Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Microplastics in pediatric asthma: Clinical associations with disease severity

Background Respiratory exposure to microplastics (MPs) is increasingly recognized as a potential contributor to chronic airway disease, but the MPs burden in children with asthma and its relationship to disease remain poorly defined. Methods In this cross-sectional study, sputum...

Clinical infection and molecular characteristics of carbapenem-resistant organisms among children in China, 2016-2025

Carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) pose a severe health threat to pediatric patients. We aimed to investigate the epidemiology, clinical infection, and molecular profiles of CROs in Chinese children from 2016 to 2025. We retrospectively analyzed 3655 non-duplicate CRO strains...

Subcutaneous Belimumab Demonstrates Consistent Steady-State Pharmacokinetics and is Well Tolerated in Paediatric Patients with SLE in China: An Open-Label Study

This study assessed pharmacokinetics and safety of subcutaneous (SC) belimumab in Chinese paediatric patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) who previously received intravenous (IV) belimumab; only the IV form is approved for cSLE in China. This single-arm, open-label,...

AI-Assisted Viable Digital Array for Rapid Quantification of Bacteria in Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections

Abstract Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections in neonates and infants, and delayed diagnosis can lead to severe complications. Rapid, quantitative detection of viable bacteria at the point of care remains a critical unmet need. Here, we p...

Multi-level static and dynamic graph-theoretical analyses of resting-state functional networks in a Chinese cohort of preterm neonates

Preterm birth influences early functional brain maturation at term-equivalent age. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging from a large Chinese neonatal cohort (62 term-born and 107 preterm neonates), we examined static and dynamic network organization using mul...