Current Pediatric Reviews - Volume 20, Issue 1, 2024

Background: Childhood obesity is an important and serious public health problem worldwide. Objective: This article aims to familiarize physicians with the evaluation, management, and prevention of childhood. Methods: A PubMed search was conducted in May, 2021, in Clinical Queries using the key terms "obesity" OR “obese”. The search included clinical trials, randomized controlled trials, case-control studies, cohort studies, Read More

Background: Sleep insufficiency and disturbances affect the physical, cognitive, and emotional well-being of children. Objective: To perform a narrative review on common sleep problems and disorders encountered in primary care for children and adolescents. Methods: A search of English literature in the Pubmed and Google Scholar databases published from 1 January 2000 till 31 October 2021 was conducted with the key Read More

Background: While generally self-limited, febrile seizures result in significant familial distress. Ambulatory pediatric care providers must be prepared to counsel families on the causes, risk factors, management principles, and prognosis of children with febrile seizures. Objective: To provide an updated, evidence-based review of febrile seizures focused on the needs of an ambulatory pediatric care provider. Methods: A narrative Read More

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spares no nation or city, and the virus is responsible for the escalating incidence and mortality worldwide. Objective: This article reviews the impact of “Long Covid” on Children. Methods: A PubMed search was conducted in December 2021 in Clinical Queries using the key terms "COVID-19" OR “long COVID”. The search was restricted to children and adolescent aged < Read More

Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a prolonged bowel illness that is generally stress-related and is characterized by a variety of gastrointestinal problems, the most prominent of which is chronic visceral abdominal discomfort. As a result, IBS typically impacts sufferers' standard of living, and it is typically associated with depression and anxiety symptoms. IBS medication is based mostly on symptom allev Read More

Background: Enuresis is an involuntary and intermittent loss of urine during sleep, and its treatment can be done by pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies. Objective: To conduct an overview to carry out a survey of the systematic reviews about treatment options for children/adolescents with enuresis. Methods: Databases used were Cochrane Library, PROSPERO, MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, LILACS/B Read More

Background: Dental procedures profoundly affect a child's dental fear and anxiety, rendering dental treatment difficult. Inhalation sedation with a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen (NO2/02) breathed through a nosepiece is a form of light conscious sedation widely used in apprehensive children to help them relax and accept dental treatment. This, however, can have both shortand long-term effects on child dental fear a Read More

Background: During the last decades, severe brain lesions affecting very low birth weight (<1500 gr, VLBW) infants were gradually substituted by milder lesions with debatable prognoses. Objective: The objective of this study is to define type, frequency and 3 years of neurodevelopmental outcome of prematurity-related brain lesions in a modern cohort of VLBW infants. Methods: VLBW infants admitted to our NICU in 5 year Read More