{"title":"Comorbidities of allergic rhinitis in children.","authors":"Yong Ju Lee","doi":"10.3345/cep.2024.00164","DOIUrl":"10.3345/cep.2024.00164","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"675-676"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11621728/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141876193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guilherme M Cesar, Madison Giebler, Thad W Buster, Judith M Burnfield
{"title":"Balance assessment with decreased base of support for children with disabilities.","authors":"Guilherme M Cesar, Madison Giebler, Thad W Buster, Judith M Burnfield","doi":"10.3345/cep.2024.00780","DOIUrl":"10.3345/cep.2024.00780","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Children's ability to achieve an appropriate motor development is largely associated with their capacity to control balance. Furthermore, accomplishing balance tasks with a narrowed base of support is a necessary precursor to engaging in everyday functional activities and developing more complex balance abilities.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate the relationship between the tandem stance (TS) and the single-limb stance (SLS) items of the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) assessment tool with the PBS total score in children with impaired balance.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-two children (22 with neurological disabilities, 10.7±3.1 years; 20 typically developing [TD], 8.3±2.7 years) performed all 14 PBS items. Linear regressions separately determined the impact of TS and SLS on total PBS score in both groups. Bland-Altman plots expressed agreement between the balance measurements.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For children with disabilities, only the SLS entered the model, explaining 64.5% of the variance in total PBS score. A high level of agreement was observed between the SLS and total PBS scores. For TD children, only the TS entered the model, explaining 45.2% of the variance in the total PBS score. A high level of agreement was observed between the TS and total PBS scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings support the practical and efficient use of a single balance task to assess balance ability in children with disabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"718-724"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11621735/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advancements in food allergen immunotherapy: improving quality of life and reducing risks.","authors":"Jihyun Kim","doi":"10.3345/cep.2023.01718","DOIUrl":"10.3345/cep.2023.01718","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"672-674"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11621730/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141876192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategies to support language development in neonatal intensive care unit: a narrative review.","authors":"Ju Sun Heo, Ee-Kyung Kim","doi":"10.3345/cep.2024.00087","DOIUrl":"10.3345/cep.2024.00087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite neonatal intensive care advancements and quality improvements, preterm infants often experience delays in speech and language development during early childhood. The etiological pathway of language delays is multifactorial, including younger gestational age at birth, male sex, pregnancy complications including gestational diabetes mellitus and preeclampsia, organic pathology from neonatal morbidities, environmental factors of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and prolonged hospitalization, home environment including socioeconomic status and parental education, and parent-infant interactions. As early language experiences and environments are crucial for the development of language processing, strategies to support language development should be implemented from the NICU onward. This study aimed to summarize evidence- based strategies for language development through an extensive review of nutrition, NICU environment, language and sound exposure, developmental care interventions, and family-centered care. Promoting breastfeeding, increasing parent-infant interactions in a single-family room setting, nurturing the language environment via parental book reading and language interventions, and parent-integrated interventions in the NICU could potentially enhance language development among preterm infants. These supportive strategies can be integrated through family-centered care, which recognizes parents as primary caregivers and collaborative partners.</p>","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"651-663"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11621733/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Screen time among preschoolers: exploring individual, familial, and environmental factors.","authors":"Sangha Lee, Donghee Kim, Yunmi Shin","doi":"10.3345/cep.2023.01746","DOIUrl":"10.3345/cep.2023.01746","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Screen-based activity refers to the use of screened devices, which are changing from stationary devices such as televisions and desktop computers to newer portable devices such as smartphones and electronic tablets. The exposure of younger children to all types of screened devices has increased. This review aimed to provide an overview of previous studies and identify the correlations associated with screen-based activities in preschoolers. We conducted a systematic literature review of databases including PubMed, Embase, and PsycInfo targeting quantitative studies published between 2010 and 2019. We then analyzed the associations between screen time and various individual, familial, and environmental factors in healthy children aged 0-6 years. We specifically included studies that provided a subgroup analysis for this age category to systematically identify the factors influencing screen time patterns among preschoolers. The search yielded 36 articles that met the inclusion criteria. We investigated age, sex, and social, family, and personal factors as well as media parenting. The results suggested that media parenting for screen-based activities was an important protective factor. Limited research has been conducted on preschoolers' screen-based activities with both stationary and portable screened devices. Most factors have been studied using stationary devices and are too infrequent for solid conclusions to be reached. Parental screen time and the setting of appropriate media limits were crucial protective factors against excessive media exposure. However, information about family and personal factors remain scarce, and further research is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"641-650"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11621729/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142297339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jun Ah Lee, Hyun-Ju Lim, Jong Woong Park, Sang-Hoon Shin, Mi Hyang Kwak
{"title":"Right ventricular mass in a 10-year-old girl with osteosarcoma: an unusual case of asymptomatic cardiac metastasis.","authors":"Jun Ah Lee, Hyun-Ju Lim, Jong Woong Park, Sang-Hoon Shin, Mi Hyang Kwak","doi":"10.3345/cep.2024.00857","DOIUrl":"10.3345/cep.2024.00857","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"725-727"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11621739/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142717306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wahyu Triadmajani, Shinta Prawitasari, Abdul Wahab
{"title":"Role of proper postnatal care in continued exclusive breastfeeding among young Indonesian mothers.","authors":"Wahyu Triadmajani, Shinta Prawitasari, Abdul Wahab","doi":"10.3345/cep.2024.00815","DOIUrl":"10.3345/cep.2024.00815","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) provides numerous health benefits to children. However, the EBF rate is unsatisfactory among young mothers because they often experience difficulties. Thus, interventions during the postnatal period are imperative to encouraging EBF practices in these populations. Postnatal care (PNC) should be delivered appropriately to ensure a positive postnatal experience; however, there has been little discussion of evidence therein to date.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study investigated the association between proper PNC and EBF practices among young Indonesian mothers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study analyzed data from the 2017 Indonesia Demographic Health Survey. All mothers aged 15-24 years who delivered an infant within the 2 years preceding the survey were included. Mothers were considered to be receiving proper PNC if they started breastfeeding soon after delivery, attended a PNC appointment within 2 days after giving birth, and received breastfeeding counseling and observation during the PNC visit.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Approximately 51.6% of infants under 6 months of age born to young mothers (those aged 15-24 years) were exclusively breastfed. Appropriate PNC was received by approximately 24.3% of the total population. The correlation between proper PNC and EBF practices was significant among adolescent mothers aged 15-19 years after an age stratification analysis (odds ratio, 8.22; 95% confidence interval, 1.957-34.524). Maternal age became a noticeable confounder after a risk-stratification analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings imply the importance of breastfeeding service delivery during the early postnatal period in continuing EBF. Ensuring high PNC quality helps ensure positive postnatal experiences, particularly for adolescent mothers.</p>","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"686-693"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11621734/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142297330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Further research on impact of microplastics on children's health is essential to protecting future generations.","authors":"Jongin Lee, Dong-Wook Lee","doi":"10.3345/cep.2024.01459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2024.01459","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent updates on systemic treatment of atopic dermatitis.","authors":"Jiyoung Ahn","doi":"10.3345/cep.2024.00339","DOIUrl":"10.3345/cep.2024.00339","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a complex disease with multifactorial pathogenesis and variable clinical presentation. Up to one-fifth of patients with AD develop moderate to severe disease that is often refractory to classical therapies and can compromise quality of life. This review summarizes recent clinical evidence on biological agents and small-molecule immunotherapies for the treatment of AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":"67 11","pages":"580-588"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11551601/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Growth plate closure and therapeutic interventions.","authors":"Ja Hyang Cho, Hae Woon Jung, Kye Shik Shim","doi":"10.3345/cep.2023.00346","DOIUrl":"10.3345/cep.2023.00346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Height gains result from longitudinal bone growth, which is largely dependent on chondrocyte differentiation and proliferation within the growth plates of long bones. The growth plate, that is, the epiphyseal plate, is divided into resting, proliferative, and hypertrophic zones according to chondrocyte characteristics. The differentiation potential of progenitor cells in the resting zone, continuous capacity for chondrocyte differentiation and proliferation within the proliferative zone, timely replacement by osteocytes, and calcification in the hypertrophic zone are the 3 main factors controlling longitudinal bone growth. Upon adequate longitudinal bone growth, growth plate senescence limits human body height. During growth plate senescence, progenitor cells within the resting zone are depleted, proliferative chondrocyte numbers decrease, and hypertrophic chondrocyte number and size decrease. After senescence, hypertrophic chondrocytes are replaced by osteocytes, the extracellular matrix is calcified and vascularized, the growth plate is closed, and longitudinal bone growth is complete. To date, gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs, aromatase inhibitors, C-type natriuretic peptide analogs, and fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 inhibitors have been studied or used as therapeutic interventions to delay growth plate closure. Complex networks of cellular, genetic, paracrine, and endocrine signals are involved in growth plate closure. However, the detailed mechanisms of this process remain unclear. Further elucidation of these mechanisms will enable the development of new therapeutic modalities for the treatment of short stature, precocious puberty, and skeletal dysplasia.</p>","PeriodicalId":36018,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"553-559"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11551597/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142509570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}