Machine learning model predicts extrauterine growth restriction in preterm infants with high accuracy
Machine learning model helps predict growth problems in preterm infants
A retrospective observational study of 1,431 preterm infants developed and validated an XGBoost machine learning model for predicting extrau…
A new computer model predicts growth problems in premature babies by analyzing birth weight, gestational age, and breastfeeding status with …
Six children in Minnesota hospitalized with acute flaccid myelitis symptoms
Six Minnesota children hospitalized with rare polio-like illness
A case series identified 6 children hospitalized with symptoms consistent with acute flaccid myelitis in Minnesota during September 14-Octob…
Six Minnesota children were hospitalized in late 2018 with sudden weakness from a rare condition similar to polio.
First-in-human trial shows microimplant enables remote intracranial pressure monitoring in hydrocephalus
Small study tests tiny brain implant for long-term pressure monitoring in hydrocephalus
A first-in-human safety and initial efficacy trial in 20 hydrocephalus patients (10 adults, 10 children) found a novel microimplant could re…
A tiny brain implant weighing less than a paperclip can monitor pressure inside the skull for up to 18 months, helping doctors detect shunt …
Invasive and noninvasive neuromodulation show similar efficacy for pediatric gastrointestinal motility disorders
For kids with stubborn gut problems, does a noninvasive device work as well as surgery?
A prospective interventional trial of 48 pediatric patients with refractory gastrointestinal motility disorders compared invasive sacral neu…
A noninvasive skin device worked just as well as surgery for kids with stubborn gut problems, offering relief without implants or major comp…
CBT and exercise therapies reduce pain disability in juvenile fibromyalgia without clear superiority
Three therapies similarly reduce disability in teens with juvenile fibromyalgia
A randomized controlled trial of 317 adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia compared CBT alone, graded aerobic exercise alone, and combined …
Three teen pain therapies worked equally well to reduce disability in juvenile fibromyalgia, showing no single approach was better than the …
Phase 2 trial assesses JYNNEOS vaccine in adolescents for monkeypox prevention
Is the monkeypox vaccine safe and effective for teenagers?
A Phase 2 open-label, non-placebo controlled trial evaluated the standard subcutaneous JYNNEOS regimen in 315 vaccinia-naïve adolescents (12…
A new study is looking at whether the standard monkeypox vaccine works for adolescents.
Maternal and other caregiver stimulation linked to child development in Northern Ghana trial
Who helps a child's brain grow best? It depends on who's doing the playing
A cluster-randomized controlled trial of 313 mother-child dyads in Northern Ghana found associations between Early Stimulation Activities (E…
In Northern Ghana, mothers' play boosts social skills while other caregivers' play strengthens language, but fathers' play showed no clear l…
FM systems improve language and articulation more than hearing aids in children with mild hearing loss
For kids with mild hearing loss, which device helps them learn language better?
A 12-month RCT in 43 Cantonese-speaking children aged 6-7 with mild bilateral sensorineural hearing loss found FM systems significantly impr…
For kids with mild hearing loss, a special classroom microphone system helped them learn language and pronounce words better than standard h…
Smartphone tool plus visual assessment increases jaundice detection in feasibility study of 542 newborns
Smartphone tool tested for newborn jaundice screening in Mexico feasibility study
A feasibility RCT in 542 newborns in Mexico compared smartphone-based Picterus Jaundice Pro plus visual assessment to visual assessment alon…
A smartphone app helped Mexican healthcare workers identify more newborns needing emergency care for jaundice in a recent feasibility study.
Machine learning models show modest prediction of adolescent benefit from school mindfulness training
Can an algorithm predict which teens will benefit from school mindfulness?
A secondary analysis of a cluster randomized trial in 8,376 UK adolescents aged 11-13 found machine learning models had modest predictive pe…
An algorithm predicted which teens would benefit from school mindfulness, but the actual improvement in symptoms was too small to make a dif…
Protocol describes pediatric TB diagnostic study evaluating non-sputum assays in Kenyan children
Researchers plan study to test new tuberculosis tests for children in Kenya
This protocol outlines a prospective observational cohort study (PDTBDx) that will enroll >400 children <15 years with TB symptoms in Nairob…
New tuberculosis tests for children in Kenya do not require coughing to help diagnose the disease and track treatment response up to two yea…
Retrospective study identifies CRP, pleural effusion, and LDH as risk factors for plastic bronchitis in children with refractory M. pneumoniae pneumonia
Study identifies three risk factors for plastic bronchitis in children with severe pneumonia
A retrospective cohort study of 205 hospitalized children with refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia found that 25.4% (52 patients) dev…
Doctors found three warning signs in children with severe pneumonia that predict a dangerous airway complication called plastic bronchitis.