The relationship of vitamin D deficiency and childhood diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of childhood diarrhea. We aim to carry out a review and meta-analysis of the evidence relating vitamin D insufficiency to childhood diarrhea.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Ovid, Scopus, and Cochrane Library (from inception to August 2022), then independently reviewed the eligibility, and read full-text reviews for selected articles.

Prophylactic Antibiotics to Prevent Cholangitis in Children with Biliary Atresia After Kasai Portoenterostomy: A Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: A connection between the bowel and bile ducts after the Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE) procedure poses a risk of ascending cholangitis. There were only a few evidence-based consensuses on the benefits of prophylactic antibiotics. This study aims to assess the value of prophylactic antibiotics in reducing the risk of cholangitis following the Kasai HPE procedure.

Role of ursodeoxycholic acid in neonatal indirect hyperbilirubinemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Neonatal jaundice is a transitional phenomenon affecting three out of five full-term newborns globally. Ursodeoxycholic acid could be beneficial in neonatal jaundice needing phototherapy.  METHODS: We searched PubMed, EBSCO, ProQuest, and Cochrane Library up to August 21, 2021, for articles to be reviewed.

Relationship of Functional Constipation and Growth Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: Functional constipation (FC) and malnutrition are 2 of the most common diseases affecting children worldwide with long-term consequences. We hereby performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to analyze the relationship between these 2 entities.

Methods: We searched PubMed, American Academics of Pediatrics (AAP), Cochrane, ClinicalTrials.