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Volume 10;  2010
Case Report
Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis in a male child with renal vein thrombus extending into the inferior vena cava: a Case Report
Geetanjali Gupta, Reecha Singh, Dhananjay S Kotasthane, Vaishali D Kotasthane, and Shailesh Kumar
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 47. Published online 2010 July 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-47.
PMCID: PMC2909232
Case report
Co-existence of Phenylketonuria and Fabry disease on a 3 year-old boy: case report
Daniela Concolino, Maria Rapsomaniki, Eliana Disabella, Simona Sestito, Maria G Pascale, Maria T Moricca, Giuseppe Bonapace, Elisea Arbustini, and Pietro Strisciuglio
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 32. Published online 2010 May 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-32.
PMCID: PMC2885380
Correspondence
Do nonphysical punishments reduce antisocial behavior more than spanking? a comparison using the strongest previous causal evidence against spanking
Robert E Larzelere, Ronald B Cox, Jr, and Gail L Smith
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 10. Published online 2010 February 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-10.
PMCID: PMC2841151
Research articles
Clinical profile and treatment of infantile spasms using vigabatrin and ACTH - a developing country perspective
Shahnaz Ibrahim, Shamshad Gulab, Sidra Ishaque, and Taimur Saleem
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 1. Published online 2010 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-1.
PMCID: PMC2820464
Racial differences in central adiposity in a longitudinal cohort of black and white adolescent females
David J Tybor, Alice H Lichtenstein, Gerard E Dallal, Stephen R Daniels, and Aviva Must
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 2. Published online 2010 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-2.
PMCID: PMC2823623
Factors associated with breastfeeding cessation in nursing mothers in a peer support programme in Eastern Lancashire
Gabriel Agboado, Elaine Michel, Elaine Jackson, and Arpana Verma
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 3. Published online 2010 January 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-3.
PMCID: PMC2828426
Mechanics of sucking: comparison between bottle feeding and breastfeeding
Angel Moral, Ignasi Bolibar, Gloria Seguranyes, Josep M Ustrell, Gloria Sebastiá, Cristina Martínez-Barba, and Jose Ríos
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 6. Published online 2010 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-6.
PMCID: PMC2837866
Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms in infants in a rural population: longitudinal data over the first six months
Robert S Van Howe and Michelle R Storms
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 7. Published online 2010 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-7.
PMCID: PMC2831886
Endothelial dysfunction in obese non-hypertensive children without evidence of sleep disordered breathing
Rakesh Bhattacharjee, Wadha H Alotaibi, Leila Kheirandish-Gozal, Oscar Sans Capdevila, and David Gozal
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 8. Published online 2010 February 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-8.
PMCID: PMC2829007
Discontinuation of thyroid hormone treatment among children in the United States with congenital hypothyroidism: findings from health insurance claims data
Alex R Kemper, Lijing Ouyang, and Scott D Grosse
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 9. Published online 2010 February 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-9.
PMCID: PMC2829008
The prevalence of obesity in children with autism: a secondary data analysis using nationally representative data from the National Survey of Children's Health
Carol Curtin, Sarah E Anderson, Aviva Must, and Linda Bandini
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 11. Published online 2010 February 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-11.
PMCID: PMC2843677
A new method to analyse the pace of child development: Cox regression validated by a bootstrap resampling procedure
Christian Denne, Sarah Maag, Nicole Heussen, and Martin Häusler
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 12. Published online 2010 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-12.
PMCID: PMC2837865
Variations in the prevalence of point (pre)hypertension in a Nigerian school-going adolescent population living in a semi-urban and an urban area
Chukwunonso ECC Ejike, Chidiebere E Ugwu, and Lawrence US Ezeanyika
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 13. Published online 2010 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-13.
PMCID: PMC2841152
Maternal postnatal depression and child growth: a European cohort study
Veit Grote, Torstein Vik, Rüdiger von Kries, Veronica Luque, Jerzy Socha, Elvira Verduci, Clotilde Carlier, and Berthold Koletzko
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 14. Published online 2010 March 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-14.
PMCID: PMC2850333
School's out: what are urban children doing? The Summer Activity Study of Somerville Youth (SASSY)
Alison Tovar, Keith Lividini, Christina D Economos, Sara Folta, Jeanne Goldberg, and Aviva Must
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 16. Published online 2010 March 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-16.
PMCID: PMC2858132
Asthma in Black African, Black Caribbean and South Asian adolescents in the MRC DASH study: a cross sectional analysis
Melissa J Whitrow and Seeromanie Harding
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 18. Published online 2010 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-18.
PMCID: PMC2851680
Maternal well-being and its association to risk of developmental problems in children at school entry
Suzanne C Tough, Jodi E Siever, Karen Benzies, Shirley Leew, and David W Johnston
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 19. Published online 2010 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-19.
PMCID: PMC2858134
Prevalence and predictors of 6-month exclusive breastfeeding among Canadian women: a national survey
Ban Al-Sahab, Andrea Lanes, Mark Feldman, and Hala Tamim
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 20. Published online 2010 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-20.
PMCID: PMC2858135
Prevalence of childhood disability and the characteristics and circumstances of disabled children in the UK: secondary analysis of the Family Resources Survey
Clare M Blackburn, Nick J Spencer, and Janet M Read
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 21. Published online 2010 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-21.
PMCID: PMC2873517
A prospective study of the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic performance of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1, highly sensitive C-reactive protein, soluble E-selectin and serum amyloid A in the diagnosis of neonatal infection
J David M Edgar, Vanessa Gabriel, J Ruth Gallimore, Stanley A McMillan, and Judith Grant
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 22. Published online 2010 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-22.
PMCID: PMC2868836
The role for osmotic agents in children with acute encephalopathies: a systematic review
Samson Gwer, Hellen Gatakaa, Leah Mwai, Richard Idro, and Charles R Newton
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 23. Published online 2010 April 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-23.
PMCID: PMC2859077
A survey on clinical presentation and nutritional status of infants with suspected cow' milk allergy
Mário C Vieira, Mauro B Morais, José VN Spolidoro, Mauro S Toporovski, Ary L Cardoso, Gabriela TB Araujo, Victor Nudelman, and Marcelo CM Fonseca
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 25. Published online 2010 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-25.
PMCID: PMC2873518
Change in basic motor abilities, quality of movement and everyday activities following intensive, goal-directed, activity-focused physiotherapy in a group setting for children with cerebral palsy
Anne Brit Sorsdahl, Rolf Moe-Nilssen, Helga K Kaale, Jannike Rieber, and Liv Inger Strand
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 26. Published online 2010 April 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-26.
PMCID: PMC2878295
The study of etiological and demographic characteristics of acute household accidental poisoning in children - a consecutive case series study from Pakistan
Nabeel Manzar, Syed Muhammad Ali Saad, Bushra Manzar, and Syeda Shahzeen Fatima
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 28. Published online 2010 May 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-28.
PMCID: PMC2873520
Non invasive ventilation after extubation in paediatric patients: a preliminary study
Juan Mayordomo-Colunga, Alberto Medina, Corsino Rey, Andrés Concha, Sergio Menéndez, Marta Los Arcos, and Irene García
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 29. Published online 2010 May 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-29.
PMCID: PMC2876146
Determinants of survival in very low birth weight neonates in a public sector hospital in Johannesburg
Daynia E Ballot, Tobias F Chirwa, and Peter A Cooper
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 30. Published online 2010 May 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-30.
PMCID: PMC2885379
Lactose intolerance among severely malnourished children with diarrhoea admitted to the nutrition unit, Mulago hospital, Uganda
Richard Nyeko, Israel Kalyesubula, Edison Mworozi, and Hanifa Bachou
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 31. Published online 2010 May 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-31.
PMCID: PMC2881080
Predictors of mortality in HIV-1 infected children on antiretroviral therapy in Kenya: a prospective cohort
Dalton C Wamalwa, Elizabeth M Obimbo, Carey Farquhar, Barbra A Richardson, Dorothy A Mbori-Ngacha, Irene Inwani, Sara Benki-Nugent, and Grace John-Stewart
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 33. Published online 2010 May 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-33.
PMCID: PMC2887829
A descriptive analysis of child-relevant systematic reviews in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Simon Bow, Jeffrey Klassen, Annabritt Chisholm, Lisa Tjosvold, Denise Thomson, Terry P Klassen, David Moher, and Lisa Hartling
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 34. Published online 2010 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-34.
PMCID: PMC2881081
Pulse oximetry in the newborn: Is the left hand pre- or post-ductal?
Christoph Rüegger, Hans Ulrich Bucher, and Romaine Arlettaz Mieth
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 35. Published online 2010 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-35.
PMCID: PMC2879243
A multi-disciplinary education process related to the discharging of children from hospital when the child has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes - a qualitative study
Lisbeth Jönsson, Inger Hallström, and Anita Lundqvist
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 36. Published online 2010 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-36.
PMCID: PMC2889941
A phase 2, randomized, double-blind safety and pharmacokinetic assessment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prophylaxis with motavizumab and palivizumab administered in the same season
Pilar Fernández, Adrian Trenholme, Katia Abarca, M Pamela Griffin, Micki Hultquist, Brian Harris, and Genevieve A Losonsky
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 38. Published online 2010 June 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-38.
PMCID: PMC2898783
Predictors of positive blood culture and deaths among neonates with suspected neonatal sepsis in a tertiary hospital, Mwanza- Tanzania
Neema Kayange, Erasmus Kamugisha, Damas L Mwizamholya, Seni Jeremiah, and Stephen E Mshana
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 39. Published online 2010 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-39.
PMCID: PMC2889942
Study Protocol
Physical training in boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: the protocol of the No Use is Disuse study
Merel Jansen, Imelda JM de Groot, Nens van Alfen, and Alexander CH Geurts
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 55. Published online 2010 August 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-55.
PMCID: PMC2929216
Study protocol
Control of hyperglycaemia in paediatric intensive care (CHiP): study protocol
Duncan Macrae, John Pappachan, Richard Grieve, Roger Parslow, Simon Nadel, Margrid Schindler, Paul Baines, Peter-Marc Fortune, Zdenek Slavik, Allan Goldman, Ann Truesdale, Helen Betts, Elizabeth Allen, Claire Snowdon, Deborah Percy, Michael Broadhead, Tara Quick, Mark Peters, Kevin Morris, Robert Tasker, and Diana Elbourne
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 5. Published online 2010 February 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-5.
PMCID: PMC2830203
Inhaled Nitric Oxide in preterm infants: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Lisa M Askie, Roberta A Ballard, Gary Cutter, Carlo Dani, Diana Elbourne, David Field, Jean-Michel Hascoet, Anna Maria Hibbs, John P Kinsella, Jean-Christophe Mercier, Wade Rich, Michael D Schreiber, Pimol Srisuparp, Nim V Subhedar, Krisa P Van Meurs, Merryn Voysey, Keith Barrington, Richard A Ehrenkranz, and Neil Finer
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 15. Published online 2010 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-15.
PMCID: PMC2860486
A study protocol of a randomised controlled trial to investigate if a community based strength training programme improves work task performance in young adults with Down syndrome
Nora Shields, Nicholas F Taylor, and Bo Fernhall
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 17. Published online 2010 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-17.
PMCID: PMC2858133
Neonatal ECMO Study of Temperature (NEST) - a randomised controlled trial
David J Field, Richard Firmin, Denis V Azzopardi, Frances Cowan, Edmund Juszczak, Peter Brocklehurst, and the NEST Study Group
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 24. Published online 2010 April 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-24.
PMCID: PMC2865456
Brain Research to Ameliorate Impaired Neurodevelopment - Home-based Intervention Trial (BRAIN-HIT)
Jan L Wallander, Elizabeth McClure, Fred Biasini, Shivaprasad S Goudar, Omrana Pasha, Elwyn Chomba, Darlene Shearer, Linda Wright, Vanessa Thorsten, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Sangappa M Dhaded, Niranjana S Mahantshetti, Roopa M Bellad, Zahid Abbasi, and Waldemar Carlo
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 27. Published online 2010 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-27.
PMCID: PMC2873519
A prospective randomised trial comparing nasogastric with intravenous hydration in children with bronchiolitis (protocol) The comparative rehydration in bronchiolitis study (CRIB)
Ed Oakley, Franz E Babl, Jason Acworth, Meredith Borland, David Kreiser, Jocelyn Neutze, Theane Theophilos, Susan Donath, Mike South, and Andrew Davidson
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 37. Published online 2010 June 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-37.
PMCID: PMC2903564
Research Articles
Unexpectedly high burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in very young infants
H Fred Clark, Amy E Marcello, Diane Lawley, Megan Reilly, and Mark J DiNubile
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 40. Published online 2010 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-40.
PMCID: PMC2908071
Esomeprazole for the treatment of erosive esophagitis in children: an international, multicenter, randomized, parallel-group, double-blind (for dose) study
Vasundhara Tolia, Nader N Youssef, Mark A Gilger, Barry Traxler, and Marta Illueca
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 41. Published online 2010 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-41.
PMCID: PMC2904294
Robustness of the healthcare utilization results from the Rotavirus Efficacy and Safety Trial (REST) evaluating the human-bovine (WC3) reassortant pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5)
Robbin Itzler, Gary Koch, David O Matson, Leif Gothefors, Pierre Van Damme, Mark J DiNubile, and Penny M Heaton
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 42. Published online 2010 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-42.
PMCID: PMC2905347
Canadian infants' nutrient intakes from complementary foods during the first year of life
James K Friel, Rhona M Hanning, Corinne A Isaak, Daniel Prowse, and Angela C Miller
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 43. Published online 2010 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-43.
PMCID: PMC2905348
Introducing a multi-site program for early diagnosis of HIV infection among HIV-exposed infants in Tanzania
Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Bazghina Werq-Semo, Aziz Abdallah, Amy Cunningham, John G Gamaliel, Sevestine Mtunga, Victoria Nankabirwa, Isaya Malisa, Luis F Gonzalez, Charles Massambu, Denis Nash, Jessica Justman, and Elaine J Abrams
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 44. Published online 2010 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-44.
PMCID: PMC2907368
The state of pediatric asthma in Chicago's Humboldt Park: a community-based study in two local elementary schools
Ruchi S Gupta, Juana Ballesteros, Elizabeth E Springston, Bridget Smith, Molly Martin, Eileen Wang, and Maureen Damitz
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 45. Published online 2010 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-45.
PMCID: PMC2912879
Molecular identification of adenovirus causing respiratory tract infection in pediatric patients at the University of Malaya Medical Center
Juraina Abd-Jamil, Boon-Teong Teoh, Eddy H Hassan, Nuruliza Roslan, and Sazaly AbuBakar
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 46. Published online 2010 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-46.
PMCID: PMC2914739
Difference of clinical features in childhood Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
You-Sook Youn, Kyung-Yil Lee, Ja-Young Hwang, Jung-Woo Rhim, Jin-Han Kang, Joon-Sung Lee, and Ji-Chang Kim
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 48. Published online 2010 July 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-48.
PMCID: PMC2910686
Externalizing behavior in early childhood and body mass index from age 2 to 12 years: longitudinal analyses of a prospective cohort study
Sarah E Anderson, Xin He, Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, and Aviva Must
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 49. Published online 2010 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-49.
PMCID: PMC2912880
Fear of hypoglycaemia in parents of young children with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review
Katharine Barnard, Sian Thomas, Pamela Royle, Kathryn Noyes, and Norman Waugh
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 50. Published online 2010 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-50.
PMCID: PMC2912881
Lessons from SARS: A retrospective study of outpatient care during an infectious disease outbreak
Nehad Nasef, Karel O'Brien, Lesley Wylie, and Sharon Unger
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 51. Published online 2010 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-51.
PMCID: PMC2914048
Short and long term outcome of neonatal hyperglycemia in very preterm infants: a retrospective follow-up study
N Margreth van der Lugt, Vivianne EHJ Smits-Wintjens, Paul HT van Zwieten, and Frans J Walther
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 52. Published online 2010 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-52.
PMCID: PMC2915976
Efficacy of bacterial ribosomal RNA-targeted reverse transcription-quantitative PCR for detecting neonatal sepsis: a case control study
Makoto Fujimori, Ken Hisata, Satoru Nagata, Nobuaki Matsunaga, Mitsutaka Komatsu, Hiromichi Shoji, Hiroaki Sato, Yuichiro Yamashiro, Takashi Asahara, Koji Nomoto, and Toshiaki Shimizu
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 53. Published online 2010 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-53.
PMCID: PMC2922101
Secular trends in pediatric antiretroviral treatment programs in rural and urban Zambia: a retrospective cohort study
Catherine G Sutcliffe, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Janneke H van Dijk, Matt Cotham, Bushimbwa Tambatamba, and William J Moss
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 54. Published online 2010 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-54.
PMCID: PMC2919522
Growth, immune and viral responses in HIV infected African children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study
Philippa M Musoke , Peter Mudiope, Linda N Barlow-Mosha, Patrick Ajuna, Danstan Bagenda , Michael M Mubiru, Thorkild Tylleskar, and Mary G Fowler
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 56. Published online 2010 August 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-56.
PMCID: PMC2923128
Clinico-epidemiological profile and diagnostic procedures of pediatric tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital of western Nepal-a case-series analysis
Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Narayan Ramakrishnareddy, Ravi K Shah, Ramkaji Baniya, and Pradipta K Swain
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 57. Published online 2010 August 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-57.
PMCID: PMC2923129
Associations between insulin and glucose concentrations and anthropometric measures of fat mass in Australian adolescents
Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Christopher T Cowell, Anthony D Okely, Louise L Hardy, Robert Aitken, and Timothy Dobbins
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 58. Published online 2010 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-58.
PMCID: PMC2927904
Debate
Do pneumococcal conjugate vaccines provide any cross-protection against serotype 19A?
William P Hausdorff, Bernard Hoet, and Lode Schuerman
BMC Pediatr. 2010; 10: 4. Published online 2010 February 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-4.
PMCID: PMC2829470
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