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2024

Volume 4, Issue 1, p1-40

Articles published in this issue are Open Access and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY NC) where the readers can reuse, download, distribute the article in whole or part by mentioning proper credits to the authors.

Research Article Open Access

A community-based cross-sectional study of neonatal hypothermia and its associated factors among neonates in Shebadino woreda, Sidama region, South Ethiopia

Gizu Tola Feyisa, Andargachew Kassa, Belay Amare, Shambel Negese, Shimelis Tadese, Melkamu Getu Wondimu, Derebe Chekol, Beshatu Berkessa Tola

The necessity of a warm environment for the care of low-birth-weight newborns was first recognized in the early 1900s [1]. In 1992, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the guideline for the prevention and management of hypothermia. It is defined as a drop in a newborn's body temperature below 36.5°C (97.7°F) before the age of 28 days.

J Clin Pediatr Neonatol, 2024, Volume 4, Issue 1, p1-13 | DOI: 10.46439/pediatrics.4.023

Commentary Open Access

Compassion fatigue: The trojan horse in nursing

Jodi Collier

Nurses are leaving the profession at an alarming rate [1]. Like soldiers on the battlefield, many nurses post pandemic are left alive but injured, with a catalogue of emotional experiences to wrestle with. Using Stamm’s [2] breakdown, Compassion fatigue (CF) can be understood as the combination burnout and secondary trauma.

J Clin Pediatr Neonatol, 2024, Volume 4, Issue 1, p14-15 | DOI: 10.46439/pediatrics.4.025

Research Article Open Access

Withstanding the COVID19 pandemic - A tertiary children’s hospital’s commitment to equitable care

Alicia D. Menchaca, MD, Candace C. Style, MD, MS, Mehak Chawla, MBA, BS, Allie Kouche, Maria Burdjalov, Tyler A. Kyhl, MS, BS, Benedict C. Nwomeh MD, MPH, Oluyinka O. Olutoye, M.D, Ph. D

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical procedures performed among pediatric patients in the United States [1]. The pathophysiology of the disease begins with luminal obstruction of the appendix, leading to venous congestion, with eventual arterial inflow obstruction, and finally luminal rupture, resulting in spillage of enteric contents into the abdominal cavity.

J Clin Pediatr Neonatol, 2024, Volume 4, Issue 1, p16-21 | DOI: 10.46439/pediatrics.4.026

Commentary Open Access

Evaluation of chronic pediatric diarrhea: use of newer imaging tools – a more practical approach

Atul Kapoor

Diarrhea in children has a worldwide prevalence and it is estimated that more than 5 million children succumb to the disease worldwide and is the fifth largest cause of mortality in third-world countries [1]. An operative definition of diarrhea as proposed by the World Health Organization refers to the passage of three or more loose or liquid stools per day or more frequently than is normal for the individual based on the duration of symptoms it can be classified as acute –i.e. less than 14 days duration and chronic if more than three weeks duration [2].

J Clin Pediatr Neonatol, 2024, Volume 4, Issue 1, p22-24 | DOI: 10.46439/pediatrics.4.027

Commentary Open Access

Plastic compounds and liver diseases in pediatrics: Navigating the hazards

Sonal Sangwan, Rajasri Bhattacharyya, Dibyajyoti Banerjee

Recent research underscores the risk posed by plastic compounds to pediatric liver health. These compounds can permeate the maternal-fetal-child barrier through the placenta and breastfeeding, exposing fetus/child to potential harm during crucial developmental stages [1,2].

J Clin Pediatr Neonatol, 2024, Volume 4, Issue 1, p25-27 | DOI: 10.46439/pediatrics.4.028

Commentary Open Access

Prenatal phenotype-genotype discordance allows for earlier identification of disorders of sexual development

Maya Muhanna, Brandon Godinich, Stephanie Stokes, Lee D. Moore, Natalia Schlabritz-Lutsevich M.D., PhD, James Maher III, M.D., Lawrence Devoe M.D

Disorders of sexual development (DSD) are a spectrum of conditions characterized by abnormal chromosomal, gonadal or phenotypic sex, leading to atypical development of the urogenital tract [1]. Recently, Snipes et al. presented a case of a 46 XY DSD patient whose condition was caused by a rare genetic mutation, identified by a workup initiated after discovering a discrepancy between the genetic sex on the Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) and the phenotypic sex on the 20-week ultrasound (US) [2].

J Clin Pediatr Neonatol, 2024, Volume 4, Issue 1, p28-31 | DOI: 10.46439/pediatrics.4.029

Review Article Open Access

Our experience in providing anesthesia during surgical interventions for necrotizing enterocolitis

Nasibova E.M, Rahimova K.H.S

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the most common serious acquired diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, both in full-term and premature infants. Studies show that the incidence of NEC among newborns is 2.4 per 1000 children. It was found that NEC in premature newborns occurs 12 times more often than in full-term patients [1].

J Clin Pediatr Neonatol, 2024, Volume 4, Issue 1, p32-40 | DOI: 10.46439/pediatrics.4.030

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