Welcome to This Week in Pediatrics. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning critical care innovations in the NICU and PICU, common diagnostic challenges from seizures to ECGs, and a look at complex care in immunology and oncology. Let's dive in. We begin this week in the intensive care setting, with several studies aimed at optimizing care for our most vulnerable patients. A major nat…

This week's papers:

Individualised duration of antibiotic treatment in culture-negative early-onset sepsis in late-preterm and term-born neonates in Denmark (DURATION): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. — The Lancet. Child & adolescent health 2026
Performance of a Pediatric Early Warning Score Among Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition. — Pediatrics 2026
Dexmedetomidine use in Infants undergoing Cooling due to neonatal Encephalopathy (DICE trial): safety and pharmacokinetics. — Pediatric research 2026
Correlation of Oxygen Saturation Index with Oxygenation Index in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: in A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. — The Journal of pediatrics 2026
Semiological features of epilepsy seizures and paroxysmal non-epileptic events in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. — Developmental medicine and child neurology 2026
Live viral measles-mumps-rubella revaccination and varicella vaccination in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a systematic review. — European journal of pediatrics 2026
Guideline-Discordant Bronchiolitis Care in Community Emergency Departments. — The Journal of pediatrics 2026
Parental Perspectives and Experiences with Genetic Testing and Surveillance for Cancer Predisposition in Healthy Young Children. — The Journal of pediatrics 2026
Targeted efficacy of BCG Hsp70-anti-CD123 immunoconjugate in childhood acute myeloid leukemia. — Pediatric research 2026
Don't Skip A Beat: Deliberate Practice and Mastery Learning of Pediatric Electrocardiograms. — The Journal of pediatrics 2026