OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Paediatrics and International Child Health is 1. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Human and novel coronavirus infections in children: a review	83
The spectrum and burden of in-patient paediatric musculoskeletal diseases in Northern Tanzania	31
Update on SARS-CoV-2 infection in children	21
Zika virus in Brazil and worldwide: a narrative review	19
COVID-19 in the paediatric population of Kazakhstan	18
Aortic thrombosis in a neonate with COVID-19-related fetal inflammatory response syndrome requiring amputation of the leg: a case report	16
Risk factors for mortality and management of children with complicated severe acute malnutrition at a tertiary referral hospital in Malawi	12
Peritoneal dialysis in children with sepsis-associated AKI (SA-AKI): an experience in a low- to middle-income country	10
Prevalence and management of vitamin D deficiency in children with newly diagnosed coeliac disease: cohort study	9
Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic risk factors in Brazilian children and adolescents: the mediating role of obesity parameters	8
Vitamin B₁₂deficiency in Indian infants and children	7
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of SARS-CoV2-infected paediatric patients in Jordan: serial RT-PCR testing until discharge	7
Global emerging resistance in pediatric infections with TB, HIV, and gram-negative pathogens	6
Reversible right-sided heart failure and pulmonary hypertension caused by scurvy in a 7-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder and a review of the literature	6
Neurodevelopmental outcome in neonates with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy managed with therapeutic hypothermia in a tertiary-level public hospital outside an intensive care unit setting	6
Management of tuberculous meningitis in children	5
Global mobility, travel and migration health: clinical and public health implications for children and families	5
Child survivor of rabies in India: a case report	5
Myocardial injury in patients with sickle cell anaemia and myocardial ischaemia in Calabar, Nigeria	5
Caregiver experiences and healthcare worker perspectives of accessing healthcare for low-birthweight	5
An outbreak of dengue fever in children in the National Capital District of Papua New Guinea in 2016	5
Decreasing antibiotic over-use by implementation of an antibiotic stewardship programme in preterm neonates in resource limited settings – a quality improvement initiative	4
Review of Ebola virus disease in children – how far have we come?	4
Vitamin D: immune function, inflammation, infections and auto-immunity	4
Gaps in the tuberculosis preventive therapy care cascade in children in contact with TB	4

Juvenile dermatomyositis presenting as complete heart block in a 10-year-old girl	4
Relationship between low serum vitamin D status and urinary tract infection in children: a case–control study	4
Neonatal palliative care practices: an Indian perspective	3
Prospective evaluation of World Health Organization guidelines for diagnosis of pneumonia in children presenting to an emergency department in a resource-limited setting	3
Incidence and predictive risk factors for ophthalmological complications in children with nephrotic syndrome receiving long-term oral corticosteroids: a cohort study	3
Suicide attempt with isoniazid in adolescents receiving tuberculous prophylaxis: three cases	3
Blood transfusion and mortality in children with severe anaemia in a malaria-endemic region	3
Neonaticide rate unchanged in Japan despite a decrease in the birth rate	3
Paediatric scurvy: frequently misdiagnosed	3
Short-term outcome and complications of therapeutic hypothermia in neonates with moderate-to-severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a single-centre retrospective observational study in a hospital in	2
Iron-deficiency anaemia in childhood: a risk factor for severe venous thrombosis?	2
Intrapericardial inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour in a 3-month-old infant associated with Coronavirus OC43 presenting with pericardial tamponade	2
Recurrent meningitis caused by Salmonella enterica Paratyphi B var. Java in a 3-month-old infant complicated by dilation of subarachnoid spaces, subdural effusion and right-sided hemiparesis	2
Complications associated with myocardial bridging in four children without underlying cardiac disease: a case series	2
Haematohidrosis in a 12-year-old boy: blood, sweat and tears	2
Neisseria oralis septicaemia in a newborn: first recorded case	2
Co-existing sickle cell anaemia and inflammatory bowel disease: case report and review of the literature	2
Inflammatory bowel disease in children in sub-Saharan Africa	1
Improving recognition and management of children with complicated severe acute malnutrition at a tertiary referral hospital in Malawi: a quality improvement initiative	1
Vegetarian diets and diets which restrict animal-source foods during childhood in high-income countries	1
Zinc supplementation in childhood diarrhoea: an integral part of management	1
Clinical characteristics in 26 children with congenital tuberculosis in Central Southern China: a retrospective study	1
Diaphragmatic palsy in a 10-month-old boy with infantile tremor syndrome causing respiratory failure with full response to vitamin B₁₂ therapy	1
Prevalence, risk factors and outcome of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection among children in Uganda: a prospective study	1
Therapeutic drug monitoring of intravenous anti-tuberculous therapy: management of an 8-month-old child with tuberculous meningitis	1
Maternal depression and infant social withdrawal as predictors of behaviour and development in vertically HIV-infected children at 3.5 years	1
An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in newborns in Serbia	1
Short-term outcome of perinatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy at Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand: a 15-year retrospective study	1
Comparison of adverse birth outcomes among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women delivering in high and low risk settings in the era of universal ART in Malawi: a registry study	1
A 17-year-old boy who presented with acute mononeuropathy was found to have Type 1 diabetes	1
Thiamine deficiency disorders in women and children	1
Influenza virus infection complicated by bacterial necrotising pneumonia: two case reports	1
Outcome in children with newly diagnosed rheumatic heart disease in Indonesia	1
Relationship between vitamin D deficiency and coeliac disease in children	1
Paradoxical upgrading reaction following treatment of disseminated tuberculosis-associated haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in an infant without HIV: a case report and review of the literature	1
A study comparing short-term outcome in preterm infants of ≤30 weeks gestation between a tertiary neonatal care unit in Bangalore, India and one in London, UK	1
Early congenital syphilis: missed opportunities in a mother owing to many problems during pregnancy – a case report	1
A gastric outlet thickened mucosal fold associated with cytomegalovirus infection in an extremely preterm infant managed by surgical resection	1
A rare cause of stroke in young children: minor head trauma associated with mineralising lenticulostriate angiopathy in three patients	1
An adolescent girl with obstructive uropathy requiring nephro-ureterectomy was subsequently diagnosed with renal tuberculosis: case report	1