Invasive pneumococcal disease in children: geographic and temporal variations in incidence and serotype distribution.

abstract：:Plasma fibronectin (FN) concentrations were measured by an immunonephelometric method in cord blood from 76 healthy newborns (45 full term and 31 preterm), in 181 healthy children, from 1 month-15 years old, divided by age into seven groups and in 81 control adults. FN levels in newborns were 35% of those of adults. T...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Valletta EA,Bonazzi L,Zuanazzi R,Del Col G,Andreoli A,Stocchero L,Boner AL

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Repeated invasive procedures occur routinely in neonates who require intensive care, causing pain at a time when it is developmentally unexpected. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that repeated and prolonged pain exposure alters their subsequent pain processing, long-term development, and behaviour. Primar...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Gitto E,Pellegrino S,Manfrida M,Aversa S,Trimarchi G,Barberi I,Reiter RJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data indicate that insulin-like growth factor II (IGF II) and lysosomal enzymes bind to a common receptor. We measured serum IGF I and II levels in 16 patients with various lysosomal storage disorders. The IGF serum concentrations were normal as long as no marked liver disease was present. Under these condition...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Jaeggi-Groisman SE,Kiess W,Christomanou H,Kessler U,Froesch ER

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings became very ill after BCG inoculation in the newborn period. A generalized BCG infection was assumed from the clinical symptomatology and the histological findings. Later on the boy suffered from enteric salmonellosis and osteomyelitis caused by the same organism, and as a todler he had intestinal pseudot...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Heyne K

更新日期：1976-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron deficiency is frequently associated with anemia. Iron is a transition-metal ion, and it can induce free radical formation, which leads to formation of various lesions in DNA, proteins, and lipids. The aim of this study was to investigate baseline oxidative DNA damage and to clarify the role of the administration ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Aksu BY,Hasbal C,Himmetoglu S,Dincer Y,Koc EE,Hatipoglu S,Akcay T

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of subacute meningitis caused by Brucella mellitensis is described. The meningitis was refractory to an antibiotic regime. Diagnosis was established by raised antibody titres to Brucella in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and positive bone marrow and blood cultures. While treatment with tetracycline trimeth...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Korman S,Srugo I,Tal Y,Jaffe M,Cahane Z,Wellish G

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Separate glomerular filtration rates were evaluated in 21 children with uni- or bilateral ureteropelvic junction stenosis, using the Tc-99m DTPA complex and the scintillation camera. The grade of alteration seen on urograms has influenced the surgeon in his decision to use a conservative or a surgical treatment, where...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Piepsz A,Hall M,Ham HR,Perlmutter N,Collier F

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for the detection of hyperammonemia, using a kit based on the principle of microdiffusion of ammonia, is described. The method requires only one drop of blood and takes only 15 min to complete. Experiments for recovery and reproducibility were satisfactory, and good correlation was obtained when compared ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Tada K,Okuda K,Watanabe K,Iimura Y,Yamada S

更新日期：1979-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:There are a number of respiratory diseases affecting infants in which there is surfactant dysfunction or deficiency. Surfactant is inactivated by cholesterol, free fatty acids and bilirubin in meconium aspiration syndrome, by haemoglobin and red blood cell lipids in pulmonary haemorrhage and plasma proteins ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Greenough A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No previous studies have focused on postoperative fat malabsorption in children with choledochal cyst (CC) who undergo cyst excision and Roux-en-Y (RY) hepatico-jejunostomy (HJ), a combination of procedures that can lead to the non-physiological mixture of food and bile juice. To examine the effect of RYHJ with cholec...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Suzuki M,Tanaka K,Ohtani K,Kitamura K,Kudo T,Shoji H,Suzuki R,Shimizu T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of 24 h oesophageal pH monitoring, performed in 129 infants aged 6-10 weeks, were compared to those in the same patients after shorter periods (3, 6, 9 and 12 h). In the investigated population there was no significant difference between the reflux index (percentage of time with a pH < 4.0) after 12 or 24 ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Vandenplas Y,Casteels A,Naert M,Derde MP,Blecker U

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper nutrition throughout childhood and adolescence is crucial for normal bone development. We investigated whether adherence to Christian Orthodox Church fasting is characterized by periodic avoidance of animal foods (including dairy products), since childhood affects stature or bone health in young adults. This cr...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Rodopaios NE,Mougios V,Koulouri AA,Vasara E,Papadopoulou SK,Skepastianos P,Dermitzakis E,Hassapidou M,Kafatos AG

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG subclass levels were determined in 448 normal children from 6 months to 18 years of age and in 141 healthy adults by radial immunodiffusion using monoclonal antibodies. Age-normal percentile values were calculated for each year of age up to 18 years for IgG1, IgG2, IgG3 and in adults for all four subclasses. The b...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Plebani A,Ugazio AG,Avanzini MA,Massimi P,Zonta L,Monafo V,Burgio GR

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently a novel and non-invasive technique of lower leg length measurement (knemometry) was introduced. The method estimates the distance between heel and knee in the sitting child with an accuracy of 0.09 mm(SD). Two female patients with anorexia nervosa, aged 14:4 and 13:7 years, weighing minus 27 and minus 38% of ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hermanussen M,Geiger-Benoit K,Sippell WG

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) is used as a proxy for ED overcrowding and is associated with adverse outcomes of patients requiring therapy and reduced patient satisfaction. Our aim was to identify and quantify variables which affect ED-LOS. Patients admitted to the pediatric ED of a large re...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hofer KD,Saurenmann RK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to identify the relationship of acquired neutropenia with childhood infections and to assess its clinical course, complications, and outcome. Children admitted to two pediatric wards over a 4-year period with febrile neutropenia were prospectively investigated for underlying infections with in...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Alexandropoulou O,Kossiva L,Haliotis F,Giannaki M,Tsolia M,Panagiotou IP,Karavanaki K

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This parallel randomized controlled trial was aimed to evaluate whether parameters as physical fitness, reaction times, self-perception and enjoyment levels, as well as parental and children perspectives, were affected by active video games in inactive and technologically preoccupied children. Data were collected in a...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Coknaz D,Mirzeoglu AD,Atasoy HI,Alkoy S,Coknaz H,Goral K

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here our experience in the long-term management of 28 patients with citrullinaemia, 13 patients with carbamoyl phosphate synthase deficiency and 15 patients with argininosuccinic aciduria. In addition, we report a national French survey of 119 patients with ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency enzymat...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Saudubray JM,Touati G,Delonlay P,Jouvet P,Narcy C,Laurent J,Rabier D,Kamoun P,Jan D,Revillon Y

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The light- and electron-microscopic structure of articular and costal cartilage in a case of achondrogenesis type I has been described. The most characteristic ultrastructural change in the chondrocytes was conspicuous dilatation of the rough endoplasmatic reticulum (RER) which contained amorphous electronopaque mater...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Molz G,Spycher MA

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the incidence of IgG subclass deficiency in children with recurrent bronchitis. Recurrent bronchitis was defined as three or more episodes a year during at least 2 consecutive years, of bronchopulmonary infection, productive cough with or without fever and/or diffuse râles by physical examination in the abs...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： DeBaets F,Kint J,Pauwels R,Leroy J

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the diagnostic significance of single versus repeated human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) stimulation of testicular steroidogenesis in 25 boys (10 prepubertal group A; 15 early pubertal, group B) with suspected hypogonadism. All subjects received a single injection of hCG (5000 U/1.7 m2) and 1 month later,...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kauschansky A,Frydman M,Nussinovitch M,Varsano I

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Multiple sulfatase deficiency is biochemically characterized by the accumulation of sulfated lipids and acid mucopolysaccharides. CASE REPORT:We report clinical, biochemical, and molecular findings in a female newborn affected with a severe form of multiple sulfatase deficiency (Mendelian Inheritance in M...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Busche A,Hennermann JB,Bürger F,Proquitté H,Dierks T,von Arnim-Baas A,Horn D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum creatinine, uric acid, and hypoxanthine and xanthine concentrations were determined in 17 mother-infant pairs at the time of delivery. Creatinine and uric acid levels were nearly similar, but hypoxanthine and xanthine were more than twice as high in the blood of the infants than in the blood of their mothers. In...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Manzke H,Spreter von Kreudenstein P,Dörner K,Kruse K

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The updated Dutch guidelines on Neonatal Resuscitation assimilate the latest evidence in neonatal resuscitation. Important changes with regard to the 2004 guidelines and controversial issues concerning neonatal resuscitation are reviewed, and recommendations for daily practice are provided and argued in the context of...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： van den Dungen FA,van Veenendaal MB,Mulder AL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss the unusual presentation of acquired toxoplasmosis in a girl with severe and transient hemidystonia as a unique symptom. Serum titres of anti-toxoplasma antibodies increased whereas no specific antibody response in the CSF was observed. While symptomatic drugs were inefficacious, specific anti-toxoplasmosis...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Micheli R,Perini A,Duse M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant-associated protein (SP-A) was measured in tracheal aspirates of ventilated infants with (n = 51) and without (n = 21) respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). SP-A concentrations in samples collected after birth were significantly lower in RDS than in infants ventilated for other reasons than RDS (median 0.03 v...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Stevens PA,Schadow B,Bartholain S,Segerer H,Obladen M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prevention of obesity and overweight is an important target for health promotion. Early prevention requires an intervention during childhood and adolescence. At these stages, the game could be an appropriate means to teach nutrition knowledge and to influence dietary behaviour. To this end, the authors dev...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Amaro S,Viggiano A,Di Costanzo A,Madeo I,Viggiano A,Baccari ME,Marchitelli E,Raia M,Viggiano E,Deepak S,Monda M,De Luca B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). A "bundle" is defined as a combination of evidence-based interventions that provided they are followed collectively and reliably, are proven to improve patient outcomes. Th...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bierlaire S,Danhaive O,Carkeek K,Piersigilli F

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male patient with fucosidosis exhibited the following characteristics: 1. Early onset and rapid progression of neurological symptoms. 2.Skin changes compatible with angiokeratoma corporis diffusum. 3. Complete or nearly complete deficiency of alpha-fucosidase. 4. Survival to adult age (20 years). The deficiency of a...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Søvik O,Lie SO,Fluge G,Van Hoof F

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and EEG family data of 140 cases with early childhood epilepsy with absences are presented. The aim of the study was to evaluate, whether the occurrence of generalized tonic clonic seizures (GTCS) as a presenting symptom might correlate with family data, i.e. whether there are indications of heterogeneity. On...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Doose H

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00