BMC Pediatrics

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This journal publishes research on child health and development, with a focus on pediatric conditions, screening, and interventions. Articles cover topics such as newborn screening for various conditions, vision and refractive error management in children, the impact of weight status on physical activity, treatment-seeking delays for childhood illnesses like pneumonia, surgical procedures for pediatric conditions, genetic disorders affecting neurodevelopment, nutritional status and feeding practices, cerebral palsy and its associated impairments, the influence of food insecurity on child health, the integration of artificial intelligence in pediatrics, congenital myasthenic syndromes, motor development in young children, the epidemiology of acute respiratory infections, orthopedic treatments for hip dysplasia, the prevalence of sight-threatening disorders in newborns, quality assessment of genetic newborn screening reports, dietary interventions for Crohn's disease, screening for G6PD deficiency in neonates, biomarkers for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, risk factors for severe Epstein-Barr virus infection, and neonatal mortality rates. The scope also includes studies on sleep duration and blood pressure in adolescents.

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