Advances in fetal cardiac intervention.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant neurocutaneous disorder involving benign growths in multiple organ systems of affected patients. Variable phenotypes from mild to severe have been reported for related as well as unrelated patients affected by TSC. The two causative genes, TSC1...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Au KS,Ward CH,Northrup H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Acetaminophen poisoning accounts for a disproportionate percentage of all toxic ingestions, and can be life-threatening. This article reviews the mechanism and presentation of acetaminophen toxicity, as well as its treatment, including current thinking and treatment recommendations. RECENT FINDINGS:N...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Marzullo L

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) complicates the course of many cardiovascular, pulmonary and other systemic diseases in children. The physiological sequelae (pulmonary hypertension and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance) can overwhelm the right ventricle and lead to circulatory collapse. Despite ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Brown G,Humpl T

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Prevention of injuries to child passengers is a significant public health priority, as motor vehicle-related injuries remain a leading cause of death for children. Improvements in child restraint use have contributed to significant declines in child occupant mortality rates over the past 20 years. However, although ov...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Durbin DR

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a bleeding disorder caused by quantitative (type 1 and 3) or qualitative (type 2) defects of von Willebrand factor (VWF). The mechanisms of most inherited VWD types have been recently elucidated by genetic and molecular diagnosis, but the phenotypic tests based on measurements of plasma...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Federici AB,Mannucci PM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The study provides an overview of recent studies on behavioral interventions for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). RECENT FINDINGS:Recent reviews of the effectiveness of early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) conclude that EIBI can improve language and cognitive sk...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Dawson G,Burner K

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this section we review four broad topics in pediatrics: atopic disease, rhinitis and conjunctivitis, upper respiratory tract infections, and insect stings and snake bites. The first three topics comprise three of the most commonly encountered problems in pediatric practice. Although the fourth topic accounts for a ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Wood RA,Doran TF

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We present data from recently conducted research on the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in children. RECENT FINDINGS:Current research in the area of SSTIs (cellulitis and abscess) has focused on the use of ultrasound, risk factors associated with bacteremia, antibi...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Fenster DB,Renny MH,Ng C,Roskind CG

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Advances in the field of pediatric nutrition continue to help the pediatric office practitioner provide excellent clinical care to their patients. In 2003, several important papers were published in the field of clinical nutrition that are reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS:New recommendations by the American...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Collier S,Fulhan J,Duggan C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The current review will focus on the current knowledge of the contribution of both germline and somatic mutations to the development and management of cancer in pediatric patients. RECENT FINDINGS:It has long been thought that genetic mutations in both germline and somatic cells can contribute to the...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Dean SJ,Farmer M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances related to thyrotropin during 1999 included better understanding of the genetic basis of pituitary development and genetic advances in identifying clinical entities and their mechanisms and enabling new therapies. Initial clinical use of recombinant thyrotropin in evaluation of thyroid cancer recurrence was d...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Rose SR

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stachybotrys is a toxin-producing fungus that grows indoors when both water and cellulose are available. Epidemiologic evidence has demonstrated an association between acute pulmonary hemorrhage in infants and exposure to Stachybotrys and other fungi in water-damaged home environments. In recent years, advances in und...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Etzel RA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Nearing the end of the first decade of this new century, the challenges and changes in the field of outpatient pediatric cardiology continue to accelerate. RECENT FINDINGS:To help the general pediatrician and family practice physician become aware of several new care guidelines and practice trends as...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Lacina SJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrotizing enterocolitis is an overwhelming gastrointestinal emergency that primarily afflicts premature infants born weighing less than 1500 g. Despite years of investigation, the etiology remains unclear, and accepted prevention and treatment strategies are lacking. Studies published over the last year have provide...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Caplan MS,Jilling T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury occurs frequently in infancy and childhood. Events such as perinatal asphyxia, near drowning, respiratory arrest, and near sudden infant death syndrome cause significant mortality and morbidity. Despite current critical care practices, the outcomes from such injuries may be life-long neur...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Biagas K

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The prevalence of pediatric atopic dermatitis (AD) has increased throughout the world, now ranging from 10 to 20% in developed countries. Pediatric patients with AD make up a substantial proportion of patients seen by general pediatricians, allergists, dermatologists, and other specialists. As such, t...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Totri CR,Diaz L,Eichenfield LF

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In September 2019, the United States was at risk of losing measles elimination status due to several large-scale outbreaks resulting in more than 1200 confirmed cases across 31 states. This resurgence caps approximately 10 years of increasing incidence, marked by a highly publicized outbreak in 2015 a...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Feemster KA,Szipszky C

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide clinicians with an updated overview of key considerations related to the clinical assessment and management of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescents. RECENT FINDINGS:The American Psychiatric Association's recently revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Obioha O,Adesman A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review will be covering dysfunctional voiding, its diagnosis, and treatment options. This will focus primarily on dysfunctional voiding rather than all lower urinary tract dysfunction and we will focus on some of the newer findings and progress within this disease. RECENT FINDINGS:Dysfunctional ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Bauer A

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:SARS-CoV-2 is the novel human coronavirus responsible for the COVID19 pandemic. Accurate detection of infection with SARS-CoV-2 is an essential component of efforts to treat individual patients and to contain spread of the virus in the community. The purpose of this review is to describe current diagn...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Spearman P

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A careful history and physical examination will help to differentiate between encopresis with or without constipation and fecal incontinence caused by anatomic or organic disease. Most children with encopresis with or without functional constipation require no or minimal laboratory workup. Successful treatment of enco...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Loening-Baucke V

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The management of displaced medial humeral epicondyle fractures in children remains controversial. The indications for surgery, the ideal surgical strategy and the implications of a painful nonunion remain unclear. RECENT FINDINGS:This article describes the state of the evidence and the art in the ma...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Firth AM,Marson BA,Hunter JB

更新日期：2019-02-01 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:The clinical importance of overgrowth syndromes in the pediatric patient population has been increasingly recognized during the past decade, but clinical overlap among overgrowth syndromes often makes diagnostic categorization difficult. Advances in the molecular delineation of overgrowth syndromes in...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Cytrynbaum CS,Smith AC,Rubin T,Weksberg R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The number of pediatric cancer survivors is growing rapidly as treatments become more effective. However, many current regimens cause gonadotoxicity and permanent infertility, significantly impacting quality of life. The purpose of this review is to update pediatric oncologists on risk factors for can...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Ginsberg JP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The mid-gestation fetus is capable of regenerative healing with wound healing indistinguishable from surrounding skin. This review aims to evaluate the current knowledge of how the mid-gestation fetus heals without scar and the implications of these findings in efforts to recapitulate the fetal regene...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Leung A,Crombleholme TM,Keswani SG

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis is an infection of the nasal epithelium and paranasal sinus mucosa, usually caused in children by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and, less frequently, group A Streptococcus species. The clinical diagnosis is based on daytime cough that may be wor...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Conrad DA,Jenson HB

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preimplantation genetic diagnosis now represents an alternative reproductive option for parents at high risk of having offspring affected with certain genetic diseases. Progress in the past year has included increasing reliability in embryo sexing by both polymerase chain reaction and fluorescent in situ hybridization...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Black SH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00