Octreotide in the treatment of congenital chylothorax.

abstract：:Bloody nipple discharge is a rare but distressing finding in neonates and infants. We report an 8-month-old boy who showed bilateral bloody nipple discharge for 5 months without signs of infection. Ultrasound examination revealed dilated mammary ducts. This benign phenomenon is most likely caused by mammary duct ectas...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Weimann E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the perceptions of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and to describe the role of cultural beliefs and practices on child rearing amongst Thai mothers in Victoria, Australia. METHODOLOGY:In-depth interviews and participant observation conducted with 30 Thai mothers during 1995-96. RESULTS:SIDS w...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Rice PL,Naksook C

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of 9070 female infants born at the Foothills Provincial Hospital was conducted to determine the incidence of labial fusion at birth. A prospective study was also conducted on 1970 female patients assessed through a paediatric outpatient clinic to determine the incidence of labial fusion in this p...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Leung AK,Robson WL,Tay-Uyboco J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The birthweight and gestational age specific mortality of singleton Aboriginal and White infants born in Western Australia during the period 1980-86 is described. The analyses are based on the approximately 8000 Aboriginal and 143,000 White births notified through the Western Australia Midwives' system, which were lin...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kliewer EV,Stanley FJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the intake of a soy protein-based supplement (SPS) and its effects on the sexual maturation and nutritional status of prepubertal children who consumed it for a year. METHODS:Healthy children (n = 51) were recruited and randomly assigned to consume the lunch fruit juice with (n = 29) or without (n = 22...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Duitama SM,Zurita J,Cordoba D,Duran P,Ilag L,Mejia W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the effectiveness of oral baclofen in reducing spasticity and improving function in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS:A double-blind, randomised cross-over pilot study of oral baclofen versus placebo. Assessment tools included the Goal Attainment Scale, Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, M...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Scheinberg A,Hall K,Lam LT,O'Flaherty S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Paediatric oncology patients often require repeated bone marrow aspirates and lumbar punctures. These procedures commonly require sedation and analgesia. The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and the American Academy of Pediatrics have published guidelines that provide recommendations on mo...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Barnes C,Downie P,Chalkiadis G,Camilleri S,Monagle P,Waters K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript describes two interesting patients who had exercise-induced symptoms that unmasked an alternative underlying diagnosis. The first is an 8-year-old boy who was treated for asthma all his life but really had exercise-induced stridor (labelled as wheeze) causing significant exercise limitation, which was ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pandit CA,Batterby E,Van Asperen P,Cooper P,Selvadurai H,Fitzgerald DA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the aetiology, incidence and short-term outcomes of New Zealand children with acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) over a 6-year period. METHODS:A retrospective chart review of all children requiring RRT for AKI from January 2001 to December 2006 at Starship Child...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ball EF,Kara T

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three infants born to mothers with poorly controlled Graves' disease, who developed transient central hypothyroidism in the immediate postnatal period. Suppression of the fetal pituitary-thyroid axis may be due to placental transfer of thyroxine from the hyperthyroid mother. This may persist for months pos...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee YS,Loke KY,Ng SC,Joseph R

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three cousins who presented with agitation, dysphasia and/or coma, and developed hemiplegia following initial onset of symptoms. Two cases followed minor head injuries, two were pyrexial and two were associated with neutrophilia. Two cases required ventilatory support on the intensive care unit. Magnetic r...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hart AR,Trinick R,Connolly DJ,Mordekar SR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) in epileptic children receiving valproic acid (VPA) and to determine differences between osteopenic and non-osteopenic children. METHODS:Thirty-three epileptic children, receiving VPA for at least 6 months, were compared with 33 healthy childre...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Oner N,Kaya M,Karasalihoğlu S,Karaca H,Celtik C,Tütüncüler F

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：AIM:The aim of this study is to determine the association between waist circumference (WC) and childhood-masked hypertension. METHODS:A territory-wide, school-based cohort of 1385 Hong Kong students (672 boys and 713 girls) aged 8-17 years was analysed. The ambulatory blood pressure-monitoring assessment was performed...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： So HK,Yip GW,Choi KC,Li AM,Leung LC,Wong SN,Sung RY,Hong Kong ABP Working Group.

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) excretion was measured in term and preterm neonates on days 1, 4, 7, 14 and 28 of life. Urinary NAG showed a peak level on day 4 or 7 in these infants. In addition, it tended to be higher with the degree of prematurity. In sick preterms who were depressed at birth and had ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tsukahara H,Hori C,Tsuchida S,Hiraoka M,Sudo M,Haruki S,Suehiro F

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the applicability of the published clinical cut-off scores of the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) for the classification of behaviour disorders. METHODOLOGY:Child Behaviour Checklists were obtained for 1342 subjects newly referred to the six major mental health centres...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Nolan TM,Bond L,Adler R,Littlefield L,Birleson P,Marriage K,Mawdsley A,Salo R,Tonge BJ

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the obstetric and perinatal factors, in particular the method of delivery, associated with development of a subgaleal haematoma (SGH) and to determine the outcome of survivors with this type of birth trauma. METHODOLOGY:Perinatal and obstetric data were retrospectively reviewed for 37 infants adm...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chadwick LM,Pemberton PJ,Kurinczuk JJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians practising in different regions of the world are often impressed at marked differences in disease patterns witnessed. The bases of most obvious differences are usually socio-economic and genetic, but culture and environment can be equally important. Documenting and assessing such differences is more than ju...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ng PC,Fok TF,Nelson E

更新日期：1996-10-01 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:Relatively little is known about the results of liver tests among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to describe the distributions of liver tests, to identify the upper normal limits (UNLs) and to describe the correlations among liver tests. METHODS:Overnight fasting blood samples were collected from a rep...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： George J,Denney-Wilson E,Okely AD,Hardy LL,Aitken R

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To understand feeding practices, nutrition management and postnatal growth monitoring of term small-for-gestational age (tSGA) infants in Southeast Asia. METHODS:Anonymous questionnaires to assess practices on feeding, nutrition management and post-natal growth monitoring of tSGA infants were distributed among hea...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee LY,Muhardi L,Cheah FC,Supapannachart S,Teller IC,Bindels J,van Der Beek EM,van Elburg RM

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound techniques have been developed since the past century and are becoming more useful in different areas of medical knowledge. More recently, lung ultrasound gained importance throughout artefacts analysis to help clinical evaluation at bedside and became subject of interest in the paediatric intensive care an...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dominguez A,Gaspar HA,Preto M,Ejzenberg FE

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Exercise-associated hyponatraemia is a potentially serious acute condition that may present early as asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. Standard treatment is intravenous hypertonic saline, which can be challenging and carries some risk. An alternative may be oral therapy. We undertook a review of existing literature ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Berger I

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Despite Australia's high vaccination rates, an estimated 3.3% of children are under-vaccinated due to vaccine refusal and the proportion of parents with concerns is unclear. Amongst Australian parents, we aimed to determine the prevalence of vaccine concerns, resources and health-care providers (HCPs) accessed and ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Costa-Pinto JC,Willaby HW,Leask J,Hoq M,Schuster T,Ghazarian A,O'Keefe J,Danchin MH

更新日期：2018-05-01 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 determine the value of low-dose aspirin in high-risk pregnancies, and assess its impact on fetal growth, as well as on perinatal mortality and morbidity. METHODOLOGY:One hundred and eight women with singleton pregnancies were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 100 mg/day a...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Leslie GI,Gallery ED,Arnold JD,Ross MR,Gyory AZ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the prevalence of health-risk behaviours of New Zealand alternative education students, and to compare these behaviours to similar students in the USA. METHODS:Thirty-six alternative education schools in the northern region of New Zealand were surveyed. A total of 269 students completed a youth ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Denny SJ,Clark TC,Watson PD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00