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2021 2021:01 Towards less-invasive non-invasive ventilation in preterm neonates 2021:02 Identifying children with community-acquired pneumonia at risk for admission to ICU 2021:03 Minimally Invasive Surfactant Therapy (also known as Less-Invasive Surfactant Therapy) 2021:04 Access to and risks of specialised sport codes among adolescent athletes 2021:05 Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce pain from neonatal procedures 2021:06 A look into massage therapy in children and adolescents 2021:07 Do platelets play a specific role in ductal closure in preterm infants? 2021:08 Interesting findings in relation to maternal autoimmune disease and ADHD 2021:09 Transcranial pulsed current and transcutaneous nerve stimulation in children with CP 2021:10 A possible role for lung ultrasound in the management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) 2021:11 Buccal dextrose gel to prevent hypoglycaemia in at-risk neonates 2021:12 Importance of diagnosing developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) 2021:13 Lung ultrasound for diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents 2021:14 Respiratory outcome in <1500g preterm neonates exposed to chorioamnionitis 2021:15 Outpatient treatment of community acquired pneumonia in children: 5 vs. 10 days of amoxicillin 2020
2020:01 Renewed interest in intravenous immunization against TB

2020:02 Measuring Nitric Oxide in diagnosis and management of respiratory disease

2020:03 Paediatric renal transplant results in Johannesburg academic public and private facilities

2020:04 Impact of adrenaline on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in patients aged 8-17 years

2020:05 A refresher on anti-histamines

2020:06 Measurement of DNA methylation as an aid to diagnosis of brain cancers in children

2020:07 First reports on corona COVID-19 epidemic in China

2020:08 Factors influencing weight gain during childhood and adolescence

2020:09 Relationship between quantity and quality of sleep and overweight/obesity in children

2020:10 School closure as a COVID risk-mitigation strategy

2020:11 Obesity as a risk factor for telomere shortening

2020:12 Update on indications for placement of tympanostomy tubes/grommets

2020:13 Should we be on the lookout for COVID related Kawasaki-like Disease in children?

2020:14 Does glycosylation of immunoglobulins reduce susceptibility to COVID-19 in children?

2020:15 Use and abuse of nootropics as cognitive enhancers

2020:16 Fish oil-containing parenteral nutrition to reduce retinopathy of prematurity?

2020:17 What is sub-clinical hypothyroidism in children and how should one treat it?

2020:18 Proton pump inhibitors and fracture risk in children

2020:19 Cognitive functioning in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD)

2020:20 Probiotics likely protect against necrotizing enterocolitis but how much of which one is best?

2020:21 The importance of concurrent infection in a host’s response to vaccination

2020:22 Risk of hypertension in adulthood if children are hypertensive

2020:23 Time to rethink criteria for treating bronchiolitis with high flow nasal cannula (HFNC)?

2020:24 Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in foster children and adoptees

2020:25 Breath-testing for sucrase deficiency in children and adolescents

2020:26 Aminoglycosides added to the list of risk factors for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

2020:27 Children with MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19)

2020:28 Impact of chorioamnionitis on postnatal neurodevelopment

2020:29 How well are sub-Saharan countries managing malaria in children?

2020:30 Are there long-term implications of morbidity-related DNA methylation in preterm neonates?

2020:31 Lactic acidosis in acute moderate and severe asthma in children and adolescents

2020:32 Lung ultrasound (LUS) for differentiating between bacterial and viral pneumonia

2020:33 Bosentan for treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN)

2020:34 Zinc is an ineffective adjunct to treatment in childhood pneumonia

2020:35 Interesting findings in relation to kernicterus in black infants

2020:36 The paediatric gut microbiome – what do and don’t we know about it?


2019
2019:01 Do platelet transfusions place neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) at risk?

2019:02 Auditory and speech function after cochlear implantation in prelingually deaf children

2019:03 Scoring febrile infants to predict bacteraemia and meningitis

2019:04 Lung ultrasound (US) for diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis

2019:05 Exhaled breath temperature (EBT) as a monitoring tool in childhood and adolescent asthma

2019:06 Childhood epilepsy after 50 years of follow-up

2019:07 Prediction of readmission for haemorrhage after adenotonsillectomy

2019:08 Is there a need to review oxygen administration targets in order to decrease incidence and severity of retinopathy of prematurity?

2019:09 Weight-reduction, visceral adipose tissue and insulin resistance in obese adolescents

2019:10 Is brace treatment effective for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) with curve >40°?

2019:11 Making sense of meta-data

2019:12 Maternal smoking and risks for foetus and/or offspring

2019:13 Delivery room resuscitation of 23-27 week preterm infants

2019:14 Refining the assessment of apnoea in infants

2019:15 Adenosine 5’ Monophosphate (AMP) challenge for diagnosis of asthma in children

2019:16 Gestational age inversely proportional to development of chronic kidney disease (CKD)

2019:17 Managing childhood asthma

2019:18 Mortality in rural children with cerebral palsy (CP)

2019:19 Assessment of heart rate variability (HRV) in preterm neonates

2019:20 Mask vs. prongs for nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) in preterm infants

2019:21 Update on foetal alcohol syndrome

2019:22 ADEM and anti-NMDAR encephalitis – similarities and differences

2019:23 Dysbiosis and diabetes – chicken or egg?

2019:24 Support for legislation protecting children and adolescents from the hazards of smoking

2019:25 How should one treat child contacts of patients with drug-resistant TB?

2019:26 Erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

2019:27 Developmental bone accrual and fracture risk

2019:28 Questions regarding use of metformin for treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)

2019:29 Mental illness in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD)

2019:30 Magnesium sulphate for management of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE)

2019:31 Association between prenatal maternal anaemia and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring

2019:32 Magnesium sulphate infusions for severe paediatric status asthmaticus

2019:33 Does e-cigarette use predict marijuana use in adolescents and young adults?

2019:34 Is intussusception after rotavirus (RV) vaccination still ‘a thing’?

2019:35 Twenty-year follow-up of statin therapy in children with familial hypercholesterolaemia

2019:36 Infections in children with diabetes

2019:37 Is there a case for screening children and adolescents for suicide risk?

2019:38 Are antibiotic stewardship programmes (ASPs) effective?

2019:39 Lung involvement in Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP)

2019:40 Review of neurotoxicity in neonates exposed to hyperbilirubinaemia


2018
2018:01 Retrospective studies into bloodstream infections and antibiotic resistance patterns

2018:02 Does a tobacco 'sin tax' impact on paediatric smoke exposure and asthma severity?

2018:03 Mortality associated with Influenza and Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV) 2009-13

2018:04 Risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) may increase with low carbohydrate maternal diet

2018:05 More concern about antenatal steroids for late preterm and early term deliveries

2018:06 Do we need to do more to detect developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)?

2018:07 Low levels of arachidonic acid and development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)

2018:08 Evaluating networks of newborn cortical activity

2018:09 Parvovirus B19 infection in children with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

2018:10 Aspirin for mothers at risk for pre-eclampsia (PE) significantly improves neonatal outcome

2018:11 Does Hepatitis B vaccine (hBv) in infancy confer long-term immunity?

2018:12 Infant mortality rates and causes of death in the United States among full-term births

2018:13 Impaired left ventricular function following preterm birth

2018:14 Adolescent cannabis use and risk of psychosis

2018:15 Risk of cannabis use in adolescent e-cigarette smokers

2018:16 Vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC) and neonatal outcome

2018:17 Vitamin D for primary and secondary prevention of asthma?

2018:18 What about folic acid supplementation and cleft lip and palate?

2018:19 MicroRNA (miRNA) profiles to detect/predict cerebral palsy in preterm infants

2018:20 Update on fluid replacement in young patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

2018:21 Non-surgical correction of abnormally-shaped ears

2018:22 Multilevel surgery (MLS) in children, adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy (CP)

2018:23 Drugs as triggers of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)

2018:24 HIV in South Africa 2017/18

2018:25 Do telomeres shorten in children whose fathers are absent?

2018:26 Is enough being done to decrease myopia progression in children?

2018:27 Associations between fractures and asthma status in children

2018:28 Enteral feeding method affects fat and energy intake in preterm infants

2018:29 The gut microbiome in patients with intestinal failure

2018:30 Does autonomic nervous system development in preterm neonates play a role in retinopathy?

2018:31 Genetics of ADHD in the 21st Century

2018:32 Is weakly-acid gastro-oesophageal reflux (WAGOR) clinically significant?

2018:33 Adenovirus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

2018:34 Update on congenital hyperinsulinism

2018:35 What about the microbiome in babies born preterm?

2018:36 Access to marijuana and advocacy role for paediatricians

2018:37 Is autism related to prenatal exposure to drugs affecting neurotransmitter systems?

2018:38 Urinary hepcidin for diagnosing iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA)

2018:39 Adverse effects of cannabis abuse or dependence during pregnancy

2018:40 Inguinal hernia repair in premature infants

2017
2017:01 Neonatal hearing screening in South Africa

2017:02 Reducing group B streptococcal diasease in African settings

2017:03 Mortality of HIV-infected infants despite access to antiretroviral therapy (ART)

2017:04 Grey matter volumes and psychiatric symptoms in very low birthweight (VLBW) infants

2017:05 Risk factors for hearing impairment in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants

2017:06 Neurology of rotavirus in neonates, infants and children

2017:07 Predicting parental cardiovascular mortality on the basis of birthweight of offspring

2017:08 Complications of adolescent Type 1 vs Type 2 diabetes mellitus

2017:09 Rotavirus genotype changes before and after vaccine introduction

2017:10 Does maternal sugar-containing beverage (SCB) intake during pregnancy affect childhood BMI?

2017:11 Intravitreal anti-VEGF (anti-vascular endothelial growth factor) and retinopathy of prematurity

2017:12 Non-operative management (NOM) of appendicitis in children

2017:13 Antenatal steroids for late preterm births

2017:14 Upper airway obstruction as a cause of nocturnal enuresis in children

2017:15 Management of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

2017:16 Outcomes in children treated for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

2017:17 Risk of motor vehicle accident (MVA) in medically-treated vs. untreated ADHD

2017:18 Efficacy of zinc as an adjunct to treatment of severe pneumonia in infants and children

2017:19 Role of rhinovirus in the acquisition and transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae

2017:20 Association between non-cow milk (NCM) intake and lower height during childhood

2017:21 What's the optimal oxygen range for the smallest preterm infants?

2017:22 Morbidity and mortality of very low birthweight (VLBW) infants according to time of birth

2017:23 Osteoporosis in children and adolescents

2017:24 Relationship between childhood illnesses and osteoporosis

2017:25 Management of secondary osteoporosis in children and adolescents

2017:26 What are the risks of polio epidemics as we progress into the 21st century?

2017:27 Is folic acid (FA) supplementation during pregnancy completely benign?

2017:28 The 'Double Burden of Malnutrition' (DBM) in Africa

2017:29 Association between maternal vitamin D levels and babies born small for gestational age (SGA)

2017:30 Birth asphyxia, cerebral palsy and the placenta

2017:31 More on predicting hypoxic problems at birth and after neonatal hypoxia/asphyxia

2017:32 Medical marijuana (MM) in South Africa

2017:33 Paediatric Multiple Sclerosis

2017:34 Update on diagnosis and outcome of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE)

2017:35 Where are we in terms of neuroprotection in neonates with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy?

2017:36 Back to multiple sclerosis (MS); does the 'hygiene hypothesis' play a role?

2017:37 Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease

2017:38 Benefits of antenatal care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)

2017:39 HIV confirmatory testing in early infant diagnosis programmes

2017:40 Antenatal steroids for near-term elective caesarean delivery

- Author Prof. Alan Rothberg

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