Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation: recent changes to guidelines.

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine the frequency, risk factors and anthropometric measurements of fetally malnourished, liveborn singleton term neonates. METHODS:The computed delivery room data of 11.741 liveborn singleton term neonates was used to compare malnourished and nourished newborns. RESULTS:Of the t...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Salihoğlu Ö,Karatekin G,Baksu B,Uslu S,Baksu A,Can G,Nuhoğlu A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital chylothorax is the accumulation of lymphatic fluid within the pleural space. Cases unresponsive to conservative management usually require surgery. Octreotide has been used successfully to treat post-traumatic chylothoraces in the paediatric and adult population. Its exact mode of action is uncertain but it...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Rasiah SV,Oei J,Lui K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine associations between socio-economic, familial and perinatal factors with overweight/obesity in 6- and 12-year-old schoolchildren. METHODS:Eligible year-1 (1765/2238, mean age 6.7 years) and year-7 students (2353/3144, mean age, 12.7 years) from a random cluster sample of 55 Sydney schools were examined ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Gopinath B,Baur LA,Burlutsky G,Robaei D,Mitchell P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine whether there remain developmental differences between term infants at 3 years of age following major non-cardiac surgery (NCS) and cardiac surgery (CS) compared with healthy control infants in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. STUDY DESIGN:Between 2006 and 2008, ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Walker K,Loughran-Fowlds A,Halliday R,Holland AJ,Stewart J,Sholler GF,Winlaw DS,Badawi N

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal fetal medicine (MFM) is a subspecialty of obstetrics that focuses on identified risk pregnancies. The role includes obstetric ultrasound for fetal assessment and diagnosis of anomalies, invasive prenatal diagnosis and management of pregnancies complicated by maternal medical disorders, multiple fetuses and th...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tan WS,Guaran R,Challis D

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Contemporary paediatric practices of Australian Aboriginal men and women, in more than 100 Aboriginal Language Groups, comprise a living discipline whose origins predate Western medicine by tens of millennia. The history of paediatrics acknowledges this surviving continuum of the world's oldest child-care practices. B...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pearn J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:According to the hyperfiltration hypothesis, a low nephron endowment will lead to hyperfiltration in the remaining glomeruli and is associated with systemic hypertension, proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis. Being born with one functioning kidney instead of two, for instance because of unilateral renal agenesis or m...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Schreuder MF,Langemeijer ME,Bökenkamp A,Delemarre-Van de Waal HA,Van Wijk JA

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:We describe a rare case of familial Cushing's disease occurring in a 7-year-old boy, and 19 years of follow up. Our patient first presented soon after his maternal aunt had been treated for Cushing's disease. The clinical presentation was made complicated by the development of an intercurrent eating disorder resemblin...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Cameron FJ,Warne GL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study compared the personality profiles of children with sighing dyspnoea with healthy children and tested the hypothesis of heightened anxiety scores in sighing dyspnoeic subjects using the Childhood Behavior Check List for Ages 4 to 18 (CBCL/4-18). The pulmonary function tests of these two groups of children...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wong KS,Huang YS,Huang YH,Chiu CY

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:Lower urinary tract symptoms, particularly urgency, frequency and incontinence are common in school-aged children but are often overlooked. They may cause considerable physical, social and psychological difficulties to children and their families, and usually are manifestations of underlying non-neurogenic voiding dis...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Deshpande AV,Craig JC,Smith GH,Caldwell PH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the demographic and clinical features, short-term outcomes, microbiology and renal tract abnormalities of a cohort of young Australian children with symptomatic urinary tract infection. METHODOLOGY:A total of 304 children < 5 years with their first documented symptomatic urinary tract infection w...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Craig JC,Irwig LM,Knight JF,Sureshkumar P,Roy LP

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) contrast study is the preferred radiological investigation to diagnose malrotation of intestine. We aimed to review the role of UGI contrast in neonates (term and preterm) who were clinically suspected to have malrotation. METHODS:The study included a retrospective review of medical ch...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Birajdar S,Rao SC,Bettenay F

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 50 years in allergy could almost be considered the first 50 years. Over this time period, we have witnessed the emergence of allergy as a subspecialty, have seen and continue to observe a tremendous change in prevalence of allergic disease and have gained insight into the mechanisms that underlie allergic pre...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Campbell DE,Mehr S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomical relationships of the middle ear, the mastoid air cells, the temporal bone and intracranial structures can lead to invasive infections. Acute mastoiditis is the most common intratemporal complication of acute otitis media. Timely management includes antimicrobial therapy, imaging including ultrasound and...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lammers TH,Krieser DM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Taking a detailed family history is an inexpensive way for healthcare providers to screen patients for increased risk of various chronic conditions. Documentation of family history, however, has been shown to be incomplete in the majority of patient charts. The current study examines when family history is collecte...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Benson L,Baer HJ,Greco PJ,Kaelber DC

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:High flow nasal cannula therapy (HFNC) is an emerging method of non-invasive respiratory support therapy for premature infants. Recent evidence around its safety and efficacy for post-extubation respiratory support is encouraging. However, its effect on long-term respiratory outcomes is not known. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sasi A,Malhotra A

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：AIM:Many Australian children have dental decay in their deciduous teeth. Poor oral health can negatively impact a child's ability to eat, speak, sleep and socialise, with adverse impacts later in life. Paediatricians are well placed to examine children's teeth and to provide advice and education about oral health. Usin...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Koirala A,O'Connor E,Widmer R,Kilpatrick N,Goldfeld S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine childhood immunizations are compulsory in a small number of countries, including the United States of America. Arguments used to justify making immunizations compulsory include enhancing the health of the community and treating as paramount the rights of the child to be protected against vaccine-preventable di...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Isaacs D,Kilham HA,Marshall H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

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：AIM:Early-revisits are frequent in the paediatric emergency department (ED) setting, but few data are available about early-revisited patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the hospitalisation rate of a population of early-revisited patients and to detect if an early-revisited patient was at risk of a more ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Cozzi G,Ghirardo S,Fiorese I,Proietti I,Monasta L,Minute M,Barbi E,Calligaris L

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:A term infant was admitted at 6 h of age with seizures related to hyponatraemia. During the last hours of labour the infant's mother had drunk 3 L of water. After delivery the serum sodium was 121 mmol/L in the mother and 126 mmol/L in the infant. Both resolved spontaneously. We discuss this case and the impact of mat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： West CR,Harding JE

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:To compare the neurobehavioural outcome of children aged 6-12 years with severe closed head injury [sCHI] (coma > 24 h), mild-to-moderate head injury [mCHI] (coma < 6 h) and orthopaedic controls. METHODS:Twenty-nine children in each group, matched for age, sex and ethnicity, were assessed using the Glasgow ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ong LC,Chandran V,Zasmani S,Lye MS

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the efficacy of treating phimosis with topical steroid, and its long-term outcome and side effects. We also looked into the effect of daily retraction and cleansing of prepuce on preventing recurrence of phimsosis. METHODS:This prospective study comprised 138 boys who were prescribed 0.05% betamethasone o...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ku WH,Chiu BS,Huen KF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00