Firsthand insights from our Editor-in-Chief, Shanti Raman. Advice for authors. If you're thinking of submitting to our journal, this is a must-watch. You might also like to check out: bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/pages/authors #bmjeditors #bmjpublishingtips #bmjjournalinsights

✍️How do we define therapy-resistant #constipation in #children aged 4–18 years old? A systematic review with meta-narrative synthesis. A consensus definition is still needed for consistency in management. 🔗 Read more; bit.ly/3xujAOF Vassiliki Sinopoulou, RD Morris Gordon

📈Quantifying the costs of hospital admission for families of children with a febrile illness in the North East of England. 1 in 5 families reported financial hardship after admission. Total costs are median £56 a day. bit.ly/3RBCcDi Marieke Emonts 💙 Erin Emma Lim

✍️ Dermatological changes in a prospective cohort of acutely ill, hospitalised #Malawian children, stratified according to #nutritional status. The prevalence of skin changes in the subgroup of #malnourished children was unexpectedly lower. 🖇️ bit.ly/3VRhzp1

The largest dataset showing on peripheral perfusion index (PPI) in the pulse oximetry. PPI varies with gender and weight of the neonates Navaneetha Sasikumar bit.ly/3XHdmFU

Surveillance for symptoms and repeated admissions following hospital discharge by healthcare providers is crucial to identify children at risk for post- discharge mortality.bit.ly/3zl98cY a study out of Tanzania and Liberia.

Risk factors for mortality in culture- negative neonatal sepsis in Malawi: a propensity score-matched analysis bit.ly/45ERehr

Clinicians highlight challenges in diagnosing neonatal sepsis due to limited diagnostic tools & infection prevention & control measures. Insights from a survey conducted in 25 Sub-Saharan African countries ➡️bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e0… #AMR #AntibioticResistance

📣 We are launching a Topic Collection on 'Child Health and the Climate Crisis'. Original papers, research letters, editorials and review articles on any aspect of #childhealth in relation to the #climatecrisis are welcome. 📆 Deadline: 8th Oct 2024 bit.ly/3WlUlqh

📢 One of our Editor's Pick of the Month! 🌟 In this study Dr. Louise Oni, Chloe, Louise Bracken and Andrea Gill discuss key themes around caregivers failing to collect their child's prescription and identify potential barriers. 🔗 Read more 👉 bit.ly/3WFIMf0

📢 Our Second 'Editor's Pick' of July! ✍️ Individuals with #ARFID can present across the weight spectrum and individualised comprehensive health assessments are vital. Lee D Hudson Nadia Micali Dasha Nicholls Simon Chapman ARFID Awareness UK 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/46qPSY1

📣 We are launching a Topic Collection on 'Child Health and the Climate Crisis'. Original papers, research letters, editorials and review articles on any aspect of #childhealth in relation to the #climatecrisis are welcome. 📆 Deadline: 8th Oct 2024 bit.ly/3WlUlqh

🌍 'Responding to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan' - a viewpoint by Jeffrey Goldhagen, Safa E. Elkrail and Ashraf Affan MD. #Paediatricians must engage in a collective response to address the needs and rights of children impacted by the conflict in #Sudan. bit.ly/4g3ExSe

✍️ Why do children continue to suffer from ‘food poverty’? This viewpoint examines UNICEF's 'Child Food Poverty, 2024' Report in detail, providing a different perspective on the child #foodpoverty. 🔗 bit.ly/3MkxKpo

📝 Causes of sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI) with and without pre-existing conditions (PEC): a retrospective autopsy study 🔍 SUDI-PEC deaths occur later in infancy and respiratory infectious deaths were over-represented in this cohort. 🔗 bit.ly/3TAn9ef

✏️ Informing creation of the #FEEDS Toolkit to support parent-delivered interventions for eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties in young children with neurodisability Main diagnosis is not the main contributing factor determining intervention use. bit.ly/3XqFqg5

📊 Barriers and facilitators when seeking healthcare for septic children in Ghana This single-centre qualitative study identifies the barriers and facilitators to sepsis treatment with interviews of parents, caregivers and providers. Vanessa Denny, MD, MS bit.ly/4e6GRpt

📣 We are launching a Topic Collection on 'Child Health and the Climate Crisis'. Original papers, research letters, editorials and review articles on any aspect of #childhealth in relation to the #climatecrisis are welcome. 📆 Deadline: 8th Oct 2024 bit.ly/3WlUlqh

📣 Did you know publishing in a Topic Collection can boost your research's visibility? Check out our calls for papers, including 'Disability & Development in Early Childhood' and submit your work today! 🔗 bit.ly/3XoHCDV

📊 Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of postnatal clinical scoring (PCS) methods and foot length (FL) measurement for estimating gestational age (GA) and birthweight of newborns in LMICs Data shows significant inconsistencies in using PCS and FL methods. bit.ly/3XsfSzi