive health: an Indian perspective Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Aarcha S Nair, Tejaswini Athindranath
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Better measures needed to mitigate sex bias in autism identification Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Catherine A Burrows, Shuting Zheng
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Gender service for children: a battle for health in a culture war Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Robert Stirrups
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Children's drug education in a changing world Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Aaron Van Dorn
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The health and wellbeing case for children's suffrage Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Neena Modi, Lucia Rabello de Castro, Robin Chen, Anandini Dar, John Wall
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Developmental language disorder: a hidden condition Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Courtenay Norbury, Sarah Griffiths, Shaun Kok Yew Goh, Mark Boyes, Elizabeth Hill, Essi Viding
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A vote for childhood NTD elimination Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-29
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Childhood deaths due to pneumonia: a novel causal analysis of aetiology Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 David M Le Roux
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Post-mortem investigation of deaths due to pneumonia in children aged 1–59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from 2016 to 2022: an observational study Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Sana Mahtab, Dianna M Blau, Zachary J Madewell, Ikechukwu Ogbuanu, Julius Ojulong, Sandra Lako, Hailemariam Legesse, Joseph S Bangura, Quique Bassat, Inacio Mandomando, Elisio Xerinda, Fabiola Fernandes, Rosauro Varo, Samba O Sow, Karen L Kotloff, Milagritos D Tapia, Adama Mamby Keita, Diakaridia Sidibe, Dickens Onyango, Victor Akelo, K. Zaman
Background The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network programme undertakes post-mortem minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), together with collection of ante-mortem clinical information, to investigate causes of childhood deaths across multiple countries. We aimed to evaluate the overall contribution of pneumonia in the causal pathway to death and the causative pathogens
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Immunomodulatory therapy in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS, MIS-C; RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22
Background Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS), also known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) emerged in April, 2020. The paediatric comparisons within the RECOVERY trial aimed to assess the effect of intravenous immunoglobulin or corticosteroids compared with usual care on duration of hospital stay for children with PIMS-TS
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The RECOVERY trial of PIMS-TS: important lessons from the pandemic Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Mary Beth F Son, Adrienne G Randolph
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Honouring and learning from youth voices Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17
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Young health-care workforce shaping adolescent health Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Chiamaka Nwachukwu, Janušonytė Eglė
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Temporal evolution of electrographic seizures in newborn infants with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy requiring therapeutic hypothermia: a secondary analysis of the ANSeR studies Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Andreea M Pavel, Janet M Rennie, Linda S de Vries, Sean R Mathieson, Vicki Livingstone, Mikael Finder, Adrienne Foran, Divyen K Shah, Ronit M Pressler, Lauren C Weeke, Eugene M Dempsey, Deirdre M Murray, Geraldine B Boylan
Background Despite extensive research on neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, detailed information about electrographic seizures during active cooling and rewarming of therapeutic hypothermia is sparse. We aimed to describe temporal evolution of seizures and determine whether there is a correlation of seizure evolution with 2-year outcome. Methods This secondary analysis included newborn infants
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Helping adolescents cope with the burden of scoliosis Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Peter Ranscombe
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Children and young people with long COVID: overlooked and neglected Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Sanjana Jaidka, Eden Byrne
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Correction Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 588–98 Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17
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Correction Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2024; 8: 51–62 Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17
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Racial and ethnic inequities in the quality of paediatric care in the USA: a review of quantitative evidence Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Natalie Slopen, Andrew R Chang, Tiffani J Johnson, Ashaunta T Anderson, Aleha M Bate, Shawnese Clark, Alyssa Cohen, Monique Jindal, J'Mag Karbeah, Lee M Pachter, Naomi Priest, Shakira F Suglia, Nessa Bryce, Andrea Fawcett, Nia Heard-Garris
Racial and ethnic inequities in paediatric care have received increased research attention over the past two decades, particularly in the past 5 years, alongside an increased societal focus on racism. In this Series paper, the first in a two-part Series focused on racism and child health in the USA, we summarise evidence on racial and ethnic inequities in the quality of paediatric care. We review studies
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Policy solutions to eliminate racial and ethnic child health disparities in the USA Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Monique Jindal, Elizabeth Barnert, Nathan Chomilo, Shawnese Gilpin Clark, Alyssa Cohen, Danielle M Crookes, Kiarri N Kershaw, Katy Backes Kozhimannil, Kamila B Mistry, Rebecca J Shlafer, Natalie Slopen, Shakira F Suglia, Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, Nia Heard-Garris
Societal systems act individually and in combination to create and perpetuate structural racism through both policies and practices at the local, state, and federal levels, which, in turn, generate racial and ethnic health disparities. Both current and historical policy approaches across multiple sectors—including housing, employment, health insurance, immigration, and criminal legal—have the potential
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Intravenous maintenance fluid therapy in acutely and critically ill children: state of the evidence Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 David W Brossier, Isabelle Goyer, Sascha C A T Verbruggen, Corinne Jotterand Chaparro, Shancy Rooze, Luise V Marino, Luregn J Schlapbach, Lyvonne N Tume, Frederic V Valla
Intravenous maintenance fluid therapy (IV-MFT) is one of the most prescribed, yet one of the least studied, interventions in paediatric acute and critical care settings. IV-MFT is not typically treated in the same way as drugs with specific indications, contraindications, compositions, and associated adverse effects. In the last decade, societies in both paediatric and adult medicine have issued evidence-based
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Incorporating parental values in complex paediatric and perinatal decisions Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Rosa Geurtzen, Dominic J C Wilkinson
Incorporating parental values in complex medical decisions for young children is important but challenging. In this Review, we explore what it means to incorporate parental values in complex paediatric and perinatal decisions. We provide a narrative overview of the paediatric, ethics, and medical decision-making literature, focusing on value-based and ethically complex decisions for children who are
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Children living with incarcerated mothers: invisible, undocumented, and neglected Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Marie Claire Van Hout, Simon Fleißner, Ulla-Britt Klankwarth, Heino Stöver
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Mental health from 5 years before to 10 years after bariatric surgery in adolescents with severe obesity: a Swedish nationwide cohort study with matched population controls Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Gustaf Bruze, Kajsa Järvholm, Mattias Norrbäck, Johan Ottosson, Ingmar Näslund, Jonas Söderling, Johan Reutfors, Torsten Olbers, Martin Neovius
Background The long-term effects of bariatric surgery on the mental health of adolescents with severe obesity remain uncertain. We aimed to describe the prevalence of psychiatric health-care visits and filled prescription psychiatric drugs among adolescents with severe obesity undergoing bariatric surgery in the 5 years preceding surgery and throughout the first 10 years after surgery, and to draw
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LEARN: implementing health-promoting schools in Italy Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Sima Barmania
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Kevin Dadaczynski: championing school health promotion Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Sima Barmania
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Death education: a must for Chinese children Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 RenXian Xie
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Academic success: don’t forget our mental health Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Yifan Yu
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Celebrating children's voices through art Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Esther Lau
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Adolescent girls and the SDGs: acting at the midpoint milestone Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Lauren Rumble, Suzanne Petroni, Ruth Graham Goulder, Lauren Pandolfelli
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School bullying in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Renzo Abregú-Crespo, Alexandra Garriz-Luis, Miriam Ayora, Nuria Martín-Martínez, Vito Cavone, Miguel Ángel Carrasco, David Fraguas, Javier Martín-Babarro, Celso Arango, Covadonga M Díaz-Caneja
Background Bullying is a common form of violence among children and adolescents. Young people with neurodevelopmental or psychiatric conditions might have an increased risk of bullying victimisation and perpetration. We aimed to assess the odds of bullying involvement and its association with mental health measures in these populations. Methods In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched
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Bullying and health inequalities for children and adolescents with disability Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Tania King
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Intersex is not a secret Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Jules Morgan
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Invasive group A streptococcal infections in children and adolescents in Denmark during 2022–23 compared with 2016–17 to 2021–22: a nationwide, multicentre, population-based cohort study Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Ulrikka Nygaard, Ulla Birgitte Hartling, Charlotte Munkstrup, Allan Bybeck Nielsen, Kia Hee Schultz Dungu, Lisbeth Samsø Schmidt, Jonathan Glenthøj, Astrid Thaarup Matthesen, Maren Johanne Heilskov Rytter, Mette Holm
Background A historic increase in paediatric invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections was reported globally in 2022. iGAS infections can lead to severe manifestations (eg, pleural empyema, necrotising fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and meningitis). We aimed to compare the incidence and severity of iGAS infections overall, for distinct clinical phenotypes,
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Increase in iGAS incidence: a call to action for effective prevention and treatment Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Katherine B Gibney, Asha C Bowen
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Paediatric Cushing syndrome: a prospective, multisite, observational cohort study Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Christina Tatsi, Crystal Kamilaris, Meg Keil, Lola Saidkhodjaeva, Fabio R Faucz, Prashant Chittiboina, Constantine A Stratakis
Background Paediatric endogenous Cushing syndrome is a rare condition with variable signs and symptoms of presentation. We studied a large cohort of paediatric patients with endogenous Cushing syndrome with the aim of describing anthropometric, clinical, and biochemical characteristics as well as associated complications and outcomes to aid diagnosis, treatment, and management. Methods In this prospective
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Prevalence of hypertension and high-normal blood pressure among young adults in Zimbabwe: findings from a large, cross-sectional population-based survey Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Kalpana Sabapathy, Fredrick Cyprian Mwita, Ethel Dauya, Tsitsi Bandason, Victoria Simms, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Aoife M Doyle, David Ross, Anoop Shah, Richard J Hayes, Aletta E Schutte, Katharina Kranzer, Rashida Abbas Ferrand
Background Hypertension is the greatest driver of cardiovascular mortality and onset might be in youth. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for elevated blood pressure (hypertension ≥140 mm Hg systolic, ≥90 mm Hg diastolic, or both) and high-normal blood pressure (130–139 mm Hg systolic, 85–89 mm Hg diastolic, or both) among youth in Zimbabwe. Methods A population-based, cross-sectional
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What does the future hold for youth in Africa with high blood pressure? Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Simon Stewart, Ana O Mocumbi
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Sam Behjati: a rising star in childhood cancer research Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Udani Samarasekera
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The future of children's human rights: a call for peace Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-30
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Paediatric research sets new standards for therapy in paediatric and adult cholestasis Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Rebecca Jeyaraj, Eamonn R Maher, Deirdre Kelly
Children with Alagille syndrome and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) experience debilitating pruritus, for which there have been few effective treatment options. In the past 2 years, the ileal bile acid transporter (IBAT) inhibitors maralixibat and odevixibat have been approved for the management of cholestatic pruritus in these individuals, representing an important step forward
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Air pollution exposure among African school children in different microenvironments Lancet Child Adolesc. Health (IF 36.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Joy N Eze, Aneesa Vanker, Obianuju B Ozoh
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