Age-corrected development of preterm children: a population-based study.

Background: The standard practice to account for expected developmental lags in preterm children is calculating their age as if born on their expected delivery date. We aimed to assess the accuracy of standard age correction in a large and diverse population.

Methods: Routine surveillance data was extracted from a national network of mother-child clinics covering over 70% of the Israeli population.

Sex-Specific Developmental Scales for Surveillance.

Background: Developmental surveillance, conducted routinely worldwide, is fundamental for early detection of children at risk for developmental delay. We aimed to explore sex-related difference in attainment rates of developmental milestones and to evaluate the clinical need for separate sex-specific scales.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, natiowide retrospective study, utilizing data from a national child surveillance program of ∼1000 maternal child health clinics.

Interprofessional online course for telehealth delivery of pediatric developmental services.

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of an interprofessional telehealth course developed based on a collaborative needs assessment of professionals working in community-based child-development units.

Materials And Methods: Ninety-six pediatric therapists, including psychologists, social workers, speech-language pathologists, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists, participated in a 10-week, 30-hour online training on best practices in telehealth delivered according to adult learning theory guidelines. Participants reported their telehealth competencies before and after the training using a questionnaire developed for the study.

Assessing the Attainment Rates of Updated CDC Milestones Using a New Israeli Developmental Scale.

Objectives: Developmental milestones norms are widely used worldwide and are fundamental for early childhood developmental surveillance. We compared a new Israeli evidence-based national developmental scale with the recently updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) checklists.

Methods: We used a cohort of nearly 4.

Standardization of a Developmental Milestone Scale Using Data From Children in Israel.

Importance: Routine developmental screening tests for children are used worldwide for early detection of developmental delays. However, assessment of developmental milestone norms lacks strong normative data, and there are inconsistencies among different screening tools.

Objective: To establish milestone norms and build an updated developmental scale.

[RARE DISEASES DTC: DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CARE].

Rare diseases are chronic, progressive genetic disorders, which affect around 6-8% of the general population, mainly children. Therefore, in Israel approximately 500,000 people are probably affected by a rare disease. In this article, we review some of the issues pertaining to rare diseases, such as the need for accurate diagnosis which is necessary not only for specific care and treatment but also for informed family planning.

Severe esophageal damage due to button battery ingestion: can it be prevented?

Batteries represent less than 2% of foreign bodies ingested by children, but in the last 2 decades, the frequency has continuously increased. Most ingestions have an uneventful course, but those that lodge in the esophagus can lead to serious complications and even death. Medline was used to search the English medical literature, combining "button battery" and "esophageal burn" as keywords.