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  Impact of Admission-Day Crowding on the Length of Stay of Pediatric Hospitalizations

  Scott A. Lorch, Andrea M. Millman, Xuemei Zhang, Orit Even-Shoshan, Jeffrey H. Silber

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e718-e730; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1280

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  Pediatric Residents' Clinical and Educational Experiences With End-of-Life Care

  Megan E. McCabe, Elizabeth A. Hunt, Janet R. Serwint

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e731-e737; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1657

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  Effect of a Pediatric Practice-Based Smoking Prevention and Cessation Intervention for Adolescents: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

  Lori Pbert, Alan J. Flint, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Martin H. Young, Susan Druker, Joseph R. DiFranza

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e738-e747; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1029

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  Serum Cytokine and Chemokine Profiles in Neonates With Meconium Aspiration Syndrome

  Kaoru Okazaki, Masatoshi Kondo, Masahiko Kato, Ryota Kakinuma, Akira Nishida, Masahiro Noda, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Hirokazu Kimura

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e748-e753; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1697

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  Use of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure During Retrieval of Neonates With Acute Respiratory Distress

  Philip G. Murray, Michael J. Stewart

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e754-e758; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0251

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  Inattention, Hyperactivity, and School Performance in a Population of School-Age Children With Complex Congenital Heart Disease

  Amanda J. Shillingford, Marianne M. Glanzman, Richard F. Ittenbach, Robert R. Clancy, J. William Gaynor, Gil Wernovsky

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e759-e767; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1066

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  Vaccination Coverage by Special Health Care Needs Status in Young Children

  Kathleen S. O'Connor, Matthew D. Bramlett

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e768-e774; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0305

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  Dietary Supplements: Inpatient Policies in US Children's Hospitals

  Paula Gardiner, Russell S. Phillips, Kathi J. Kemper, Anna Legedza, Silas Henlon, Alan D. Woolf

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e775-e781; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1898

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  Toxicity of Buprenorphine Overdoses in Children

  Bryan D. Hayes, Wendy Klein-Schwartz, Suzanne Doyon

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e782-e786; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1774

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  Association Between Living With Children and Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in the Women's Interagency HIV Study

  Daniel J. Merenstein, Michael F. Schneider, Christopher Cox, Rebecca Schwartz, Kathleen Weber, Esther Robison, Monica Gandhi, Jean Richardson, Michael W. Plankey

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e787-e793; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1586

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  A Policy-Based School Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity

  Gary D. Foster, Sandy Sherman, Kelley E. Borradaile, Karen M. Grundy, Stephanie S. Vander Veur, Joan Nachmani, Allison Karpyn, Shiriki Kumanyika, Justine Shults

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e794-e802; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1365

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  Outcome and Growth of Infants Fetally Exposed to Heart Block-Associated Maternal Anti-Ro52/SSA Autoantibodies

  Amanda Skog, Marie Wahren-Herlenius, Birgitta Sundström, Katarina Bremme, Sven-Erik Sonesson

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e803-e809; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1659

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  Maternal Smoking and Congenital Heart Defects

  Sadia Malik, Mario A. Cleves, Margaret A. Honein, Paul A. Romitti, Lorenzo D. Botto, Shengping Yang, Charlotte A. Hobbs

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e810-e816; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1519

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  Utility of Total Lower Extremity Radiography Investigation of Nonweight Bearing in the Young Child

  Christopher M. Baron, Jayne Seekins, Marta Hernanz-Schulman, Chang Yu, J. Herman Kan

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e817-e820; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1899

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  Association of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders and Loss of Family Income

  Guillermo Montes, Jill S. Halterman

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e821-e826; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1594

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  Long-term Safety and Efficacy Results of Once-Daily Emtricitabine-Based Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Regimens in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Pediatric Subjects

  Xavier Saez-Llorens, Avy Violari, Dalubuhle Ndiweni, Ram Yogev, Miguel Cashat, Andrew Wiznia, Greg Chittick, Jeanette Harris, John Hinkle, M. Robert Blum, Nathalie Adda, Franck Rousseau

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e827-e835; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3078

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  Media Coverage of the Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism Controversy and Its Relationship to MMR Immunization Rates in the United States

  Michael J. Smith, Susan S. Ellenberg, Louis M. Bell, David M. Rubin

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e836-e843; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1760

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  Elevated Morphine Concentrations in Neonates Treated With Morphine and Prolonged Hypothermia for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

  Anikó Róka, Kis Tamas Melinda, Barna Vásárhelyi, Tamás Machay, Denis Azzopardi, Miklós Szabó

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e844-e849; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1987

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  Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Probiotics for Primary Prevention: No Clinical Effects of Lactobacillus GG Supplementation

  Matthias Volkmar Kopp, Isabell Hennemuth, Andrea Heinzmann, Radvan Urbanek

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e850-e856; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1492

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  Prevention of Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Breastfed Infants: Lessons From the Dutch and Danish Biliary Atresia Registries

  Peter M. van Hasselt, Tom J. de Koning, Nina Kvist, Elsemieke de Vries, Christina Rydahl Lundin, Ruud Berger, Jan L. L. Kimpen, Roderick H. J. Houwen, Marianne Horby Jorgensen, Henkjan J. Verkade

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e857-e863; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1788

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  Readmission for Neonatal Jaundice in California, 1991–2000: Trends and Implications

  Anthony E. Burgos, Susan K. Schmitt, David K. Stevenson, Ciaran S. Phibbs

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e864-e869; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1214

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  Neonatal Dexamethasone Treatment for Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity Alters the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Immune System Activity at School Age

  Rosa Karemaker, Annemieke Kavelaars, Maike ter Wolbeek, Marijke Tersteeg-Kamperman, Wim Baerts, Sylvia Veen, Jannie F. Samsom, Gerard H. A. Visser, Frank van Bel, Cobi J. Heijnen

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e870-e878; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2454

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  Lipid-Laden Macrophage Index Is Not an Indicator of Gastroesophageal Reflux-Related Respiratory Disease in Children

  Rachel Rosen, Julia Fritz, Ariela Nurko, Dawn Simon, Samuel Nurko

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e879-e884; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0723

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  Genetics of Pubertal Timing and Its Associations With Relative Weight in Childhood and Adult Height: The Swedish Young Male Twins Study

  Karri Silventoinen, Jari Haukka, Leo Dunkel, Per Tynelius, Finn Rasmussen

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e885-e891; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1615

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  Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With Congenital Portosystemic Venous Shunt: A Previously Unrecognized Association

  Takuro Ohno, Jun Muneuchi, Kenji Ihara, Tetsuji Yuge, Yoshiaki Kanaya, Shigeo Yamaki, Toshiro Hara

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e892-e899; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3411

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  Selective Provision of Asthma Self-Management Tools to Families

  Michael D. Cabana, D. Curt Chaffin, Leah G. Jarlsberg, Shannon M. Thyne, Noreen M. Clark

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e900-e905; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1559

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  Comparison of Critically Ill and Injured Children Transferred From Referring Hospitals Versus In-House Admissions

  Christopher J. Gregory, Farid Nasrollahzadeh, Madan Dharmar, Kourosh Parsapour, James P. Marcin

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e906-e911; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2089

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  Self-Management Behaviors, Racial Disparities, and Glycemic Control Among Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes

  Russell L. Rothman, Shelagh Mulvaney, Tom A. Elasy, Ann VanderWoude, Tebeb Gebretsadik, Ayumi Shintani, Amy Potter, William E. Russell, David Schlundt

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e912-e919; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1484

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  Amino Acid Cerebrospinal Fluid/Plasma Ratios in Children: Influence of Age, Gender, and Antiepileptic Medication

  Sabine Scholl-Bürgi, Edda Haberlandt, Peter Heinz-Erian, Florian Deisenhammer, Ursula Albrecht, Sara Baumgartner Sigl, Markus Rauchenzauner, Hanno Ulmer, Daniela Karall

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e920-e926; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1631

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  Development, Testing, and Findings of a Pediatric-Focused Trigger Tool to Identify Medication-Related Harm in US Children's Hospitals

  Glenn S. Takata, Wilbert Mason, Carol Taketomo, Tina Logsdon, Paul J. Sharek

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e927-e935; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1779

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  Differences in Rates and Short-term Outcome of Live Births Before 32 Weeks of Gestation in Europe in 2003: Results From the MOSAIC Cohort

  Jennifer Zeitlin, Elizabeth S. Draper, Louis Kollée, David Milligan, Klaus Boerch, Rocco Agostino, Ludwig Gortner, Patrick Van Reempts, Jean-Louis Chabernaud, Janusz Gadzinowski, Gérard Bréart, Emile Papiernik

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e936-e944; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1620

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  Variability in Expert Assessments of Child Physical Abuse Likelihood

  Daniel Martin Lindberg, Christopher John Lindsell, Robert Allan Shapiro

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e945-e953; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2485

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  Gymnastics-related Injuries to Children Treated in Emergency Departments in the United States, 1990–2005

  Shubha Singh, Gary A. Smith, Sarah K. Fields, Lara B. McKenzie

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e954-e960; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0767

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  One-Month Adherence in Children With New-Onset Epilepsy: White-Coat Compliance Does Not Occur

  Avani C. Modi, Diego A. Morita, Tracy A. Glauser

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e961-e966; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1690

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  Growth in Stimulant-naive Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Using Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Approaches

  Tomasz Hanć, Joachim Cieślik

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) e967-e974; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1532

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  Age Inconsistency in the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Acute Otitis Media

  Sharon B. Meropol, Henry A. Glick, David A. Asch

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 657-668; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1913

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  Valuing Reduced Antibiotic Use for Pediatric Acute Otitis Media

  Sharon B. Meropol

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 669-673; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1914

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  Trends in Otitis Media Treatment Failure and Relapse

  Colin M. Sox, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Ruihua Yin, Ken Kleinman, Tracy A. Lieu

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 674-679; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1565

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  Prospective Multicenter Study of Bronchiolitis: Predicting Safe Discharges From the Emergency Department

  Jonathan M. Mansbach, Sunday Clark, Norman C. Christopher, Frank LoVecchio, Sarah Kunz, Uchechi Acholonu, Carlos A. Camargo

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 680-688; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1418

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  Changing Patterns in Neonatal Escherichia coli Sepsis and Ampicillin Resistance in the Era of Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis

  Matthew J. Bizzarro, Louise-Marie Dembry, Robert S. Baltimore, Patrick G. Gallagher

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 689-696; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2171

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  Neonatal Antibiotic Treatment Is a Risk Factor for Early Wheezing

  Bernt Alm, Laslo Erdes, Per Möllborg, Rolf Pettersson, S. Gunnar Norvenius, Nils Åberg, Göran Wennergren

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 697-702; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1232

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  Fluconazole Prophylaxis in Extremely Low Birth Weight Neonates Reduces Invasive Candidiasis Mortality Rates Without Emergence of Fluconazole-Resistant Candida Species

  C. Mary Healy, Judith R. Campbell, Elena Zaccaria, Carol J. Baker

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 703-710; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1130

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  Characteristics of General and Subspecialty Pediatricians Who Choose Not to Recertify

  Gary L. Freed, Kelly M. Dunham, Linda A. Althouse

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 711-717; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1956

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  Characteristics Associated With Older Adolescents Who Have a Television in Their Bedrooms

  Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, Patricia van den Berg, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Mary Story

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 718-724; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1546

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  Importance of Early Neglect for Childhood Aggression

  Jonathan B. Kotch, Terri Lewis, Jon M. Hussey, Diana English, Richard Thompson, Alan J. Litrownik, Desmond K. Runyan, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Benyamin Margolis, Howard Dubowitz

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 725-731; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3622

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  Just, in Time: Ethical Implications of Serial Predictions of Death and Morbidity for Ventilated Premature Infants

  William Meadow, Joanne Lagatta, Bree Andrews, Leslie Caldarelli, Amaris Keiser, Johanna Laporte, Susan Plesha-Troyke, Madhu Subramanian, Sam Wong, Jon Hron, Nima Golchin, Michael Schreiber

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 732-740; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2797

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  Volumetric MRI Study of Brain in Children With Intrauterine Exposure to Cocaine, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana

  Michael J. Rivkin, Peter E. Davis, Jennifer L. Lemaster, Howard J. Cabral, Simon K. Warfield, Robert V. Mulkern, Caroline D. Robson, Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Deborah A. Frank

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 741-750; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1399

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  Epidemiologic Features of the Presentation of Critical Congenital Heart Disease: Implications for Screening

  Amy H. Schultz, A. Russell Localio, Bernard J. Clark, Chitra Ravishankar, Nancy Videon, Stephen E. Kimmel

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 751-757; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0421

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  Positive Screening for Autism in Ex-preterm Infants: Prevalence and Risk Factors

  Catherine Limperopoulos, Haim Bassan, Nancy R. Sullivan, Janet S. Soul, Richard L. Robertson, Marianne Moore, Steven A. Ringer, Joseph J. Volpe, Adré J. du Plessis

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 758-765; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2158

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  Growth and Nutrient Intakes of Human Milk–Fed Preterm Infants Provided With Extra Energy and Nutrients After Hospital Discharge

  Deborah L. O'Connor, Sobia Khan, Karen Weishuhn, Jennifer Vaughan, Ann Jefferies, Douglas M. Campbell, Elizabeth Asztalos, Mark Feldman, Joanne Rovet, Carol Westall, Hilary Whyte

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 766-776; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0054

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  Prevalence and Risk Factors of Elevated Pulmonary Artery Pressures in Children With Sickle Cell Disease

  Farzana D. Pashankar, Judith Carbonella, Alia Bazzy-Asaad, Alan Friedman

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 777-782; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0730

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  Adverse Events From Cough and Cold Medications in Children

  Melissa K. Schaefer, Nadine Shehab, Adam L. Cohen, Daniel S. Budnitz

  Pediatrics Apr 2008, 121 (4) 783-787; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3638

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