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31 August 2024
Effect of probiotic administration to breastfeeding mothers with very low birthweight neonates on some neonatal and maternal outcomes: study protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialMaryam Alikamali, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Manizheh Mostafa Gharehbaghi, Aziz Homayouni-Rad, Zahra Fardiazar, Mahnaz Shahnazi
29 August 2024
Shared characteristics of intervention techniques for oral vocabulary and speech comprehensibility in preschool children with co-occurring features of developmental language disorder and speech sound disorder: a systematic review with narrative synthesisLucy Rodgers, Nicola Botting, Sam Harding, Martin Cartwright, Meriem Amer-El-khedoud, Rosalind Herman
28 August 2024
The spectrum of acute illness and mortality of children and adolescents presenting to emergency services in Sanghar district hospital, Pakistan: a prospective cohort studyFiona Muttalib, Zahid Ali Memon, Shah Muhammad, Asif Soomro, Samia Khan, Shazia Bano, Muhammad Jawwad, Sajid Soofi, Bettina Hansen, Neill KJ Adhikari, Zulfiqar Bhutta
22 August 2024
Treating severe paediatric asthma with mepolizumab or omalizumab: a protocol for the TREAT randomised non-inferiority trialVictoria Cornelius, Daphne Babalis, William D Carroll, Steven Cunningham, Louise Fleming, Erol Gaillard, Atul Gupta, Leila Janani, Erika Kennington, Clare Murray, Prasad Nagakumar, Graham Roberts, Paul Seddon, Ian Sinha, Claire StreatfieldSee the full list of authors
21 August 2024
Recombinant fragment of human surfactant protein D to prevent neonatal chronic lung disease (RESPONSE): a protocol for a phase I safety trial in a tertiary neonatal unitReena Bhatt, Jens Madsen, Tania Castillo-Hernandez, Kathy Chant, Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, Neil Marlow, Howard Clark
17 August 2024
Management of febrile convulsion in home settings: a qualitative study of multiple caregiver practices in the Cape Coast Metropolis in GhanaBernard Afriyie Owusu
13 August 2024
Characteristics of effective parent-mediated interventions for parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders in rural areas: a systematic review protocolJulia Cullenward, Michael Curtin, Vagner Dos Santos
13 August 2024
Efficacy and safety of low-dose sesame oral immunotherapy in paediatric patients: a protocol for a single-centre, randomised controlled trialJoanna Zielinska, Wioletta Zagórska, Anna Krupa-Łaska, Klementyna Łyżwa, Zbigniew Lewandowski, Marek Kulus, Katarzyna Grzela
12 August 2024
Lactoferrin and lysozyme to promote nutritional, clinical and enteric recovery: a protocol for a factorial, blinded, placebo-controlled randomised trial among children with diarrhoea and malnutrition (the Boresha Afya trial)Ruchi Tiwari, Kirkby D Tickell, Emily Yoshioka, Joyce Otieno, Adeel Shah, Barbra A Richardson, Lucia Keter, Maureen Okello, Churchil Nyabinda, Indi Trehan, Christine J McGrath, Arianna Rubin Means, Eric R Houpt, Jie Liu, James A Platts-MillsSee the full list of authors
9 August 2024