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Children with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies who present with abnormal nailfold capillary changes at baseline are prone to the development of calcinosis, suggests a recent study.

Compared with the general population, survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) appear to have better social and emotional functioning, reports a new study.

In patients with paediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS), the time to disease resolution is longer in those with more severe disease, according to a Singapore study.

The use of general anaesthesia (GA) in children undergoing elective surgeries does not lead to long-term deterioration in behavioural outcomes, according to a study presented at Anesthesiology 2022.

Among youths and adolescents, exposure to cyberbullying appears to aggravate depressive symptoms, according to a recent Vietnam study.

Exposure to acid suppressants during infancy may have adverse, long-term neurodevelopmental consequences in extremely preterm infants, as shown in a study.

Despite testing positive in unadjusted analyses, the impact of sleep apnoea and insomnia in pregnancy on infant outcomes appears nonsignificant, a recent study has found.

Prophylactic use of methylprednisolone does not appear to improve outcomes in infants undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, even posing an increased risk of hyperglycaemia that requires insulin treatment, according to a study.