Total parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis: a predisposing factor for sepsis in surgical neonates?

abstract：:A 10-year-old boy with chyluria due to a congenital fistulous communication between the lymphatic system and the bladder is described. Chyluria can be parasitic or non-parasitic. Many causes of non-parasitic chyluria have been reported. Lymphography is the preoperative imaging procedure of choice since it demonstrates...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Stalens JP,Falk M,Howmann-Giles R,Roy LP

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemically defined or elemental medical foods provide the majority of protein equivalent in the diets of children treated for phenylketonuria (PKU). Because of the restricted intake of high biologic value protein, children with PKU often have lower than normal plasma concentrations of ferritin and zinc. Few reported s...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Acosta PB

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two girls aged 6 and 10 years treated with anticonvulsants developed nystagmus and ataxia. The peak plasma concentrations of phenytoin were 42.6 and 46.6 microgram/ml, respectively, compatible with phenytoin toxicity. The decline in plasma phenytoin levels did not fit first order kinetics, but followed Michaelis-Mente...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Abe K,Okano M,Sasaki H

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We report fives sporadic cases of hyperekplexia or startle disease characterized by a highly exaggerated startle reflex and tonic attacks. Affected neonates suffer from prolonged periods of stiffness and are at risk for sudden death from apnea. An early diagnosis is needed. Sudden loud sounds, unexpected tac...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Rivera S,Villega F,de Saint-Martin A,Matis J,Escande B,Chaigne D,Astruc D

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a newborn infant with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) featuring double outlet right ventricle and hypoplastic left ventricle who had postductal oxygen saturation well above 95% and thus eluded pulse oximetry screening for CHD. ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hetzel PG,Glanzmann R,Günthard J,Bruder E,Godi E,Bührer C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate variability (HRV) is currently considered the most valuable non-invasive test to investigate the autonomic nervous system function, based on the fact that fast fluctuations might specifically reflect changes of sympathetic and vagal activity. An association between abnormal values of HRV and brain impairmen...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bersani I,Piersigilli F,Gazzolo D,Campi F,Savarese I,Dotta A,Tamborrino PP,Auriti C,Di Mambro C

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prevention of obesity and overweight is an important target for health promotion. Early prevention requires an intervention during childhood and adolescence. At these stages, the game could be an appropriate means to teach nutrition knowledge and to influence dietary behaviour. To this end, the authors dev...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Amaro S,Viggiano A,Di Costanzo A,Madeo I,Viggiano A,Baccari ME,Marchitelli E,Raia M,Viggiano E,Deepak S,Monda M,De Luca B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Patients diagnosed with intracranial teratoma are at risk for developing a recurrent malignant germ cell tumor. We describe a 14-year-old boy initially diagnosed with a mature teratoma in the pineal region that recurred as a metastatic beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (βHCG)-secreting germ cell tumor 3 year...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Cardellicchio S,Farina S,Buccoliero AM,Agresti B,Genitori L,de Martino M,Fangusaro J,Sardi I

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Administration of human growth hormone (GH) has yielded conflicting results concerning its role on thyroid function in patients with Ullrich-Turner syndrome. Therefore, we investigated the course of thyroid hormone parameters and thyroxin binding globulin in relation to GH therapy, IGF-I and additional oxand...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Schmitt K,Häusler G,Blümel P,Plöchl E,Waldhör T,Frisch H

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a female infant with the Schinzel-Giedion syndrome. Features present in 11 patients include coarse face, midface retraction, urogenital anomalies, poor skull vault mineralisation and variable anomalies of the long bones. Outcome is poor and mental retardation is the rule among survivors. Prenatal diagnosis...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Verloes A,Moës D,Palumbo L,Elmer C,François A,Bricteux G

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The light- and electron-microscopic structure of articular and costal cartilage in a case of achondrogenesis type I has been described. The most characteristic ultrastructural change in the chondrocytes was conspicuous dilatation of the rough endoplasmatic reticulum (RER) which contained amorphous electronopaque mater...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Molz G,Spycher MA

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Sepsis is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in children, especially in immunocompromised patients, and a rapid identification of causative pathogen is strongly related with a better outcome. This prospective study analyzes the role of a multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction in sepsis' etiolo...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Denina M,Scolfaro C,Colombo S,Calitri C,Garazzino S,Barbui Anna A,Brossa S,Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital Bloodstream Infections Study Group participants.,Tovo PA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We describe the case of a boy with steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome and left pulmonary artery thrombo-embolism. clinical presentation initially suggested sepsis and respiratory signs were minor. Treatment with tissue plasminogen activator infused into the pulmonary artery was successful. CONCLUSION:Pulm...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Reid CJ,Segal T

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mid-aortic syndrome is characterized by narrowing of the abdominal aorta, usually with the involvement of renal arteries and other visceral branches. The combination of the presence of an abdominal bruit, diminished or absent pulsations of the lower extremities, and a blood pressure discrepancy between upper and lower...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： ten Dam K,van der Palen RL,Tanke RB,Schreuder MF,de Jong H

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To nine cystic fibrosis patients with chronic bronchopulmonary infection of severely damaged lungs invaded by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, eleven courses of prolonged tobramycin treatment (5 mg/kg/day) for four to 16 weeks were administered. Pulmonary symptoms improved and a better quality of life was achieved in all but o...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Paporisz U,Posselt HG,Wönne R,Ristow W,Röser D,Knothe H,Bender SW

更新日期：1979-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcaneal apophysitis, or Sever's disease, is a traction apophysitis. It is a frequent cause of heel pain in children. Knowledge about the exact incidence of calcaneal apophysitis in the general population, however, is lacking. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. METHODS:From 34 general practices, records of pat...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Wiegerinck JI,Yntema C,Brouwer HJ,Struijs PA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Impaired vitamin K status in cystic fibrosis (CF) has been considered as a newly emerged pathogenetic factor for reduced bone mineral density (BMD). OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of vitamin K supplementation in managing bone formation abnormalities in children and adolescents with C...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Nicolaidou P,Stavrinadis I,Loukou I,Papadopoulou A,Georgouli H,Douros K,Priftis KN,Gourgiotis D,Matsinos YG,Doudounakis S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss the unusual presentation of acquired toxoplasmosis in a girl with severe and transient hemidystonia as a unique symptom. Serum titres of anti-toxoplasma antibodies increased whereas no specific antibody response in the CSF was observed. While symptomatic drugs were inefficacious, specific anti-toxoplasmosis...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Micheli R,Perini A,Duse M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Paediatric care places great demands on interpersonal communication skills, especially as regards the handling of psychosocial issues. Recent shifts in paediatric morbidity and increases in patient empowerment furthermore emphasize the need for continuing paediatric education in communication skills. It is, ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： van Dulmen AM,Holl RA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Alleviation of suffering is considered to be one of the important goals of medical interventions. Understanding of what constitutes suffering in children admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is lacking. This study aims to assess perceptions by parents, doctors, and nurses of suffering in critic...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： de Weerd W,van Tol D,Albers M,Sauer P,Verkerk M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial evaluated the effects of early postnatal oral vitamin A supplementation (VAS) in 196 inborn very-low birth weight (VLBW) infants requiring respiratory support at 24 h of age. Eligible infants were randomized to receive aqueous syrup of vitamin A (10,000 IU of retin...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Basu S,Khanna P,Srivastava R,Kumar A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to assess the prevalence and outcomes of esophageal perforation in very low birth weight infants. This retrospective cohort study utilized the US National Inpatient Sample dataset for the years 2000 to 2017. A total of 1,755,418 very low birth weight infants were included; of them, 861 (0.05%) were diagnosed ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Elgendy MM,Othman H,Aly H

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR) is a frequent morbidity of preterm infants that can affect short- and long-term prognosis as it involves different EUGR-related alterations in growth and neurological development, as well as cardiometabolic risk. However, knowledge about the prognosis of EUGR is scarce. Thus, the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Martínez-Jiménez MD,Gómez-García FJ,Gil-Campos M,Pérez-Navero JL

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through a systematic review and meta-analyses, we aimed to determine predictors for place of death among children. We searched online databases for studies published between 2008 and 2019 comprising original quantitative data on predictors for place of death among children. Data regarding study design, population char...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Wolff SL,Christiansen CF,Nielsen MK,Johnsen SP,Schroeder H,Neergaard MA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discoloration of the leg following vaccination is a relatively unknown entity. We carried out a study of discolored leg syndrome (DLS) during a 10-year consecutive period with the objective of characterizing DLS in infants following vaccination received in the Dutch National Vaccination Program as well as its occurren...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kemmeren JM,Vermeer-de Bondt PE,van der Maas NA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of trichothiodystrophy (TTD) without photosensitivity is reported in an 8-year-old girl. Electron microscopic (EM) examination of the keratinocytes showed fibrillary bundles in the cytoplasm thinner and less electron dense than those of the normal cells and large membrane-bound vacuoles filled with granular-fil...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Fois A,Balestri P,Calvieri S,Zampetti M,Giustini S,Stefanini M,Lagomarsini P

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to assess the utility of serum thyroxine and thyroid stimulating hormone performed at 10-14 days of life in diagnosing congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in babies born to mothers with hypothyroidism. This was a retrospective study of all babies born in a tertiary referral centre for neonatology over a 12-mont...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： McGovern M,Reyani Z,O'Connor P,White M,Miletin J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen children aged 9 months-4 years with moderate to severe mental retardation and varying neurologic lesions were referred for severe and continuous nocturnal sleep disturbances and very abnormal day/night schedules. All children had previously been given hypnotic medications and behavioral treatments which had l...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Guilleminault C,McCann CC,Quera-Salva M,Cetel M

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Blood transfusion increases blood volume and blood viscosity of the neonate. Since both volume expansion and increase in blood viscosity may be associated with increased pulmonary artery pressure, we studied effects of transfusion (10 ml of red blood cells per kilogramme of body weight) on right ventricular ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Nelle M,Hoecker C,Linderkamp O

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant-associated protein (SP-A) was measured in tracheal aspirates of ventilated infants with (n = 51) and without (n = 21) respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). SP-A concentrations in samples collected after birth were significantly lower in RDS than in infants ventilated for other reasons than RDS (median 0.03 v...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Stevens PA,Schadow B,Bartholain S,Segerer H,Obladen M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00