Pedro Carballo Martin, Pablo Del Villar Guerra, Alberto Medina Villanueva, Vicent Modesto I Alapont
{"title":"Ultrasound in finger fractures: When numbers also need interpretation.","authors":"Pedro Carballo Martin, Pablo Del Villar Guerra, Alberto Medina Villanueva, Vicent Modesto I Alapont","doi":"10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504173","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93868,"journal":{"name":"Anales de pediatria","volume":" ","pages":"504173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147847254","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}
Jose Miguel Sequí-Canet, Jesús Alba-Fernandez, Romina Del Rey-Tormos, Carlos Miguel Angelats-Romero, Jose Miguel Sequí-Sabater
{"title":"Sunlight through residential glazing and prevention of neonatal jaundice.","authors":"Jose Miguel Sequí-Canet, Jesús Alba-Fernandez, Romina Del Rey-Tormos, Carlos Miguel Angelats-Romero, Jose Miguel Sequí-Sabater","doi":"10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504206","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Despite current guideline recommendations, the empiric recommendation to place jaundiced infants \"in the sun, by the window\" is commonly issued to parents to prevent or treat jaundice.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Spectral irradiance (350-1150 nm) was measured with a spectroradiometer on sunny and cloudy days. Seven residential glazing configurations commonly used in dwellings were then interposed between the sun and the sensor. For each glass type, we obtained measurements without glass and with glass (5 and 30 cm from the sensor) and calculated the relative spectral transmission. We analyzed the irradiance in the blue band (≈ 460-490 nm) and compared it with neonatal phototherapy thresholds (30-65 µW/cm²/nm).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Direct solar irradiance reached a maximum of 2.8 W/m²/nm at 582 nm and mean values around 2.3 W/m²/nm in the 460-490 nm band on clear days, which were several times higher than intensive phototherapy thresholds. Even on cloudy days, blue irradiance remained clearly above these thresholds. Visible light transmission through glazing elements was high. Transmission did not exhibit relevant attenuation below 400 nm and increased again in the near-infrared region (>750 nm).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Typical residential glazing elements transmit very high levels of solar irradiance, with a broad spectrum that includes UVA and infrared radiation, and blue irradiance several times higher than used in phototherapy, but without spectral selectivity or dose control. Exposing healthy newborns to sunlight through home windows cannot be considered an appropriate or safe intervention to prevent jaundice in developed countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":93868,"journal":{"name":"Anales de pediatria","volume":" ","pages":"504206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147847249","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}
Patricia Musgo Balana, Claudia Rondón Martínez, Belén Valles Fernández, Pablo Del Villar Guerra
{"title":"Pediatric and neonatal transport from a secondary hospital: Vulnerabilities, inequities and areas of improvement.","authors":"Patricia Musgo Balana, Claudia Rondón Martínez, Belén Valles Fernández, Pablo Del Villar Guerra","doi":"10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504195","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93868,"journal":{"name":"Anales de pediatria","volume":" ","pages":"504195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147824602","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}
María Gratacós de Aguilera, Nathalia Joaqui Lopez, Vanesa Laveglia, Neus París Miró
{"title":"Exophthalmos in an infant: atypical presentation of hemangioma.","authors":"María Gratacós de Aguilera, Nathalia Joaqui Lopez, Vanesa Laveglia, Neus París Miró","doi":"10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504136","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93868,"journal":{"name":"Anales de pediatria","volume":" ","pages":"504136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147824524","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}
Elena Granda, Silvia Martín-Ramos, Elba Redondo, Pilar Andrés, Sonia Caserío
{"title":"Umbilical cord blood lactate is associated with transient tachypnoea of the newborn in near-term and term neonates.","authors":"Elena Granda, Silvia Martín-Ramos, Elba Redondo, Pilar Andrés, Sonia Caserío","doi":"10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is the main reason of admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The aim of the study was to analyze the association of umbilical cord (UC) lactate with TTN.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>Retrospective observational study in a level III NICU including infants born alive at or after 34 weeks. We fitted a multivariate logistic regression model for TTN diagnosis, adjusted for confounders, and assessed its diagnostic performance by means of the area under the curve (AUC) and the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values at the best cut-off point.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 2120 neonates (50.7% male) with a median age of 39.5 weeks (IQR, 38.6-40.5) were included between August 2022 and December 2023, of whom 101 (4.8%) were preterm. In the total sample, 120 infants (5.7%) developed TTN. We found that UC lactate was independently associated with TTN (adjusted OR, 1.365; 95% CI, 1.246-1.495), with an AUC of 0.61 (95% CI, 0.56-0.67). The best cut-off point was 5.9 mmol/L, with a sensitivity of 34.5% (95% CI, 26.0-43.0), a specificity of 84.9% (95% CI, 83.3-86.5), a negative predictive value of 95.6% (95% CI, 94.7-96.5), and a positive predictive value of 12.0% (95% CI, 8.6-15.4).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Umbilical cord blood lactate was independently associated with TTN in near-term and term neonates Although its diagnostic performance makes its use in isolation inapropriate for decision-making, it can be considered as an additional biomarker in the global evaluation of newborn infants in the delivery room.</p>","PeriodicalId":93868,"journal":{"name":"Anales de pediatria","volume":" ","pages":"504205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147824552","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}
Delia Argüelles Balas, David Díaz Pérez, Mónica Carrasco de Los Ríos, Cristina Mata Fernández
{"title":"Persistent cutaneous lesion: A diagnostic challenge.","authors":"Delia Argüelles Balas, David Díaz Pérez, Mónica Carrasco de Los Ríos, Cristina Mata Fernández","doi":"10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504166","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93868,"journal":{"name":"Anales de pediatria","volume":" ","pages":"504166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147791987","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}
Emilio García-García, Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Hada C Macher, José Luis García de Veas
{"title":"Novel IGSF1 mutation in two brothers with congenital central hypothyroidism. A form of hypothyroidism that escapes neonatal screening.","authors":"Emilio García-García, Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Hada C Macher, José Luis García de Veas","doi":"10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504177","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93868,"journal":{"name":"Anales de pediatria","volume":" ","pages":"504177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147792044","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}
Mariana Bravo, Diogo Valente Dias, Isa Elói, Maria Manuel Flores
{"title":"Auricular perichondritis - A diagnostic pitfall.","authors":"Mariana Bravo, Diogo Valente Dias, Isa Elói, Maria Manuel Flores","doi":"10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpede.2026.504174","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93868,"journal":{"name":"Anales de pediatria","volume":" ","pages":"504174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147679299","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}