OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Jornal de Pediatria is 5. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Ensuring breastfeeding equity has promise to help equalize early childhood development	94
Combined multi-channel intraluminal impedance measurement and pHmetry in the detection of gastroesophageal reflux disease in children with cystic fibrosis	52
Conservative management of newborns with 35 weeks or more of gestational age at risk for early-onset sepsis: a Brazilian cohort study	42
Maternal educational practices and mental health disorders of school-age children	37
Parents' perception of their children's neurodevelopment during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated factors	36
Death, dying and palliative care in the NICU	36
Heatwaves, biodiversity and health in times of climate change	35
Rhinovirus and COVID-19 in children: a new order out of chaos?	34
Correlation of body mass index to Ghrelin and IGF-1 among children with short stature	34
Pleural tuberculosis: experiences from two centers in Brazil	32
Sodium found in processed cow milk and estimated intake by infants	30
Excess adiposity and low physical fitness hamper Supine-to-Stand test performance among sedentary adolescents	30
Breastfeeding in infants seen in private pediatric practices and its relation with type of delivery and history of prematurity	28
Reference intervals for serum immunoglobulin A levels in Brazilian children aged 1 to 10 years: a population-based study	26
Child undernutrition in Brazil: the wound that never healed	25
Bullying victimization and perpetration: some answers and more questions	23
Linezolid and vancomycin for nosocomial infections in pediatric patients: a systematic review	22
Is the capacity to consent different from the capacity to refuse treatments and procedures in adolescence?	21
Geographic pattern of asthma prevalence in Brazilian adolescents: a systematic review with meta-analysis	21
HPV vaccination programs in LMIC: is it time to optimize schedules and recommendations?	21
Inhaled MgSO4 in acute asthma: are we on the right course?	20
Role of fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) in children with suspected dysphagia	19
Sexual violence against children and adolescents in Paraná State: geospatial analysis and main socioeconomic indicators	19
Evaluation of cardiac autonomic function and low-grade inflammation in children with obesity living in the Northeast Brazilian region	18
Corrigendum to Use of neutropenic diet in the nutritional care of pediatric cancer patients with neutropenia: a scoping review, Jornal de Pediatria 2024;100(2): 132-142	18

Addressing mental health issues in immunocompromised adolescents with chronic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
The possible mediating relationship promoted by the self-efficacy of breastfeeding associated with the Kangaroo Method on indicators of exclusive breastfeeding	17
Biochemical markers and anthropometric profile of children enrolled in public daycare centers	17
Is there an “acceptable” percentage of using infant formula during hospital stays?	17
Growth phenotypes of very low birth weight infants for prediction of neonatal outcomes from a Brazilian cohort: comparison with INTERGROWTH	17
Newborns at high risk for brain injury: the role of the amplitude-integrated electroencephalography	16
Fluid tolerance assessed by lung ultrasound and effect of crystalloid expansion on extravascular lung water in critically ill children with cancer	16
Understanding the natural history of selective IgA deficiency	16
Prognostic nutritional index as a biomarker for identifying coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease	16
Relationships between internet addiction, quality of life and sleep problems: a structural equation modeling analysis	16
Vaccination coverage in children in the period before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a time series analysis and literature review	16
Mastication in overweight and obese children: A comparative cross-sectional study	15
Evidence-based nutrition for the very preterm infant in 2024	15
Clinical complications in children with false-negative results in cystic fibrosis newborn screening	15
Risk factors for colonization/infection by resistant microorganisms in outbreaks in neonatal unit—a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Sanitary measures to contain COVID-19 spread decreased pediatric hospitalizations due to other respiratory infections in São Paulo, Brazil	14
Sleep quality among parents and their children during COVID-19 pandemic	14
Less invasive surfactant administration versus intubation-surfactant-extubation in the treatment of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analyses	14
A breath of life, and heartbeats for life: the science and soul of neonatal resuscitation	14
Different immunological patterns of Down syndrome patients with and without recurrent infections	14
Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency in pediatric patients: a scoping review	14
Covid-19, the polarization of substance use, and mental health	14
The effectiveness of Kangaroo Mother Care in hospitalization period of preterm and low birth weight infants: systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Epidemiological indicators and predictors of lethality associated with fungal infections in a NICU: a historical series	13
Growth charts of Brazilian girls with Turner syndrome without the use of GH or oxandrolone	13
Net Promoter Score (NPS) as a tool to assess parental satisfaction in pediatric intensive care units	12
The expression of ferroptosis-related proteins GPX4 and PTGS2 in colonic tissues of pediatric Crohn’s disease	12
Psychometric properties of the Child Development Assessment Questionnaire (QAD-PIPAS) for use in population studies involving Brazilian children aged 0–59 months	12
Factors associated with developmental delay in late preterm infants: the BRISA cohort	11
Evaluation of stretched penile length (SPL), postnatal penile growth evolution, and micropenis in Brazilian preterm newborns	11
Cutoff levels for newborn screening of 21-OH deficiency in a Brazilian metropolitan area	11
Enthesitis-related arthritis: monitoring and specific tools	11
Effects of interventions for promoting physical activity during recess in elementary schools: a systematic review	11
Risk factors of acute kidney injury in very low birth weight infants in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit	11
Determining factors of child linear growth from the viewpoint of Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory	10
Genotype-phenotype correlation of neurodevelopmental disorders in patients with dystrophinopathies	10
Device-associated infections in neonatal care units in a middle-income country, 2016–2018	10
An analysis of the remission phase in type 1 diabetes within a multiethnic Brazilian sample	10
Association of lipid metabolism with pneumonia risk in under-five children in China	10
Therapeutic Window of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) and its correlation with IVIG-resistant in Kawasaki Disease: a retrospective study	10
Clinical significance of serum microRNA-146a and inflammatory factors in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia after azithromycin treatment	10
The clinical impact of serum soluble CD25 levels in children with Langerhans cell histiocytosis	10
Association of recurrent upper respiratory tract infections with low production of oxygen intermediates in children	10
A public health success: newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia in a middle-income Brazilian state	9
Analgesia and sedation for intratracheal intubation in the neonatal period: an integrative literature review	9
Choking, gagging and complementary feeding methods in the first year of life: a randomized clinical trial	9
Pediatric population with cystic fibrosis in the centre of Portugal: candidates for new therapies	9
Epidemiology of hydrocephalus in Brazil	9
Associations between adverse childhood experiences and perinatal outcomes	9
Breastfeeding and its risk factors	9

Boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty developed spontaneous puberty and reached standard adult height without pharmacological therapy	9
Cardiorespiratory fitness and socioeconomic influences in Chilean schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study	8
Adherence to treatment of children and adolescents recently diagnosed with auto-immune Rheumatic Diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
The nutritional status of healthy children using bioelectrical impedance and anthropometric measurement	8
Initial evaluation of a multidisciplinary pediatric aerodigestive program in a Brazilian hospital: challenges and mitigation strategies	8
Investigation of newborn blood metabolomics in varying intrauterine growth conditions	8
Parameters of pubertal growth spurt in children and adolescents living at high altitude in Peru	8
Strengthening RSV prevention in early life through new generation strategies	7
Pediatric incontinence questionnaire (PINQ): translation and transcultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese	7
Environment and child health	7
Evaluating the effect of childhood and adolescence asthma on the household economy	7
Factors associated with weight Z-score in very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight preterm infants during hospitalization	7
Analysis of agreement between specialists for the evaluation of radiological findings of necrotizing enterocolitis	7
A response to “Comparative efficacy of LifeVac® and Heimlich Maneuver in simulated airway obstruction”	7
The effect of recombinant human interferon α1b treatment of infants hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection on subsequent wheezing	7
School and language performance in children born with low birth weight	7
Transforming tallness: how sex steroids influence final height in Marfan syndrome	7
Diagnostic yield of array-CGH in children with suspected rare disease	7
Corrigendum to <Improved efficiency in the management of newborns with infectious risk factors by the sepsis risk calculator and clinical observation> <Jornal de Pediatria 100 (2024) 100/107&	7
Inhaled magnesium versus inhaled salbutamol in rescue treatment for moderate and severe asthma exacerbations in pediatric patients	7
Surgical treatment for severe pediatric tracheobronchomalacia: the 20-year experience of a single center	7
Excess weight in adolescents and associated factors: data from the ERICA study	7
Pediatric kidney transplantation: outcomes with under and over 6-year-old donors	7
Systematic review on fecal calprotectin in cystic fibrosis	7
Pediatric Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: age-stratified insights from the FAERS database	7
Lessons of screening two million newborns for congenital adrenal hyperplasia: 10-year experience of the Minas Gerais Public Health Program	6
Empower your child's health: tailored strategies to prevent rhinosinusitis	6
Climate change and its impact on children and adolescents sleep	6
Diagnostic utility, disease activity, and disease phenotype correlation of serum ASCA, pANCA, and PR3-ANCA in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease	6
Could children exposed to intimate partner violence against their mother have more functional gastrointestinal disorders?	6
Comparative randomized clinical trial on postoperative pain in circumcision with ultrasound-guided versus conventional anesthetic block	6
Anterior fontanelle closure and diagnosis of non-syndromic craniosynostosis: a comparative study using computed tomography	6
The full blood count as a tool of differentiation between benign and malignant lymphadenopathy in pediatric and adolescent populations	6
Social school contacts of multibacillary leprosy cases in children living in the hyperendemic region of the Midwest of Brazil	6
No matter the hemisphere or language, neonatal acute kidney injury is common and is associated with poor outcomes	6
Children with malignancies and septic shock - an attempt to understand the risk factors	6
Bone and joint infection complicated with sepsis in neonates and infants under three months of age	5
Clinical implications of Golgi protein 73 and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and their related factors in children with bronchopneumonia	5
Neurodevelopment and climate change	5
A few breaths at birth; a lifetime of health	5
Outcomes and factors associated with tolerance in infants with non-IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy with gastrointestinal manifestations	5
Upper and lower limb bone mass accrual in adolescent footballers across a short period of training and competition	5
Identifying adolescents with increased cardiometabolic risk—Simple, but challenging	5
Factors related to the readiness of Brazilian chronic pediatric patients to transition to care in adult clinics	5
The trajectory of head circumference and neurodevelopment in very preterm newborns during the first two years of life: a cohort study	5
Predictive factors for premature birth and respiratory exacerbation in pregnancies of women with cystic fibrosis	5
Hepcidin and inflammation associated with iron deficiency in childhood obesity - A systematic review	5
Consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - a systematic review	5
Direct oral provocation test with beta-lactams in Brazilian children and adolescents	5
Pediatrics ACES and related life event screener (PEARLS): translation, transcultural adaptation, and validation to Brazilian Portuguese	5
Parental predictors of childhood vaccination adherence in border areas of Southern Vietnam: a first look at minority communities	5
Prenatal diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease associated with lower postpartum depressive symptoms: a case-control study	5
Increase in new-onset type 1 diabetes diagnoses among Brazilian children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Cardiac manifestations in children and adolescents diagnosed with pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome related to COVID-19	5
Electronic cigarettes: “wolves in sheep's clothing”	5
Cross-cultural adaptation, validity, and reliability of the Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory (CABI) for use in Brazil	5
Profiles of suicide attempted in children and adolescents	5
Reduction of absolute monocyte counts is associated with the severity of preterm necrotizing enterocolitis	5
Global neonatal care and access to human milk	5
Use of simulation in the evaluation of airway clearance devices	5
Comparison between the safety of the HPV vaccine versus placebo: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials	5
Nutritional status and age at menarche in Amazonian students	5
Chikungunya fever in hospitalized children and adolescents: clinical and epidemiological aspects in a region of northeastern Brazil	5
Instrumental swallowing studies for the prevention of pulmonary morbidity in children and the importance of multi-disciplinary teams	5
Comparison of perinatal outcomes of women with gestational diabetes mellitus according to type of treatment for glycemic control	5