Multiple neonatal endocrinopathies in McCune-Albright syndrome.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between infant and parental characteristics and parental report of infant cyanosis and also hospital admission for apnoea/cyanosis. METHODS:A prospective cohort study was conducted. It involved the one-fifth of Tasmanian live births who were assessed, using a perinatal score, as ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ponsonby AL,Dwyer T,Couper D

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent sequencing of the human genome combined with the development of massively high throughput genetic analysis technologies is driving unprecedented growth in our knowledge of the molecular basis of disease. While this has already had a major impact on our diagnostic power, the therapeutic benefits remain large...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ginn SL,Alexander IE

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Adaptive functioning develops throughout early childhood, and its limitation is a reflection that the child has developmental or emotional problems or even mental retardation. Little is known about the adaptive functioning or developmental status of slum children. The present cross-sectional study was undertaken du...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Panigrahi A,Das SC,Sahoo P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign body ingestion is seen commonly in paediatric surgical practice and the vast majority of ingested foreign bodies will pass spontaneously once they have made their way into the stomach. Lead foreign body ingestion in children represents a special case in view of the potential for acute lead intoxication seconda...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Fergusson JA,Malecky G,Simpson E

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Medication adherence is poor in many young people with chronic illness. However, little research has examined medication adherence in clinic samples of young people receiving psychotropic medication, and whether factors such as disorder or drug type influence adherence. This study aimed to examine medication adhere...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dean AJ,Wragg J,Draper J,McDermott BM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study is to measure objectively and accurately the physical activity (PA) patterns in Spanish children and adolescents according to their obesity status, gender and age groups. METHODS:A sample of 487 children and 274 adolescents from the European Youth Heart Study participated in the study. The va...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Laguna M,Ruiz JR,Gallardo C,García-Pastor T,Lara MT,Aznar S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) deficiency in a full-term Chinese neonate, who presented with atypical biochemical features of hyperammonaemia in addition to the classical presenting features of jaundice and lethargy after feeding. Red cell GALT activity was virtually absent in the ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Cheung KL,Tang N,Hsiao KJ,Law LK,Wong W,Ng PC,Pang CP,Applegarth DA,Fok TF,Hjelm NM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old Chinese girl with 1-year history of progressive jaundice, steatorrhoea and pruritus was referred. Physical examination showed failure to thrive, marked jaundice, finger clubbing and hepatomegaly. There was laboratory evidence of cholestatic jaundice and autoimmunity, with marked elevation of alkaline phos...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee WS,Saw CB,Sarji SA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helping parents engage in practices that are likely to prevent childhood obesity is a considerable challenge for health professionals, policy makers and researchers. The aim of the study was to determine who is likely to use services designed to help parents prevent overweight and obesity and what types of services th...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wolfenden L,Bell C,Wiggers J,Butler M,James E,Chipperfield K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify and demonstrate necrotizing dermatitis in infancy; an uncommon, puzzling syndrome, in which anecdotal reporting and personal experience indicates that one third of cases may require skin grafting. Much informed discussion about the pathogenesis of this distressing syndrome centres on the role of ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lui PC,Petersen D,Kimble RM,Raven RJ,Pearn JH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a common, usually mild childhood illness caused by enteroviruses. Over the last five years, coxsackievirus A6 has been identified as a causative agent in outbreaks in Europe, South-East Asia and America. It has an atypical presentation compared with other enteroviruses, with more widespr...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hayman R,Shepherd M,Tarring C,Best E

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridoxine dependency is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder causing intractable seizures in neonates and infants. Life-long therapy with pyridoxine is required for prevention of seizure recurrence and for an optimum intellectual outcome. With the availability of newer biochemical confirmatory tests, the conventional ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kumar P,Gupta VK,Mishra D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Chest compression depth (CCD) decreases significantly when performing one-handed chest compression (OHCC). We modified OHCC posture to increase CCD as follows: first, the axis of the compression hand was adjusted to the compression area; second, the opposite hand was wrapped around the elbow of the compression arm....

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee SS,Lee SD,Oh JH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern paediatric oncology practice has rapidly evolved from a fatal condition at diagnosis in the 1940s to modern survival rates of over 80%. With the advent of the 'omics' era and modern diagnostics platforms, we can now determine many of the molecular driving mechanisms of malignancy. Current molecular diagnostics ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hansford JR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16 year old girl with an established diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis presented with a 1 year history of swelling of the left cheek. A 2 cm diameter tumour was excised which showed histological features of a solid variant of a minor salivary gland basal cell adenoma. One year later during laparotomy and excision of m...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Byard RW,Phillips GE,Dardick I,Robertson E,Carter RF,Bourne AJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:A Macrogol 3350-based, iso-osmotic laxative has become available for the treatment of chronic constipation in adults. This open-label, non-randomised study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this preparation in the treatment of chronic constipation in children. METHODS:Seventy-eight children, aged 2-11 y...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hardikar W,Cranswick N,Heine RG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Childhood overweight and obesity is unacceptably high in industrialised nations. School-based interventions have largely been atheoretical and ineffective. This study aimed to test a new theory-based protocol for its effects on measures of fitness and body mass index (BMI), and its proposed psychosocial mediators, ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Annesi JJ,Walsh SM,Greenwood BL,Mareno N,Unruh-Rewkowski JL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of physiological studies, published over the last 10 years, have investigated the links between prone sleeping and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). This review evaluates those studies and derives an overview of the different affects of sleeping prone or supine in infancy. Generally, compared with the supi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Galland BC,Taylor BJ,Bolton DP

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Hyperglycaemia is a common problem in very low birthweight (VLBW) preterm neonates and has been associated with an increase in intraventricular haemorrhage and mortality. There are few data to guide clinicians on the best range of blood glucose levels to aim for when treating hyperglycaemic preterm babies with insu...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Alsweiler JM,Kuschel CA,Bloomfield FH

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To report infant care practice prevalence for known modifiable sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk factors among a generally disadvantaged yet low-SIDS rate population of mothers with Pacific infants. METHODS:The Pacific Islands Families study follows a cohort of Pacific infants born at a large tertiary hospi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Schluter PJ,Paterson J,Percival T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the pattern and sequelae of invasive pneumococcal infection in hospitalized children. METHODOLOGY:Retrospective review of Streptococcus pneumoniae (Sp) isolates from normally sterile sites from 1981 to 1992 at three paediatric centres in Sydney for demographic data, spectrum of disease, predispos...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Davis CW,McIntyre PB

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The challenges and stresses faced by adolescents include entry into secondary school, the development of adolescent sexuality, family conflicts, parental mental illness, socio-cultural factors, substance use and abuse, work and career abuse, social and antisocial behaviour, and the carry-over of problems from childhoo...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Raphael B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency has risen in countries with a high ultraviolet index and sunny environment such as Australia. There is lack of information on vitamin D status and best possible therapy in Australian Aboriginal children. We aim to (i) describe the vitamin D status in an opportunistic sample of...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tan JK,Kearns P,Martin AC,Siafarikas A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia septicaemia occurred in our neonatal unit over a 9-week period in 2001, affecting 23 babies and two died. A second outbreak lasting 8 days occurred a year later, affecting five babies. SETTING:Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Kuala Terengganu Hospital. AIM:To review the pat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee JK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of the study was to evaluate the significance of total bilirubin, aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) for predicting outcome in sepsis-associated cholestasis. METHODS:A retrospective cohort review of the hospital records was performed in 181 neonates admi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Oswari H,Widjaja RK,Rohsiswatmo R,Cleghorn G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the type and outcome of early post-traumatic seizures in children and the factors associated with it. METHODOLOGY:A prospective observational study on all consecutive children with head injuries at the General Hospital Kuala Lumpur between November 1993 and December 1994. The onset, type and fre...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ong LC,Dhillon MK,Selladurai BM,Maimunah A,Lye MS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A term infant was admitted at 6 h of age with seizures related to hyponatraemia. During the last hours of labour the infant's mother had drunk 3 L of water. After delivery the serum sodium was 121 mmol/L in the mother and 126 mmol/L in the infant. Both resolved spontaneously. We discuss this case and the impact of mat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： West CR,Harding JE

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight full-term infants (mean gestation 39.9 weeks [range 37-42] and mean birthweight 3642 g [range 3060-4200]) with severe respiratory failure (median oxygenation index 28 [range 16-65] and median arterial/alveolar PO2 ratio (a/APO2) 0.094 [range 0.038-0.165]) and pulmonary barotrauma were treated with Dexamethasone,...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Barr P

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study aims to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) and health of children with unclassified developmental delays and the impacts this had on the family. METHODS:In total, 60 parents of pre-school children with unclassified developmental delays and 56 parents of age and gender-matched children with typical devel...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hsieh RL,Hsueh YM,Huang HY,Lin MI,Tseng WC,Lee WC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatricians contribute the greatest proportion of prescriptions for psychotropic medication to children between the ages of 3 and 14 years in Australia. Medications indicated for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are the most commonly prescribed, followed by antidepressants and antipsychotics. Outside treatm...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hazell P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00