Analysis of medication prescribing errors in critically ill children.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The severity of childhood gastroenteritis is generally believed to be age-related rather than aetiology-related. Rotavirus-induced gastroenteritis is more severe than gastroenteritis caused by other enteric pathogens and is also age-related. We thus addressed the question of whether the increased severity of...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Albano F,Bruzzese E,Bella A,Cascio A,Titone L,Arista S,Izzi G,Virdis R,Pecco P,Principi N,Fontana M,Guarino A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As simple and nonsurgical means of differentiating biliary atresia (BA) from intrahepatic cholestasis of unknown origin (IC), liver function tests including serum lipoprotein-X (LP-X) and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGTP) were done and evaluated for their usefulness in the diagnosis of 27 cholestatic Japanese young ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

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

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4.5-year-old male patient is described with chorioretinopathy, minor facial anomalies, delayed closure of the fontanel, mental retardation, moderate hypotonia, epilepsy and hepatic fibrosis. Postural control, intentional vocalising and manual dexterity were superior to the performance of patients with classical Zell...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Barth PG,Schutgens RB,Bakkeren JA,Dingemans KP,Heymans HS,Douwes AC,van der Klei-van Moorsel JM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although they account for a small proportion of burns in paediatrics, injuries from chemicals can be just as devastating as other mechanisms of burn injury. At least 25,000 chemicals exist which can cause burns: in children, they are often caused by household chemicals via accidental exposure. The mechanism by which c...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Nguyen ATM,Chamberlain K,Holland AJA

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Growth retardation is a consistent finding in Williams-Beuren syndrome. The cause of short stature in this syndrome is unknown. Endocrine studies have failed to reveal abnormalities in the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor I axis. We report a boy with confirmed Williams-Beuren syndrome, who was found...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kuijpers GM,De Vroede M,Knol HE,Jansen M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum immunoglobulin levels and naturally occurring antibody titres against Streptococcus pneumoniae were measured in seven children aged 1-1.9 years with recurrent pneumococcal acute otitis media (AOM). Three of them had low IgG2 levels. Mean antibody levels of anti-pneumococcal IgG1 and anti-pneumococcal IgG2 were s...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ishizaka A,Sakiyama Y,Otsu M,Ozutsumi K,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A total of 22 Japanese patients with hypophosphatasia were included in a study analysing the relationship between mutations in the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) gene and the severity of the phenotype in Japanese patients with hypophosphatasia. The enzymatic activity of some of the identifi...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Michigami T,Uchihashi T,Suzuki A,Tachikawa K,Nakajima S,Ozono K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the type-2 T helper (Th2) cell-mediated immune response in the immunopathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD) is well documented. Whether polarized immunoresponse is confined to antigen-specific T cells or is distributed among all T cell subsets is still controversial. We investigated frequencies of interleu...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Machura E,Mazur B,Kwiecień J,Karczewska K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Biochemical and molecular genetic studies were performed on the enzyme variants of two patients compound heterozygous for glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI) deficiency, both suffering from severe haemolytic anaemia. The enzymes of case 1 (GPI 'Zwickau') and case 2 (GPI 'Nordhorn' [25]), revealed reduced GPI a...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Huppke P,Wünsch D,Pekrun A,Kind R,Winkler H,Schröter W,Lakomek M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary recovery and serum determination of Paba were carried out in 48 control children (C) and 53 paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) divided into three classes by age. Ninety and 120 min after the ingestion of 15 mg/kg of BT-Paba and of a standard meal, serum Paba was determined. In the same subjects the ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bellentani S,Grisendi A,Rinaldi M,Bertolani P,Costa G,Agostini M,Mastella G,Balli F,Manenti F

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the agreement between arterial and venous blood lactate and pH levels in children with sepsis. This retrospective, three-year study involved 60 PICU patients, with data collected from electronic or paper patient records. The inclusion criteria comprised of children (≤17 years old) with sepsis and t...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Samaraweera SA,Gibbons B,Gour A,Sedgwick P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adapted cow's milk formula with or without supplemental taurine (480 mumol/l) was fed for 16 weeks to 20 low-birth-weight infants. In the 2nd and 16th weeks of life, respectively, the following parameters were determined: growth, sonography of heart and brain, ECG, EEG, neurological development and the taurine conc...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Michalk DV,Ringeisen R,Tittor F,Lauffer H,Deeg KH,Böhles HJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to determine if any specific clinical signs, symptoms, or comorbidities could reliably predict underlying feeding difficulty and need for further evaluation (i.e., video swallow study, VSS) in infants with Down syndrome, to establish the prevalence of gastrostomy tube placement (G-tub...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Poskanzer SA,Hobensack VL,Ciciora SL,Santoro SL

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory function in children is most commonly evaluated using the odour identification test despite the fact that it is difficult to properly name odorants for young children. The goal of this study was to evaluate the pleasantness rating of odorants by children. The participants were 182 healthy children: the first...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Brothánková P,Vodička J,Bažant J

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A male patient with fucosidosis exhibited the following characteristics: 1. Early onset and rapid progression of neurological symptoms. 2.Skin changes compatible with angiokeratoma corporis diffusum. 3. Complete or nearly complete deficiency of alpha-fucosidase. 4. Survival to adult age (20 years). The deficiency of a...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Søvik O,Lie SO,Fluge G,Van Hoof F

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three infants with severe combined immunodeficiency and adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency were treated by T-cell depleted bone marrow transplantation (BMT), using human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-haploidentical parents as donors. In the first patient, two initial transplants failed to engraft and no change of the immu...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bluetters-Sawatzki R,Friedrich W,Ebell W,Vetter U,Stoess H,Goldmann SF,Kleihauer E

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Reports on schistosomiasis in children growing up in Europe are rare despite increased travel activity. We report on eight male and three female German children aged 50 months to 15 years with schistosomiasis. Six children were asymptomatic, whereas two presented with typical signs of Katayama fever. Persist...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bialek R,Knobloch J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of both the human and rat galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) genes reveal 5' regulatory consensus sequences suggestive of a housekeeping gene. This is in accord with the finding of GALT activity in all tissues. However, the complications seen in galactosemia, in particular ovarian dysfunction and ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Heidenreich RA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was a retrospective study documenting all pacemaker implantations (PMIs) secondary to postoperative atrioventricular block. A total of 26 patients were included between 2011 and 2020. The incidence rate was 1.8%, with a median follow-up time of 4.5 years. At the time of the initial PMI, the median weight was 5 kg...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ebrahim MA,Ashkanani HK,Alramzi RS,Malhas ZI,Al-Bahrani M,Sadek AA,Elsayed MA,Lyubomudrov VG

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the serum of two infant sisters with a congenital renal salt-losing syndrome, Na was rather low and K considerably increased. Even with Na levels of 126 mval/1, sodium was excreted in the urine. Creatinine and hippurate clearances were normal. Primary disturbances of the steroid metabolism were not detectable; plas...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bierich JR,Schmidt U

更新日期：1976-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening of neonates for inborn errors of metabolism has been carried out on a national level since 1969 in the Federal Republic of Germany. To raise the reliability of these routine investigations, we introduced an external quality control in March 1982. Every 2 months ten filter paper samples were sent to the scree...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Mathias D,Bickel H

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-year-old girl presented with a red scaly rash confined to sun-exposed areas which started at 2 years of age and had the appearance of pellagra. Investigation of urinary tryptophan metabolites following an oral tryptophan load, showed increased excretion of kynurenine and kynurenic acid but reduced excretion of 3-h...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Clayton PT,Bridges NA,Atherton DJ,Milla PJ,Malone M,Bender DA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes some research on the development of motion perception in early infancy. The sensitivity for slow and rapid motion was studied with 1-month-old and 3-month-old babies. The findings suggest that there are different developmental courses for the detection of slow and rapid motion. The ability to d...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kaufmann F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is the pediatrician's role to promote the child's well-being and to help parents raise healthy, well-adjusted children. Today's pediatricians are confronted with a patient population in which there is a high prevalence of child abuse in its different presentations (physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and/or n...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Marchand J,Deneyer M,Vandenplas Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local control of the primary tumour is a fundamental requirement for clinical cure. Towards this aim, the primary tumour must be diagnosed early and identified histologically. The size, extension, and spread within the patient must be defined precisely. In planning effective local therapy, additional questions must be...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Prindull G,Willert HG,Notter G

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 41 preterm neonates with a gestational age (GA) varying from 27 to 36 weeks, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was measured by means of the continuous inulin infusion technique. The reliability of the technique was confirmed. During postnatal development GFR was found to increase in two ways: firstly, an increase wi...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： van der Heijden AJ,Grose WF,Ambagtsheer JJ,Provoost AP,Wolff ED,Sauer PJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities of chromosome 14 are encountered infrequently in clinical cytogenetics and only few studies of paracentric inversion have been published. This paper reports the first case of hypospadias associated with paracentric inversion of chromosome 14. ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Leung AK,Hoo JJ

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Aminoglycoside prescriptions were rarely evaluated in children care facilities. Because of risk of toxicity, these narrow spectrum antibiotics are commonly misused. In this study, we evaluate aminoglycoside prescription and assess the impact of an information campaign on modalities of prescription and monito...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Houot M,Pilmis B,Thepot-Seegers V,Suard C,Potier C,Postaire M,Zahar JR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic progressive disease affecting mucus viscosity, has been beneficial in both improving life expectancy and the quality of life for individuals with CF. In New York State from 2007 to 2012 screening for CF involved measuring immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kay DM,Maloney B,Hamel R,Pearce M,DeMartino L,McMahon R,McGrath E,Krein L,Vogel B,Saavedra-Matiz CA,Caggana M,Tavakoli NP

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is an inflammatory cytokine-related disorder associated with overproduction of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1β, and IL-18. Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a critical and lethal complication of sJIA. Therefore, prompt induction of remission in the active phase of sJIA is ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Miyazono A,Abe J,Ogura M,Sato M,Fujimaru T,Kamei K,Ito S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00