Aminoglycoside use in a pediatric hospital: there is room for improvement-a before/after study.

abstract：:Maternal morbidity is associated with cesarean deliveries. However, new evidence suggests that short- and long-term neonatal morbidity is also associated. This includes respiratory morbidity with conflicting results. To determine whether mode of delivery has an impact on the long-term risk for respiratory morbidity in...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Baumfeld Y,Walfisch A,Wainstock T,Segal I,Sergienko R,Landau D,Sheiner E

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Self-medication is a common event. To use drugs correctly, a basic knowledge about drugs is required. Poor data are available about adults' drug knowledge. Furthermore, adolescents' basic drug knowledge has not been investigated. This study was designed in order to explore adolescents' drug use and knowledge...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Stoelben S,Krappweis J,Rössler G,Kirch W

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a non-frequent vasculitis of small- and medium-sized vessels. Psoriatic arthritis (PA) is described as a "unique inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis" with an inexact prevalence rate due to the lack of widely accepted classification criteria. We describe the case of an 11-year...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Oulego-Erroz I,Gautreaux-Minaya S,Martinez-Sáenz de Jubera J,Naranjo-Vivas D,Fernéndez-Hernández S,Muñíz-Fontán M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An asthmatic child is presented who developed a cushingoid appearance with evidence of adrenal suppression and growth impairment while on low dose inhaled topical steroids. When the inhaled steroids were replaced by inhaled sodium cromoglycate his adrenal function recovered while his appearance and growth returned to ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Priftis K,Everard ML,Milner AD

更新日期：1991-04-01 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:To monitor infant care practices associated with risks for sudden infant death, 400 Belgian families with infants less than 6 months old were questioned by 21 paediatricians during routine visits to local paediatric practices and well baby services (11 in urban centres, 10 in rural areas). Because of incompl...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kahn A,Bauche P,Groswasser J,Dramaix M,Scaillet S,Working Group, Groupe Belge de Pediatres Francophones.

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:A 14-year-old boy had a 6 month history of recurrent macroscopic haematuria. A papillary non-invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder was found at cystoscopy and treated by transurethral resection. In comparison to adults, bladder carcinoma is a rare cause of haematuria in children who appear to have a favo...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Rayner RJ,Watson AR,Bishop MC

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation on cerebral and systemic haemodynamics were studied in 30 children. The objective was to identify conditions in which the alterations of cerebral and systemic haemodynamics were minimal. The children were intubated after muscular relaxation and following 10 min of me...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bode H,Ummenhofer W,Frei F

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare mothers' and grandparents' feeding behaviours, the differences between the behaviours, the relationship between children's feeding problems and grandparents' feeding behaviours, as well as the relationship between grandparents' feeding behaviour and children's body mass...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Metbulut AP,Özmert EN,Teksam O,Yurdakök K

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents have specific healthcare needs distinct from adults or younger children secondary to anatomical, physiological and socio-behavioural differences. Healthcare providers have been slow to address this, leading the UK Department of Health (2011) to publish 'You're Welcome' quality criteria for services for you...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Tuckwell R,Wood D,Mansfield-Sturgess S,Brierley J

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of visual acuity and stereopsis was studied in 321 boys and 340 girls aged between 5 and 10 years. Visual acuity was assessed by the E test and a modified version of the STYCAR test, stereo acuity by the Lang-Stereo test [17]. Both vision tests showed an increase in the median visual acuity between the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Schmid M,Largo RH

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth hormone (GH) gene (hGH-N) cluster was analysed using polymerase chain reaction, Southern and polymorphism analysis in five patients (including two pairs of siblings) with extreme short stature and absence of GH secretion. Patients 1 and 2 (siblings) were homozygous for a large deletion removing four genes o...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Cacciari E,Pirazzoli P,Gualandi S,Baroncini C,Baldazzi L,Trevisani B,Capelli M,Zucchini S,Balsamo A,Cicognani A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:There are a number of respiratory diseases affecting infants in which there is surfactant dysfunction or deficiency. Surfactant is inactivated by cholesterol, free fatty acids and bilirubin in meconium aspiration syndrome, by haemoglobin and red blood cell lipids in pulmonary haemorrhage and plasma proteins ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Greenough A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unfavorable impact of prematurity on the developing cerebellum was recently recognized, but the outcome after impaired cerebellar development as a prematurity-related complication is hitherto not adequately documented. Therefore we compared 31 preterm patients with disrupted cerebellar development to a control gro...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Messerschmidt A,Fuiko R,Prayer D,Brugger PC,Boltshauser E,Zoder G,Sterniste W,Weber M,Birnbacher R

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:We describe an outbreak of echovirus type 18 infection involving 20 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients and the results of virological investigations are presented. RT-PCR demonstrated a widespread transmission of the virus in NICU patients during the outbreak. Separation care and additional infection control...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kusuhara K,Saito M,Sasaki Y,Hikino S,Taguchi T,Suita S,Hayashi J,Wakatsuki K,Hara T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is an attenuated live vaccine that may cause life-threatening clinical disease in children with impaired immunity. In particular, patients with any of the nine known inherited disorders of the interleukin-12/23 interferon-gamma (IL-12/23-IFNgamma) axis are h...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ulrichs T,Fieschi C,Nevicka E,Hahn H,Brezina M,Kaufmann SH,Casanova JL,Frecerova K

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Primary hyperparathyroidism is a rare endocrine disease in children and young adults. The early detection and treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism led to a marked decrease in classical bone and renal manifestations of the disease. Osteitis fibrosa cystica and brown tumors have become extremely rare clinical entiti...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Atabek ME,Pirgon O,Sert A,Esen HH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings with increased levels of serum phenylalanine were detected by newborn screening. The older sibling deteriorated neurologically and mentally, despite early dietary control, and died at the age of 6 1/2 years. In the younger sibling phenylalanine hydroxylase activity in liver tissue was normal. Further inve...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Gröbe H,Bartholome K,Milstien S,Kaufman S

更新日期：1978-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings were found to be affected by long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, one of which died suddenly and unexpectedly on the 3rd day of life suffering from extreme hypoketotic hypoglycaemia. The younger sibling started to have feeding problems, lowered consciousness, and liver dysfunction at the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Duran M,Wanders RJ,de Jager JP,Dorland L,Bruinvis L,Ketting D,Ijlst L,van Sprang FJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite multiple recommendations, intramuscular epinephrine is poorly prescribed in emergency department receiving pediatric anaphylaxis. To evaluate the role of severity symptoms on this use, we included all admissions for a diagnosis linked to possible allergy in the two pediatric emergency departments of our instit...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Dubus JC,Lê MS,Vitte J,Minodier P,Boutin A,Carsin A,Viudes G,Noel G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 166 full term, small-for-gestational-age (FT-SGA), 53 preterm, appropriate-for-gestational-age (PT-AGA), 27 PT-SGA and 206 FT-AGA infants a neurological examination at the age of 6 years was carried out. Data were collected on behaviour and school achievement. Major and minor neurological abnormalities were more fr...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hadders-Algra M,Huisjes HJ,Touwen BC

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:We report on a 10-year-old girl who was presented to the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of "vaginal bleeding", the cause of which was determined to be urethral prolapse. Urethral prolapse occurs when the urethra mucosa evaginates beyond the urethral meatus. This uncommon condition in prepubescent girls shou...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Shavit I,Solt I

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：UNLABELLED:The 6-min walk test is a simple and accurate method to measure functional exercise capacity in children. We provide smooth reference curves for the modified 6-min walk test in 696 healthy children and adolescents aged 4-19 years, enabling calculation of sex-, age-, and height-specific Z-scores. CONCLUSION:T...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Saraff V,Schneider J,Colleselli V,Ruepp M,Rauchenzauner M,Neururer S,Geiger R,Högler W

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemostasis was studied in 8 tall girls during treatment with high doses of synthetic oestrogens for a period of 1 to 28 months. The girls received 0.5 mg ethinyloestradiol daily from day 1 to day 25 and 15 mg norethisteron daily from day 21 to day 25. All were without clinical signs of thromboembolism. Factors of the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Muntean W,Borkenstein M

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia have been frequently studied in order to determine the impact of prenatal androgen exposure on various aspects of psychological, psychosocial and psychosexual development. There is no published study to evaluate the impact of the genital malformation, genital operati...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kuhnle U,Bullinger M,Schwarz HP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00