Is neurodevelopment impaired in Brazilian children with intestinal failure on prolonged parenteral nutrition? A single center study.

Purpose: To assess the neurodevelopment outcomes of children younger than 42 months of age with intestinal failure (IF) using prolonged parenteral nutrition (PN) followed by a Pediatric Multidisciplinary Intestinal Rehabilitation Program from a public tertiary hospital in Brazil.

Methods: Bayley III scale was administered in children aged 2 to 42 months with IF and receiving PN for more than 60 days. Composite scores in cognitive, motor, and language domains were analyzed.

Self-reported social media use by adolescents in Brazil: a school-based survey.

Objective: Although there is a general perception that adolescent social media use is a global phenomenon, there is a scarcity of data on patterns and preferences of social media use among youth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We here describe self-reported prevalence and perceived effects of social media use in a school-based sample of Brazilian adolescents.

Methods: We analyzed cross-sectional data on 7,113 adolescents aged 14 to 16 years enrolled at 101 public state schools between 2018 and 2019 in Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Aspiration in the First Year of Life and Later Tube Feeding: A Retrospective Cohort from a Low-Income Country.

The objective of this study is to investigate in infants submitted to videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) during the first year of life, the association between aspiration and later tube feeding, and to identify potential risk factors related to feeding route outcome. Retrospective cohort study with data from electronic health records was performed. Data were collected from infants < 12 months of age who underwent VFSS during inpatient hospital stay in the period between 2013 and 2018.

Influence of intra- and extrauterine factors on infant sleep in the first 6 months of life.

Objective: Infant sleep problems can affect the child's health. Maternal characteristics have been associated with the quality of infant sleep, but few studies have investigated the impact of intrauterine conditions. The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between adverse intrauterine environments (maternal smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and intrauterine growth restriction) and extrauterine factors on infant sleep in the first 6 months of life.