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BACKGROUND: The presence of women in decision-making positions, such as on editorial committees of biomedical journals, is not the same as that of men. This paper analyzes the gender composition of editorial committees (EBMs) and editors-in-chief (ECs) positions of pediatric journals. METHODS: The gender of EBMs and ECs of 125 journals classified in the pediatrics area of the Journal Citation Report (JCR) was analyzed. The following indicators were calculated: gender distribution of ECs and EBMs by journal, publisher, subject speciality, country, quartile of the journal in JCR and country of affiliation of the members. RESULTS: The total number of EBMs was 4242. The distribution by sex of the ECs was 19.44% women and 80.56% men, while that of the EBMs were 33.05% women and 66.95% men. Twenty journals exhibited a greater representation of women than of men, and in four there was parity. Journals with greater participation of women specialized in nursing and physical therapy and were related to nutrition (lactation and breastfeeding). CONCLUSIONS: Only one-fifth of ECs and one-third of EBMs are females. Women's participation is higher in journals related to nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and nutrition. The United States has the highest number of EBMs, followed by the European Union. IMPACT: Only one-fifth of Editors-in-chief in pediatrics journals are female. Only one-third of Editorial Board Members in pediatrics journals are female. Women's participation is higher in editorials committees in pediatrics journals related to nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and nutrition. Medical and pediatric associations and societies must work together to eliminate the disparities that exist between women and men. Achieving gender equity and empowering all women is one of the World Health Organization's Sustainable Development Goals.
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Advisory Committees/trends , Biomedical Research/trends , Committee Membership , Editorial Policies , Gender Equity/trends , Pediatrics/trends , Periodicals as Topic/trends , Sexism/trends , Empowerment , Female , Gender Role , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Fundamento. El diagnóstico precoz del reflujo vesicoureteral(RVU) puede ayudar a evitar el desarrollo deReflux vesicoureteral en pediatria: ha canviat elpaper de la cistografia?Ester Parada, Nabil Abu-Hadwan, Francesc Mir, José Maria Inoriza, Teresa Carrión,Joan Manel Torres, Joan Agulló, Pere Plaja.Hospital de Palamós. Palamós (Girona)nefropatía de reflujo pero a la vez puede condicionar eluso demasiado generalizado de exploraciones complementariasinvasivas. Es necesario valorar periódicamente elrendimiento de las exploraciones complementarias que solicitamosen el marco de la mejora de las técnicas de diagnóstico,tanto prenatal como postnatal.Objetivo. Valorar las indicaciones y el rendimiento dela CUMS en el estudio de alteraciones renales de diagnósticoprenatal y en el seguimiento de las infecciones deltracto urinario (ITU).Método. Revisión retrospectiva de las historias clínicasde pacientes de 0-4 años en los que se ha realizado unaCUMS en nuestro hospital entre enero de 2001 y agosto de2004.Resultados. Se han estudiado 128 pacientes, en el 75%de los cuales se solicitó CUMS a raíz del diagnóstico de ITUy en el resto como seguimiento de alteraciones renales dediagnóstico prenatal. Se detectó RVU en el 17.2% de lospacientes: el 12.9% de los estudiados por diagnóstico prenataly el 18.7% por ITU. Dos de los pacientes presentaronuna infección de orina post-CUMS.Conclusiones. A pesar de los avances en el diagnósticoprenatal, la presencia de RVU en el 18.7% de los pacientescon antecedente de ITU avala el papel de la CUMS en el estudiode estos pacientes
Background. The early diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux(VUR) is important for the prevention of its progressionto reflux nephropathy; however, invasive and uncomfortabletechniques are required. The use of suchprocedures ought to be assessed periodically in the evolvingscenario of technological advances in prenatal andpostnatal diagnosis.Objective. To assess the yield of voiding cystourethrogram(VCUG) in the evaluation of congenital renal abnormalitiesand urinary tract infections (UTI).Method. We retrospectively reviewed the medicalcharts of patients younger than 4 years of age who underwentVCUG between January 2001 and August 2004 at ourhospital.Results. One-hundred and twenty-eight patients underwentVCUG during the study period, 75% of them aftera UTI and the rest because of prenatal diagnosis of renalmalformations. RVU was diagnosed in 17.2% of thepatients: 12.9% of patients with renal malformations and18.7% of patients with history of UTI. Two patients developeda UTI after the VCUG was performed. DMSA scanwas performed in 18 of the 22 patients with VUR, and 12of them were found to have renal scarring. Conclusions. Despite the improvements in prenataldiagnosis of renal malformations, the detection of VUR ina significant proportion of patients as a result of a UTIconfirms the importance of VCUG in the evaluation ofpatients with UTI
