Addicted schoolchildren: prevalence and characteristics of areca nut chewers among primary school children in Karachi, Pakistan.

abstract：AIM:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of, and factors influencing, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) at 6 months and continued breastfeeding (CBF) at 2 years. METHODS:Between January and February 2007, a cross-sectional study was conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire in 40 villages in the Vientiane ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Putthakeo P,Ali M,Ito C,Vilayhong P,Kuroiwa C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the neurobehavioural outcome of children aged 6-12 years with severe closed head injury [sCHI] (coma > 24 h), mild-to-moderate head injury [mCHI] (coma < 6 h) and orthopaedic controls. METHODS:Twenty-nine children in each group, matched for age, sex and ethnicity, were assessed using the Glasgow ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ong LC,Chandran V,Zasmani S,Lye MS

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts have been widely adopted by Canadian dieticians for growth monitoring of Canadian children rather than the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) reference data. It has been unclear as to which is the most appropriate. METHODS:We calcula...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yasin A,Filler G

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Fifty years ago, in 1964, our understanding of the immune system was very rudimentary. Gell and Coombs had just described classes of hypersensitivity reactions, and Bruton had described and commenced immunoglobulin replacement in agammaglobulinaemia. The distinction between T and B cells was not identified and charact...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wong M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Studies have shown increasing Internet use for health information. We aimed to broadly examine parents' utilisation of information sources for their children's health, their trust in them and to define the role of the Internet for children's health information METHODS:Interview of a convenience sample of parents o...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Khoo K,Bolt P,Babl FE,Jury S,Goldman RD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We observed a reduced incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) despite increased survival of extremely premature infants over the last two decades. A different susceptibility pattern to NEC according to gestation has been proposed. We aim to examine the influence of perinatal risk factors for NEC in infa...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Luig M,Lui K,NSW & ACT NICUS Group.

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders of the immune system, most of which are curable by haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We present a 25-year audit of HSCT for IEI at a tertiary-level academic hospital in Malaysia. METHODS:Review of medical records of all case...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ariffin H,Ab Rahman S,Jawin V,Foo JC,Amram NF,Mahmood NM,Yap TY,Rajagopal R,Lum SH,Chan LL,Lin HP

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April 1989 and October 1991, 13 severely ill infants, median age 13 days (range 1-180 days), median weight 3.5 kg (range 2.5-4.8 kg), received continuous venovenous haemofiltration (CVVH) for a median duration of 39 h (range 5-234 h). Filtration was performed through a double lumen catheter inserted into a cen...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Reeves JH,Butt WB,Sathe AS

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this paper was to study the prevalence of a regular source of primary care for Victorian children attending one of four emergency departments (EDs) and to determine associated characteristics, including ED use. METHODS:Responses were collected via an electronic survey from parents attending EDs with the...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Turbitt E,Freed GL

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of lignocaine and a vibrating device with cold pack (Buzzy) for pain management of intramuscular (IM) benzathine penicillin injections in the rheumatic fever (RF) population of Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB). METHODS:Four hundred and five RF patients receiving four wee...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Russell K,Nicholson R,Naidu R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in South Australia (SA) in 1991, the proportion of cases detected in the neonatal period and the perinatal risk factors for DDH. METHODOLOGY:Cases of DDH born in SA in 1991 were identified from multiple sources and their clinical data li...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yiv BC,Saidin R,Cundy PJ,Tgetgel JD,Aguilar J,McCaul KA,Keane RJ,Chan A,Scott H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical features and outcome in girls with a vaginal foreign body. METHODS:Retrospective review of medical records of 35 girls with a vaginal foreign body seen in an outpatient clinic for paediatric and adolescent gynaecology between 1980 and 2000. RESULTS:The ages ranged from 2.6 to 9.2 ye...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Stricker T,Navratil F,Sennhauser FH

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This article compares the severity of illness scoring systems clinical risk index for babies (CRIB)-II and score for neonatal acute physiology with perinatal extension (SNAPPE)-II for discriminatory ability and goodness of fit in the same cohort of babies of less than 32 weeks gestation and aims to provide validat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Reid S,Bajuk B,Lui K,Sullivan EA,NSW and ACT Neonatal Intensive Care Units Audit Group, PSN.

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This is a prospective, hospital based study over a period of one year, to examine the clinical profile of nephrotic children not on glucocorticoid therapy, but presenting with infection. METHODS:Sixty-eight children with 76 episodes of nephrotic syndrome were enrolled during the study year. They were examine...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Alwadhi RK,Mathew JL,Rath B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first described case of a first rib fracture secondary to pertussis infection. An 11-year-old boy presented with sudden onset of severe right-sided pleuritic chest pain on a background of a 6 week history of a coughing illness and considerable weight loss. Pertussis was clinically suspected and proven on...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Prasad S,Baur LA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of familial Cushing's disease occurring in a 7-year-old boy, and 19 years of follow up. Our patient first presented soon after his maternal aunt had been treated for Cushing's disease. The clinical presentation was made complicated by the development of an intercurrent eating disorder resemblin...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Cameron FJ,Warne GL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of and assess risk factors associated with head lice infections (pediculosis) in children from government primary schools in Victoria, Australia. METHODS:Between May and October 2001, children were selected by clustered random sampling of schools and classes, then examined for he...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Counahan M,Andrews R,Büttner P,Byrnes G,Speare R

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 1 (CNS1) is characterized by a severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia from birth. Intensive blue-light phototherapy is the standard method for management; however, it imposes severe restrictions on the child and their family's lifestyle. We describe here the use of a novel sit-up photother...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Nydegger A,Bednarz A,Hardikar W

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The study aims to investigate the prevalence of off-label prescribing in the general paediatric ward at a major teaching hospital in Tasmania, Australia. METHOD:The drug charts and medical records from two groups of 150 consecutive paediatric patients, admitted 6 months apart in July 2009 and January 2010, were st...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ballard CD,Peterson GM,Thompson AJ,Beggs SA

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of a one-day paediatric life-support course on the knowledge of paediatric trainees. METHODS:A telephone survey was performed prior to and at set intervals following the course. Responses to individual questions before and after the course were analysed and an overall test score was calc...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Durojaiye L,O'Meara M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe the incidence and persistence of suspected developmental delay (SDD) between 12 and 24 months of age and associated factors in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort. METHODS:A cohort of 4262 newborns, 3907 of whose were monitored from 12 to 24 months of life. SDD was established by Battelle Screening Developm...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Moura DR,Costa JC,Santos IS,Barros AJ,Matijasevich A,Halpern R,Dumith S,Karam S,Barros FC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the epidemiology of shopping trolley related injuries (fatalities and hospitalizations) to children in New Zealand prior to the introduction of a voluntary standard for shopping trolleys. METHODOLOGY:To identify cases, a key word search was conducted of national mortality and hospitalization data...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Parry ML,Morrison LG,Chalmers DJ,Wright CS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child with psychotic symptoms and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who developed extrapyramidal symptoms while on a combination of risperidone, methylphenidate, sertraline, tropisetron and ketorolac is described herein. The extrapyramidal symptoms resolved with the administration of benztropine, an anticholi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Teoh L,Allen H,Kowalenko N

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a boy with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treated with chemotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation to a dose of 24 Gy. Six years after diagnosis he developed a glioma and died. Prior to 1979, four cases of second malignant neoplasm (SMN) of the brain had been reported in children treated for ALL. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Vowels MR,Tobias V,Mameghan H

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Down syndrome (DS) patients present several immunological disturbances, with high rates of infections, malignancies and autoimmune phenomena. The present study aims to evaluate the prevalence of autoantibodies in children and adolescents with DS that are not usually investigated, and to establish possible clinical...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： da Rosa Utiyama SR,Nisihara RM,Nass FR,Oliveira NP,Fiedler PT,de Messias-Reason IT

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Milk curd obstruction is one of the less common causes of neonatal bowel obstruction. It has been described in premature infants who received high caloric formula feeds. We report presentation, management and outcome of premature neonates who developed milk curd obstruction while being fed fortified expressed breas...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wagener S,Cartwright D,Bourke C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingested foreign bodies may lead to perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. We present a case of a 14-month-old boy who presented with an unusual abdominal mass secondary to ingesting a foreign body 4 months previously. Abdominal computerized tomography scan was valuable in making this diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lam PY,Marks MK,Fink AM,Oliver MR,Woodward A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal fetal medicine (MFM) is a subspecialty of obstetrics that focuses on identified risk pregnancies. The role includes obstetric ultrasound for fetal assessment and diagnosis of anomalies, invasive prenatal diagnosis and management of pregnancies complicated by maternal medical disorders, multiple fetuses and th...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tan WS,Guaran R,Challis D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00