Developmental surveillance of infants and young children in pediatric primary care.

abstract：:The Back to Sleep Campaigns remain the greatest influence on the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome. Blatt and Meguid review updates on the effectiveness of these campaigns in reducing sudden infant death syndrome. They also review studies on why parents do not follow this proven advice. The contribution of the...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Blatt SD,Meguid V,Church CC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal infections range from early-onset vertically acquired infections to nosocomial bacterial sepsis, and they account for significant morbidity and mortality globally. The recent emergence of perinatally acquired HIV-1 infection has also placed an enormous burden on existing meager health resources in developing ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Bhutta ZA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Exposure to traffic-related air pollutants (TRAPs) has been implicated in asthma development, persistence, and exacerbation. This exposure is highly significant because increasingly large segments of the population worldwide reside in zones that have high levels of TRAP, including children, as schools...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Brandt EB,Myers JM,Ryan PH,Hershey GK

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the most widespread public health problems today. Teens with mental health concerns are particularly vulnerable to infection because they engage in higher rates of risky behaviors than their peers. Families are vital influences in protecting teens from HIV exposure, but...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Jordan K,Donenberg G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atopic dermatitis is the most common chronic skin disease of young children and is frequently associated with asthma and allergies. Th2-type cytokine secreting T cells expressing the cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen play a central role in the induction of local IgE responses and recruitment of eosinophils in th...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Boguniewicz M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several advances in understanding Hirschsprung's disease have developed in the past year. A greater understanding of the etiology of the disease has developed through the association of Hirschsprung's disease with a lack of neural cell adhesion molecule expression and nitric oxide in aganglionic portions of the bowel....

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Teitelbaum DH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) recommends initiating neonatal resuscitation with concentrations of oxygen between 21 and 100%. This wide range of oxygen concentrations recommended for resuscitation highlights the lack of evidence supporting either 21 or 100% O2. The purpo...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Ten VS,Matsiukevich D

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-like growht factors (IGFs) are potent mitogenic agents that have been recognized for three decades. Recently, however, the complex milieu in which they operate has begun to be unraveled. Endocrine and autocrine patterns of IGF secretion have been identified and specific receptors that bind IGFs and mediate...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Cohen P,Rosenfeld RG

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review highlights recent publications on the use of the Internet as it relates to pediatric primary care, including its application to the pediatrician, teen, pediatric patient, and patients' parents. A brief overview of early work is introduced. RECENT FINDINGS:The Internet has become a tool to...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Kind T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lemierre's disease, also known as 'postanginal sepsis', 'necrobacillosis', or 'internal jugular vein thrombosis', is a rare but serious emerging infection. Although Lemierre's disease remains rare, the number of reported cases has risen in recent years as more judicious antimicrobial prescribing practices for viral up...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Sharma D,Rouphael N

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury is our children's greatest health problem, and pediatricians will frequently see finger and hand injuries in the office and emergency room. Many of these will be fingertip crush injuries, which are quite common in toddlers and are often undertreated. Pediatric finger and wrist fractures and sprains generally do...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Innis PC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) is increasingly recognized. Conversely, MS diagnosis in the pediatric population continues to be challenging, particularly in the youngest group of patients. An interesting amount of data has been recently published concerning immunopathogenesis, environmental f...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Tenembaum SN

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal cardiac intervention is in a rapid state of progress now. Attempts are being made to prevent fetal hydrops due to congenital heart defects, to recruit hypoplastic ventricles, to create a two-ventricle circulation after birth, and to remodel the fetal pulmonary vascular bed whose outlet is obstructed. Open heart ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Huhta J,Quintero RA,Suh E,Bader R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Children with medical or surgical critical illness or injury require skillful attention to physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs, whereas their families need support and guidance in facing life-threatening or life-changing events and gut-wrenching decisions. This article reviews curr...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Rothschild CB,Derrington SF

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental care is a framework that encompasses all care procedures as well as social and physical aspects in the newborn intensive care unit. Its goal is to support each individual infant to be as stable, well-organized, and competent as possible. The infant's physiologic and behavioral expression of current funct...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Als H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To highlight studies that have contributed significantly to our current knowledge of inhaled glucocorticoids in childhood asthma. RECENT FINDINGS:In 2006, three important studies were published that investigated whether inhaled glucocorticoid therapy, if started soon after the onset of asthma symptom...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Spahn JD,Szefler SJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The term 'dual diagnosis' most commonly refers to the combination of severe mental illness and substance-use disorder (SUD). It is estimated that 7-10 million people in the USA alone have at a minimum one psychiatric disorder in addition to a SUD. As many of the psychiatric illnesses implicated have t...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Santucci K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews recent developments in the assessment of changes in structure and function in the fetal heart with the focus on congenital heart disease malformations. RECENT FINDINGS:Use of the combination of the cardiovascular profile score, the biophysical profile score and additional physiol...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Acharya G,Archer N,Huhta JC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Over 80% of children diagnosed with cancer are now cured. The burgeoning population of survivors of childhood cancer experiences high rates of morbidity and mortality due to 'late-effects' of treatment. These can be defined as any consequence of treatment that persists beyond or develops after the com...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Song A,Fish JD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to provide primary care physicians with updates on recent literature regarding clubfoot and answer questions asked by parents and caregivers of children with clubfoot. The topics discussed include prenatal counseling, relapse after Ponseti treatment, long-term outcomes following succe...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Yau A,Doyle SM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This study reviews the history of neonatal drug development, recent legislative efforts designed to facilitate the study of therapeutic agents in neonates, and future steps necessary to advance drug development. RECENT FINDINGS:Although many federal regulations have been introduced over the past 15 y...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Smith AM,Davis JM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyslipidemia increases the risk of cardiovascular events among individuals with renal disease, and there is a growing body of evidence that it hastens the progression of renal disease itself. Children with nephrotic syndrome or renal transplants have easily recognized hyperlipidemia. Among those with chronic renal ins...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Saland JM,Ginsberg H,Fisher EA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Nonaccidental trauma and neglect continue to be major problems for children, families, and the providers who care for them. Whereas prevention is the key to ending child abuse and neglect, diagnosis and treatment continue to be the mainstays of practice. This article will briefly review the epidemiolo...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Tenney-Soeiro R,Wilson C

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:A second-generation 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) was licensed and recommended for universal immunization of children through age 5 years in 2010. Its introduction is intended to address the residual burden of pneumococcal diseases that persists a decade after the introduction of PC...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Grijalva CG,Pelton SI

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hypertension is an independent risk factor for progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children. Children with early CKD develop hypertension secondary to renal disease. This review aims to highlight recent advances that help us better understand the current role of hypertension in progression ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Vidi SR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The goal of this review is to provide updates on the evolution of conceptual definitions as they relate to quality in healthcare, existing measurement platforms for performance benchmarking in pediatric surgery, and available tools for quality improvement that are relevant to care of the pediatric sur...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Cameron DB,Rangel SJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has become increasingly important as a cause of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), particularly abscesses, in patients seen in the emergency department setting. The antibiotic sensitivity profile of Staphylococcus aureus ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Odell CA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Diverse methodological approaches pose significant challenges to assess environmental exposure effects on child health outcomes. Although transdisciplinary research efforts offer unique opportunities for understanding the complex and multidimensional facets of lifespan health and disease trajectories,...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Blackwell CK,Wakschlag LS,Gershon RC,Cella D,with the ECHO PRO Core.

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent neonatal intensive care outcome studies are asking more focused research questions and incorporating, at least implicitly, pathogenetic models. A few have grappled with the complex issues of health-related quality of life and functional outcomes and the many factors that affect these outcomes. The need to evalu...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Allen MC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic disease management is an increasingly important aspect of caring for adolescents. Strength-based approaches hold tremendous promise in the face of current challenges. Recent clinical innovations and research findings that provide evidence of the efficacy of strength-based approaches and repres...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Chung RJ,Burke PJ,Goodman E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00