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Join us at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS)

The 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery is going to be held in May 25-27, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary: https://estsmeeting.com.

This time, Translational Pediatrics (TP) as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company will be on display during this exciting academic event! We would like to seize this great opportunity to meet our authors, editorial board members and readers.

Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, TP reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

Join us at the 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

The 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) is going to be held at the Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA, USA from May 2 to 5, 2025: https://events.aats.org/am25.

As the world's most prestigious thoracic surgery event, the annual meeting of AATS helps grow one’s expertise, network with leading experts, and build the future of thoracic surgery.

This year Translational Pediatrics (TP) as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company will be on display during this exciting academic event! We would like to seize this great opportunity to meet our authors, editorial board members and readers.

TP 2024 Annual Report

We are glad to present you the 2024 Annual Report of TP and would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers.

We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2025 and look forward to working with you in the new year to continue the success of TP.

Interviews with Editorial Board Members

TP features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Interviews with Guest Editors

Over the years, a number of TP guest editors have made valuable contributions to the journal. This column features interviews with our guest editors, who graciously share their experience in scientific careers and provide insightful perspectives on the special series.

New Impact Factor for Translational Pediatrics: 1.5

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Pediatrics (TP) has attained its new impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 1.5.

Translational Pediatrics 2023 CiteScore Released: 4.5

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Pediatrics (TP) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 4.5, ranking 72 out of 330 journals in the Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Join us at the 1st World Summit for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Dr. Corno will have an oral poster presentation at 10:00-10:30 on June 7 about arterial switch and neurological outcomes, and Dr. Dodge-Khatami will be a Session Chair in Room Rossa at 14;00-18:00 on June 5 about the 3D simulation of cardiac surgery and a moderator for Session 12 at 8:20-9:50 on June 8, 2024 at ECHSA on AV Valves for single ventricle. We warmly welcome you meeting Dr. Corno and Dr. Dodge-Khatami in Bologna!

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.

Announcement of TP New Co-Editor-in-Chief

The editorial office is pleased to announce that Dr. Antonio F. Corno is taking over as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Translational Pediatric (TP) in tandem with Dr. Yu-Jia Yang, effective from May 25, 2023. Please join us in wishing Dr. Corno all the best in his new role!

Implementation of transparent peer review at Translational Pediatrics

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to TP from March 19, 2020.

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To screen or not to screen: the importance of early detection of pectus excavatum

Elise J. van Polen, Nicky Janssen, Jean H. T. Daemen, Aimée J. P. M. Franssen, Eric P. de Groot, Lori M. van Roozendaal, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos

PDF Pages: 529-532 Full Text (25) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Nomogram for prediction of in-hospital mortality rate in children with congenital heart disease in pediatric intensive care: establishment and external validation

Lisha Xue, Huanjie Lian, Yong Wu, Shuangyi Guo

PDF Pages: 533-544 Full Text (28) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Value of cystatin C for Kawasaki disease with coronary artery aneurysm

Kaizhi Liang, Danyan Su, Yusheng Pang

PDF Pages: 545-558 Full Text (26) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Evaluation of radiomics as an assistant tool for radiologists in the diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis

Chaogang Lu, Mingshu Yang, Yinghao Zhu, Yaqin Xia, Siqi Luo, Guang Yang, Mei Bai, Zhongwei Qiao

PDF Pages: 559-570 Full Text (30) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

High expression of myeloperoxidase may be related to the occurrence of urethral fistula in hypospadias patients after tubularized-incised plate urethroplasty repair

Xiaoqing Wang, Yu Qu, Guangyu Zhu, Wei Liu

PDF Pages: 571-581 Full Text (12) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Single cell sequencing technology reveals the correlation between B lymphocytes and vascular inflammatory symptoms of Kawasaki disease

Sirui Song, Liqin Chen, Yuanyuan Zhou, Jianhang Huang, Yanbing Xu, Guang Li, Guohui Ding, Tingting Xiao, Min Huang

PDF Pages: 582-596 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Predictive value of the combined application of multiple critical illness scoring systems in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

Liqin Yan, Jiayang Mao, Qin Li, Tingting Yu, Lianghua Lu

PDF Pages: 597-607 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impact of body mass index on clinical outcomes in pediatric patients with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

Wenjie Xuan, Lingke Liu, Jinjing Lin, Xiaohong Chen, Huanying Yao, Dong Yu

PDF Pages: 608-617 Full Text (33) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Two cases of autosomal dominant familial short stature associated with COL11A2 gene variant and the therapeutic response to recombinant human growth hormone

Pengli Bao, Lihong Jiang, Geli Liu, Yapu Li, Xin Chen, Meilin Wang

PDF Pages: 618-627 Full Text (16) Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy of naked-eye 3D technology in mitigating myopia progression among children

Zongyue Lv, Zhengyang Tao, Hang Chu, Guorui Hu, Zhixing Xu, Hui Zhong, Zefeng Kang, Hongwei Deng

PDF Pages: 628-638 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Retrospective analysis of laparoscopic management for pediatric complicated appendicitis with concurrent inguinal hernia at a tertiary center

Shuan-Ling Li, Zong-Han Li, Fang-Nan Xie, Yi-Yuan Liang, Xian-Ling Li, Liu-Ming Huang

PDF Pages: 639-645 Full Text (10) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Exploring the predictive value of pH in stratified mortality risk of NEC patients undergoing surgery: a retrospective study based on the PIC database

Xue Liu, Wenqiang Sun, Ronghui Yu, Yihui Li, Xueping Zhu

PDF Pages: 646-657 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Screening for biomarkers of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a bioinformatics analysis

Xiaoqun Zhang, Linzhou Zhu, Huawei Wang, Jinhui Hu, Jie Huo, Shan He, Yueping Shen, Xueping Zhu

PDF Pages: 658-670 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Association of human adenovirus load and viral genotype diversity with respiratory disease severity in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ruizhong Zhang, Taichiro Goto, Xiaowei Zhang

PDF Pages: 671-682 Full Text (11) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Age- and sex-specific reference intervals for anti-Müllerian hormone during childhood in Chinese population: a cross-sectional study of 2,450 healthy children

Yu Shang, Cong Yao, Mo Wu, Tian Chen, Yuxuan Tao, Wenbin Tuo, Chunhui Yuan, Liping Li, Chengdong Qiu, Jiaying Liang, Wei Luo, Alessandro Boscarelli, Antonio F. Corno, Yun Xiang, Jun Wang, Qinzhen Cai

PDF Pages: 683-693 Full Text (15) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Study Protocol

Protocol for the field-test and psychometric validation of the pectus excavatum evaluation questionnaire in the Dutch pectus excavatum population

Nicky Janssen, Elise J. van Polen, Jean H. T. Daemen, Aimée J. P. M. Franssen, Bjorn Winkens, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos

PDF Pages: 694-699 Full Text (13) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome—a scoping review

Consolato M. Sergi

PDF Pages: 700-717 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impact of pediatric surgery on anxiety in children and their families and coping strategies: a narrative review

Xiaoqian Ma, Zhenkun Zhang, Yiyao Bao, Hangyan Zhao

PDF Pages: 718-727 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Current progress and future prospects of machine learning in the diagnosis of neonatal encephalopathy: a narrative review

Yu-Fen Huang, Zhong-Quan Jiang, Lei Feng, Chao Song

PDF Pages: 728-739 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Report

Coexistence of gastroesophageal reflux and eosinophilic esophagitis in a single patient: case report

Simon S. Rabinowitz, Shagun Sharma, Meredith Pittman

PDF Pages: 740-747 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Congenital patellar dislocation with genu valgum and Klinefelter syndrome: a case report

Tengyao Li, Jiewei Weng, Tianyou Li

PDF Pages: 748-753 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A de novo microdeletion of 3q27.1-3q27.2 causing fetal growth retardation: a case report and literature review

Chuyang Lin, Mingyan Jiang, Zhen Pan, Jinlin Wu, Jinrong Li

PDF Pages: 754-762 Full Text (15) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Statin-associated rhabdomyolysis: an exemplary case report and a mini-review of therapeutic management

Felix Sebastian Oberhoffer, Eva Rieger, Sara Schenk, Julia Hauer, Ruth Chmiel, Maximilian Steinhauser

PDF Pages: 763-768 Full Text (19) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial Commentary

Future directions for the molecular therapy of rhabdomyosarcoma: how do we detect and investigate new, appropriate target mutations and populations?

Kenji Nakano

PDF Pages: 769-772 Full Text (17) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Lower blood pressure targets in childhood chronic kidney disease

Manish D. Sinha, Phil Chowienczyk

PDF Pages: 773-775 Full Text (15) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Clinical analysis of 10 neonates born to mothers with 2019-nCoV pneumonia

Huaping Zhu, Lin Wang, Chengzhi Fang, Sicong Peng, Lianhong Zhang, Guiping Chang, Shiwen Xia, Wenhao Zhou

Published online: 21 February 2020

PDF Pages: 51-60 Full Text (92495) Open Access

Review Article

Autism spectrum disorder: definition, epidemiology, causes, and clinical evaluation

Holly Hodges, Casey Fealko, Neelkamal Soares

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S55-S65 Full Text (72182) Open Access

Review Article

Recovery of steroid induced adrenal insufficiency

Areej K. Younes, Noor K. Younes

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 269-273 Full Text (66997) Open Access

Review Article

Dermatologic manifestations of endocrine disorders

Michael Lause, Alisha Kamboj, Esteban Fernandez Faith

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 300-312 Full Text (58686) Open Access

Review Article

A clinical primer on intellectual disability

Dilip R. Patel, Maria Demma Cabral, Arlene Ho, Joav Merrick

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S23-S35 Full Text (54090) Open Access

Review Article

Cerebral palsy in children: a clinical overview

Dilip R. Patel, Mekala Neelakantan, Karan Pandher, Joav Merrick

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S125-S135 Full Text (52824) Open Access

Review Article

Hypoglycemia in the preterm neonate: etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, management and long-term outcomes

Anudeepa Sharma, Ajuah Davis, Prem S. Shekhawat

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 335-348 Full Text (42788) Open Access

Rare Diseases Column (Review Article)

Phenylketonuria: a review of current and future treatments

Naz Al Hafid, John Christodoulou

Published online: 31 October 2015

PDF Pages: 304-317 Full Text (42519) Open Access

Review Article

Non-accidental trauma in pediatric patients: a review of epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment

Alexandra R. Paul, Matthew A. Adamo

Published online: 31 July 2014

PDF Pages: 195-207 Full Text (37419) Open Access

Review Article

Transient hypothyroidism in the newborn: to treat or not to treat

Neelakanta Kanike, Ajuah Davis, Prem S. Shekhawat

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 349-358 Full Text (36511) Open Access

Review Article

Participation in sports in relation to adolescent growth and development

Kelly A. Brown, Dilip R. Patel, Daphne Darmawan

Published online: 24 July 2017

PDF Pages: 150-159 Full Text (33954) Open Access

Review Article

Genetics of hereditary neurological disorders in children

Yue Huang, Sui Yu, Zhanhe Wu, Beisha Tang

Published online: 01 April 2014

PDF Pages: 108-119 Full Text (31658) Open Access

Review Article

Ophthalmic manifestations of endocrine disorders—endocrinology and the eye

Alisha Kamboj, Michael Lause, Priyanka Kumar

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 286-299 Full Text (31306) Open Access

Review Article

Mesenchymal stem cells: potential application in intervertebral disc regeneration

Aiqun Wei, Bojiang Shen, Lisa Williams, Ashish Diwan

Published online: 01 April 2014

PDF Pages: 71-90 Full Text (30700) Open Access

Review Article

Uniparental disomy in Robertsonian translocations: strategies for uniparental disomy testing

Moh-Ying Yip

Published online: 01 April 2014

PDF Pages: 98-107 Full Text (27669) Open Access

Review Article

Pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: a review for practitioners

Dilip R. Patel, Cynthia Feucht, Kelly Brown, Jessica Ramsay

Published online: 14 January 2018

PDF Pages: 23-35 Full Text (27007) Open Access

Review Article

Antibiotics in inflammatory bowel diseases: do we know what we’re doing?

Oren Ledder

Published online: 28 January 2019

PDF Pages: 42-55 Full Text (26947) Open Access

Review Articles

Research advances in neonatal hypoglycemic brain injury

Jun Su, Li Wang

Published online: 08 October 2012

PDF Pages: 108-115 Full Text (24532) Open Access

Review Article

Disorder of written expression and dysgraphia: definition, diagnosis, and management

Peter J. Chung, Dilip R. Patel, Iman Nizami

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S46-S54 Full Text (24541) Open Access

Review Article

Resistance training for children and adolescents

Allison M. Myers, Nicholas W. Beam, Joseph D. Fakhoury

Published online: 24 July 2017

PDF Pages: 137-143 Full Text (24388) Open Access

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Association of folate metabolism genes MTHFR and MTRR with multiple complex congenital malformation risk in Chinese population of Shanxi

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Genetics of hereditary neurological disorders in children

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Down syndrome and leukemia: insights into leukemogenesis and translational targets

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Spanning the genomics era: the vital role of a single institution biorepository for childhood cancer research over a decade

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Regenerative medicine therapy for single ventricle congenital heart disease

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Original Articles

A pilot trial on the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux-related cough in infants

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Cloning and sequence analysis of SLC25A13 transcripts in human amniocytes

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Pneumatically-driven external pressure applicator to augment Fontan hemodynamics: preliminary findings

Amy L. Throckmorton, Sonya S. Bhavsar, Steven G. Chopski, William B. Moskowitz

Epidemiological survey and analysis of asthma in children aged 0-14 years old in urban and rural areas of Chengdu region

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Review Articles

The concept and practice of Fanconi Anemia: from the clinical bedside to the laboratory bench

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Editorials

Brain size and neuropsychological functioning in long-term survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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Research Highlights

Pediatric high-grade gliomas: survival at what cost?

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Is quarterly bolus vitamin D₃ supplementation adequate to prevent childhood pneumonia?

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Column on Metabolism of Childhood Cancer

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Energy metabolism in neurodevelopment and medulloblastoma

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Rare Diseases Column (Review Article)

Phenylketonuria: a review of current and future treatments

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Translational Pediatrics is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal indexed by PubMed/PMC and Science Citation Indexed Expanded (SCIE), focusing on all aspects of health care in newborns, children and adolescents. Contributions pertinent to pediatrics are also included from related fields such as nutrition, surgery, respiration, dentistry, urology, public health, child health services, human genetics, basic sciences, psychology, psychiatry, education, sociology, and nursing.