V Thadchanamoorthy, Kavinda Dayasiri, Hemika Yoganathan, S I Majitha, Amanda J Hooper, John R Burnett
{"title":"Incidental Finding of Severe Hypertriglyceridaemia and Diagnosis of Familial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome in a Family.","authors":"V Thadchanamoorthy, Kavinda Dayasiri, Hemika Yoganathan, S I Majitha, Amanda J Hooper, John R Burnett","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70205","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145199381","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}
Luvena Kochetkova, Daniel You, Siu Tsin Au Yeung, Dina Mahmood
{"title":"Tolerability of Antidepressants in Adolescents With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Small Case Series.","authors":"Luvena Kochetkova, Daniel You, Siu Tsin Au Yeung, Dina Mahmood","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186174","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":"Degree of Agreement Between Different Classification Systems for Severity Levels of Positional Plagiocephaly.","authors":"Cristhina Bonilha Huster Siegle, Carolina Gomes Matarazzo","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the agreement between severity level classifications of plagiocephaly using measurement of the difference between transcranial diagonals (DTD) and the Cranial Vault Asymmetry Index (CVAi), based on different references found in the literature.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Observational study conducted with 50 babies with a possible diagnosis of plagiocephaly. Diagnosis and cranial measurements were obtained through 3D cranial scanning. The cranial measurements selected for the study were DTD (in cm) and CVAi (in %), which determined, according to different classification systems, the severity level of the asymmetry as absent, mild, moderate, or severe. Three different classification references using DTD and four using CVAi were applied to determine severity, and agreement between classifications were analyzed using the κ index.</p><p><strong>Results and interpretation: </strong>Agreement between the classifications using DTD and CVAi measurements ranged from weak to moderate across all references found in the literature. All analyses were statistically significant. Findings suggest that there may be conflicts and discrepancies in classifying the deformity as mild, moderate, or severe, which can lead to different clinical treatment decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186216","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":"Artificial Intelligence to Detect Developmental Dysplasia of Hip: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Suketu Bhavsar, Bhanu B Gowda, Maulini Bhavsar, Sanjay Patole, Shripada Rao, Chandra Rath","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Deep learning (DL), a branch of artificial intelligence (AI), has been applied to diagnose developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) on pelvic radiographs and ultrasound (US) images. This technology can potentially assist in early screening, enable timely intervention and improve cost-effectiveness. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the DL algorithm in detecting DDH.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, EMCARE, the clinicaltrials.gov (clinical trial registry), IEEE Xplore and Cochrane Library databases were searched in October 2024. Prospective and retrospective cohort studies that included children (< 16 years) at risk of or suspected to have DDH and reported hip ultrasonography (US) or X-ray images using AI were included. A review was conducted using the guidelines of the Cochrane Collaboration Diagnostic Test Accuracy Working Group. Risk of bias was assessed using the QUADAS-2 tool.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-three studies met inclusion criteria, with 15 (n = 8315) evaluating DDH on US images and eight (n = 7091) on pelvic radiographs. The area under the curve of the included studies ranged from 0.80 to 0.99 for pelvic radiographs and 0.90-0.99 for US images. Sensitivity and specificity for detecting DDH on radiographs ranged from 92.86% to 100% and 95.65% to 99.82%, respectively. For US images, sensitivity ranged from 86.54% to 100% and specificity from 62.5% to 100%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>AI demonstrated comparable effectiveness to physicians in detecting DDH. However, limited evaluation on external datasets restricts its generalisability. Further research incorporating diverse datasets and real-world applications is needed to assess its broader clinical impact on DDH diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186144","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":"Severe Early-Onset SMA Associated With a GARS1 Variant: A Case Report.","authors":"Md Habibullah Sk, Mohsina Naj","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70201","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145176164","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":"Endoscopic Bronchial Occlusion for Infantile Empyema With Fistula: A Case Report.","authors":"Keiichi Morita, Yuki Takeuchi, Tadashi Hatakeyama","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70200","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145113352","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}
Ajay Kevat, Samuel Dalton, Bernadette Goddard, Laura Mitchell, Eloise Graham, Louisa Owens, Tom Goddard, Melinda Gray, Stuart Haggie, Ingrid Laing, Anna Mulholland, Stephen Oo, Robert Roseby, Jagdev Singh, Shivanthan Shanhikumar, Paul D Robinson
{"title":"Marked Variation in Paediatric Problematic Severe Asthma Services Across Australia and New Zealand.","authors":"Ajay Kevat, Samuel Dalton, Bernadette Goddard, Laura Mitchell, Eloise Graham, Louisa Owens, Tom Goddard, Melinda Gray, Stuart Haggie, Ingrid Laing, Anna Mulholland, Stephen Oo, Robert Roseby, Jagdev Singh, Shivanthan Shanhikumar, Paul D Robinson","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Asthma affects > 10% of children in Australia and New Zealand (NZ), with up to 5% of those having severe disease, presenting a management challenge. We aimed to survey tertiary paediatric respiratory services across Australia and NZ using a custom-designed questionnaire, to conduct a cross-sectional observational study of the numbers of children with problematic severe asthma (PSA) seen, the number treated with biologic therapy, outpatient clinic/multidisciplinary team (MDT) services available, investigations and tools routinely used and approaches utilised for transition to adult care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A custom-designed online survey was distributed via email to Directors of public paediatric respiratory services across Australia and NZ (n = 14). Reminders to prompt completion were emailed regularly over 3 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All sites provided survey responses. The estimated number of children with PSA across 12 sites was 561 (53 prescribed biologic treatment); two sites felt unable to provide accurate estimations. Most sites (n = 8) did not have a MDT approach either as MDT clinics or meetings; patients were managed in either asthma (n = 7, 50%) or general respiratory clinics. Most sites (85%) utilised questionnaires regarding asthma control for assessment, although some utilised additional questionnaires. Remaining tools and investigations varied widely across centres. Only four sites (29%) had established processes for transition to adult care.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Given notable heterogeneity in service availability and PSA management across tertiary sites, children may experience variability in care dependent on their location. Most centres lack MDT models of care, which are considered the international best-practise standard for management of children with PSA.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145113368","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}
Elysha Brennan, Dermot Wildes, Brian Cleary, Patrick Williams, Gabrielle Colleran, Michael A Boyle
{"title":"A Rare Cause of Neonatal Seizures-A Case Report.","authors":"Elysha Brennan, Dermot Wildes, Brian Cleary, Patrick Williams, Gabrielle Colleran, Michael A Boyle","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70198","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145086376","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":"Treatment Outcome of Risdiplam and Onasemnogene Abeparvovec in an Infant With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dependent on Prolonged Invasive Ventilation.","authors":"Jia Wei Audrey Lee, Huixin Huang, Furene Sijia Wang, Stacey Kiat Hong Tay","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70199","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145081030","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":"Severe Headache in a Child With Rickettsial Infection: A Case Report.","authors":"Devanshi Singhal, Poornima Mittal, Vani Gopal, Aashima Dabas, Monica Juneja","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70196","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145075145","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}