Schneider Children's Medical Center

Executive-Function Networks in Listening and Reading Comprehension: A Comparison of Children With SeLECTS, Children With Reading Difficulties, and Typical Readers

Children with Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes (SeLECTS) display deficits in both listening and reading comprehension, as well as in executive functions (EFs). The aim of the current study was to investigate differences in EF involvement—operationalized as the co...

An international multicenter analysis of the outcome of pediatric first variceal hemorrhage

Background & Aims: Management of portal hypertension in children including primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding is controversial due to limited understanding of mortality risk after first variceal hemorrhage (1VH). This international multicenter study was designed to advance...

Carbapenemase-producing Kluyvera spp.: epidemiology of an evolving species

Abstract Background Kluyvera spp. are increasingly recognised as significant pathogens in humans. Recent reports of carbapenemase-producing (CP) Kluyvera spp. raise a concern that they may be disseminating carbapenemases to other species undetected. Research on CP-Kluyvera spp. i...

A Badge-Sized Cognitive Aid and Pediatric Point-of-Care Ultrasound Integration in the Emergency Department

OBJECTIVES: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is widely taught in pediatric emergency medicine, yet achieving confident, independent bedside scanning remains difficult for many trainees. To bridge this gap between knowledge and real-time performance, we evaluated a badge-sized, we...

A Transdiagnostic IPT-Based Intervention for Global Crises

This Psychotherapy Tools article presents an ultra-brief, transdiagnostic crisis intervention protocol designed for use during national emergencies such as war, natural disasters, or pandemics. Based on interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and integrating skills from cognitive-behav...

International consensus guidance for general population screening for islet autoantibodies to diagnose early-stage type 1 diabetes: a nominal group technique process

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that targets and destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreatic islets. The incidence of type 1 diabetes is rising globally. At the clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, between 20% and 67% of children and adolescents present wit...

Percentiles for crying, regurgitation, stool consistency, and CoMiSSTM in presumed healthy infants

Parents frequently consult health care professionals because of infant regurgitation, crying and stool consistency. The Cow’s Milk-related Symptom Score (CoMiSS TM ) is an awareness tool for cow’s milk allergy. We aimed to characterize the distribution of CoMiSS items in presumed...

Interactions between parental monitoring and gender in relation to hidden school dropout and suicidal behavior in adolescence

Adolescent hidden dropout and suicidal behaviors pose major public health concerns, with family dynamics playing a critical role in youth adjustment. This study examined associations between parental supervision, gender, hidden dropout, and suicidal behaviors among 769 adolescent...

The “POP-IT” ear deformity: early recognition and non-surgical management of a novel neonatal auricular deformation

BACKGROUND: Congenital auricular deformities are common in newborns, yet many remain underdiagnosed despite the availability of effective early non-surgical correction. We describe a previously unreported auricular deformation, termed the "POP-IT" ear deformity, and present our e...