P-Wave Axis of Schoolchildren Who Were Once Breastfed.

Background: It has been known for decades that breastfeeding leads to a lower risk of asthma, respiratory infections, or metabolic syndrome at school age. In addition, evidence is now accumulating on the influence of breast milk on the shape, volume, or function of the heart and lungs. Within this field of research into the effects of breast milk on the structure of the heart and lungs, we have set out to analyze the differential electrocardiographic characteristics of schoolchildren who were once breastfed.

Physiological responses and behavioural organization of very low birth weight infants during swaddled versus traditional weighing.

Aim: Despite the consequences of neonatal distress and agitation, preterm infants undergo stress owing to weighing procedures. The objective of this study was to enable very low birth weight infants to maintain adequate self-regulation during weighing.

Design: This prospective crossover study utilizes a within-subjects design, where intervention days were compared to control days.

The role of human milk feeds on inotrope use in newborn infants with sepsis.

Background: Regarding neonatal hypotension, there is no certainty as to whether inotrope properties are beneficial or whether they may be harmful. However, given that the antioxidant content of human milk plays a compensatory role in neonatal sepsis and that human milk feeding has direct effects in modulating the cardiovascular function of sick neonates, this research hypothesized that human milk feeds might predict lower requirements of vasopressors in the management of neonatal septic shock.

Method: Between January 2002 and December 2017, all late preterm and full-term infants attending a neonatal intensive care unit, with clinical and laboratory findings of bacterial or viral sepsis, were identified in a retrospective study.

Children First, a Debate on the Restrictions to Tackle COVID-19.

Sometimes, when a public health disaster strikes, mandatory freedom-limiting restrictions must be enforced in order to save lives. During the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, the customary and necessary exchange of ideas in academia drastically changed in most countries, and the absence of debate on the restrictions enforced became evident. Now that the pandemic seems to be drawing to an end, the aim of this article is to spark clinical and public debate on the ethical issues concerning pediatric COVID-19 mandates in an attempt to analyze what happened.

A Preliminary Study on Acute Otitis Media in Spanish Children with Late Dinner Habits.

Unlabelled: The timing of caloric intake plays an important role in the long-term process that leads to communicable diseases. The primary objective of this study was to analyse whether children who ate dinner early were at lower risks of acute respiratory infections than children who ate dinner late during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to December 2020 on children attending Majorcan emergency services.

Can Breastfeeding Protect from Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)? A Preliminary Study.

Background: Breastfeeding prevents Kawasaki disease (KD), as well as several autoimmune disorders. Since there is an overlap between the Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in children following SARS-CoV-2 infection (MIS-C) and KD, this case series aims to analyze the association between breastfeeding and MIS-C.

Methods: A series of 16 cases of children with MIS-C admitted to three pediatric facilities between January 2021 and May 2022 were conducted.

Does breastfeeding protect children from COVID-19? An observational study from pediatric services in Majorca, Spain.

Background: It has been demonstrated that children who had been breastfed remain better protected against various infections, and notably respiratory tract infections, well beyond infancy. Since the role of breastfeeding to explain why children are less affected by COVID-19 has not been studied until now, the aim of this study was to determine whether any history of breastfeeding reduces the incidence rate of COVID-19 in children.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of an observational study on clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 in Majorca.

Re: "COVID-19: A Redox Disease-What a Stress Pandemic Can Teach Us About Resilience and What We May Learn from the Reactive Species Interactome About Its Treatment" by Cumpstey et al.

Cumpstey (Antioxid Redox Signal 2021;10.1089/ars.2021.