{"title":"Pigmentovascularis in a child with heterochromia.","authors":"Abdulrahman Mamoon Allaf, Ta Chen Chang","doi":"10.1111/ped.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.70022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70022"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12007697/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144032689","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}
Meryem Erat Nergiz, Nilgün Çaylan, Siddika Songül Yalçın
{"title":"Video gaming is associated with maternal overprotective parenting style: A cross-sectional study in preschool children.","authors":"Meryem Erat Nergiz, Nilgün Çaylan, Siddika Songül Yalçın","doi":"10.1111/ped.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Parents are responsible for rules and limits regarding screen use by preschool-aged children. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between mothers' parenting styles and preschool children's video game playing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two hundred and sixty-four mothers who had children aged 2-5 years were included in this cross-sectional study. The mothers filled out a structured questionnaire including general questions about demographic and video gaming characteristics and a parental attitude scale (PAS). PAS consisted of four subscales: \"Authoritative,\" \"Authoritarian,\" \"Overprotective,\" and \"Permissive.\" Subscale scores were categorized into the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd tertiles. Adjusted Odds ratios (AORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. To assess the impact of PAS's subscale score tertiles on video gaming, multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>29.2% of children were playing video games. Video gaming was associated with older age, male sex, low paternal education, having an older sibling, and exceeding the recommended daily screen time (p < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that mothers' high authoritarian [AOR: 2.47 (1.25-4.90)] and overprotective [AOR: 3.62 (1.69-7.79)] scores were associated with video gaming. When other parenting styles were included in the multivariate analysis, only the overprotective parenting style was associated with video gaming [AOR: 3.70 (1.68-8.16)].</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings highlight a potential association between maternal overprotective parenting style and video gaming in preschool children.</p>","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70056"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144128358","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":"Timing and mode of death and impact of starting organ donation in a pediatric intensive care unit: 2016-2024 in Japan.","authors":"Takanari Ikeyama, Sho Wada, Masako Kawamura, Mihoko Kato","doi":"10.1111/ped.70079","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ped.70079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There are very few descriptions of end-of-life (EOL) practices from pediatric intensive care units in Japan. Our objective is to describe the mode and timing of death and EOL practices in a tertiary care PICU in Japan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a retrospective observational study using data from February 2016 to April 2024. Organ donation started locally in 2020. The patients who died in the PICU and were younger than 18 years were included. The mode of death was determined through independent chart review by 2 reviewers. Patient demographic data, care intensity within 24 h before death, length of ICU stay, and interval between consensus on EOL care and death were recorded. Comparisons between before and after starting organ donation were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 77 pediatric deaths were included, and their modes of death were as follows: 48 (62%) cases of limitation of life-sustaining therapy, 11 (14%) of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy, 12 (16%) of maximal support, and 6 (8%) of DNC. Mechanical ventilation was withdrawn in 82% (9/11) of the withdrawal group. The median and IQR of the interval between EOL consensus and death in our cohort were 12 (4, 23) days. The proportion of patients who died within 2 weeks after the EOL consensus was reached increased after organ donation program initiation (69% vs. 90%, p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Seventy-seven percent of modes of death were either limitation or withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies. More patients died within 2 weeks after the EOL consensus increased after the organ donation program initiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70079"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144286048","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}
Yorin Watabe, Syed Emdadul Haque, Benay Kumar Datta, Abul Kashem, Minato Nakazawa, Ruoyan Gai Tobe, Rintaro Mori
{"title":"Long-term impact of Maternal and Child Health handbook in rural Bangladesh: A post-trial follow-up study.","authors":"Yorin Watabe, Syed Emdadul Haque, Benay Kumar Datta, Abul Kashem, Minato Nakazawa, Ruoyan Gai Tobe, Rintaro Mori","doi":"10.1111/ped.70123","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ped.70123","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This was a five-year follow-up study of a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) that evaluated the effectiveness of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook in rural Bangladesh, with a specific focus on maternal parental stress and children's anthropometric measurements.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a follow-up survey from September to November 2023 on the mother-child dyads who participated in the cluster RCT during 2017-2018 in Lohagora Upazila, Narail District, located in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. Of the 620 mother-child dyads recruited, 617 dyads from nine unions were analyzed in this study using structured questionnaires. We used the Parental Stress Scale (PSS) to measure the mothers' parental stress. The mothers' health-seeking behaviors and children's anthropometric measurements were also examined. Multiple regression analysis was performed to examine the effectiveness of the MCH handbook.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Based on the PSS, stress levels among the mothers in the MCH handbook intervention group were lower in the univariate (p = 0.053) and multiple linear regression analysis, after adjusting for confounding variables (p = 0.057). However, there were no significant differences between the groups in both primary outcome (PSS) and secondary outcomes (growth monitoring experience, number of sources of parenting information used by the mothers, and children's growth status).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although this study showed that the distribution of the MCH handbook generally reduced maternal parental stress, there were no significant differences between the groups. Further research is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the MCH handbook on parental stress as a distal outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70123"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144258710","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":"Development of joint movement patterns during gait in Japanese children aged 3-12 years.","authors":"Saori Miyagishima, Hiroki Mani, Yui Sato, Sota Hirosaki, Takaki Kurogi, Takashi Muchima, Takumi Aiko, Naoki Kozuka","doi":"10.1111/ped.70144","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ped.70144","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed to clarify the development of joint movement patterns during gait in Japanese children aged 3-12 years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The participants included 92 children (25 in the 3-4 to year-old group, 28 in the 5-6 to year-old group, 20 in the 7-8 to year-old group, and 19 in the 9-12 to year-old group) and 21 young adults (adult group). Kinematic data during gait were recorded using a three-dimensional motion analysis system and four force plates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The patterns of joint motion in the hip joint were similar across all the age groups. The maximum knee joint flexion angle during the swing phase was significantly greater in the 3-4-year-old and 5-6-year-old groups than in the adult group (p < 0.01). The minimum ankle joint angle during the loading response (LR) was significantly greater in the 3-4-year-old and 5-6-year-old groups than in the adult group (p < 0.01). Furthermore, the 7-8-year-old group did not exhibit the pattern observed in adults, where the ankle transitions from plantarflexion to dorsiflexion during the LR phase.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although the hip joint showed patterns similar to those of adults at all ages, knee joint motions were greater in 3-8-year-old children than in adults. In regard to ankle joint motion, the heel-rocker function in the LR was suggested to mature after the age of 9 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70144"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12280250/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144682924","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}
Yuka Minoura, Koji Yokoyama, Yuko Okada, Shinya Fukuda, Hideki Kumagai
{"title":"Secondary loss-of-response associated with intolerance to Janus kinase inhibitor in a boy with ulcerative colitis.","authors":"Yuka Minoura, Koji Yokoyama, Yuko Okada, Shinya Fukuda, Hideki Kumagai","doi":"10.1111/ped.15880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.15880","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e15880"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143256276","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}
Michinobu Ohno, Kyohei Isshiki, Sou Takei, Rie Irie, Fumiko Yoshida
{"title":"A case of a cervical cyst due to congenital pyriform sinus fistula in a neonate.","authors":"Michinobu Ohno, Kyohei Isshiki, Sou Takei, Rie Irie, Fumiko Yoshida","doi":"10.1111/ped.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.70017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20039,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrics International","volume":"67 1","pages":"e70017"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143710764","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}