Serum digoxin concentration in a neonate with renal and hepatic impairment.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate child and parent perceptions of treatment with stimulant medication in a sample of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODOLOGY:Child and parent perceptions questionnaires were completed for 102 subjects participating in a double-blind, crossover trial of methylpheni...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Efron D,Jarman FC,Barker MJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study aims to determine if there is a difference in the pharyngeal pressure, measured as a surrogate for continuous positive distending airway pressure, delivered to premature infants between two commonly used heated, humidified high-flow nasal cannulae (HHHFNC) devices: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare HHHFNC and ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Collins CL,Holberton JR,König K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe a respiratory support programme for children at home by parents and layperson carers. METHODS:Analysis of records of children with long-term mechanical respiratory support at home. RESULTS:From 1979 to 2008 the programme managed 168 children (median age 7 years, range 3 weeks-19 years) with obstructiv...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tibballs J,Henning R,Robertson CF,Massie J,Hochmann M,Carter B,Osborne A,Stephens RA,Scoble M,Jones SE,White J,Bryan D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) are the most common reason for hospitalisation of young children in the Northern Territory of Australia. International studies have linked vitamin D deficiency with increased risk of ALRI in paediatric populations, but this has not been explored in tropical regions such as...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Binks MJ,Smith-Vaughan HC,Bar-Zeev N,Chang AB,Andrews RM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the bowel habits of healthy Australian children aged up to 2 years. METHODOLOGY:One hundred and forty children were recruited in six age categories with a minimum of 20 children per category. Data on bowel habit was recorded by parents daily for 1 week. RESULTS:Stool frequency decreased with age. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tham EB,Nathan R,Davidson GP,Moore DJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aimed to establish current management practice for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) among individual consultant neonatologists in Australia and New Zealand, to examine the influences that drives practice and highlight the importance of future randomised controlled trials in the region. METHODS:Eligible su...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hoellering AB,Cooke L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study documents the neurodevelopmental outcome at 3 years of 52 of 55 extremely low birthweight (ELBW) survivors (survival rate 49%) born in a tertiary maternity centre from July 1985 through December 1988, and examines more closely the developmental profile of the neurologically normal survivors. At 3 years, 6 (...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bowen JR,Starte DR,Arnold JD,Simmons JL,Ma PJ,Leslie GI

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe the developmental progress of very premature babies at the age of 2 years, who were managed in an era where nasal prong continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was the preferred method for the management of initial respiratory disease. METHODS:Two groups of very premature babies of <32 weeks gestat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Stack JA,Jalaludin B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare botulinum toxin A injections with fixed plaster cast stretching in the management of cerebral palsied children with dynamic (i.e. non-fixed) calf tightness. METHODS:The settings were the Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) and the Crippled Children's Association of South Australia (CCA), Adelaid...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Flett PJ,Stern LM,Waddy H,Connell TM,Seeger JD,Gibson SK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-associated hyponatraemia is a potentially serious acute condition that may present early as asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. Standard treatment is intravenous hypertonic saline, which can be challenging and carries some risk. An alternative may be oral therapy. We undertook a review of existing literature ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Berger I

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors studied 75 male infants with meningomyelocele (MMC) to analyse the association with cryptorchidism. METHODS:All infants were diagnosed at birth and surgically corrected after 24-48 h. Testes were classified undescended in accordance with Kaplan. The associated malformations, the exact levels of t...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ferrara P,Rossodivita A,Ruggiero A,Pulitanò S,Tortorolo L,Salvaggio E

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In families with infants between the ages of 6 and 18 months, sleep disruption can be significant, often putting parents at risk of a range of negative psychological and psychosocial consequences. Commonly prescribed sleep interventions typically involve 'extinction' methods, which require parents to completely or per...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Blunden S,Dawson D

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridoxine dependency is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder causing intractable seizures in neonates and infants. Life-long therapy with pyridoxine is required for prevention of seizure recurrence and for an optimum intellectual outcome. With the availability of newer biochemical confirmatory tests, the conventional ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kumar P,Gupta VK,Mishra D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a boy with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treated with chemotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation to a dose of 24 Gy. Six years after diagnosis he developed a glioma and died. Prior to 1979, four cases of second malignant neoplasm (SMN) of the brain had been reported in children treated for ALL. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Vowels MR,Tobias V,Mameghan H

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The need for a skilled neonatal resuscitator in the form of a paediatrician or paediatric registrar to attend a vaginal delivery or Caesarean section (CS) is not clearly defined. This study was undertaken in order to ascertain the level of resuscitation a neonate might require dependent on the delivery mode a...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Parsons SJ,Sonneveld S,Nolan T

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：AIM:This paper describes the Toddlers at Risk of Autism Clinic (TRAC), which utilises the Social Attention and Communication Study (SACS) and/or Autism Detection in Early Childhood (ADEC) play-based assessments to facilitate the early diagnosis of autism. METHODS:A retrospective audit was conducted of all 42 children ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Davis T,Clifton D,Papadopoulos C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify barriers to the use of trained interpreters in emergency department (ED) paediatric consultations. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey of non-English-speaking-background (NESB) carers who presented a child aged 14 years or less to the Fairfield Hospital ED during a 3-month period was undertaken usin...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bonacruz Kazzi G,Cooper C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study compared the outcomes of patients with biliary atresia (BA) treated according to a standardised protocol with historical patients. METHODS:This is a single-centred retrospective study of BA patients treated from 1980 to 2016. A standardised treatment protocol was established since 2008 regarding peri-op...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chung PH,Wong KK,Tam PK

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of the study was to evaluate the significance of total bilirubin, aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) for predicting outcome in sepsis-associated cholestasis. METHODS:A retrospective cohort review of the hospital records was performed in 181 neonates admi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Oswari H,Widjaja RK,Rohsiswatmo R,Cleghorn G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the first year of life, injury is the leading cause of mortality in children and adolescents in Australia and a major cause of morbidity and hospitalization. Studies from Europe and North American and more recently New Zealand have demonstrated that injury rates differ between different socio-economic groups, wi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Jolly DL,Moller JN,Volkmer RE

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Propranolol has recently emerged as an effective drug treatment for infantile haemangiomas. The side effect profile of the drug and the safety of administering propranolol in outpatient settings in this age group remain uncertain. We report our experience with 200 infants and children prescribed propranolo...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Phillips RJ,Penington AJ,Bekhor PS,Crock CM

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：AIM:Relatively little is known about the results of liver tests among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to describe the distributions of liver tests, to identify the upper normal limits (UNLs) and to describe the correlations among liver tests. METHODS:Overnight fasting blood samples were collected from a rep...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： George J,Denney-Wilson E,Okely AD,Hardy LL,Aitken R

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Many Aboriginal women do not recall their last menstrual period date, so alternative methods of estimating gestational age are necessary for optimal obstetric and neonatal care. In this retrospective review of 605 Aboriginal infants born at the Royal Darwin Hospital, the gestational age was estimated by the Dubowitz m...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sayers SM,Powers JR

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：AIMS:Achondroplasia is the most common form of osteochondrodysplasia and is associated with a number of life-threatening complications. The complexity of the condition led to the development of Heath Supervision Guidelines published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1995 and revised in 2005. There remains limite...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ireland PJ,Johnson S,Donaghey S,Johnston L,Ware RS,Zankl A,Pacey V,Ault J,Savarirayan R,Sillence D,Thompson E,Townshend S,McGill J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Our aim was to identify the clinical features and outcome of multidrug resistant Candida auris (CA) infection in neonates. METHODS:This is a retrospective case cohort study of 17 neonates who developed sepsis caused by CA infection in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit over 3 years. The risk factors, cli...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chandramati J,Sadanandan L,Kumar A,Ponthenkandath S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turner syndrome (TS) affects approximately 1 in 2000 liveborn girls. It is a common cause of short stature and is often, but not universally, associated with characteristic dysmorphic features and ovarian dysgenesis. Genotype/phenotype correlation in TS is generally poor and girls with TS may occasionally have normal ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sabin MA,Zacharin MR

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00