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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Preliminary evidence on long COVID in children349
Case report and systematic review suggest that children may experience similar long‐term effects to adults after clinical COVID‐19242
Convulsions in children with COVID‐19 during the Omicron wave64
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of breastfeeding and later overweight or obesity expands on previous study for World Health Organization58
Persistent symptoms in Swedish children after hospitalisation due to COVID‐1953
Impact that the COVID‐19 pandemic on routine childhood vaccinations and challenges ahead: A narrative review50
Supporting parents as essential care partners in neonatal units during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic49
Recreational screen time before and during COVID‐19 in school‐aged children47
Progress, challenges and global approaches to rare diseases46
How Sweden approached the COVID‐19 pandemic: Summary and commentary on the National Commission Inquiry45
Virus‐triggered secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis42
Systematic review confirmed the benefits of early skin‐to‐skin contact but highlighted lack of studies on very and extremely preterm infants42
Italian parents welcomed a telehealth family‐centred rehabilitation programme for children with disability during COVID‐19 lockdown40
The impact of face masks on children—A mini review40
Systematic review shows the benefits of involving the fathers of preterm infants in early interventions in neonatal intensive care units39
Systematic review of health and disease in Ukrainian children highlights poor child health and challenges for those treating refugees35
Prenatal origins of neuropsychiatric diseases34
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children occurred in one of four thousand children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 234
A systematic review of hormone treatment for children with gender dysphoria and recommendations for research32
High rates of antibiotic prescriptions in children with COVID‐19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome: A multinational experience in 990 cases from Latin America32
Neurodevelopmental disorders and somatic diagnoses in a national cohort of children born before 24 weeks of gestation29
Neonatal sepsis prediction through clinical decision support algorithms: A systematic review29
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a male adolescent after his second Pfizer‐BioNTech COVID‐19 vaccine29
Immediate skin‐to‐skin contact may have beneficial effects on the cardiorespiratory stabilisation in very preterm infants27
Mother‐Newborn Couplet Care from theory to practice to ensure zero separation for all newborns27
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with and without risk for neurodevelopmental impairments27
Acute abdomen in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A systematic review26
The impact of problematic smartphone use on children's and adolescents’ quality of life: A systematic review26
Infant bronchiolitis dramatically reduced during the second French COVID‐19 outbreak25
Bumetanide for autism: Open‐label trial in six children24
Parental and staff experiences of restricted parental presence on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during COVID‐1924
Kangaroo mother care had a protective effect on the volume of brain structures in young adults born preterm24
Comparative performance of head ultrasound and MRI in detecting preterm brain injury and predicting outcomes: A systematic review24
First COVID‐19 lockdown resulted in most respiratory viruses disappearing among hospitalised children, with the exception of rhinoviruses23
Clinical features and treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis22
Population‐based study of multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID‐19 found that 36% of children had persistent symptoms22
Clinical characteristics of paediatric COVID‐19 patients followed for up to 13 months21
Is it fair to simply tell parents to use their phones less? A qualitative analysis of parent phone use20
A cross‐sectional magnetic resonance imaging study of factors influencing growth plate closure in adolescents and young adults20
The history, physiology and treatment safety of growth hormone20
Parental experiences of their infant’s hospital admission undergoing cardiac surgery: A systematic review19
Long‐term symptoms of COVID‐19 in children19
Genetics and pathophysiology of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis19
Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Towards a combined bio‐social life‐course perspective19
A scoping review of cognition in spina bifida and its consequences for activity and participation throughout life19
Improving the uptake of Kangaroo Mother Care in neonatal units: A narrative review and conceptual framework18
The prenatal phase of retinopathy of prematurity18
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children rose and fell with the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic in France18
The COVID‐19 pandemic dramatically reduced admissions of children with and without chronic conditions to general paediatric wards18
Hyperinflammation: On the pathogenesis and treatment of macrophage activation syndrome18
Clinical benefits of music‐based interventions on preterm infants' health: A systematic review of randomised trials18
Can child drowning be eradicated? A compelling case for continued investment in prevention18
The good, the bad and the ugly of children´s screen time during the COVID‐19 pandemic18
Duration of mechanical ventilation and prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and home oxygen in extremely preterm infants18
New‐onset celiac disease in children during COVID‐19 pandemic18
Paediatric patients report lower health‐related quality of life in daily clinical practice compared to new normative PedsQLTM data18
Developmental trajectories of sleep during childhood and adolescence are related to health in young adulthood17
Music therapy for preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit: An overview of systematic reviews17
Immediate skin‐to‐skin contact after birth ensures stable thermoregulation in very preterm infants in high‐resource settings17
Metabolic bone disease of prematurity—National survey of current neonatal and paediatric endocrine approaches17
Systematic review and meta‐analysis found that malnutrition was associated with poor cognitive development17
Acute kidney injury in infants with hypothermia‐treated hypoxic‐ischaemic encephalopathy: An observational population‐based study16
Sudden cardiac death in childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is best predicted by a combination of electrocardiogram risk‐score and HCMRisk‐Kids score16
aEEG as a useful tool for neuromonitoring in critically ill children – Current evidence and knowledge gaps16
Prevalence of overweight and obesity from 5 to 19 years of age in Gothenburg, Sweden16
Re‐evaluation of medical findings in alleged shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma in Norwegian courts fails to support abuse diagnoses16
National cohort of infants born before 24 gestational weeks showed increased survival rates but no improvement in neonatal morbidity15
Seizures may be an early sign of acute COVID‐19, and the Omicron variant could present a more epileptogenic profile15
Vital sign‐based detection of sepsis in neonates using machine learning15
Birth outcomes between 22 and 26 weeks' gestation in national population‐based cohorts from Sweden, England and France15
Multi‐centre study showed reduced compliance with the World Health Organization recommendations on exclusive breastfeeding during COVID‐1915
Risk of long Covid in children infected with Omicron or pre‐Omicron SARS‐CoV‐2 variants15
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Skin‐to‐skin contact after birth: Developing a research and practice guideline14
Providing children with COVID‐19 vaccinations is challenging due to lack of data and wide‐ranging parental acceptance14
Prader‐Willi Syndrome in children: Quality of life and caregiver burden14
A systematic review of using flexible bronchoscopy to remove foreign bodies from paediatric patients14
The ability of Bayley‐III scores to predict later intelligence in children born extremely preterm14
Multi‐drug resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in rural Vietnam more than doubled from 1999 to 201414
Growth assessment of children during the COVID‐19 pandemic—Can we rely on parental measurements?14
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 Ethiopia14
The Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative for neonatal wards. A mini review13
Incidence rate of MIS‐C in paediatrics: A good reason to vaccinate children against SARS‐CoV‐213
SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies started to decline just four months after COVID‐19 infection in a paediatric population13
Less obesity but higher inequalities in Portuguese children: Trends of childhood obesity between 2002–201613
The importance of low HbA1c during childhood on glycaemic control in adulthood and the risk of late complications13
The causal effect of being born extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight on neurodevelopment and social‐emotional development at 2 years13
Delayed presentation of children to the emergency department during the first wave of COVID‐19 pandemic in Italy: Area‐based cohort study13
Determinants of lung function changes in athletic swimmers. A review13
Cognitive profiles of extremely preterm children: Full‐Scale IQ hides strengths and weaknesses13
The respiratory consequences of COVID‐19 lasted for a median of 4 months in a cohort of children aged 2–18 years of age13
Generation COVID‐19 – Should the foetus be worried?13
National data showed an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity among four‐year‐old Swedish children during the first year of COVID‐1913
Social distancing during the COVID‐19 pandemic resulted in a marked decrease in hospitalisations for bronchiolitis13
Home phototherapy of term neonates improves parental bonding and stress: Findings from a randomised controlled trial12
Adenovirus can be a serious, life‐threatening disease, even in previously healthy children12
Pulmonary haemorrhage in neonates: Systematic review of management12
Vaccinating children and adolescents against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)—The Israeli experience12
Age‐ and sex‐specific prevalence of serious bacterial infections in febrile infants ≤60 days, in Sweden12
Ethnicity, gender and seasonal variations all play a role in vitamin D deficiency12
Health needs of accompanied refugee and asylum‐seeking children in a UK specialist clinic12
Perinatal inflammation relates to early respiratory morbidity and lung function at 12 years of age in children born very preterm12
Retinal haemorrhage in infants investigated for suspected maltreatment is strongly correlated with intracranial pathology12
Neurodevelopmental problems and quality of life in 6‐year‐olds with a history of developmental language disorder12
Neurobehaviour of very preterm infants at term equivalent age is related to early childhood outcomes12
High prevalence of neurodevelopmental problems in adolescents eligible for bariatric surgery for severe obesity12
Newborn infants who received skin‐to‐skin contact with fathers after Caesarean sections showed stable physiological patterns12
Association between circulating furin levels, obesity and pro‐inflammatory markers in children12
The Silverman Andersen respiratory severity score in the delivery room predicts subsequent intubation in very preterm neonates12
Children with neonatal Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) treated with therapeutic hypothermia are not as school ready as their peers12
COVID‐19 in children and the effect of schools reopening on potential transmission to household members12
Comorbidity of inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes12
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 11
Specific dento‐craniofacial characteristics in non‐syndromic children can predispose to sleep‐disordered breathing11
Benign course and clinical features of COVID‐19 in hospitalised febrile infants up to 60 days old11
Generation Pep Study: A population‐based survey on diet and physical activity in 12,000 Swedish children and adolescents11
Preterm birth rates were slightly lower in Denmark during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic compared with the previous 4 years11
Under‐five children's acute respiratory infection dropped significantly in Bangladesh: An evidence from Bangladesh demographic and health survey, 1996–201811
COVID‐19 restrictions and psychological well‐being of fathers with infants admitted to NICU—An exploratory cross‐sectional study11
Swiss neonatal caregivers express diverging views on parental involvement in shared decision‐making for extremely premature infants11
Parental perspectives of outcomes following very preterm birth: Seeing the good, not just the bad11
Comparative study shows that 1 in 7 Spanish children with COVID‐19 symptoms were still experiencing issues after 12 weeks11
Complementary bottles during the first month and risk of cow’s milk allergy in breastfed infants11
More research is needed on the long‐term effects of COVID‐19 on children and adolescents11
The Quadratic‐Exponential‐Pubertal‐Stop model is valid for analysing human growth patterns and developing novel growth references11
Review highlights the importance of donor human milk being available for very low birth weight infants10
Half of the children with overweight or obesity and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder reach normal weight with stimulants10
Profile of minor neurological findings after perinatal asphyxia10
A scoping review of parental values during prenatal decisions about treatment options after extremely premature birth10
A critical review of the 2020 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation treatment recommendations for resuscitating the newly born infant10
How Swedish guidelines on urinary tract infections in children compare to Canadian, American and European guidelines10
Classroom‐based physical activity and math performance: Integrated physical activity or not?10
Exploring functional metabolites in preterm infants10
Limited resources restrict the provision of adequate neonatal respiratory care in the countries of Africa10
Body mass index trajectories up to preschool age in a multi‐ethnic population; relations with maternal gestational diabetes, BMI and gestational weight gain10
Placental histology predicted adverse outcomes in extremely premature neonates in Norway—population‐based study10
The incidence of transient infantile pseudohypoaldosteronism in Ireland: A prospective study10
Closing Finnish schools and day care centres had a greater impact on primary care than secondary care emergency department visits10
Multi‐inflammatory syndrome and Kawasaki disease in children during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A nationwide register‐based study and time series analysis10
Metabolic responses in neonatal sepsis—A systematic review of human metabolomic studies10
Three‐fold increase in admissions for paediatric febrile convulsions during COVID‐19 pandemic could indicate alternative virus symptoms10
National Swedish survey showed that child health services and routine immunisation programmes were resilient during the early COVID‐19 pandemic9
An openly available wearable, a diaper cover, monitors infant's respiration and position during rest and sleep9
Erythrocyte transfusions are associated with retinopathy of prematurity in extremely low gestational age newborns9
Human bocavirus 1 epidemiology in children in relation to virus load and codetection9
Adolescents’ digital screen time as a concern for health and well‐being? Device type and context matter9
The voices of children and young people during COVID‐19: A critical review of methods9
Kostmann disease and other forms of severe congenital neutropenia9
Systematic review of the evidence for resolution of common breastfeeding problems—Ankyloglossia (Tongue Tie)9
Environmental determinants of human milk composition in relation to health outcomes9
The road to zero nosocomial infections in neonates—a narrative review9
HbA1c and BMI after lockdown for COVID‐19 in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus9
Reliability of the Motor Optimality Score‐Revised: A study of infants at elevated likelihood for adverse neurological outcomes9
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of the association between paediatric obesity and telomere length9
Preterm birth in the Nordic countries—Capacity, management and outcome in neonatal care9
Swedish survey of infant sleep practices showed increased bed‐sharing and positive associations with breastfeeding9
The panorama of cerebral palsy in Sweden part XIII shows declining prevalence in birth‐years 2011–20149
A systematic review indicates an association between birth weight and body fat in childhood9
Re‐evaluation of abusive head trauma in Norway appears flawed9
Pulmonary important outcomes after extremely preterm birth: Parental perspectives9
Glomerular filtration and shrunken pore syndrome in children and adults9
What hinders and helps in the end‐of‐life decision‐making process for children: Parents’ and physicians’ views9
Number of words at age 2.5 years is associated with intellectual functioning at age 7 years in the SELMA study9
Lithium use during breastfeeding was safe in healthy full‐term infants under strict monitoring9
Multicentre, randomised study found that honey had no pharmacological effect on nocturnal coughs and sleep quality at 1–5 years of age8
Delivery room cuddles for extremely preterm babies and parents: concept, practice, safety, parental feedback8
The socio‐endocrine regulation of human growth8
Unexplained fever in children—Benefits and challenges of FDG‐PET/CT8
Severity and prevalence of ankyloglossia‐associated breastfeeding symptoms: A systematic review and meta‐analysis8
Diagnosis and management of hypernatraemia in children8
Schools do not need to close to reduce COVID‐19 but other measures are advisable8
Mental health monitoring in parents after very preterm birth8
Accelerated scale‐up of Kangaroo Mother Care: Evidence and experience from an implementation‐research initiative in south India8
Oxygen for the delivery room respiratory support of moderate‐to‐late preterm infants. An international survey of clinical practice from 21 countries8
aEEG vs cEEG’s sensivity for seizure detection in the setting of neonatal intensive care units: A systematic review and meta‐analysis8
Systematic review and meta‐analysis showed that complementary and alternative medicines were not effective for infantile colic8
The impact of COVID‐19 lockdown on glycaemic control and use of health services among children followed at a Danish diabetes clinic8
Stabilisation of the preterm infant in the delivery room using nasal high flow: A 5—year retrospective analysis8
Is academic rigor in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) research in decline?8
Impact of timing of PERT on gastrointestinal symptoms in Danish children and adolescents with CF8
Paediatric ischaemic stroke is a valid diagnosis in the Swedish National Patient Register8
The contributions of intelligence and executive function to behaviour problems in school‐age children born very preterm8
Amongst Norwegian paediatricians there is little agreement in management of cases of suspected child maltreatment8
Low false‐positive rate of perfusion index as a screening tool for neonatal aortic coarctation8
Norwegian parents avoid placing infants in prone sleeping positions but frequently share beds in hazardous ways8
Definitive pathognomonic signs and symptoms of paediatric neurological COVID‐19 are still emerging8
Closed‐loop automated oxygen control in ventilated infants born at or near term: A crossover trial8
Development level of the country of parental origin on dental caries in children of immigrant parents in Sweden8
Asthma and allergies correlate with mental health problems in preschool children8
Childhood manifestations of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: A Finnish nationwide register‐based cohort study8
Sepsis treatment options identified by 10‐year study of microbial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility in a level‐four neonatal intensive care unit8
An analysis of the use of standard SIDS definitions in the English language literature over a three‐year period (2019–2021)8
Clinical course of COVID‐19 in children with pre‐existing medical conditions8
Air pollution exposure impairs lung function in infants8
Duration of clinical symptoms in children with acute respiratory infection7
Psychiatric comorbidity in childhood onset immune‐mediated diseases—A systematic review and meta‐analysis7
Resuscitators' opinions on using a respiratory function monitor during neonatal resuscitation7
An assessment of what Hans Asperger knew about child euthanasia in Vienna during the Nazi occupation7
Neurodevelopmental and psychiatric comorbidities negatively affect outcome in children with unprovoked seizures—A non‐systematic review7
How to manage irritable bowel syndrome in children7
Antenatal and neonatal risk factors in very preterm children were associated with language difficulties at 9 years of age7
Concurrent screen use and cross‐sectional association with lifestyle behaviours and psychosocial health in adolescent females7
Somatic growth in single ventricle patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis7
MicroRNA profiling in Chinese children with Henoch‐Schonlein purpura and association between selected microRNAs and inflammatory biomarkers7
Pilot study finds that performing live music therapy in intensive care units may be beneficial for infants’ neurodevelopment7
Antibiotic prescriptions for children with lower respiratory tract infections fell from 2014 to 2020, but misuse was still an issue7
The moral and religious obligation to vaccinate children in Jewish ethics7
The San Diego SIDS definition—20 Years on7
Video‐based actigraphy is an effective contact‐free method of assessing sleep in preterm infants7
Isolated aspartate aminotransferase elevation: Is it liver disease or what else?7
See‐sawing COVID‐19 and RSV bronchiolitis in children under 2 years of age in Northern Italy7
Combining human and AI could predict nephrologies future, but should be handled with care7
Proton pump inhibitors for infants in three Scandinavian countries increased from 2007 to 2020 despite international recommendations7
Breastfeeding rates fell in an Italian baby friendly hospital during the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic year and difficulties increased7
Farming lifestyle and human milk: Modulation of the infant microbiome and protection against allergy7
Systemic antibiotics and asthma medicines dispensed to 0−12 year olds significantly decreased during the COVID‐19 pandemic in 20207
Insight into the content of and experiences with follow‐up conversations with bereaved parents in paediatrics: A systematic review7
Breastfeeding provides a protective hug and the benefits have outweighed the risks during the COVID‐19 pandemic7
Distress in fathers of babies with infant colic7
Nitrous oxide in labour predicted newborn screening total homocysteine and is a potential risk factor for infant vitamin B12 deficiency7
The jury is still out on the existence of a placental microbiome7
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Living arrangements after parental separation have minimal impact on mental health at age 7 years7
Endurance training may improve exercise capacity, lung function and quality of life in Fontan patients7
Children experienced new or worsening tic issues when they were separated from their parents during the Italian COVID‐19 lockdown7
Clinical guidance for diagnosis and management of suspected Pediatric Acute‐onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome in the Nordic countries7
Fontan circulation has improved life expectancy for infants born with complex heart disease over the last 50 years but has also resulted in significant morbidity7
Growth and risk of adverse neuro‐developmental outcome in infants with congenital heart disease: A systematic review7
Multi‐centre randomised trial of invasive and less invasive surfactant delivery methods showed similar spirometry results at 5–9 years of age7
European Standards of Care for Newborn Health—A project protocol7
The end of COVID‐19 restrictions for children in autumn 2021 was followed by an unusually early, high‐peak respiratory syncytial virus epidemic7
European expert recommendations on clinical investigation and evaluation of high‐risk medical devices for children7
Chorioamnionitis and neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm infants from 2007 to 2017—a population‐based study7
The incidence, hospitalisations and deaths in acutely ill children with dysnatraemias7
Changing diagnostic patterns in cases of sudden and unexpected natural death in infants and young children: 1994–20187
‘Now she prefers jeans, like everyone else…’ – Parents' experiences of group‐ and web‐based treatment of children's obesity6
Utilising recorded music to reduce stress and enhance infant neurodevelopment in neonatal intensive care units6
Newborns requiring resuscitation: Two thirds have heart rate ≥100 beats/minute in the first minute after birth6
Long‐term outcome, clinical course and treatment approaches of paediatric langerhans cell histiocytosis: A greek reference centre report6
Perceptions of the COVID‐19 pandemic as demonstrated in drawings of Swedish children aged 4–6 years6
The predictive value of the ages and stages questionnaire in late infancy for low average cognitive ability at age 56
Resolution of iron deficiency following successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori in children6
Anomalous aortic origin of coronary artery: For a challenging diagnosis, a transthoracic echocardiogram is recommended6
Exposure to electronic media was negatively associated with speech and language development at 18 and 24 months6
Maternal nighttime phone use and impacts on daily happiness and exhaustion6
Maternal pre‐pregnancy underweight as a risk factor for the offspring: Survey of Neonates in Pomerania6
Infections and nutritional status of internationally adopted children in France6
COVID‐19 review shows that benefits of vaccinating children and adolescents appear to outweigh risks of post‐vaccination myopericarditis6
Detection of severe congenital heart defects in live‐born infants in Norway 2017–20206
Fewer maternal depression symptoms after the Close Collaboration with Parents intervention: Two‐year follow‐up6
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