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Shortening the postenucleation chemotherapy regimen containing carboplatin, etoposide, and vincristine (CEV) from six to three cycles results in comparable survival outcomes in paediatric patients with unilateral pathologic high-risk retinoblastoma, according to new research.

A shorter time to culture positivity, osteoarticular infection, and higher presenting and peak values for some inflammatory markers appear predictive of persistent S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) in children, suggests a study.

Fathers who use metformin during the period of sperm development does not seem to contribute to congenital malformations in their children, a study has shown.

Shared decision making (SDM), in which both doctor and patient are actively involved, should be the beau ideal in the approach to the management of diseases in the Philippines. And yet, experts say that SDM — elements of which include the so-called patient decision aids (PtDAs) — is, more or less, not discussed in the local clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) of cancer treatment, reflecting its infrequent utilization in the clinics. One of the probable reasons for this is the lack of local studies to help form recommendations.  

Individuals with either active or quiescent ulcerative colitis (UC) commonly experience abdominal pain, which is associated with active disease, female sex, and psychological symptoms and contributes to lower quality of life (QoL), as reported in a study.

Children with prenatal exposure to cannabis appears to have poorer executive function and more aggressive behaviour, according to a study.

During pregnancy, high levels of maternal fasting plasma glucose (FPG) trajectories appear to contribute to refractive error, hypermetropia, and astigmatism in children at 6 years of age, reveals a recent study.

Intravenous colistin therapy demonstrates acceptable efficacy in the treatment of nosocomial Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) infections in paediatric patients, reports a Thailand study.