The population distributions, upper normal limits and correlations between liver tests among Australian adolescents.

abstract：:Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a hereditary disorder of elastic tissue. The characteristic skin changes are asymptomatic yellow papules around the neck and in body folds giving the skin a characteristic cobblestone appearance. The eyes, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems are also commonly involved. In this...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sakata S,Su JC,Robertson S,Yin M,Chow C

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the prevalence and risk factors of recurrent otitis media (rOM) in an urban Australian population at 3 years of age. METHODS:Cross-sectional examination of prevalence and risk factors of rOM in 2280 participants from the Raine Study enrolled from public and private hospitals in Perth, Western Australia...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Brennan-Jones CG,Whitehouse AJ,Park J,Hegarty M,Jacques A,Eikelboom RH,Swanepoel de W,White JD,Jamieson SE

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relationship between parents' and physicians' reports of treatment-related behaviour and adjustment problems of children with cystic fibrosis (CF), and children's clinical status as assessed by measures of pulmonary functioning and global ratings of clinical status. Parents completed a Cystic F...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sanders MR,Gravestock FM,Wanstall K,Dunne M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a multifactorial disease affecting the developing retinal vasculature and remains an important cause of blindness in very preterm infants. Rush disease, or aggressive posterior ROP (AP-ROP), progresses rapidly to stage 5 disease without exhibiting the classical course that includes ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Buksh MJ,Dai S,Kuschel CA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aims to examine the influence of formula milk promotion via the media from Thailand to Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), where a cultural and linguistic proximity are shared. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted through a structured questionnaire survey and focus group discussion (FGD) wi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Phoutthakeo P,Otsuka K,Ito C,Sayamoungkhoun P,Kounnavong S,Jimba M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A study was conducted to determine whether the prevalence of risk factors among pre-adolescent children is associated with their parents' risk factor status and what influence family history of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and socio-economic status (SES) had. METHODOLOGY:This was a cross-sectional study of ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Boulton TJ,Cockington RA,Hamilton-Craig I,Magarey AM,Mazumdar J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the impact of regular exposure to paediatric medical trauma on multidisciplinary teams in a paediatric hospital and the relationships between psychological distress, resilience and coping skills. METHOD:Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, secondary traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, stre...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： McGarry S,Girdler S,McDonald A,Valentine J,Lee SL,Blair E,Wood F,Elliott C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is uncommon in school-age children. We studied a cohort of neurologically impaired school-age children with PI to formulate an optimum management plan. METHODS:We retrospectively studied all school-age children who were referred to paediatric surgeons with radiological evidence of PI ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Awad K,Short M,Niyogi A,Hosie G,Godse A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of North Queensland adolescents about weight, weight loss and body shape, and to examine the influence of gender. METHODOLOGY:A questionnaire was used to survey 791 year 8 adolescents from private schools in north Queensland. RESULTS:Only 41% of the girls an...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Nowak M,Speare R,Crawford D

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the feasibility of a two-stage screening strategy for otitis media with effusion (OME) in pre-school and school children. The risk factors of OME were also studied. METHODS:One hundred and eighty-nine children aged 4-8 years were recruited. The two-stage screening consisted of an on-site screening with...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yang J,Zhang H,Zhao N,Shi ZG,Xu A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is the most common clinical presentation of acute poliovirus infection, occurring in 0.1-1% of infected cases. AFP surveillance has been used world-wide to monitor the control and eradication of circulating wild poliovirus. This study aims to review the significance of all enter...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kelly H,Brussen KA,Lawrence A,Elliot E,Pearn J,Thorley B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population of consecutively surviving very low birthweight (VLBW) infants comprising 41 infants (24 female) birthweight less than 1000 g and 108 infants (63 female) birthweight 1000-1500 g received detailed audiological evaluation. The audiological test battery comprised auditory brainstem evoked response (ABR) prio...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tudehope D,Smyth V,Scott J,Rogers Y

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify neonatal seizures and evaluate the efficiency of clinical observations and short duration electroencephalograms (EEG). METHODOLOGY:Sixty-three neonates were investigated using prolonged video/EEG monitoring. Patients with confirmed seizures were treated with sequential doses of phenobarbitone and...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bye A,Flanagan D

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:A child with psychotic symptoms and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who developed extrapyramidal symptoms while on a combination of risperidone, methylphenidate, sertraline, tropisetron and ketorolac is described herein. The extrapyramidal symptoms resolved with the administration of benztropine, an anticholi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Teoh L,Allen H,Kowalenko N

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To quantify and then reduce the number of unnecessary chest X-rays (CXR) being performed on children presenting with asthma. METHODS:A retrospective review of case notes of all children, aged 1-15 years, who presented with asthma and had a CXR performed. The setting was two General Hospitals that see all ch...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Buckmaster A,Boon R

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Chest compression depth (CCD) decreases significantly when performing one-handed chest compression (OHCC). We modified OHCC posture to increase CCD as follows: first, the axis of the compression hand was adjusted to the compression area; second, the opposite hand was wrapped around the elbow of the compression arm....

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee SS,Lee SD,Oh JH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:  Cardiomyopathy, a group of primary myocardial disorders, is an uncommon, but important, cause of death in childhood. This study examines the demographic, clinical and pathological features of fatal cardiomyopathy in childhood with particular reference to its classification and autopsy findings. METHOD:  The meth...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Roberts SE,Pryce JW,Weber MA,Malone M,Ashworth MT,Sebire NJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:Most vascular diseases have a tendency to affect both heart and the brain. Intracranial aneurysms are more often found in patients with aorta coarctation than in general population, and aneurysm rupture occurs much earlier in these patients. Here, we report a case of aorta coarctation which was diagnosed with its cere...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hüdaoğlu O,Kurul S,Cakmakci H,Men S,Yiş U,Dirik E

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pace of developing technology with respect to many diagnostic tests, as well as available treatments including artificial ventilation, may have progressed at a faster rate than our ethical, humane ability to decide on the optimal choices for our patients. In fact, who should make these choices; physicians or patie...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bodensteiner JB,Ng YT

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the rates of early intervention (EI) service use in extremely preterm (EP, <28 weeks' gestation) or extremely low birthweight (ELBW, <1000 g) infants between 1991 and 2013, and identify biological or socio-economic factors associated with receiving EI. METHODS:Participants comprised consecutive EP or ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Mills IS,Doyle LW,Cheong JL,Roberts G,Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the effect of trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole treatment on the natural population of lactic acid bacteria in the intestinal tract and to determine if any of the strains developed resistance to antibiotics. METHODS:Lactic acid bacteria were isolated from stool samples of 100 children. The isolates were ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dicks LM,Fraser T,ten Doeschate K,van Reenen CA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April 1989 and October 1991, 13 severely ill infants, median age 13 days (range 1-180 days), median weight 3.5 kg (range 2.5-4.8 kg), received continuous venovenous haemofiltration (CVVH) for a median duration of 39 h (range 5-234 h). Filtration was performed through a double lumen catheter inserted into a cen...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Reeves JH,Butt WB,Sathe AS

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe changes in infant prelinguistic communication skills between 8 and 12 months, and identify factors associated with those skills. METHODS: DESIGN:Parent questionnaire data for a prospective population-based cohort of infants in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. PARTICIPANTS:1911 infants born November...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Reilly S,Eadie P,Bavin EL,Wake M,Prior M,Williams J,Bretherton L,Barrett Y,Ukoumunne OC

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：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：: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:To review the use of antifungal chemoprophylaxis to prevent neonatal invasive fungal infections (IFI) in very low birthweight infants (VLBW <1500 g). METHOD:Systematic review of randomised controlled trials. RESULTS:Nine trials were identified (2029 infants), with six comparing fluconazole with placebo/no treatme...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Blyth CC,Barzi F,Hale K,Isaacs D

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00