Emerging concepts in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis and related disorders.

abstract：:Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome describes vascular compression of the third portion of the duodenum and presents with nausea, postprandial vomiting, and epigastric abdominal pain. The syndrome is rare and may be missed if appropriate radiologic studies are not performed or the clinical presentation is atypic...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Kurbegov A,Grabb B,Bealer J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Physical activity has been highlighted internationally as a beneficial intervention for weight control and the improvement of physical and mental health. This review highlights findings from recent literature to guide office-based promotion of physical activity for obesity treatment and prevention. R...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Floriani V,Kennedy C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Exposure to traffic-related air pollutants (TRAPs) has been implicated in asthma development, persistence, and exacerbation. This exposure is highly significant because increasingly large segments of the population worldwide reside in zones that have high levels of TRAP, including children, as schools...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Brandt EB,Myers JM,Ryan PH,Hershey GK

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:An understanding of vaccine safety is important for all immunization providers, who have responsibilities to identify, report, and prevent adverse events. RECENT FINDINGS:New analytic methods can provide more rapid information on adverse events compared with traditional observational studies. Some ad...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Wharton M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of extracorporeal techniques for the treatment of pediatric diseases has expanded dramatically in the past decade. During this time, experience with both plasmapheresis and renal replacement therapy has become commonplace in ICUs and nephrology programs throughout the world. The indications for these therapies...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Bunchman TE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal cardiac intervention is in a rapid state of progress now. Attempts are being made to prevent fetal hydrops due to congenital heart defects, to recruit hypoplastic ventricles, to create a two-ventricle circulation after birth, and to remodel the fetal pulmonary vascular bed whose outlet is obstructed. Open heart ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Huhta J,Quintero RA,Suh E,Bader R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Rotavirus infection is the most common cause of severe diarrhea disease in infants and young children worldwide and has a major global impact on childhood morbidity and mortality. Vaccination is the only control measure likely to have a significant impact on the incidence of severe dehydrating rotavir...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Dennehy PH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Acne vulgaris remains one of the most common conditions affecting adolescents. The pediatric practitioner is the first to evaluate adolescent acne, making familiarity with the condition and its management essential. This review covers some of the recent literature regarding acne to help practitioners ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Tom WL,Barrio VR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this review is to summarize the recent literature investigating nonoperative management of uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis and highlight recent data establishing its safety and efficacy. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies and clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of nonoper...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： López JJ,Deans KJ,Minneci PC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The obesity epidemic confronts the pediatrician every day in the office. Pediatricians should help curb the epidemic through prevention and the usual pediatric primary care tasks of screening, communication and anticipatory counseling. This review highlights findings from recent literature to guide of...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Perrin EM,Finkle JP,Benjamin JT

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the recent past, we have seen novel information on the bidirectional interactions between the endocrine and immune systems. Thus, the central nervous system, through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the peripheral autonomic and sensory systems, influences the quantity and the quality of the immune and in...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Papanicolaou DA,Chrousos GP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and asthma impact quality of life and cost billions of dollars in lost wages, productivity, and medical expenditures. Allergen immunotherapy is the only therapy that alters the allergen immune response, resulting in fewer symptoms upon natural exposure. This review s...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Vadlamudi A,Shaker M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hypertension is an independent risk factor for progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children. Children with early CKD develop hypertension secondary to renal disease. This review aims to highlight recent advances that help us better understand the current role of hypertension in progression ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Vidi SR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several advances in understanding Hirschsprung's disease have developed in the past year. A greater understanding of the etiology of the disease has developed through the association of Hirschsprung's disease with a lack of neural cell adhesion molecule expression and nitric oxide in aganglionic portions of the bowel....

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Teitelbaum DH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews the importance of appropriate developmental surveillance in early childhood, what is known about its effectiveness in current pediatric practice, and ways in which its delivery can be improved to optimize child outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS:Many infants and young children with develo...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： King TM,Glascoe FP

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this study is to review advances in both the pathogenesis and clinical management of biliary atresia. RECENT FINDINGS:Immunologic studies have further characterized roles of helper T-cells, B-cells, and natural killer cells in the immune dysregulation following viral replication within...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Zagory JA,Nguyen MV,Wang KS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past year, significant progress has been achieved in the research on aquaporins (AQPs), a family of structurally related molecular water channels. Three novel AQPs were identified, giving a total of ten mammalian AQPs. An important step forward in identifying the aqueous pore in AQP molecules was the determinat...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Knoers NV,Deen PM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Concern regarding appendicitis is a common reason for presentation to the paediatric emergency department. We review recent progress in the use of biomarkers, imaging and clinical scoring systems in improving diagnostic accuracy in suspected appendicitis in children. RECENT FINDINGS:Use of ultrasound...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Lawton B,Goldstein H,Davis T,Tagg A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major advance in knowledge about rotavirus infection and prevention has been in vaccine development. Several large studies of tetravalent rhesis rotavirus vaccine have had encouraging results, and a first-generation vaccine is likely to be licensed by the 25th anniversary of the discovery of rotavirus (in 1973). E...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Barnes GL,Bishop RF

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocutaneous syndromes are disorders with cutaneous and neurologic anomalies. Some of these disorders are hereditary. This review summarizes the advances in this field and the recent results obtained in clinical and scientific research on the following syndromes: neurofibromatosis type 1, tuberous sclerosis, Gorlin-...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Küster W,Happle R

更新日期：1993-08-01 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 Back to Sleep Campaigns remain the greatest influence on the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome. Blatt and Meguid review updates on the effectiveness of these campaigns in reducing sudden infant death syndrome. They also review studies on why parents do not follow this proven advice. The contribution of the...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Blatt SD,Meguid V,Church CC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The current review describes recent advances and unique challenges in precision medicine for pediatric cancers and highlights clinical trials assessing the clinical impact of targeted therapy matched to molecular alterations identified by tumor profiling. RECENT FINDINGS:Multiple prospective clinical...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Forrest SJ,Geoerger B,Janeway KA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombopoietin is a hematopoietic growth factor that stimulates megakaryopoiesis. Recent results indicate that thrombopoietin has multilineage hematopoietic effects both in vitro and in vivo. Clinical studies of thrombopoietin have begun, and are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Broudy VC,Kaushansky K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The delineation of syndromes carrying a predisposition to malignancy has led to great insights into the molecular biology of malignancy. Many such syndromes have cutaneous findings which can precede the development of neoplasia. Early recognition of the cutaneous stigmata of the genodermatoses with ma...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Holman JD,Dyer JA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Owing to its aggressive clinical course and associated immunologic abnormalities, pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasingly managed with immunomodulators and biologic agents. Clinical experience with therapy targeted against tumor necrosis factor-alpha has raised important questions a...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Rosh JR

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Atypical skull shapes occur in as many as 20% of infants. The purpose of this review is to discuss the clinical approach to the evaluation of a child with an abnormal head shape. Readers will learn how to identify the head shapes caused by environmental deformation and craniosynostosis. We also review...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Cunningham ML,Heike CL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Neurodevelopmental-behavioural paediatrics (NBP) is a field of medical practice that has arisen in response to recent changes in child health epidemiology. This review considers how the profession of NBP is addressing clinical need, and discusses possibilities for future development of the field. REC...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： McDowell M,Lesslie J

更新日期：2019-12-01 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 goal of this review is to provide updates on the evolution of conceptual definitions as they relate to quality in healthcare, existing measurement platforms for performance benchmarking in pediatric surgery, and available tools for quality improvement that are relevant to care of the pediatric sur...

journal_title：Current opinion in pediatrics

authors： Cameron DB,Rangel SJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00