Performance of ICD-10-based injury severity scores in pediatric trauma patients using the ICD-AIS map and survival rate ratios.

Objective: The performance of injury severity scores, used widely to quantify injury severity and predict outcomes, has not been investigated in German pediatric cases. This study aims to identify the most feasible and accurate injury score predictor of mortality in German children with trauma using International Classification of Diseases 10 (ICD-10).

Study Design And Setting: Between 2014 and 2020, a retrospective observational cohort study of hospital admissions cases aged < 18 years with injury-related ICD-10 codes using the German hospital database (GHD) was conducted.

Short-term outcomes of asphyxiated neonates depending on requirement for transfer in the first 24 h of life.

Importance: In neonates with birth asphyxia (BA) and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, therapeutic hypothermia (TH), initiated within six hours, is the only safe and established neuroprotective measure to prevent secondary brain injury. Infants born outside of TH centers have delayed access to cooling.

Objective: To compare in-hospital mortality, occurrence of seizures, and functional status at discharge in newborns with BA depending on postnatal transfer for treatment to another hospital within 24 h of admission (transferred (TN) versus non-transferred neonates (NTN)).

Current practice of intracranial pressure monitoring in children with severe traumatic brain injury-a nationwide prospective surveillance study in Germany.

Background: For management of severe traumatic brain injuries (sTBI) in children, the overall level of evidence to guide diagnostic and therapeutic procedures is low. Since 2016, international guidelines have subsequently suggested invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring in patients with initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≤8. In Germany, ICP monitoring was an individual case decision from 2011 until the 2022 update of the German pediatric TBI guideline.

Determinants of human papillomavirus vaccine hesitancy among Lebanese parents.

Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection. HPV is responsible for cancer of cervix uteri. Despite its safety and immunogenicity, HPV vaccine hesitancy is one of the most challenging topics that pediatricians face.

Breastfeeding and Readmission for Hyperbilirubinemia in Late Preterm and Term Infants in Beirut, Lebanon.

Objective: To determine whether exclusive breastfeeding is associated with readmission of jaundiced newborns.

Methods: We retrieved medical records of 51 consecutive neonates >35 weeks with jaundice who were readmitted to the hospital, and compared to 164 controls. Data on gender, gestational age, birth weight, mode of delivery, feeding, bilirubin levels and breastfeeding counseling were analyzed.