Acta Paediatrica

Papers
(The TQCC of Acta Paediatrica is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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The neurobiology of hatred: Tools of Dialogue© intervention for youth reared amidst intractable conflict impacts brain, behaviour, and peacebuilding attitudes374
Adalbert Czerny (1863–1941) and his contribution to the fight against infant mortality88
Less invasive surfactant administration by umbilical catheter is safe and effective for treating respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants69
Prediction scores based on neonatal inflammatory markers for chorioamnionitis and funisitis in extremely low gestational age neonates67
Response to the Letter to the Editor “Erythrocyte transfusions and retinopathy of prematurity: Plea for application of the two‐phase theory” by Emrani et al., 202365
Attitudes and values towards decisions at the margin of viability among expectant mothers at risk for preterm birth55
Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy with biopsy in paediatric feeding disorders54
COVID‐19 clinical manifestations in children: What is the impact of the different SARS‐CoV‐2 variants and do we need to distinguish between different respiratory viruses?52
What is cerebral blood volume good for?52
The Emerging Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Primary Diagnostic Tool for Paediatric Tracheomalacia49
Young investigator award 202349
Issue Information45
No pain, neurodevelopmental gain: Time to avoid painful placebo injections in neonatal research41
Validation of child‐adapted short scales for measuring gastrointestinal‐specific avoidance and anxiety39
Psychometric properties of the ScreenQ for measuring digital media use in Portuguese young children38
Being affiliated to a cystic fibrosis centre is important for parents' everyday life37
Antibiotic use in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS‐CoV‐236
Evolution of early cerebral NIRS in hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy34
Lithium use during breastfeeding was safe in healthy full‐term infants under strict monitoring30
Weight gain in infancy and markers of cardiometabolic health in young adulthood29
Changes in perceived parental self‐efficacy after a Child‐Centred Health Dialogue about preventing obesity29
The moral risk of methodological purity28
Issue highlights26
The measles, mumps, rubella, varicella vaccination was safe in children with acute egg food protein‐induced enterocolitis syndrome but anxiety was high26
Pharmacological Strategies for High‐Output Ileostomies in Children: A Narrative Review26
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Predictors of language and reading outcomes in 12‐year‐old children born very preterm25
Parent–child interaction after home‐visiting intervention for children born extremely preterm–A randomised clinical trial24
Five‐year neurodevelopmental assessment of extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight infants: Association with school performance23
Medicines to children: It is time to close the knowledge gaps23
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Early hyperglycaemia was linked to a risk of late‐onset sepsis in very low birth weight preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit22
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination Is Associated With Increased Odds of Preterm Birth22
Neurodevelopmental problems and quality of life in 6‐year‐olds with a history of developmental language disorder22
The ability of Bayley‐III scores to predict later intelligence in children born extremely preterm21
Trust in medical professionals and its influence on the stress experience of parents of premature infants21
Decrease in paediatric emergency room visits during the COVID‐19 pandemic restrictions: A population‐based study21
Delaying cord clamping for more than 1 minute after vaginal deliveries appeared to result in smoother cardiocirculatory transition21
Insulin resistance and glucose metabolism abnormalities in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis19
Swedish translation of the iSUPPORT rights‐based standards to support paediatric patients having a clinical procedure19
Parental perspectives of outcomes following very preterm birth: Seeing the good, not just the bad19
Trajectories of social outcomes in individuals born very preterm from childhood to adolescence19
Management of prolonged meconium evacuation in preterm infants: A survey‐based analysis in German Neonatal Intensive Care Units18
Severe Neonatal Morbidity Across Gestational Age: Monitoring Infants at High Risk of Mortality18
Mind the gap‐missing device on the shelf? Retrospective experience with 5/7 Occlutech duct Occluder18
Breastfed infants exposed to lamotrigine faced a low risk of toxic effects18
Early psychomotor therapy in very preterm infants does not improve Bayley‐III scales at 2 years18
Being Born Small for Gestational Age or With Intrauterine Growth Restriction Impairs Adult Anthropometric Development18
Noise on NICU and during neonatal inter‐hospital transport: Further interpretation of the acoustic findings17
Capnometry during neonatal transport—Mini review17
Sleeping it off? The value of sleep in children treated for obesity16
Benign acute myositis: Aetiology, treatment and evolution. Five‐year experience at a tertiary hospital16
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Facilitators and constraints to family integrated care in low‐resource settings informed the adaptation in Uganda16
EBNEO Commentary: Effect of treatment of clinical seizures vs electrographic seizures in full‐term and near‐term neonates: A randomised clinical trial16
Less or later: Treatment dilemmas in congenital nephrotic syndrome15
Intensive care in children with non‐Hodgkin lymphoma in Sweden15
Antibiotic prescriptions to children with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis15
Family involvement as a strategy to enhance patient care in low‐income country hospitals despite limited resources15
Respiratory insufficiency as a presenting symptom of congenital myasthenic syndromes14
Challenges of parenting children born before 24 weeks of gestation14
Evaluating the Baby@Home program: Early discharge strategies for (pre)term infants are safe and benefit health outcomes14
A National Survey on Paediatric Gastroenterologists' Role in Caring for Anorectal Malformations and Hirschsprung's Disease14
Association of temperature and absolute humidity with incidence of exercise‐induced bronchoconstriction in children14
Negative associations between step‐up height and waist circumference in 8‐year‐old children and their parents14
Diet plays a central role in parental self‐treatment of children with Hirschsprung’s disease—a qualitative study14
Sexual health in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease – The paediatric gastroenterologists' point of view14
Surfactant administration during endotracheal CPAP: Feasibility, risk factors for failure and short‐term outcomes of DD‐SURF13
Role of the supinator muscle in the pathophysiological mechanism of a pulled elbow13
Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure: A 20‐year retrospective review of a tertiary paediatric liver centre13
EBNEO Commentary: Nasal high‐flow therapy during neonatal endotracheal intubation13
Surfactant administration during endotracheal CPAP—Is DD‐Surf comparable to LISA?13
Infants With a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Had Favourable Pulmonary Hypertension Outcomes at 1 Year of Age13
Adherence to blood culture extraction guidelines and contamination risk in paediatric patients13
Need for accuracy in diagnostic evaluation of infant intracranial injuries13
Misses and Near Misses in Paediatric Appendicitis: An Eight‐Year, Single‐Centre Retrospective Review13
Development and Evaluation of a New Gastroenteritis Clinical Severity Score for Children Aged Under 513
Generic Health‐Related Quality of Life of Children With Severe Peanut or Tree Nut Allergy13
NICU parents' mental health: A comparative study with parents of term and healthy infants12
Strategy of changing from tracheostomy and non‐invasive mechanical ventilation to diaphragm pacing in children with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome12
Children with higher screen time exposure were less likely to show patience and to make school friends at 4–6 years of age12
Problematic smartphone use: What can teenagers and parents do to reduce use?12
The prevalence of familial vesicoureteric reflux in infants with normal antenatal scans12
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Issue Information12
Preterm birth rates among twins during the Danish COVID‐19 lockdown and when restrictions were relaxed12
Hypocarbia is associated with adverse outcomes in hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE)12
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Issue highlights June 202212
Preterm birth rates were slightly lower in Denmark during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic compared with the previous 4 years12
The impact of the COVID pandemic on prematurity rates: Conflicting results, publication ethics and academic frustration11
Proteomic profiles in cerebrospinal fluid predicted death and disability in term infants with perinatal asphyxia: A pilot study11
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EBNEO commentary: Surfactant administration via laryngeal mask airway versus brief tracheal intubation in preterm infants11
Gratitude, fragility and strength: Perspectives of adults born preterm about prematurity11
Mild coronary artery dilatation developed in some children with mild COVID‐19 but completely regressed within 3 months11
Complication rate after gastrostomy placement in children can be reduced by simple surgical steps11
Morbidity and mortality in extremely premature infants with a birth weight ≤500 g10
Extrasystoles or short bradycardias of the newborn seldom require subsequent 24‐hour electrocardiographic monitoring10
An educational reform in Sweden with unintended negative health effects10
Admission diagnostics for SARS‐CoV‐2 and other respiratory viruses10
Increasing emergency department visits for anaphylaxis in very early childhood: A canary in the coal mine10
A review of the characteristics, mechanisms and clinical significance of habituation in foetuses and newborn infants10
Child health professionals' experiences of the introduction and successful implementation of rotavirus vaccination in Sweden10
EBNEO Commentary: Intubation competence during neonatal fellowship training—A trainee’s perspective10
Abusive head trauma and crying infant–Public awareness of newborn and infant trauma10
Analysis of age at detection and outcomes of dense unilateral congenital cataract surgery for children on the paediatric cataract register10
Pneumonia, wheezing and asthma were more common in children after thymectomy due to open‐heart surgery10
Parental sociodemographic characteristics and mental health referrals by nurses in Swedish child health centres10
How to tackle over‐labelling of antibiotic allergy in children: A clear and safe procedure10
Letter in response to ‘Trust in medical professionals and its influence on the stress experience of parents of premature infants’10
Intrauterine exposure to maternal opioid maintenance treatment and associated risk factors may impair child growth10
Systematic review of environmental noise in neonatal intensive care units10
Observational study showed that using video consultations was a viable way of delivering an early discharge programme for preterm infants10
Weight status changes from childhood to adulthood were associated with cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood9
Parents want Swedish child health services to focus more on motor development and practical advice9
Unravelling the epidemiology and clinical impact of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in neonates9
Hearing impairment among children in Sweden with foreign‐born parents and natives: A national Swedish study9
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The term haemodynamic significance should be avoided when treating premature infants with patent ductus arteriosus9
Higher lumbar puncture site is associated with relative greater amount of cerebral spinal fluid in neonates ‐ A prospective ultrasound study9
National protocol led to significant improvements in follow‐up programmes for very low birth weight or very preterm infants9
International project on troublesome symptoms in paediatric palliative care will focus on neuro‐irritability, dystonia and sleep disorders9
Urinary tract infections in young infants with a normal urine dipstick9
Universal healthy school start intervention reduced the body mass index of young children with obesity9
Obladen, M. The Newborn. A cultural and medical history. Oxford, UK. Oxford University Press, 2021. 464 pp9
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Anomalous aortic origin of coronary artery: For a challenging diagnosis, a transthoracic echocardiogram is recommended9
Considerable paediatric drug dispensing – A nationwide study of more than 2 million Swedish children9
Impact of a family‐centred clinical care programme on short‐term outcomes of very low‐birth weight infants8
Limitations of thoracic impedance monitoring for central apnoea detection in preterm infants8
Issue highlights8
Signs of perceptual disorder during movement were reliably assessed in children with cerebral palsy in Sweden8
Prevalence and risk factors of discomfort in infants with severe bronchiolitis8
The predictive value of the ages and stages questionnaire in late infancy for low average cognitive ability at age 58
Systematic review and meta‐analysis showed that complementary and alternative medicines were not effective for infantile colic8
Studies in children with obesity in two European treatment centres show a high prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism in the Swedish cohort8
Food allergy in preschool age: Knowledge evaluation of teachers and educational assistants8
Screening for SARS‐CoV‐2 in non‐symptomatic students and staff shows safe school openings under varying incidence with sufficient mandatory measures8
Overuse of EEG and ECG in children with breath‐holding spells and its implication for the management of the spells8
Online care helped to maintain breastfeeding support during the COVID‐19 pandemic in an Italian Baby Friendly Community8
Vaccinating children and adolescents against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)—The Israeli experience8
Clarifying COVID‐19 impact on diagnosis and clinical presentation of celiac disease in children8
Clinical features, diagnosis and therapy of familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis8
Education and supervision have potential to make nursery school teachers and primary health nurses to valuable resources in the identification of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities8
Importance of establishing antibody specificity in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in newborn during the COVID‐19 pandemic8
EBNEO Commentary: Safety and immunogenicity of GBS vaccine in pregnancy and determination of a serocorrelate for infant protection8
Congenital heart disease in Zika virus congenital syndrome: How and when to investigate8
Non‐invasive monitoring of saliva can be used to identify oxidative stress biomarkers in preterm and term newborn infants8
Neonatal isolated rectal bleeding: A case‐control study8
Food selectivity is associated with more severe autism symptoms in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder8
Continuous positive airway pressure treatment may negatively affect auditory maturation in preterm infants8
The ESSENCE‐Q: Can specialist supervision improve scoring agreement across specialist and public health nurses/nursery teachers?8
Cardiovascular changes following cerebral blood flow measurements using Doppler ultrasound in extremely preterm infants7
SQ sublingual immunotherapy tablets for children with allergic rhinitis: A review of phase three trials7
Recommendations of Ancient Greek and Byzantine physicians and philosophers on perinatal nutrition and care7
Maternal nighttime phone use and impacts on daily happiness and exhaustion7
Signal quality of home polygraphy in children and adolescents7
The content, experiences and outcomes of interventions designed to increase early skin‐to‐skin contact in high‐income settings: A mixed‐methods systematic review7
Longitudinal follow‐up on vascular morphology and function in children with kidney transplants7
Action is needed to tackle the clinical, psychological and socioeconomic impact of perinatal COVID‐197
Clinical data on how variants have affected multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children with COVID‐19 have been limited and conflicting7
Antibiotics for the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections in children with neurodisability: Systematic review7
Issue highlights7
Amplitude integrated electroencephalography – Reference values in children aged 2 months to 16 years7
Bilateral Peters' anomaly, aniridia and Wilms tumour (WAGR syndrome) in monozygotic twins7
Role of FEF25–75 in children sent by primary care paediatricians for asthma diagnosis7
Infants born to first‐time mothers with a refugee background faced an increased risk of regulatory problems7
Adolescents with somatic symptom disorder experienced less anxiety and depression than healthy peers during the first COVID‐19 lockdown7
Psychosocial support for refugee parents in well‐baby clinics7
Respiratory outcomes in preterm babies: Is bronchopulmonary dysplasia important?7
Video training program's impact on primary teachers' knowledge on anaphylaxis during 2021–22 school year7
Prolonged fasting‐induced hyperketosis, hypoglycaemia and impaired fat oxidation in child and adult patients with spinal muscular atrophy type II7
Obesity, yet another symptom of a neurodevelopmental disorder7
Breastmilk calcium concentrations in Palestinian lactating women7
COVID‐19 vaccine for young children: Will parents accept it?7
Randomised controlled trial showed long‐term efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of varicella vaccines in Norwegian and Swedish children7
Children exposed to masked adults in the first year of life demonstrated lower expressive vocabulary7
‘Working outside the box’—an interview study regarding manipulation of medicines with registered nurses and pharmacists at a Swedish paediatric hospital7
Off‐label prescription of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID‐19 vaccine to <5‐year‐old children in the European Union7
Prematurity has no impact on the quality of parents' sleep 6 months after birth7
Cross‐sectional study in Madagascar demonstrates efficacy of virtual mentoring and flipped classroom modifications of neonatal resuscitation programme Helping Babies Breathe7
Parents' understanding and experiences of blood component transfusion in the neonatal intensive care unit: A qualitative study7
Individual factors determine how long infants born preterm or with a low birth weight need to be kept in the Kangaroo position7
Characterising the motion and cardiorespiratory interaction of preterm infants can improve the classification of their sleep state7
Exposure to electronic media was negatively associated with speech and language development at 18 and 24 months7
Bacterial resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics was rare among children hospitalised for clinical dysentery7
We need pertussis vaccine that protects children for longer without the adverse effects of whole‐cell versions7
Antenatal steroids and neurodevelopment in 12‐year‐old children born extremely preterm7
Cognition, mental health and quality of life amongst siblings of preterm born children: A systematic review6
A Review of Screening Guidelines for Hypoglycaemia in Infants Born Small for Gestational Age Showed Numerous Differences and Few Certainties6
Penile size in term newborns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia6
Stress and recurrent abdominal pain6
The digital child: A cross‐sectional survey study on the access to electronic devices in paediatrics6
How pioneering paediatrician Andrés Martínez Vargas (1861–1948) improved child health in Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries6
Paracetamol Overdoses Among Danish Adolescents: A COVID‐19 Perspective6
EBNEO commentary: Association between seizures during rewarming after hypothermia therapy for neonatal hypoxic‐ischemic encephalopathy and abnormal neurodevelopmental outcomes6
Serum osteocalcin levels at 4 months of age were associated with neurodevelopment at 4 years of age in term‐born children6
Generation and application of a convolutional neural networks algorithm in evaluating stool consistency in diapers6
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Limited resources restrict the provision of adequate neonatal respiratory care in the countries of Africa6
Use of transcriptomics for diagnosis of infections and sepsis in children: A narrative review6
Mild COVID‐19 in hospitalised infants younger than 90 days6
EBNEO Commentary: Safety and efficacy of erythropoietin in neonates with hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy6
During Three Decades Prenatal Diagnoses of Differences in Sex Development Increased and Gonadectomy Rates Declined6
Children with acute pyelonephritis need medical re‐evaluation when home‐treated with oral antibiotics6
Reference values for cerebral and peripheral tissue oximetry in children: A clinical TDNIRS study6
Resolution of iron deficiency following successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori in children6
Autonomic cardiovascular control is altered by intermittent hypoxia in preterm infants6
Cortical activation and oxygen perfusion in preterm newborns during kangaroo mother care: A pilot study6
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Low Apgar score and need for resuscitation increased the probability of receiving therapeutic hypothermia more strongly than acidosis at birth6
Visits and Hospital Admissions Decreased During COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Pattern Common to Several Highly Developed Countries, Despite Huge Differences in Other Aspects of Disease and Care6
Milk Cereal Drinks, Infant Growth and Later Risk of Obesity6
Airway dysanapsis modulates the link from bronchiolitis to chronic obstruction6
Searching for evidence in neonatology6
Unwarranted geographic variation in paediatric health care in the United States and Norway6
The debate continues on the best age to stop breastfeeding6
Associations between the aetiology of preterm birth and mortality and neurodevelopment up to 11 years6
No COVID‐19 pandemic impact on incidence and clinical presentation of celiac disease in Italian children6
Monocyte‐to‐lymphocyte, neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte and neutrophil‐to‐monocyte plus lymphocyte ratios in children with active tuberculosis: A multicentre study6
PROspective Meta‐analysis Of Trials of Initial Oxygen in preterm Newborns (PROMOTION): Protocol for a systematic review and prospective meta‐analysis with individual participant 6
Perinatal optimisation and predictive testing of in utero transfers and their outcome: A regional study6
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Social distancing during the COVID‐19 pandemic resulted in a marked decrease in hospitalisations for bronchiolitis6
COVID‐19 review shows that benefits of vaccinating children and adolescents appear to outweigh risks of post‐vaccination myopericarditis6
The Awakening of the Newborn Human Infant and the Emergence of Consciousness6
Newborns requiring resuscitation: Two thirds have heart rate ≥100 beats/minute in the first minute after birth6
Impact of Adverse Events on Neonatal Emergency Transport: Italian Experience6
Letter in Response to Pophale et al.6
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Schools closed due to COVID‐19 pandemic can be reopened early and safely6
The COVID‐19 pandemic reduced paediatric emergency department visits but did not significantly increase urgent cases6
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Response letter to ‘Evaluation of olfactory stimuli on brain oxygenation of healthy newborns’6
A cross‐sectional study of neonatal intensive care unit overcrowding and understaffing associated with bacterial outbreaks6
Paediatric major incident triage: A Delphi process to determine clinicians' attitudes and beliefs within the United Kingdom and Ireland6
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Major congenital heart defects are rarely diagnosed after newborns' hospital discharge with modern screening6
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children occurred in one of four thousand children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 26
EBNEO commentary: Dextrose gel prophylaxis for neonatal hypoglycemia and neurocognitive function at an early school age: A randomised dosage trial6
See‐sawing COVID‐19 and RSV bronchiolitis in children under 2 years of age in Northern Italy5
A scoping review of cognition in spina bifida and its consequences for activity and participation throughout life5
Foreign‐born 5‐year‐old children with cleft palate had poorer speech outcomes than their native‐born peers5
Understanding the immune profile of sudden infant death syndrome – proteomic perspectives5
Exposure to GLP‐1 receptor agonists in early pregnancy did not increase the risk of congenital malformations5
Evaluation of olfactory stimuli on brain oxygenation of healthy newborns5
Insights into left heart dynamics in neonatal cold septic shock—A case series5
Increase of pyogenic bacterial infections after relaxation of social distancing measures linked to COVID‐19 pandemic5
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