Acta Paediatrica

Papers
(The TQCC of Acta Paediatrica is 4. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Preliminary evidence on long COVID in children330
Case report and systematic review suggest that children may experience similar long‐term effects to adults after clinical COVID‐19230
Children are unlikely to be the main drivers of the COVID‐19 pandemic – A systematic review197
The first eight months of Sweden’s COVID‐19 strategy and the key actions and actors that were involved193
Delayed diagnosis of paediatric appendicitis during the COVID‐19 pandemic123
Physical activity during COVID‐19 quarantine74
Maternal breastmilk, infant gut microbiome and the impact on preterm infant health70
The impacts of COVID‐19 on children69
Parents experiencing NICU visit restrictions due to COVID‐19 pandemic56
Convulsions in children with COVID‐19 during the Omicron wave54
Review of guidelines and recommendations from 17 countries highlights the challenges that clinicians face caring for neonates born to mothers with COVID‐1953
Persistent symptoms in Swedish children after hospitalisation due to COVID‐1949
Impact that the COVID‐19 pandemic on routine childhood vaccinations and challenges ahead: A narrative review48
A ‘parallel pandemic’: The psychosocial burden of COVID‐19 in children and adolescents48
Promoting attachment between parents and neonates despite the COVID‐19 pandemic45
The impact of the COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy on a paediatric emergency setting43
Supporting parents as essential care partners in neonatal units during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic43
Recreational screen time before and during COVID‐19 in school‐aged children42
Current ideas about the roles of rapid eye movement and non–rapid eye movement sleep in brain development40
Progress, challenges and global approaches to rare diseases38
Italian parents welcomed a telehealth family‐centred rehabilitation programme for children with disability during COVID‐19 lockdown37
The impact of face masks on children—A mini review37
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of breastfeeding and later overweight or obesity expands on previous study for World Health Organization36
Systematic review confirmed the benefits of early skin‐to‐skin contact but highlighted lack of studies on very and extremely preterm infants36
Novel coronavirus infection (COVID‐19) in children younger than one year: A systematic review of symptoms, management and outcomes36
Lactoferrin is an important factor when breastfeeding and COVID‐19 are considered35
We urgently need guidelines for managing COVID‐19 in children with comorbidities34
Missing during COVID‐19 lockdown: Children with onset of type 1 diabetes34
The impact of Caesarean section on the infant gut microbiome33
Virus‐triggered secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis33
High rates of antibiotic prescriptions in children with COVID‐19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome: A multinational experience in 990 cases from Latin America32
Spectrum of COVID‐19 in children32
Systematic review of health and disease in Ukrainian children highlights poor child health and challenges for those treating refugees32
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children occurred in one of four thousand children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 231
Systematic review and meta‐analysis suggest that the duration of Kangaroo mother care has a direct impact on neonatal growth30
Paediatric emergency department visits fell by more than 70% during the COVID‐19 lockdown in Northern Italy30
How Sweden approached the COVID‐19 pandemic: Summary and commentary on the National Commission Inquiry30
Systematic review shows the benefits of involving the fathers of preterm infants in early interventions in neonatal intensive care units29
Prenatal origins of neuropsychiatric diseases29
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a male adolescent after his second Pfizer‐BioNTech COVID‐19 vaccine28
Multicentre Spanish study found no incidences of viral transmission in infants born to mothers with COVID‐1927
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with and without risk for neurodevelopmental impairments27
Paediatric COVID‐19 admissions in a region with open schools during the two first months of the pandemic27
Infant bronchiolitis dramatically reduced during the second French COVID‐19 outbreak25
Neurodevelopmental disorders and somatic diagnoses in a national cohort of children born before 24 weeks of gestation25
Developmental outcome of extremely preterm infants is improved after less invasive surfactant application: Developmental outcome after LISA24
Mother‐Newborn Couplet Care from theory to practice to ensure zero separation for all newborns24
Controlled case series demonstrates how parents can be trained to treat paediatric feeding disorders at home24
Systematic review and meta‐analysis found that intranasal dexmedetomidine was a safe and effective sedative drug during paediatric procedural sedation23
Acute abdomen in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A systematic review23
The impact of problematic smartphone use on children's and adolescents’ quality of life: A systematic review23
Identifying language disorder in bilingual children aged 2.5 years requires screening in both languages23
A systematic review of hormone treatment for children with gender dysphoria and recommendations for research22
A shorter breastfeeding duration in late preterm infants than term infants during the first year22
Is the effect of COVID‐19 on children underestimated in low‐ and middle‐ income countries?22
A systematic review of prevention and treatment of infantile colic22
Neonatal sepsis prediction through clinical decision support algorithms: A systematic review21
How should we assess renal function in neonates and infants?21
Clinical characteristics of paediatric COVID‐19 patients followed for up to 13 months21
First COVID‐19 lockdown resulted in most respiratory viruses disappearing among hospitalised children, with the exception of rhinoviruses21
Comparative performance of head ultrasound and MRI in detecting preterm brain injury and predicting outcomes: A systematic review21
Psychopathological problems related to the COVID‐19 pandemic and possible prevention with music therapy20
Peer support groups for families in Neonatology: Why and how to get started?20
Immediate skin‐to‐skin contact may have beneficial effects on the cardiorespiratory stabilisation in very preterm infants20
Bumetanide for autism: Open‐label trial in six children19
Kangaroo mother care had a protective effect on the volume of brain structures in young adults born preterm19
Long‐term symptoms of COVID‐19 in children19
Systematic review found that using thin catheters to deliver surfactant to preterm neonates was associated with reduced bronchopulmonary dysplasia and mechanical ventilation19
COVID‐19 in Italian paediatric patients: The experience of a tertiary children's hospital19
Population‐based study of multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID‐19 found that 36% of children had persistent symptoms19
Where have all the emergency paediatric mental health patients gone during COVID‐19?19
Parental and staff experiences of restricted parental presence on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during COVID‐1919
Pathogenesis of necrotising enterocolitis: The impact of the altered gut microbiota and antibiotic exposure in preterm infants18
Evaluation showed that stakeholders valued the support provided by the Implementing Pediatric Advance Care Planning Toolkit18
Accurate neonatal heart rate monitoring using a new wireless, cap mounted device18
Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Towards a combined bio‐social life‐course perspective18
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children rose and fell with the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic in France18
Appropriate care for neonates born to mothers with COVID‐19 disease18
The prenatal phase of retinopathy of prematurity18
Clinical features and treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis17
A randomised crossover trial of closed loop automated oxygen control in preterm, ventilated infants17
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia predicted at birth by artificial intelligence17
Nationwide COVID‐19 survey of Italian parents reveals useful information on attitudes to school attendance, medical support, vaccines and drug trials17
The COVID‐19 pandemic dramatically reduced admissions of children with and without chronic conditions to general paediatric wards17
Is it fair to simply tell parents to use their phones less? A qualitative analysis of parent phone use17
The good, the bad and the ugly of children´s screen time during the COVID‐19 pandemic17
Using the prone position could help to combat the development of fast hypoxia in some patients with COVID‐1917
Can child drowning be eradicated? A compelling case for continued investment in prevention17
Paediatric patients report lower health‐related quality of life in daily clinical practice compared to new normative PedsQLTM data17
Pain is frequent in children with cerebral palsy and negatively affects physical activity and participation17
The history, physiology and treatment safety of growth hormone16
Additional hypotheses about why COVID‐19 is milder in children than adults16
Birth weight increases with birth order despite decreasing maternal pregnancy weight gain16
Kawasaki disease or Kawasaki‐like disease: Influence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infections in Japan16
New‐onset celiac disease in children during COVID‐19 pandemic16
Re‐evaluation of medical findings in alleged shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma in Norwegian courts fails to support abuse diagnoses16
A cross‐sectional magnetic resonance imaging study of factors influencing growth plate closure in adolescents and young adults16
Optimisation of clinical workflow and monitor settings safely reduces alarms in the NICU16
Developmental trajectories of sleep during childhood and adolescence are related to health in young adulthood16
A scoping review of cognition in spina bifida and its consequences for activity and participation throughout life16
COVID‐19 and Down syndrome15
Hyperinflammation: On the pathogenesis and treatment of macrophage activation syndrome15
Improving the uptake of Kangaroo Mother Care in neonatal units: A narrative review and conceptual framework15
An overview of smell and taste problems in paediatric COVID‐19 patients15
Clinical benefits of music‐based interventions on preterm infants' health: A systematic review of randomised trials15
A narrative review with practical advice on how to decrease pain and distress during venepuncture and peripheral intravenous cannulation15
Physical activity assessments in children with congenital heart disease: A systematic review15
Children’s exposure to psychological abuse and neglect: A population‐based study in rural Bangladesh15
Genetics and pathophysiology of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis15
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Sudden cardiac death in childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is best predicted by a combination of electrocardiogram risk‐score and HCMRisk‐Kids score15
Prevalence of overweight and obesity from 5 to 19 years of age in Gothenburg, Sweden15
Average 2.5‐year neurodevelopmental test results in children born very preterm did not rule out cognitive deficits at 6.5 years of age15
Parental experiences of their infant’s hospital admission undergoing cardiac surgery: A systematic review15
Observed reduction in the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children during the COVID‐19 pandemic14
Birth outcomes between 22 and 26 weeks' gestation in national population‐based cohorts from Sweden, England and France14
Multi‐centre study showed reduced compliance with the World Health Organization recommendations on exclusive breastfeeding during COVID‐1914
A COVID‐19 outbreak's lesson: Best use of the paediatric emergency department14
Duration of mechanical ventilation and prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and home oxygen in extremely preterm infants14
aEEG as a useful tool for neuromonitoring in critically ill children – Current evidence and knowledge gaps14
COVID‐19 is milder in children possibly due to cross‐immunity14
Pills to think about in allergic rhinitis children during COVID‐19 era14
Music therapy for preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit: An overview of systematic reviews14
Metabolic bone disease of prematurity—National survey of current neonatal and paediatric endocrine approaches14
Providing children with COVID‐19 vaccinations is challenging due to lack of data and wide‐ranging parental acceptance14
The Coping with and Caring for Infants with Special Needs intervention was associated with improved motor development in preterm infants14
Systematic review and meta‐analysis found that malnutrition was associated with poor cognitive development14
Prader‐Willi Syndrome in children: Quality of life and caregiver burden13
Systematic review showed that low and moderate prenatal alcohol and nicotine exposure affected early child development13
Acute kidney injury in infants with hypothermia‐treated hypoxic‐ischaemic encephalopathy: An observational population‐based study13
Effect of COVID‐19 pandemic on treatment of Type 1 diabetes in children13
SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies started to decline just four months after COVID‐19 infection in a paediatric population13
Impact of COVID‐19 epidemics in paediatric morbidity and utilisation of Hospital Paediatric Services in Italy12
The causal effect of being born extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight on neurodevelopment and social‐emotional development at 2 years12
Home phototherapy of term neonates improves parental bonding and stress: Findings from a randomised controlled trial12
A systematic review of using flexible bronchoscopy to remove foreign bodies from paediatric patients12
Impact of an extended postnatal home visiting programme on oral health among children in a disadvantaged area of Stockholm, Sweden12
Social distancing during the COVID‐19 pandemic resulted in a marked decrease in hospitalisations for bronchiolitis12
Underutilisation of psychiatric care among refugee adolescents in Stockholm12
The respiratory consequences of COVID‐19 lasted for a median of 4 months in a cohort of children aged 2–18 years of age12
Delayed presentation of children to the emergency department during the first wave of COVID‐19 pandemic in Italy: Area‐based cohort study12
Seizures may be an early sign of acute COVID‐19, and the Omicron variant could present a more epileptogenic profile12
Growth assessment of children during the COVID‐19 pandemic—Can we rely on parental measurements?12
Vaccinating children and adolescents against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)—The Israeli experience12
Risk of long Covid in children infected with Omicron or pre‐Omicron SARS‐CoV‐2 variants12
National cohort of infants born before 24 gestational weeks showed increased survival rates but no improvement in neonatal morbidity12
Incidence rate of MIS‐C in paediatrics: A good reason to vaccinate children against SARS‐CoV‐212
Less obesity but higher inequalities in Portuguese children: Trends of childhood obesity between 2002–201612
COVID‐19 in children and the effect of schools reopening on potential transmission to household members11
Generation COVID‐19 – Should the foetus be worried?11
More research is needed on the long‐term effects of COVID‐19 on children and adolescents11
Immediate skin‐to‐skin contact after birth ensures stable thermoregulation in very preterm infants in high‐resource settings11
Usability and acceptability of a multimodal respiratory rate and pulse oximeter device in case management of children with symptoms of pneumonia: A cross‐sectional study in Ethiopia11
Renal length z‐score for the detection of dysfunction in children with solitary functioning kidney11
Neurodevelopmental problems and quality of life in 6‐year‐olds with a history of developmental language disorder11
Multi‐drug resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in rural Vietnam more than doubled from 1999 to 201411
Benign course and clinical features of COVID‐19 in hospitalised febrile infants up to 60 days old11
Austrian study shows that delays in accessing acute paediatric health care outweighed the risks of COVID‐1911
Pulmonary haemorrhage in neonates: Systematic review of management11
The importance of low HbA1c during childhood on glycaemic control in adulthood and the risk of late complications11
Preterm birth rates were slightly lower in Denmark during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic compared with the previous 4 years11
Health needs of accompanied refugee and asylum‐seeking children in a UK specialist clinic11
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of a randomised trial of intact cord resuscitation11
Perinatal inflammation relates to early respiratory morbidity and lung function at 12 years of age in children born very preterm11
Determinants of lung function changes in athletic swimmers. A review11
Children with neonatal Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) treated with therapeutic hypothermia are not as school ready as their peers11
Cognitive profiles of extremely preterm children: Full‐Scale IQ hides strengths and weaknesses11
Body mass index trajectories up to preschool age in a multi‐ethnic population; relations with maternal gestational diabetes, BMI and gestational weight gain10
Primary immunodeficiencies, autoimmune hyperthyroidism, coeliac disease and systemic lupus erythematosus in childhood immune thrombocytopenia10
Guideline for referring short or tall children in preventive child health care10
Newborn infants who received skin‐to‐skin contact with fathers after Caesarean sections showed stable physiological patterns10
Swiss neonatal caregivers express diverging views on parental involvement in shared decision‐making for extremely premature infants10
Closing Finnish schools and day care centres had a greater impact on primary care than secondary care emergency department visits10
The Quadratic‐Exponential‐Pubertal‐Stop model is valid for analysing human growth patterns and developing novel growth references10
Neurobehaviour of very preterm infants at term equivalent age is related to early childhood outcomes10
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Review highlights the importance of donor human milk being available for very low birth weight infants10
Multicentre study found that adherence to national antibiotic recommendations for neonatal early‐onset sepsis was low10
National data showed an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity among four‐year‐old Swedish children during the first year of COVID‐1910
Limited resources restrict the provision of adequate neonatal respiratory care in the countries of Africa10
Comparative study shows that 1 in 7 Spanish children with COVID‐19 symptoms were still experiencing issues after 12 weeks10
Age‐ and sex‐specific prevalence of serious bacterial infections in febrile infants ≤60 days, in Sweden10
Symptoms of problematic feeding in infants under 1 year of age undergoing frenotomy: A review article10
Review: Neonatal dialysis is technically feasible but ethical and global issues need to be addressed10
Complementary bottles during the first month and risk of cow’s milk allergy in breastfed infants10
Adenovirus can be a serious, life‐threatening disease, even in previously healthy children10
When all I wanted was to hold my baby—The experiences of parents of infants who received therapeutic hypothermia10
Swedish survey of infant sleep practices showed increased bed‐sharing and positive associations with breastfeeding9
Child Health Nurses' experiences of addressing psychosocial risk factors with the families they meet9
High prevalence of neurodevelopmental problems in adolescents eligible for bariatric surgery for severe obesity9
Muscle function and architecture in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis9
A nationwide questionnaire survey on accidental magnet ingestion in children in Japan9
Secular trend and social variation in height of Polish schoolchildren between 1966 and 20129
Glomerular filtration and shrunken pore syndrome in children and adults9
The challenge to define the optimal prophylactic regimen for vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infants9
Retinal haemorrhage in infants investigated for suspected maltreatment is strongly correlated with intracranial pathology9
The psychophysical impact that COVID‐19 has on children must not be underestimated9
Three‐fold increase in admissions for paediatric febrile convulsions during COVID‐19 pandemic could indicate alternative virus symptoms9
Associations of preterm birth, small‐for‐gestational age, preeclampsia and placental abruption with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the offspring: Nationwide cohort and sibling‐controlled 9
Re‐evaluation of abusive head trauma in Norway appears flawed9
Skin‐to‐skin contact after birth: Developing a research and practice guideline9
Association between circulating furin levels, obesity and pro‐inflammatory markers in children9
Exploring functional metabolites in preterm infants9
Paediatric ethical issues during the COVID‐19 pandemic are not just about ventilator triage9
Multi‐inflammatory syndrome and Kawasaki disease in children during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A nationwide register‐based study and time series analysis9
The type and timing of patent ductus arteriosus treatment was associated with neurodevelopment when extremely preterm infants reached 6.5 years9
Vital sign‐based detection of sepsis in neonates using machine learning9
Screen use relates to decreased offline enrichment activities9
Ethnicity, gender and seasonal variations all play a role in vitamin D deficiency9
HbA1c and BMI after lockdown for COVID‐19 in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus9
Systematic review suggests a relationship between moderate to late preterm birth and early childhood caries9
Children’s mental health and recreation: Limited evidence for associations with screen use9
Six‐minute walk distance equation in children and adolescents with obesity9
Generation Pep Study: A population‐based survey on diet and physical activity in 12,000 Swedish children and adolescents9
Norwegian parents avoid placing infants in prone sleeping positions but frequently share beds in hazardous ways8
Lithium use during breastfeeding was safe in healthy full‐term infants under strict monitoring8
Metabolic responses in neonatal sepsis—A systematic review of human metabolomic studies8
National Swedish survey showed that child health services and routine immunisation programmes were resilient during the early COVID‐19 pandemic8
Development level of the country of parental origin on dental caries in children of immigrant parents in Sweden8
The Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative for neonatal wards. A mini review8
The incidence of transient infantile pseudohypoaldosteronism in Ireland: A prospective study8
Preeclampsia was a risk factor for pulmonary interstitial emphysema in preterm infants born ≤32 weeks of gestational age8
The mean age of menarche among Chinese schoolgirls declined by 6 months from 2005 to 20148
The Silverman Andersen respiratory severity score in the delivery room predicts subsequent intubation in very preterm neonates8
What hinders and helps in the end‐of‐life decision‐making process for children: Parents’ and physicians’ views8
Prescribing in a paediatric emergency: A PERUKI survey of prescribing and resuscitation aids8
The ability of Bayley‐III scores to predict later intelligence in children born extremely preterm8
If parents were a drug?8
Tablets, toddlers and tantrums: The immediate effects of tablet device play8
Specific dento‐craniofacial characteristics in non‐syndromic children can predispose to sleep‐disordered breathing8
Pulmonary important outcomes after extremely preterm birth: Parental perspectives8
Diagnosis of COVID‐19 infection in children: Less nasopharyngeal swabs, more saliva8
Profile of minor neurological findings after perinatal asphyxia8
Air pollution exposure impairs lung function in infants8
Necrotising enterocolitis–A 15‐year outcome report from a UK specialist centre8
Neonatal early‐onset sepsis calculator recommended significantly less empiric antibiotic treatment than national guidelines8
Systematic review of the evidence for resolution of common breastfeeding problems—Ankyloglossia (Tongue Tie)8
The socio‐endocrine regulation of human growth8
Environmental determinants of human milk composition in relation to health outcomes8
Schools do not need to close to reduce COVID‐19 but other measures are advisable8
Placental histology predicted adverse outcomes in extremely premature neonates in Norway—population‐based study8
Hypothermic treatment for neonatal asphyxia in low‐resource settings using phase‐changing material—An easy to use and low‐cost method8
How Swedish guidelines on urinary tract infections in children compare to Canadian, American and European guidelines8
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of the association between paediatric obesity and telomere length8
Low false‐positive rate of perfusion index as a screening tool for neonatal aortic coarctation8
Endurance training may improve exercise capacity, lung function and quality of life in Fontan patients7
Systematic review and meta‐analysis showed that complementary and alternative medicines were not effective for infantile colic7
Faecal calprotectin and gut microbiota do not predict enteropathy in very preterm infants7
Multicentre, randomised study found that honey had no pharmacological effect on nocturnal coughs and sleep quality at 1–5 years of age7
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