Changing patterns of hepatitis A and E sero-prevalences in children after the 1999 earthquakes in Duzce, Turkey.

abstract：:The busy clinician is constantly faced with clinical questions regarding patient care. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the large amount of health information available electronically. This article offers one easy approach for searching the electronic database. It is intended for the busy clinician who is unsure how ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Caldwell PH,Bennett T,Mellis C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of nocturnal enuresis in primary school children in Malaysia and to determine the factors associated with primary nocturnal enuresis. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional survey. A total of 3371 self-administered questionnaires were distributed to parents of children aged 7, 9 and 1...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kanaheswari Y

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：METHODOLOGY:A cross-sectional study of growth, puberty and endocrine function was performed on 35 girls and 33 boys with thalassaemia major. RESULTS:Despite regular transfusion and chelation therapy, 75% of the girls and 62% of the boys over the age of 12 years were below the third percentile for height. Hypogonadotro...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kwan EY,Lee AC,Li AM,Tam SC,Chan CF,Lau YL,Low LC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe patterns of injury from window and balcony falls in children presenting to a tertiary paediatric trauma centre in New South Wales. METHODS:A retrospective review of cases of children <15 years who had sustained injuries in a fall from a building, identified from the trauma database between 1998 and 201...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Houlton AY,Manglick P,Soundappan SSV,Douglass C,Wicks S,Holland AJA,Cass DT

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) appear to be at increased risk of psychosocial problems, but there are few large-scale studies related to mental health in paediatric IBD. We aimed to assess the use of antidepressants among adolescents with recent-onset IBD. METHODS:In a Finnish nationwide register-b...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Virta LJ,Kolho KL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyogenic sacroiliitis is an uncommon infection often diagnosed late because of poor localization of symptoms and inadequate physical examination. We describe a 12-year-old girl whose osteomyelitis and pyogenic sacroiliitis was initially misdiagnosed and discuss examination, investigation and management of the conditio...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ford LS,Ellis AM,Allen HW,Campbell DE

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Although suctioning is a standard airway maintenance procedure, there are significant associated risks, such as loss of lung volume due to high negative suction pressures. This study aims to assess the extent and duration of change in end-expiratory level (EEL) resulting from endotracheal tube (ETT) suction and to...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hough JL,Shearman AD,Liley H,Grant CA,Schibler A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helping parents engage in practices that are likely to prevent childhood obesity is a considerable challenge for health professionals, policy makers and researchers. The aim of the study was to determine who is likely to use services designed to help parents prevent overweight and obesity and what types of services th...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wolfenden L,Bell C,Wiggers J,Butler M,James E,Chipperfield K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between women's retrospective reports of smoking during pregnancy and subsequent language, cognitive, behavioural and physical development in their children up to age 9 years. While there was a strong association between maternal smoking and an index of disadvantageous child rearing...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： McGee R,Stanton WR

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This research investigated the mental health of mothers of school-aged children with disabilities in Victoria, Australia. METHODS:A mixed method triangulation design model was used to investigate the mental health of mothers (n= 152) of school-aged children with developmental disabilities. Self-reported medical hi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bourke-Taylor H,Howie L,Law M,Pallant JF

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:A retrospective Auckland-wide (total population approximately 1.4 million) study of hospital admissions from 2007 to 2015 was conducted to assess trends in admissions for acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) in children aged 0-14 years. METHODS:International Statistical Classification of Diseases (I...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Vogel AM,Lennon DR,van der Werf B,Diack M,Neutze JM,Horsfall M,Emery D,Wong W

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Fetal bowel dilatation (FBD) in the late trimester of pregnancy can be related with varies of prognosis. Our aims were to obtain antenatal factors that might have relevance for the distinct prognosis with FBD. METHODS:Seven features of 68 pregnancies presented with FBD were assessed. The best cut-off value to pred...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Huang L,Huang D,Wang H,Zhang X,Yu H,Yang P

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children with multiple relapsing steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome were treated with continuous cyclosporin for periods ranging from 18 to 48 months. Renal biopsy showed mild mesangial proliferation in three of the children and minimal change in two. All children previously had been treated with cyclophosphami...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Webb KL,Sargent P,Burke JR

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Infants born very prematurely often received corticosteroids to minimise the risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) but their long term impact on lung function at school age is unclear. METHODS:A cross-sectional study of 105 children [mean gestation of 27 weeks] was undertaken. Lung function assessmen...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Smith LJ,van Asperen PP,McKay KO,Selvadurai H,Fitzgerald DA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and seven Australian paediatricians were sent a questionnaire to determine whether they undertook developmental screening and/or assessment. Replies were received from 140 (68%) paediatricians of whom 115 (82%) stated they did developmental screening and 58 (41%) said they did developmental assessment. The...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Rossiter EJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Angelman syndrome (AS) is a rare congenital neurodevelopmental disorder with complex genetic aetiology. Diagnosis may be difficult and there is severe life-long disability. An AS clinic was commenced in Sydney, Australia, in 1993 with the aim of gathering information about the natural history of AS, managemen...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Leitner RP,Smith A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is a rare, chronic, relapsing immune/antigen-mediated disease characterised by symptoms of oesophageal dysfunction, with a paucity of data among New Zealand (NZ) children. This 3-year prospective study aimed to characterise EoE diagnosed nationally and to describe initial treatment s...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Roberts AJ,Day AS,Sinclair J,Dickson N,Porter J,Wellington G,Evans HM

更新日期：2020-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paediatric Cryptococcus gattii disease is rare, with only two previous cases recorded in the Northern Territory (NT) over the last 54 years. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a recognised complication of C. gattii infection, even in the absence of an identified immunodeficiency syndrome; ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： O'Brien MP,Ford TJ,Currie BJ,Francis JR

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Meningitis may complicate neonatal sepsis, but there is scant evidence to inform the decision to perform a lumbar puncture (LP) and considerable variation in practice. We investigated whether inflammatory markers - C-reactive protein (CRP) and immature-to-total neutrophil ratio (ITR) - were predictive of meningitis...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Goldfinch CD,Korman T,Kotsanas D,Burgner DP,Tan K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled steroid therapy is one of the mainstays of treatment of asthma in children. Side effects, including suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, have been noted with high doses of inhaled steroids. Most studies concerning side effects have been done with mechanical nebulization devices or hand...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chang CC,Tam AY

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of hair-thread tourniquet syndrome involving the labia majora of a 14-year-old autistic child. 'Hair-thread tourniquet' refers to the process whereby a thread of hair leads to the ischaemic strangulation of an appendage or other piece of tissue. Uncommonly recognized, this syndrome has gradually gaine...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Golshevsky J,Chuen J,Tung PH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia septicaemia occurred in our neonatal unit over a 9-week period in 2001, affecting 23 babies and two died. A second outbreak lasting 8 days occurred a year later, affecting five babies. SETTING:Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Kuala Terengganu Hospital. AIM:To review the pat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee JK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now 50 years since Leo Kanner first described autism as a distinctive pattern of symptoms in some children with severe developmental problems. Since then the assessment and diagnosis of children with pervasive disorders of development has been refined and much is known about the phenomenology and epidemiology. A...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tonge BJ,Dissanayake C,Brereton AV

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a common, usually mild childhood illness caused by enteroviruses. Over the last five years, coxsackievirus A6 has been identified as a causative agent in outbreaks in Europe, South-East Asia and America. It has an atypical presentation compared with other enteroviruses, with more widespr...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hayman R,Shepherd M,Tarring C,Best E

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of the General Movements Assessment (GMA) for estimating diagnostic accuracy in detecting cerebral palsy (CP) in an Australian context by a newly established NSW rater network. METHODS:A prospective longitudinal cross-sectional study was conduc...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Morgan C,Crowle C,Goyen TA,Hardman C,Jackman M,Novak I,Badawi N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern paediatric oncology practice has rapidly evolved from a fatal condition at diagnosis in the 1940s to modern survival rates of over 80%. With the advent of the 'omics' era and modern diagnostics platforms, we can now determine many of the molecular driving mechanisms of malignancy. Current molecular diagnostics ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hansford JR

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：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：AIM:To identify opportunities to improve health-care delivery for urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children requiring hospital admission and to determine their characteristics. METHODS:We analysed all documentation of admissions of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children to a tertiary paediatric h...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Attwood L,Rodrigues S,Winsor J,Warren S,Biviano L,Gunasekera H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00