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In the treatment of children with acute ischaemic stroke, endovascular thrombectomy is safe and results in high rates of achieving favourable functional outcomes, as shown in a study.

ß3-adrenergic receptor agonists (ß3 agonists), such as mirabegron, demonstrate effectiveness and a satisfactory safety profile as adjunctive therapy in the management of paediatric neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) or overactive bladder, results of a study have shown.

Children with bacterial meningitis appear to fare well with corticosteroids, which lead to a lower incidence of hearing loss and neurologic sequelae and faster resolution of fever, according to a meta-analysis.

While neonatal anthropometric measures are related to the degree of obesity in childhood, it does not seem to affect response to multidisciplinary treatment to childhood obesity, a recent study has found.

Children with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) may benefit from a 5-day antibiotic regimen compared with the current standard regimen of 10 days, according to results of the US-based SCOUT-CAP trial.

In children with cancer, early diagnosis and proper and timely treatment of ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) are necessary to achieve recovery and to prevent larger necrotic lesions, which eventually evolve in scarring sequelae, suggests a study.

No apparent association exists between neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) and known risk loci for schizophrenia in a multiethnic cohort of patients with childhood-onset (c)SLE, reveals a recent study.