{"title":"Paediatric oral and maxillofacial biopsies: A retrospective institutional archival study.","authors":"Tengku Nurfarhana Nadirah Tengku Hamzah, Marwan Majdi Mahmood, Muhammad Syuwari Izham, Yet Ching Goh","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16718","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of oral and maxillofacial biopsies in paediatric population, up to 16 years of age from 1991 to 2021. This study aimed to investigate the frequency, demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of paediatric biopsies according to the diagnosis categories of the main tertiary centre in Malaysia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 17294 histopathological reports from Diagnostic Oral Pathology Unit between 1991 and 2021 were retrieved. One thousand eleven histopathological reports that fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included. Information of interest was extracted from histopathological reports. The lesions were categorised into 10 diagnosis categories. Descriptive and correlation analysis were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Paediatric oral and maxillofacial biopsies accounted for 5.9% of the total biopsies received. The peak incidence of diagnosis was in age range of 12 to 16 years old and mean age of 11.6 years old (±3.5), with female preponderance. The most common category of diagnosis was salivary gland pathology with mucocele (30%) being the most frequently diagnosed lesions. Lip and labial mucosa were the commonest site of occurrence. Specimen sizes smaller than 1 cm were the most common specimen diameter with mean size of 1.6 cm (±1.5). Age, site of occurrence and specimen size were statistically significant (P < 0.05) with paediatric oral and maxillofacial biopsies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is a large-scale study of paediatric oral and maxillofacial biopsies of a tertiary centre over three decades. We hope this data is useful for chairside assessment and aids in diagnosis making.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrian C Mattke, Nelson Alphonso, Chanelle Ren, Luke Jardine, Kerry E Johnson, Prem Venugopal, Craig A McBride
{"title":"Long-term outcomes and quality of life in congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors treated with extracorporeal life support: A cross-sectional survey.","authors":"Adrian C Mattke, Nelson Alphonso, Chanelle Ren, Luke Jardine, Kerry E Johnson, Prem Venugopal, Craig A McBride","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16717","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Few reports have shown Quality-of-Life long-term outcomes in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) who received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. We reviewed the short- and long-term outcomes in CDH patients that were supported with ECMO during their neonatal treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Telephone interviews of parents of CDH children were performed. The Functional Status Scale (FSS) and the Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedQL, Version 4.0) were completed with the parents. All children with a CDH and supported with ECMO from 2010 to 2023 were included in the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty children were identified, with two having two ECMO runs. Birth weight was 3.2 kg (median). ECMO support lasted for (median) 13.6 days (range 3.8 to 39). Twelve patients were alive at the time of the survey. The age (median) at time of the interview was 6.3 years (range 1 to 12). The FSS score showed no impairment (FSS score 6) in any domain in eight patients. Two patients had a score of 7, and two patients had a score of 8 and 9, respectively. The PedQL showed a median score 84.5, with a physical health summary score of 92.5 and a psychosocial health summary score of 78.7. The cardiac specific PedQL inventory score was 77.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>ECMO support for CDH patients is associated with functional and Quality of Life outcomes that are similar to that in other PICU discharge populations. Denying ECMO support to CDH patients on the basis of predicted poor long-term outcomes does not appear to be justified.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142568497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the Editor.","authors":"Chia-Kan Wu, Lien-Chung Wei, Hsien-Jane Chiu","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16719","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142568480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antenatal counselling at the cusp of viability and parental decision-making in the zone of parental discretion: A cohort study.","authors":"Jessica Sabljak, Tammy Brinsmead","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16712","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Safer Care Victoria updated a clinical guideline on extreme prematurity in 2020, reducing the threshold for offering resuscitation from 23 to 22 weeks gestation. The zone of parental discretion is the interval of shared decision-making between parents and doctors regarding resuscitation decisions. It is especially relevant at this periviable gestation. Our study aimed to establish current practices in antenatal counselling and steroid administration at this cusp of viability, and examine the decisions made during the zone of parental discretion.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Single centre retrospective cohort study. Sixteen thousand three hundred fifty-four admissions and emergency department presentations between January 2021 and July 2023 were retrieved from Birthing Outcomes System (BOS) and patient details were imported and manually reviewed on Microsoft Excel, with particular note to the gestation at admission/emergency department presentation and duration of admission. Eighty-seven patients were identified as present in the hospital between 21 + 0 and 22 + 6 weeks gestation. These 87 scanned records on Clinical Patient Folder (CPF) were then manually reviewed to identify if antenatal counselling occurred during this window. Thirty-six patients were included who received antenatal counselling between 21 + 0 and 22 + 6 weeks gestation (the remaining patients did not receive antenatal counselling during this window), and relevant data was subsequently extracted from the scanned medical record and analysed using SPSS software (IBM SPSS Statistics 29).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-six women received antenatal counselling between 21 + 0 and 22 + 6 weeks. 58% decided on full resuscitation and 39% opted for comfort care if their infant was to be born between 22 + 0 and 22 + 6 weeks. All but one baby born premature were exposed to steroids, with 83.3% receiving a full course. Twenty-eight infants (62.2%) were fully steroid loaded at the time of delivery. In those fully steroid loaded, 31.1% of the time steroids were initiated prior to transfer, 50% of the time deferred until neonatal review and a decision regarding the resuscitation status of the baby, and on one occasion requested by the neonatologist before counselling.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients at risk for premature birth who attended our hospital at the cusp of viability were generally counselled about the opportunity for resuscitation between 22 + 0 and 22 + 6 weeks gestational age, and offered steroids. Further studies are required to establish whether the content of antenatal counselling, and the timing of steroids, are consistent in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142564458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pankaj Agrawal, Ritika R Kapoor, Charles Buchanan, Ved Bhushan Arya
{"title":"A case of thyroid storm in a child associated with transient central diabetes insipidus.","authors":"Pankaj Agrawal, Ritika R Kapoor, Charles Buchanan, Ved Bhushan Arya","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16716","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melissa Chua, Alan Nguyen, Paul Campbell, Daman Langguth, Alberto Pinzon-Charry
{"title":"Testing for specific IgE to food allergen mixes - A rash decision.","authors":"Melissa Chua, Alan Nguyen, Paul Campbell, Daman Langguth, Alberto Pinzon-Charry","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16713","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dima Saad, Robert Pesek, Amit Agarwal, Joshua Kennedy, Zena Ghazala
{"title":"Rare inborn error of immunity presenting as acute respiratory failure.","authors":"Dima Saad, Robert Pesek, Amit Agarwal, Joshua Kennedy, Zena Ghazala","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16715","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can ChatGPT provide quality information about fever in children?","authors":"Emine Ozdemir Kacer, Funda Ipekten","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Artificial intelligence (AI) systems hold great promise in improving medical care and health problems.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>We aimed to evaluate the answers by asking the most frequently asked questions to ChatGPT for the prediction and treatment of fever, which is a major problem in children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The 50 questions most frequently asked about fever in children were determined, and we asked them to ChatGPT. We evaluated the responses using the quality and readability scales.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>While ChatGPT demonstrated good quality in its responses, the readability scale and the Patient Education Material Evaluation Tool (PEMAT) scale used with materials appearing on the site were also found to be successful. Among the scales in which we evaluated ChatGPT responses, a weak positive relationship was found between Gunning Fog (GFOG) and Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) scores (r = 0.379) and a significant and positive relationship was found between FGL and SMOG scores (r = 0.899).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study sheds light on the quality and readability of information regarding the presentation of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, regarding fever, a common complaint in children. We determined that the answers to the most frequently asked questions about fire were high-quality, reliable, easy to read and understandable.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142522185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wrist pain in a 13-year-old gymnast.","authors":"Yee Lin Lee, Hasyma Abu Hassan","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16714","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142522186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Hunter, Zanazir Alexander, Haemish Crawford, Braden Te Ao, Vanessa Selak, John Mutu-Grigg, Paula Lorgelly, Cameron Grant
{"title":"Hospitalisation cost for paediatric osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in New Zealand.","authors":"Sarah Hunter, Zanazir Alexander, Haemish Crawford, Braden Te Ao, Vanessa Selak, John Mutu-Grigg, Paula Lorgelly, Cameron Grant","doi":"10.1111/jpc.16711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16711","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Hospitalisation rates for paediatric bone and joint infection (BJI) in New Zealand (NZ) are among the highest globally. This study aims to quantify hospitalisation costs of BJI in 2018-2019.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>National hospitalisation data from the NZ Ministry of Health was used to describe costs associated with all paediatric hospitalisations coded for osteomyelitis or septic arthritis in those aged <16 years. Data included age, ethnic group, area level deprivation, diagnosis-related-group coding, admission length and cost-weight. Readmissions up to 24 months following the initial encounter were analysed for associated costs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>More than ten million dollars was spent on hospitalisation for paediatric BJI over the study period (NZ$10 819 474). There were 869 primary hospitalisations and 229 related readmissions. Median length of stay was 7.4 days (95% confidence interval 6.8-7.9). Re-admission costs were NZ$1 196 640 within 24 months following diagnosis. Higher median hospitalisation costs occurred for children residing in the most deprived versus least deprived neighbourhoods (NZ$12 126 vs. NZ$9010, P < 0.01). NZ Māori compared with non-Māori children had longer length of stay (8.4 vs. 6.3 days, P = 0.04), more complex and severe illnesses (53% vs. 17%, P < 0.01), and higher median hospitalisation costs (NZ$11 796 vs. NZ$9581, P = 0.03).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Direct BJI hospitalisation costs in 2018-2019 were NZ$10 819 474 with 11% of costs due to re-admission. Direct hospitalisation costs for paediatric BJI in NZ vary by deprivation and ethnic group. Illness complexity of paediatric BJI varies by ethnic group. Interventions are needed to reduce incidence and severity of these debilitating infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}