Welcome to This Week in Pediatrics. This week we are covering ten notable papers spanning critical advancements in neonatal and perinatal care, cardiovascular and intensive care monitoring, and strategies for improving equity and long-term screening in primary care. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] We begin in the neonatal intensive care unit, where three recent publications highlight the delicate balance…

This week's papers:

Therapeutic equivalence of intermittent and continuous phototherapy for neonatal jaundice: a systematic review & meta-analysis with regression and trial sequential analysis. — European journal of pediatrics 2026
Efficacy and safety of procedural sedation-analgesia during laser photocoagulation for retinopathy of prematurity: a systematic review. — European journal of pediatrics 2026
Racial and Ethnic Variation in Outpatient Respiratory Outcomes in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. — The Journal of pediatrics 2026
Caregiver-Reported Quality of Pediatric Primary Care Language Services. — Pediatrics 2026
Update on Selected Adverse Events of Concern Following Immunization With Acellular Pertussis Vaccines, a Narrative Review. — Acta paediatrica 2026
Respiratory evolution after antenatal betamethasone dose reduction in very preterm neonates: a post hoc analysis of the BETADOSE trial. — European journal of pediatrics 2026
Prediction of future onset of allergic rhinitis and analysis of risk factors in children with food allergy during infancy. — European journal of pediatrics 2026
Fluid balance during PICU stay in children after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. — European journal of pediatrics 2026
A multivariate electrocardiographic predictive model for left ventricular hypertrophy in children with primary hypertension. — European journal of pediatrics 2026
Screening for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Japanese 18- and 36-Month Health Check-Ups: Utility and Reproducibility of the ESSENCE-Q. — Acta paediatrica 2026