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Elucidating adolescent aspirational models for the design of public mental he...
Background Adolescent aspirational models are sets of preferences for an idealized self. Aspirational models influence behavior and exposure to risk factors that shape adult... -
Household income determines access to specialized pediatric chronic pain trea...
Background Families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) often face problems with gaining access to health care services. Information is scarce on the relationship between SES... -
Sharing longitudinal, non-biological birth cohort data: a cross-sectional ana...
Background Mandates abound to share publicly-funded research data for reuse, while data platforms continue to emerge to facilitate such reuse. Birth cohorts (BC) involve... -
The accuracy of blood pressure measured by arterial line and non-invasive cuf...
Background The accuracy of arterial lines (AL) using the flush test or stopcock test has not been described in children, nor has the difference between invasive arterial blood... -
Adding patient-reported outcomes to a multisite registry to quantify quality ...
Background: Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) often have poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) despite advances in treatment. Patient-centered research may... -
Tuberculosis incidence is high in HIV-infected African children but is reduce...
Background There are few data on tuberculosis (TB) incidence in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Observational studies suggest co-trimoxazole prophylaxis... -
The global pediatric nephrology workforce: a survey of the International Pedi...
Background The global pediatric nephrology workforce is poorly characterized. The objectives of our study were to assess pediatric nephrologists’ perceptions of the adequacy of... -
"Characteristics of invasive Acinetobacter species isolates recovered in a pe...
Background Acinetobacter species are associated with increasing mortality due to emerging drug-resistance. Pediatric Acinetobacter infections are largely undefined in developed... -
Evaluation of the Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) program in California
Author(s): McMenamin, Sara B; Cummins, Sharon E; Zhuang, Yue-Lin; Gamst, Anthony C; Ruiz, Carlos G; Mayoral, Antonio; Zhu, Shu-Hong | Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The... -
The CANadian Pediatric Weight management Registry (CANPWR): lessons learned f...
Background: There is increasing recognition of the value of “real-world evidence” in evaluating health care services. Registry-based, observational studies... -
Is HPA axis reactivity in childhood gender-specific? A systematic review
Background In adults, hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activity shows sexual dimorphism, and this is thought to be a mechanism underlying sex-specific disease... -
Key traveller groups of relevance to spatial malaria transmission: a survey o...
Background As malaria prevalence declines in many parts of the world due to widescale control efforts and as drug-resistant parasites begin to emerge, a quantitative... -
Procalcitonin for infections in the first week after pediatric liver transpla...
Background Procalcitonin (PCT) has become a commonly used serum inflammatory marker. Our aim was to describe the kinetics and usefulness of serial post-operative PCT... -
Hierarchical cortical transcriptome disorganization in autism
AbstractBackgroundAutism spectrum disorders (ASD) are etiologically heterogeneous and complex. Functional genomics work has begun to identify a diverse array of dysregulated... -
Countdown to 2015 country case studies: what have we learned about processes ...
Background: Countdown to 2015 was a multi-institution consortium tracking progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. Case studies to explore factors... -
Canadian French translation and linguistic validation of the child health uti...
Background Several preference based measures are validated for adults in cost utility analysis, but less are available for children and many researchers have criticized the... -
Efficacy of the Buzzy® device for pain management of children during needle-r...
Background Needle-related procedures are the most important source of pain in children in hospital setting. Unmanaged pain could result in short- and long-term physiological,...
