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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.

Children born to mothers with increased intake of caffeine and paraxanthine during pregnancy are likely to have shorter stature, which persists up to 8 years of age, according to a study.

Biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin are robust predictors of serious bacterial infections (SBIs) and invasive bacterial infections (IBIs), respectively, in febrile infants, results of a Singapore study have shown.