OBJECTIVES: Intestinal rotavirus (RV) vaccine replication and host immune response are suggested to be affected by several factors, including maternal antibodies, breastfeeding history, and gut microbiome, which are thought to be similar in pairs ...
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society 65(1) e15527 2023年
BACKGROUND: In Japan, the first human milk bank (HMB) was established in 2017, which changed the practice of enteral feeding in neonatal care. This study investigated the practice of enteral feeding of preterm infants after the establishment of th...
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society 65(1) e15581 2023年
BACKGROUND: Few studies have compared the efficacy and complications of dexmedetomidine (DEX) and fentanyl (FEN) in extremely preterm infants. METHODS: We conducted a single-institution, retrospective controlled before and after study of preterm i...
GATA4 is known to be a causative gene for congenital heart disease, but has also now been associated with disorders of sexual development (DSD). We here report a pathogenic variant of GATA4 in a 46,XY DSD patient with an atrial septal defect, iden...
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society 64(1) e15271 2022年1月
BACKGROUND: The incidence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) has not been investigated in regional cohorts. The aim of this study was to clarify the incidence of PH associated with BPD in all very low b...