{"title":"Association between childhood polyvictimization, telomere length, and post-traumatic stress disorder.","authors":"Hsiao-Lin Hwa, Jui-Ying Feng, Ching-Yu Huang, Yi-Ping Hsieh, Hsi-Sheng Wei, April Chiung-Tao Shen","doi":"10.1111/ped.70101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.70101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Child maltreatment is related to adverse psychosocial outcomes and may be associated with telomere erosion. Longitudinal research on mental health problems and telomere length (TL) in victimized children in Asian societies is scarce. In this study, we evaluated the associations of childhood polyvictimization with TL and longitudinal psychological problems.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Subcohorts were obtained from a national, proportionately stratified sample of fourth-grade Taiwanese students recruited in 2014; the sample comprised 70 high-risk group participants (experience of polyvictimization) and 129 controls (nonvictims). For these 199 participants, TL was analyzed in 2014, whereas self-report post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom scales and psychological disorder/symptom were completed in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2021.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Childhood polyvictimization was associated with prolonged high PTSD symptom scores in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2021. TL was significantly shorter among the polyvictims than among the nonvictims.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrated an association between childhood polyvictimization and prolonged PTSD in children. Our findings also support the assertion that childhood polyvictimization is associated with telomere erosion.</p>","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144181927","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}
Chiaki Nishiyama, Koji Kanno, Tomoya Hanada, Akira Yoshida, Yusuke Ito
{"title":"Liver injury related to chest compression in an adolescent with scoliosis.","authors":"Chiaki Nishiyama, Koji Kanno, Tomoya Hanada, Akira Yoshida, Yusuke Ito","doi":"10.1111/ped.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.70018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70018"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143764619","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}
Mai Matsuyama, Hayate Masubuchi, Masayo Kagami, Rika Kosaki, Goro Koinuma
{"title":"First report of a Japanese patient with Silver-Russell syndrome and cystic fibrosis.","authors":"Mai Matsuyama, Hayate Masubuchi, Masayo Kagami, Rika Kosaki, Goro Koinuma","doi":"10.1111/ped.15882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.15882","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e15882"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143256308","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":"Pediatric epididymitis: A 20-year single-center experience of 61 cases.","authors":"Miori Kido, Shoichi Nishida, Kiyokuni Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Kuwahara, Taichi Hirotani, Ryo Tamura, Hideaki Okajima","doi":"10.1111/ped.15886","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ped.15886","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The etiology of acute epididymitis (AE) in children remains poorly understood. This study was performed to analyze the clinical and imaging findings in children with AE.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively reviewed children with AE treated at our institute from 2003 to 2023. The patients' medical charts were reviewed to record their clinical features and radiological and laboratory data. Multiple acute episodes occurring in individual patients were also recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 61 patients with AE were identified. Their median age at first presentation was 8 years (range, 0-22 years). The duration of pain ranged from 0 to 10 days. Accompanying genitourinary anomalies (GUA) were observed in 11 (18%) patients: hypospadias in 2, anorectal malformation in 9, neurogenic bladder in 3, undescended testis in 1, and surgery for contralateral testicular torsion in 1. One patient was diagnosed with Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Urine culture results were available in 41 patients and positive in 5 (11%). Eight patients had pre-existing infection (upper respiratory infection in four, enteritis in three, and posthitis in one). Eight (13%) patients experienced more than a second episode of epididymitis, and five (62%) of these eight patients had GUA. Testicular atrophy was present in five patients, detected 2-6 months after epididymitis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most cases of AE occurred in the prepubertal period, and most urine tests were negative. Recurrent epididymitis was associated with GUA. Because some patients showed signs of testicular atrophy, careful follow-up is necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e15886"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143543044","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}
Daniela Pelclova, Petr Jabandziev, Stefania Aulicka, Jan Papez
{"title":"Higher toxicity of ingested metallic lead in a toddler compared to an adolescent.","authors":"Daniela Pelclova, Petr Jabandziev, Stefania Aulicka, Jan Papez","doi":"10.1111/ped.70039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.70039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70039"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12023013/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143974003","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}
{"title":"Anaphylactic shock due to dextromethorphan confirmed by a drug provocation test despite negative SPT and BAT results.","authors":"Naoki Kajita, Koichi Yoshida","doi":"10.1111/ped.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.70036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70036"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144032853","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":"Indication of decompressive craniectomy in massive neonatal arterial ischemic stroke; implication from a single case.","authors":"Goro Takahashi, Joji Inamasu, Shoko Ito, Tsutomu Takahashi","doi":"10.1111/ped.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.70028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70028"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12048823/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144042480","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}