Understanding Parental Intentions for COVID-19 Child Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study From Jordan Using Theory of Planned Behavior.

Introduction: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, this study addresses the factors that influence parental intentions to vaccinate their 12- to 17-year-old children against COVID-19. The study looked at how attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and fear of the COVID-19 vaccine impact these intentions.

Methods: Between November and December 2021, 396 Jordanian parents completed an anonymous online survey.

A rare case of methemoglobinemia in a preterm newborn with unclear etiology.

 Cyanosis is a bluish discoloration of the tissues due to increased levels of deoxygenated hemoglobin in capillaries. It is a common finding in newborn infants that can be caused by different diseases, including pulmonary, cardiac, infectious, and hematological disorders. Methemoglobinemia is a rare cause of cyanosis, in which hemoglobin is oxidized, changing its heme iron configuration from the ferrous (Fe2 +) to the ferric (Fe3 +) state, creating methemoglobin (Met-Hb), a form that does not bind oxygen, leading to decreased oxygen delivery to the tissues and cyanosis.

Knowledge of Jordanian women of reproductive age who underwent bariatric surgery and its effect on birth outcomes: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: This study aims at exploring the knowledge of women of reproductive age who underwent bariatric surgery in Jordan regarding its effect on birth outcomes.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 183 women (aged 15-49) who had undergone bariatric surgery at the Jordan University Hospital in Amman, Jordan, between 2016 and 2019, using telephone interviews with conveniently selected participants' samples. The survey tool obtained data on women's knowledge and other sociodemographic, obstetric health, and bariatric surgery information.

Children with type one diabetes who are migrants and refugees suffer from poor metabolic control and frequent acute complications, a study from Jordan, a limited resource country with high migrant/refugee population.

Background: Data from developed countries show that pediatric patients with type one diabetes (T1D) who are migrants/refugees suffer from poor metabolic control and frequent complications. Their status in developing countries is underreported.

Aim: To compare Jordanian and migrant/refugee children with T1D in terms of socio-demographic and metabolic characteristics.

Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Neonate with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

BACKGROUND Infants born to mothers with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are susceptible to infection, either vertically or horizontally. The mechanism is not completely understood. Regardless, it is rare that an infant with COVID-19 suffers from serious, life-threatening complications.

Adverse pregnancy outcomes during the COVID-19 lockdown. A descriptive study.

Background: The ongoing spread coronavirus disease worldwide has caused major disruptions and led to lockdowns. Everyday lifestyle changes and antenatal care inaccessibility during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have variable results that affect pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to assess the alterations in stillbirth, neonatal-perinatal mortality, preterm birth, and birth weight during the COVID-19 national lockdown.

Parents' Experience of Having an Infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: Admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is usually unexpected and can be stressful to the parents causing strenuous psychosocial effects. Parents of these infants are subject to suffering stress, depression, and feelings of powerlessness. This study aimed at describing parents' experience of having their infant in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Assessment of Perceived Compliance and Barriers to Personal Protective Equipment Use Among Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic's Second Wave Surge: "Walk to Talk" Cross-Sectional Correlational Study.

Objective: This study aimed at investigating HCWs' perceptions of PPE compliance and barriers, as well as influencing factors, in order to develop methods to combat the rise in their infection rates.

Methods: During the 'second wave' surge, a cross-sectional correlational analysis was conducted over a 1-month period. It consists of HCWs from various hospital sectors that admit COVID-19 patients using an online self-administered predesigned tool.

Impact of Computerized Prescription on Medication Errors and Workflow Efficiency in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Quasi-Experimental Three-Phase Study.

Background: Neonates are highly vulnerable to preventable medication errors due to their extensive exposure to medications in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). These errors, which can be made by medical, nursing, or pharmacy personnel, are costly and can be life-threatening. This study aimed to investigate the newly developed computerized neonatal pharmaceutical health care system (NPHCS) in terms of its ability to (1) minimize neonatal medication prescription errors (NMPEs) and (2) improve workflow efficiency compared with the traditional manual prescribing approach.

Coronaviruses in children: A review of potential mechanisms of childhood protection.

Aim: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread worldwide and the number of cases continues to rise exponentially. Epidemiologic reports indicate that severity of illness increases with age. However, the reasons behind the relative protection of children and infants are unclear.

Esophageal atresia: Associated anomalies, mortality, and morbidity in Jordan.

Background: Esophageal atresia is a developmental disorder in which the upper and lower esophagus fail to connect. It has an estimated prevalence of 1 in 2,500-4,500 live births and has poorer outcomes in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. This study focused on the disorder's epidemiology, morbidity, and mortality in Jordan to address the lack of data regarding esophageal atresia in this country.

The enigma of gastroesophageal reflux disease among convalescing infants in the NICU: It is time to rethink.

Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) can be a normal physiological process, or can be bothersome, when aerodigestive consequences are associated; the latter is often interpreted as GER disease (GERD). However, the distinction between these two entities remains an enigma among infants surviving after neonatal intensive care (NICU) care. Symptoms related to GERD are heterogeneous, and are often managed with changes in diet, feeding methods, and acid suppressive therapy.

Diversity of toxin genotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates from feces of infants.

Introduction: This study investigated the most important epidemiological characteristics of strains colonizing the intestine of Jordanian infants.

Methods: A total of 302 fecal samples were collected from Jordanian infants aged ≤ 1 year from patients hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit and from the outpatient department. Samples were cultured for detection of and evaluation of their antimicrobial resistance; identification of their potential toxins genes was performed using PCR.

Chelation therapy for secondary neonatal iron over load: Lessons learned from rhesus hemolytic disease.

Khdair-Ahmad F, Aladily T, Khdair-Ahmad O, Badran EF. Chelation therapy for secondary neonatal iron overload: Lessons learned from rhesus hemolytic disease. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 335-339.

Dietary factors and their association with childhood obesity in the Middle East: A systematic review.

Background:: Childhood obesity is a global epidemic that is related to environmental and genetic factors and has adverse consequences throughout life, being obese is a serious health problem in childhood and increases the risk of many co-morbidities.

Aim:: The purpose of this systematic review is to illustrate that dietary factors correlate with obesity among children studied in the Middle East area.

Methods:: Studies were screened by searching two databases in August 2017 and considered as eligible for inclusion if they: (a) are observational studies, (b) define at least one dietary factor for obese children aged 6-12 years, (c) are undertaken in the Middle East area, and (d) are written in English.

Epidemiological Features of Colonizing the Intestine of Jordanian Infants.

is commonly found in the intestine of infants without causing any disease. This study investigated the most important epidemiological features of strains colonizing intestine of Jordanian infants. A total of 287 fecal samples were collected from infants admitted to the Jordan University Hospital (JUH) over the period of 2015.

Level, Causes and Risk Factors of Neonatal Mortality, in Jordan: Results of a National Prospective Study.

Objective: The present study aimed at assessment of the magnitude of neonatal mortality in Jordan, and its causes and associated factors.

Methods: Through a multistage sampling technique, a total of 21,928 deliveries with a gestational period ≥20 weeks from 18 hospitals were included in the study. The status of their babies 28 days after birth, whether dead or alive, was ascertained.

Effects of perinatal risk factors on common neonatal respiratory morbidities beyond 36 weeks of gestation.

Objective: To assess the incidence of respiratory morbidity (RM) in all single live neonates born more than 36 weeks of gestation, and the effects of perinatal characteristics on these morbidities.

Methods: This is a prospective hospital based study covering a 12-month period. The study took place at the Department of Pediatrics, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan, between January and December 2009.

Detection of novel LAMA3 mutation in Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa in a Jordanian family.

The Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa (H-JEB) subtype usually presents as a severe lethal inherited variant of epidermolysis bullosa (EB) caused by a homozygous mutation in the genes LAMA3, LMAB3, or LAMAC3. Each gene encodes one of the three chains of heterotrimer laminin-332 proteins (including the alpha-3 chain, beta-3 chain and gamma-2-chain) responsible for the adherence of the epidermis to the underlying dermis. The aim of this report is to add to the existing knowledge about EB by describing a novel mutation in a gene responsible for genodermatosis.

Epidemiological characteristics of Candida species colonizing oral and rectal sites of Jordanian infants.

Background: There is evidence that Candida colonization contributes to increasing invasion of candidiasis in hospitalized neonates. Few studies investigated the epidemiology and risk factors of Candida colonization among hospitalized and non-hospitalized infants. This prospective study investigated the major epidemiological characteristics of Candida species colonizing oral and rectal sites of Jordanian infants.

Epidemiology and clinical outcome of candidaemia among Jordanian newborns over a 10-year period.

This retrospective study includes all newborn patients with culture proved candidaemia who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of Jordan University Hospital through the period January 1995 to June 2006. Among 24 patients included, 13 (54.2%) died.