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Shaikh et al identify independent prognostic factors for the development of renal scarring and combine these factors in prediction models that might identify children and adolescents with urinary tract infections (UTIs) at high risk.

More et al conduct a meta-narrative review of the efficacy and safety of minimally invasive surfactant administration in preterm infants with or at risk for respiratory distress syndrome.

Kaufman and colleagues determine if nonsterile glove use after hand hygiene before all patient and venous catheter contact, compared with hand hygiene alone, prevents late-onset infections in preterm infants. See also the editorial by Coffin.

Shashaj et al assess whether insulin resistance and metabolic abnormalities are detectable at the onset of obesity and to unravel the interplay among adiposity, insulin resistance, and other such abnormalities. Patients with new-onset overweight or obesity underwent clinical laboratory testing and ultrasonographic investigations of fatty liver.

Goodman and colleagues aimed to estimate adverse clinical outcomes associated with weekend admission in the first hospitalization of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed leukemia. Hagan provided a related .

Rosen and colleagues determine if acid suppression use results in gastric bacterial overgrowth, if there are changes in lung microflora associated with the use of gastric bacterial overgrowth, and if changes in lung microflora are related to full-column nonacid gastroesophageal reflux.

DiClemente et al evaluate the efficacy of a telephone counseling prevention maintenance intervention to sustain sexually transmitted infection (STI)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–preventive behaviors and reduce incident STIs during a 36-month follow-up.

This randomized trial evaluated whether the Prompting Asthma Intervention in Rochester–Uniting Parents and Providers (PAIR-UP) intervention improved the delivery of preventive care and reduced morbidity for urban children with asthma.

This retrospective study demonstrates a significant practice change in the management of newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia at a pediatric care tertiary care hospital surrounding revision of management guidelines for childhood immune thrombocytopenia from the American Society of Hematology.