Nina Sivertsen, Charlene Thornton, Sharon Watts, Anna Dowling, Tahlia Johnson, Janiene Deverix, Susan Dyer, Wilhelmine Lieberwirth, Alice Steeb, Susan Smith, Julian Grant
{"title":"Safe Sleep Education Blitz: A Pre-Post Survey Study.","authors":"Nina Sivertsen, Charlene Thornton, Sharon Watts, Anna Dowling, Tahlia Johnson, Janiene Deverix, Susan Dyer, Wilhelmine Lieberwirth, Alice Steeb, Susan Smith, Julian Grant","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70612","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In response to ongoing concerns about Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants, a targeted safe sleep education package which adopted Aboriginal culturally appropriate language was delivered to health professionals working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. This initiative accompanied the rollout of the Pēpi-Pod as a culturally responsive safe sleep alternative. The aim of this study was to conduct a safe sleep education blitz to health professionals to evaluate the effectiveness of the education blitz in enhancing clinical knowledge of safe sleep practices. Surveys were administered to health professionals both before and after the education blitz to assess changes in knowledge and evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. The mean knowledge score increased from 8.6 (SD = 2.56) pre-intervention to 9.5 (SD = 1.22) post-intervention, indicating a positive trend in knowledge acquisition. However, this improvement was not statistically significant. The most notable improvement was seen in responses to the question, \"What weakens a baby's arousal response?\" where correct answers increased from 83% pre-intervention to 100% post-intervention. The education blitz proved to be promising in enhancing safe sleep knowledge and increasing awareness of the Pēpi-Pod Program as a safe sleep alternative. While health and care professionals demonstrated a high level of understanding, particularly regarding infant arousal and breathing physiology, further improvement could be achieved through continued access to the education blitz. Further evaluation with a larger sample size or over longer time frames is required to confirm these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149111157","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}
Elif Erorhan, Fatma Aydın, Ömer Suat Fitoz, Pınar Özge Avar Aydın, Mustafa Onur Karaca, Zeynep Birsin Özçakar
{"title":"Cavernous Haemangioma of the Knee Joint Mimicking Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.","authors":"Elif Erorhan, Fatma Aydın, Ömer Suat Fitoz, Pınar Özge Avar Aydın, Mustafa Onur Karaca, Zeynep Birsin Özçakar","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70539","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpc.70539","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":"2048-2051"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148712693","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}
Sarthak Chakrabarti, Rajat Khandelwal, Sourish Kumar Roy, Uday Chand Ghoshal, Mahesh Kumar Goenka, Amrita Roy
{"title":"Feasibility of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Infants Weighing Less Than 2 kg: A Case Series From Eastern India.","authors":"Sarthak Chakrabarti, Rajat Khandelwal, Sourish Kumar Roy, Uday Chand Ghoshal, Mahesh Kumar Goenka, Amrita Roy","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70547","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpc.70547","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":"2074-2078"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148880798","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":"Therapeutic Hypothermia Modulates S100B and Oxidative Stress in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Implications of SDF4 as a Novel Biomarker.","authors":"Fatih Isleyen, Celil Yilmaz, Ismail Koyuncu","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70545","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpc.70545","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study investigated the dynamic profile of stromal cell-derived factor 4 (SDF4), a hypoxia-inducible chemokine and S100B, an established astroglial injury marker, in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) undergoing therapeutic hypothermia (TH). Its potential as a biomarker was assessed by examining its relationship with baseline severity, clinical trajectories and metabolic recovery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this prospective cohort study, 33 term neonates with moderate-to-severe HIE treated with TH and 20 healthy controls were enrolled. Serum levels of SDF4, S100B, total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidant status (TOS), oxidative stress index (OSI) and thiol-disulphide homeostasis were measured before TH (baseline) and on Day 5 (after rewarming). Effect sizes (Cohen's d) were calculated for significant results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Before TH, HIE infants had significantly higher SDF4, S100B, OSI and disulphide levels and lower native thiol and TAS than controls (all p < 0.01). Following TH, all six biomarkers changed significantly in the anticipated direction across the total cohort (all p ≤ 0.020). In stage-specific sub-analysis, post-TH reductions in SDF4 and S100B were statistically significant only in Stage 2 HIE (p = 0.013 and p = 0.030, respectively), whereas oxidative stress parameters (OSI, native thiol, TAS) improved significantly in both severity groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SDF4 appears to be a novel biomarker reflecting both HIE severity and the dynamic response to TH. The selective lack of SDF4 and S100B clearance in Stage 3 HIE highlights a more sustained pattern of neuroinflammatory injury, supporting SDF4's potential role in monitoring metabolic recovery and guiding individualised neuroprotective strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":"2019-2028"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148850759","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}
Blake Peck, Daniel Terry, Bronwyn Peck, Andrea Green, Kerrie Svedas, Shirley Whitaker, Monica Harrop, Erica Pearce, Mark Nethercote, Natasha Burgess, Ha N D Le, Sithara Wanni Arachchige Dona, Susan Gibb
{"title":"Management of Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis in Children: A Pilot Randomised Control Trial of Body-Worn Versus Bell-and-Pad Alarm Device.","authors":"Blake Peck, Daniel Terry, Bronwyn Peck, Andrea Green, Kerrie Svedas, Shirley Whitaker, Monica Harrop, Erica Pearce, Mark Nethercote, Natasha Burgess, Ha N D Le, Sithara Wanni Arachchige Dona, Susan Gibb","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70543","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpc.70543","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To compare bell-and-pad alarm therapy to body-worn alarm therapy for the management of monosymptomatic enuresis in children 6-16 years of age in Victoria, Australia.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A sample of 76 children with monosymptomatic enuresis were randomly allocated to a control group (bell-and-pad alarm, n = 38) or an experimental group (body-worn alarm, n = 38). All children were treated for 8 weeks. Children who had not been successful, defined as 14 consecutive dry nights, continued therapy up to 16 weeks. The two alarm types were compared using dichotomous cross-tabulations and chi-squared tests of independence based on the most positive outcome versus the other outcomes. The costs of the treatment were calculated from the service provider's and family's perspective. Costs were in 2023 Australian dollars.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Treatment success was achieved in 22 children (68.7%) in the body-worn alarm group and 34 children (94.4%) in the routine (bell-and-pad) group (p = 0.010). The bell-and-pad alarm also performed better on three other indicators: Alarm used every night (p = 0.018), alarm woke parent (p = 0.011), and child was compliant with alarm use (p = 0.015). The body-worn treatment was found to be cheaper than the bell-and-pad treatment ($598 per child) but was not as effective.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The success rates for treatment were high in both groups but the bell-and-pad alarm was found to be more effective than the body-worn alarm used in this study. Further research is recommended, with a larger population, to establish more definitive support for clinical decision making.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12619000354189.</p>","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":"2012-2018"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13671246/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148818763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olivia M Y Leow, Rie Aoyama, Nwoshin Jahan, Vincent Nga, Hian Tat Ong, Kelvin K K Goh, Andrea L H Kwa, Tze Peng Lim, Gabriel Z R Yan, Si Min Chan
{"title":"Cefiderocol as Salvage Therapy in Difficult-to-Treat Resistant (DTR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa Complicated Central Nervous System Infection.","authors":"Olivia M Y Leow, Rie Aoyama, Nwoshin Jahan, Vincent Nga, Hian Tat Ong, Kelvin K K Goh, Andrea L H Kwa, Tze Peng Lim, Gabriel Z R Yan, Si Min Chan","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70520","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpc.70520","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":"2052-2057"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148721242","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}
Elijah Ze Xian Khaw, Kee Seang Chew, Norashikin Mohd Ranai, Ruey Terng Ng, Way Seah Lee
{"title":"Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib in Refractory Very-Early-Onset Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report.","authors":"Elijah Ze Xian Khaw, Kee Seang Chew, Norashikin Mohd Ranai, Ruey Terng Ng, Way Seah Lee","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70544","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpc.70544","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":"2067-2069"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148808541","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":"Comfort as Core Care in Therapeutic Advancements of Paediatric Neurology.","authors":"Monica S Cooper, Claire Prowse, Michael C Fahey","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70600","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpc.70600","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":"2086-2087"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149016332","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":"Behavioural Problems in Developmental Disorders: A Paediatrician's Guide.","authors":"Daryl Efron","doi":"10.1111/jpc.70592","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpc.70592","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paediatrics and child health","volume":" ","pages":"2084-2085"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13671245/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149081068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}