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This cohort study assesses the association between severe maternal morbidity after a first delivery and risk of hospitalization or emergency department (ED) visits for a mental health condition over a 13-year period.
This cross-sectional study assesses whether the rates and trends of psychotropic medication prescribing changed from before vs in the 2 years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic for children and adolescents.
This case series examines the cases and hospitalizations of children due to COVID-19 in California following eligibility by age group for SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.
This randomized clinical trial examines whether breast milk enemas can shorten the time to complete meconium evacuation and achievement of full enteral feeding for infants born preterm in China.
This cohort study examines the association of retrospective and prospective adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with sleep quality among a cohort of Puerto Rican young adults from 2 sociocultural contexts.
A 24-year-old man presented with progressive gait instability, marked spinal cord atrophy, and dental radiography showing the absence of several elements, microdontia, and taurodontia. What is your diagnosis?
This Viewpoint discusses whether protective and promotive interventions in brain development would benefit from identification of a “biological poverty line” during pregnancy and early childhood, above which the brain is informed and enhanced by experience in positive ways, and below which adverse experiences may influence the brain in ways that do not support long-term health trajectories.
This cohort study using an interrupted time series analysis evaluates whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with changes in developmental screening scores among US children aged 0 to 5 years.
This cross-sectional study examines awareness of opioid overdose, the ability to administer naloxone, and the willingness to help during an overdose on college campuses across the US.
This case-control study examines the extent to which caregivers with Medicaid coverage whose children were referred to child protective services as at risk of maltreatment receive mental health or substance use disorder treatment.
This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates whether large-scale use of insecticide-treated bed nets is associated with reduced incidence of Burkitt lymphoma among children in sub-Saharan Africa.
This cross-sectional study investigates the frequency and intensity of somatic symptoms in children and adolescents who experienced traumatic events.
This cohort study evaluates the association between racial discrimination and metabolic syndrome in rural US Black individuals transitioning from late adolescence into early adulthood and identifies potential mediating pathways.
This cohort study examines respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among infants and children and assesses differences in hospital use overall, hospital use by care unit, and the relative burden of RSV in the Medicaid population before vs after the COVID-19 pandemic.
This cohort study examines whether occlusion therapy in children treated for unilateral congenital cataract with poor visual outcomes is negatively associated with child functioning and/or parenting stress.
This case report describes an 8-year-old girl who received oral sirolimus as an adjuvant therapy for pulse dye laser of her port-wine stain and as an off-label treatment of exudative retinal detachment secondary to diffuse choroidal hemangioma.
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