Tuberculin skin test in bacille Calmette-Guérin-vaccinated children: how should we interpret the results?

abstract：:Serum bile acids and their conjugates were analysed in 20 breast-fed infants with prolonged jaundice. The mean total bile acid levels in serum were increased in the breast-fed infants with jaundice, as compared with those in either breast- or bottle-fed infants without jaundice. However, there were no significant diff...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Tazawa Y,Yamada M,Nakagawa M,Konno T,Tada K

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positional plagiocephaly (PP) denotes flattening of the skull that occurs frequently in healthy infants. Aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of positional plagiocephaly and to identify the risk factors in a cohort of healthy infants in order to help prevention of PP. In a prospective design, all healthy f...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ballardini E,Sisti M,Basaglia N,Benedetto M,Baldan A,Borgna-Pignatti C,Garani G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cystic fibrosis is a life shortening hereditary disease, primarily leading to progressive pulmonary infection and exocrine pancreatic dysfunction. Several gastrointestinal complications other than malabsorption can arise during the disease course and with the progressively increasing life span of patients wi...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Demeyer S,De Boeck K,Witters P,Cosaert K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA depletion, encephalomyopathic form, with methylmalonic aciduria is associated with mutations in SUCLA2, the gene encoding a beta subunit of succinate-CoA ligase, where 17 patients have been reported. Mutations in SUCLG1, encoding the alpha subunit of the enzyme, have been reported in only one family,...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ostergaard E,Schwartz M,Batbayli M,Christensen E,Hjalmarson O,Kollberg G,Holme E

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Turner syndrome (n = 33) were subjected to a sequential oestrogen/gestagen replacement therapy (21 days 2 mg oestradiol valerate plus 0.5 mg norgestrel for 10 days) for 1-4 years. In individuals aged 12-17 years, growth velocities before treatment ranged between 2.9 and 1.9 cm/year and increased to 6.8-3...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bohnet HG

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid-base disturbances have been usually evaluated with the traditional Henderson-Hasselbach method and Stewart's physiochemical approach by quantifying anions of tissue acids (TA). It is hypothesized that an increase in tissue acids during metabolic acidosis would cause a compensatory decrease in the plasma chloride ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kurt A,Ecevit A,Ozkiraz S,Ince DA,Akcan AB,Tarcan A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One year's experience in screening for congenital hypothyroidism in Greece is reported. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) determination by a radioimmunoassay on dried blood spots was selected as the screening method. During the first year of screening 75,879 newborn infants were tested from Guthrie blood spots taken o...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Mengreli C,Kassiou K,Tsagaraki S,Pantelakis S

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 16-year-old girl who was diagnosed with acute leukaemia and a marked leucocytosis >200 × 109/L. She presented with marked hypophosphatemia, hypokalemia, acute renal failure and acute respiratory failure. These electrolytes disturbances may indicate rapid tumour genesis. These ominous findings required urge...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Chan WK,Chang KO,Lau WH

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was planned to determine identifiable starting points of a trend towards obesity and the influence of variables in preschool children aged 0 to 6 years. In this longitudinal follow-up study, 102 children were enrolled. Anthropometric measurements such as weight-height centiles (specific for gender and age gr...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Yücel O,Kinik ST,Aka S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Concentrations of galactose (Gal) in plasma and galactose metabolites in red blood cells (RBC) were determined in 18 normal neonates and 249 others with hypergalactosaemia according to the Paigen method. Normal neonatal values for plasma Gal, RBC galactose-1-phosphate (Gal-1-P), RBC uridine diphosphate gluco...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Mizoguchi N,Ono H,Eguchi T,Sakura N

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS) is a heterogeneous group of diseases with different causes and prognoses. Two thirds of cases of NS in the first year of life are caused by mutations in four genes (NPHS1, NPHS2, WT1, and LAMB2). The mutation of WT1 gene can lead to Denys-Drash syndrome (DDS). We report on female mo...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Fencl F,Malina M,Stará V,Zieg J,Mixová D,Seeman T,Bláhová K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the description of two cases of osteoarticular infections due to Kingella kingae in two young children we wish to draw the attention of clinicians to invasive infections due to this micro-organism. Since its biological characterization in 1976, K. kingae has been increasingly reported as a human pathogen. Most comm...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Lacour M,Duarte M,Beutler A,Auckenthaler R,Suter S

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The triad of adrenocortical insufficiency with alacrima and achalasia is an unusual disease entity in paediatrics. The association of autonomic and peripheral neuropathies has more commonly been reported in older individuals. We describe four children (two siblings) with this disorder, aged between 3 and 6 years at di...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Gazarian M,Cowell CT,Bonney M,Grigor WG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time of cord clamping in intrauterine growth-restricted (IUGR) neonates remains an area of uncertainty. This assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial compared the effects of delayed cord clamping (DCC) with early cord clamping (ECC) on the systemic blood flow (SBF) and cerebral hemodynamics in IUGR neonates of...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Digal KC,Singh P,Srivastava Y,Chaturvedi J,Tyagi AK,Basu S

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropometric indices (AI) have been known to be associated with age at menarche (AAM). The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the changes in AI and its association with AAM in a community-based population in Iran. From among 10,192 women, we included 6818, aged ≥ 10 years, who were post-menarche at the t...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Farahmand M,Ramezani Tehrani F,Khalili D,Cheraghi L,Azizi F

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six children with cerebral palsy were examined with respect to structural asymmetry of the mouth. In 19 children there were clear cut correlations between symmetry/asymmetry of voluntary function and the oral findings. Patients with symmetrical patterns of movements had symmetrical dentition, while in those wit...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Haberfellner H,Richter M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Intensive multimodality treatment has led to a remarkable improvement of prognosis in paediatric cancer patients, however, a great number of long-term survivors suffer from considerable tumour- or treatment-related late effects. Between January 1990 and December 1998, 223 consecutive survivors of childhood m...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Lackner H,Benesch M,Schagerl S,Kerbl R,Schwinger W,Urban C

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A retrospective analysis was performed of the records of 133 patients with extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA) who had undergone a Kasai portoenterostomy. The patients were divided into a non-transplantation group who survived but did not receive liver transplantation after the procedure and a failure group ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Jiang CB,Lee HC,Yeung CY,Sheu JC,Chang PY,Wang NL,Yeh CY

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) secondary to congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS). Thirty-three pediatric patients diagnosed in our institution with CPSS between 2012 and 2019 were enrolled in this s...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Wu J,Lu Y,Zhao W,Shen J,Li F,Zhang H,Chen Q,Fu L

更新日期：2020-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). A "bundle" is defined as a combination of evidence-based interventions that provided they are followed collectively and reliably, are proven to improve patient outcomes. Th...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bierlaire S,Danhaive O,Carkeek K,Piersigilli F

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I collagen is the major component of bone matrix; circulating carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen (P-I-CP) levels reflect type I collagen synthesis in tissues and may be an useful index to investigate bone metabolism. We measured P-I-CP by a new radioimmunoassay in 300 healthy children and adolescent...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Saggese G,Bertelloni S,Baroncelli GI,Di Nero G

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The cause of the primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) remains unknown in the majority of cases. A retrospective study was carried out in 17 girls with POI and normal 46,XX karyotype evaluated before 20 years of age. The etiology of POI was determined in eight girls (group 1) and remained idiopathic in nine gi...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Brauner R,Pierrepont S,Bignon-Topalovic J,McElreavey K,Bashamboo A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared epinephrine and dopamine as a first-line vasoactive drug in 40 neonates (enrolled in two gestational age strata ≤ 306/7 and ≥ 310/7 weeks) with fluid-refractory septic shock. Epinephrine or dopamine was initiated at 0.2 or 10 μg/kg/min, respectively. If shock persisted after 15 min, epinephrine or dopamine...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Baske K,Saini SS,Dutta S,Sundaram V

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of subacute meningitis caused by Brucella mellitensis is described. The meningitis was refractory to an antibiotic regime. Diagnosis was established by raised antibody titres to Brucella in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and positive bone marrow and blood cultures. While treatment with tetracycline trimeth...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Korman S,Srugo I,Tal Y,Jaffe M,Cahane Z,Wellish G

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The need to reappraise sedation policy is dictated by newer noninvasive imaging modalities. In this study we evaluate the safety and efficacy of rectally-administered thiopental in children undergoing MRI. Eighty-three consecutive patients with congenital heart disease (mean age 2.9 years, SD 2.5) undergoing...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Beekman RP,Hoorntje TM,Beek FJ,Kuijten RH

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A 9-year-old boy lost almost all his small bowel after an acute volvulus due to a congenital, but previously unsuspected malrotation. Survival using total parenteral nutrition is possible in these cases, but the medical burden is heavy. Small intestinal transplantation was performed for the first time in the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Severijnen R,Hulstijn-Dirkmaat I,Gordijn B,Bakker L,Bongaerts G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients, 11 months to 3 4/12 years old with severe normochromic, normocytis anemia and reticulocytopenia are reported. At the height of erythropoietic arrest when erythroid precursor cells were completely absent, undifferentiated stem cells (transitional cells), accumulated in the bone marrow. They disappeared a...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Tillmann W,Prindull G,Schröter W

更新日期：1976-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important indicator of the burden of illness in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. This study evaluated self-reported generic HRQOL among pediatric patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis based on pooled baseline clinical trial data and compared them to four com...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Varni JW,Globe DR,Gandra SR,Harrison DJ,Hooper M,Baumgartner S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heuristic concept of "inborn errors of metabolism" was introduced more then 70 years ago and by analogy has prompted the more recent introduction of the term "inborn errors of immunity". It is now well recognized that many inborn errors of immunity can be considered inborn errors of metabolism. Typically, many for...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Burgio GR,Ugazio AG

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve preterm infants, median gestational age 31.5 weeks, were entered into a randomised, placebo-controlled trial of bronchodilator therapy. Their postnatal age was a median of 17.5 months and all suffered from recurrent respiratory symptoms. The infants received either inhaled placebo or 40 micrograms of ipratropiu...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Yuksel B,Greenough A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00