This study conducted at Winthrop University Hospital, USA, reviewed children with fractures of tibia, over eleven months and found that 13.8% of the tibia fractures were sustained while sliding down a slide on an adult’s lap. It was found that a child has more probability of getting tibia fracture when in an adult’s lap while sliding; the leg of the child is thus fixed and gets twisted, creating a torque that leads to a fracture in the lower extremity.

This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study was done in Finland. Children with their first febrile seizure were observed for 2 years to assess the effectiveness of different antipyretic agents and their highest recommended doses for preventing febrile seizures. During follow-up, all febrile episodes were treated first with either rectal diclofenac or placebo, and after 8 hours, treatment was continued with oral ibuprofen, acetaminophen, or placebo. The primary endpoint of the study was recurrence of febrile seizures.

The rate of febrile seizure recurrence was 23.4% in those receiving antipyretic agents and 23.5% in those receiving placebo (difference, 0.2; 95% confidence interval [CI], "12.8 to 17.6; P=0.99). Independent of the medication given, fever was significantly higher during the episodes with seizure versus those without seizure (39.7°C vs. 38.9°C; difference, 0.7°C; 95% CI, "0.9°C to "0.6°C; P<0.001).

A total of 49 clinically normal children aged 3-19 years, including 17 with abdominal obesity, underwent detailed echocardiographic assessment to explore the associations between waist circumference (WC) and cardiac function. Compared to subjects without abdominal obesity, those with abdominal obesity had increased left atrial dimensions, posterior wall thickness, and left ventricular (LV) mass index 2.7 (P<0.05 for each comparison). Those with abdominal obesity also had altered LV filling patterns at the septal, lateral, and inferior wall. WC was the sole predictor of, and was negatively associated with the ratios of early/late peak velocity at the septum, inferior wall, and right ventricle; these associations were independent of LV mass (P<0.001 for each comparison). Both BMI and WC were independent predictors of left ventricular mass index (P= 0.001 and 0.05, respectively).