High flow nasal cannula for continuous positive airway pressure weaning in preterm neonates: A single-centre experience.

abstract：:We describe three cousins who presented with agitation, dysphasia and/or coma, and developed hemiplegia following initial onset of symptoms. Two cases followed minor head injuries, two were pyrexial and two were associated with neutrophilia. Two cases required ventilatory support on the intensive care unit. Magnetic r...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hart AR,Trinick R,Connolly DJ,Mordekar SR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify risk factors for adverse outcomes from bacterial meningitis. METHODOLOGY:From a cohort of 166 children with bacterial meningitis who were studied prospectively, 130/158 (82%) survivors underwent neurological, neuropsychological, audiological and behaviour assessments 5-9 years following their ill...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Grimwood K,Nolan TM,Bond L,Anderson VA,Catroppa C,Keir EH

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aimed to determine the outcome of the operation of children with biliary atresia (BA) at a tertiary paediatric referral centre in Malaysia. METHODS:A prospective study on all patients with BA referred to the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, from 1996 to 2005 was conducted. Survi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee WS,Chai PF,Lim KS,Lim LH,Looi LM,Ramanujam TM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) are reported who presented in the neonatal period with profound failure to thrive, cardio-respiratory distress, precocious puberty and Cushing's syndrome for which both underwent bilateral adrenalectomy. Both girls had also bilateral nephrocalcinosis; in one case that may ha...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bareille P,Azcona C,Stanhope R

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the usefulness of a microelectronic tablet-dispenser for monitoring adherence to preventive therapy for tuberculosis infection in adolescents. METHODOLOGY:Twenty-one patients with positive Mantoux tests were treated with isoniazid (INH), dispensed in a microelectronic tablet-dispenser that recor...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Starr M,Sawyer SM,Carlin JB,Powell C,Newman RG,Johnson P

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript describes two interesting patients who had exercise-induced symptoms that unmasked an alternative underlying diagnosis. The first is an 8-year-old boy who was treated for asthma all his life but really had exercise-induced stridor (labelled as wheeze) causing significant exercise limitation, which was ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pandit CA,Batterby E,Van Asperen P,Cooper P,Selvadurai H,Fitzgerald DA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal microarray or molecular karyotype has become the first-line genetic investigation for children with intellectual disability, autistic spectrum disorder or multiple congenital anomalies. Chromosomal microarray increases the detection rate of pathogenic chromosome imbalances including submicroscopic deletion...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Palmer EE,Peters GB,Mowat D

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within a 3-month period, two infants presented non-specifically to hospital and rapidly progressed developing flaccid paralysis. Both children were diagnosed with infant botulism. We briefly review these two cases and discuss the diagnostic and management issues involved with this rare childhood disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Barnes M,Britton PN,Singh-Grewal D

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the willingness of clinicians to recommend human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, the strength of support for a national HPV vaccine programme and to determine which factors, if any, affected these. METHODS:An online, invitation-only questionnaire was developed and distributed to three medical prof...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hopkins TG,Wood NJ,West RM,Darling JC

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatricians contribute the greatest proportion of prescriptions for psychotropic medication to children between the ages of 3 and 14 years in Australia. Medications indicated for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are the most commonly prescribed, followed by antidepressants and antipsychotics. Outside treatm...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hazell P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Children referred for persistent cough were evaluated for the referring and final diagnosis, and the extent of the use of medications prior to referral and the side effects encountered. METHODS:Data on children seen by respiratory paediatricians for persistent cough (> or =4 weeks) in a tertiary respiratory ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Thomson F,Masters IB,Chang AB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

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 characterise the physical, psychological, and quality of life burden associated with serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in children. METHODS:Children aged up to 14 years at the time of serogroup B IMD, who were admitted to intensive care units of two tertiary paediatric hospitals in New South Wale...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Deng L,Barton B,Lorenzo J,Rashid H,Dastouri F,Booy R

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine associations between socio-economic, familial and perinatal factors with overweight/obesity in 6- and 12-year-old schoolchildren. METHODS:Eligible year-1 (1765/2238, mean age 6.7 years) and year-7 students (2353/3144, mean age, 12.7 years) from a random cluster sample of 55 Sydney schools were examined ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Gopinath B,Baur LA,Burlutsky G,Robaei D,Mitchell P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of propranolol treatment in multifocal and diffuse infantile hepatic haemangioma (IHH). METHODS:A retrospective study of symptomatic or potentially symptomatic IHH was performed in our hospital between 2011 and 2016. RESULTS:Thirteen patients were identified: 2 pat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yang K,Peng S,Chen L,Chen S,Ji Y

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of a formalised opportunistic immunisation (OI) system in a hospital setting. METHODS:Pre-post implementation audit of missed immunisation opportunities. RESULTS:Of 5583 children in the National Immunisation Register cohort seen in a hospital setting, 1641 (29.4%) were under-immunise...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Shingler S,Hunter K,Romano A,Graham D

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aims of this study were to develop and evaluate a shorter gestational age estimation method based on the Dubowitz scoring system (DSS) that could be taught easily to untrained health-care workers. METHODS:Using the DSS, seven criteria were identified that explained 90% of the variance in gestational age estim...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Allan RC,Sayers S,Powers J,Singh G

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：AIM:Describe breast- and bottle-feeding patterns and the introduction of solid feeds and sugar containing drinks to the dietary intake of a cohort of urban Aboriginal infants in the first year of life. METHODS:Two hundred and seventy-four infants were recruited to a cohort study and information about infant nutrition ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Eades SJ,Read AW,McAullay D,McNamara B,O'Dea K,Stanley FJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 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:To assess the effectiveness of oral baclofen in reducing spasticity and improving function in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS:A double-blind, randomised cross-over pilot study of oral baclofen versus placebo. Assessment tools included the Goal Attainment Scale, Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, M...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Scheinberg A,Hall K,Lam LT,O'Flaherty S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether umbilical cord blood glucose correlates with subsequent hypoglycaemia after birth in infants of well-controlled diabetic mothers. METHODOLOGY:Thirty-eight term infants of well-controlled diabetic mothers were enrolled. Five mothers had pre-existing diabetes. Of the 33 gestational diabeti...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Agrawal RK,Lui K,Gupta JM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We surveyed the directors of all 92 long day care centres in western Sydney to document the occurrence of communicable disease outbreaks during 1992 and to identify risk factors for the occurrence of these outbreaks. A total of 6092 children were enrolled at the centres, of whom 530 (8.7%) were less than 3 years old. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Jorm LR,Capon AG

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder presenting in children aged 2-4 years with seizures and loss of motor and language skills, followed by blindness and death in late childhood. Initial presenting features are similar to a range of common epilepsi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Johnson AM,Mandelstam S,Andrews I,Boysen K,Yaplito-Lee J,Fietz M,Nagarajan L,Rodriguez-Casero V,Ryan MM,Smith N,Scheffer IE,Ellaway C

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Taking a detailed family history is an inexpensive way for healthcare providers to screen patients for increased risk of various chronic conditions. Documentation of family history, however, has been shown to be incomplete in the majority of patient charts. The current study examines when family history is collecte...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Benson L,Baer HJ,Greco PJ,Kaelber DC

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a match between the health problems that children face and the clinical trials that are being conducted, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS:All trials on the World Health Organisation International Clinical Trials Registry Platfor...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Joseph PD,Caldwell PH,Barnes EH,Craig JC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A term infant was admitted at 6 h of age with seizures related to hyponatraemia. During the last hours of labour the infant's mother had drunk 3 L of water. After delivery the serum sodium was 121 mmol/L in the mother and 126 mmol/L in the infant. Both resolved spontaneously. We discuss this case and the impact of mat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： West CR,Harding JE

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16 year old girl with an established diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis presented with a 1 year history of swelling of the left cheek. A 2 cm diameter tumour was excised which showed histological features of a solid variant of a minor salivary gland basal cell adenoma. One year later during laparotomy and excision of m...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Byard RW,Phillips GE,Dardick I,Robertson E,Carter RF,Bourne AJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Childhood overweight and obesity is unacceptably high in industrialised nations. School-based interventions have largely been atheoretical and ineffective. This study aimed to test a new theory-based protocol for its effects on measures of fitness and body mass index (BMI), and its proposed psychosocial mediators, ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Annesi JJ,Walsh SM,Greenwood BL,Mareno N,Unruh-Rewkowski JL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper considers diagnostic frameworks in developmental-behavioural paediatrics. The purpose of a diagnostic assessment is reviewed, and the use of categorical diagnoses is explored. A multi-level process of diagnostic formulation is outlined, highlighting the importance of a comprehensive focus on presenting symp...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： O'Keeffe M,Macaulay C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00