Serum lysozyme activity in children with acute leukemia.

abstract：:Arterial hypertension in childhood is less frequent as compared to adulthood but is more likely to be secondary to an underlying disorder. After ruling out more obvious causes, some patients still present with strongly suspected secondary hypertension of yet unknown etiology. A number of these children have hypertensi...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Simonetti GD,Mohaupt MG,Bianchetti MG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim was to determine whether semi-quantitative procalcitonin (PCT-Q) measurements on admission can identify the severity of meningococcal infection in children. A total of 65 children (mean age 2.4 years) with meningococcal disease were included in a prospective study. All patients were treated with anti...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Casado-Flores J,Blanco-Quirós A,Nieto M,Asensio J,Fernández C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study elastase alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor (E alpha 1PI), polymorphonuclear (PMN) count, the immature to total neutrophil count ratio (I/T ratio), and C-reactive protein (CRP) were analysed in 74 patients (76 cases) with neonatal septicaemia at the time of initial clinical symptoms. At that early sta...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Tegtmeyer FK,Horn C,Richter A,van Wees J

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was done to evaluate the effect of short-term dietary therapy on 148 dyslipidaemic children (24 familial hypercholesterolaemia, 105 non-familial hypercholesterolaemia and 19 hypertriglyceridaemia), detected by mass screening in children at 18 months of age. In the model diet used for treatment, 15% o...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ohta T,Nakamura R,Ikeda Y,Hattori S,Matsuda I

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The purpose of this study was to assess how much of the variance in intellectual outcome at 2 and 6 years of age could be attributed to treatment variables in children with congenital hypothyroidism, and which of the parameters used for monitoring treatment predicted later development. Forty-five children, e...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Heyerdahl S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children affected with acute myocarditis may progress rapidly into profound ventricular dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of ventricular arrhythmias on in-hospital mortality and the use of mechanical circulatory support in patients with myocarditis. Pediatric ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Othman HF,Byrnes J,Elsamny E,Hamzah M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with the syndrome of benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood are presented. This symptom complex is characterized by attacks of vertigo in young children combined with nystagmus, ataxia and transiently decreased vestibular function, but without impaired consciousness. Diagnostic and follow-up studies rev...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Koehler B

更新日期：1980-08-01 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：:Our prior studies of the molecular epidemiology of group A streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis indicated that the most common emm types associated with pediatric pharyngitis in North America were 12, 1, 28, and 4. We previously reported that the proportions of pediatric pharyngitis due to emm types 12 and 4 decreased with...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Jaggi P,Dale JB,Chiang E,Beniwal P,Kabat W,Shulman ST

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the percentile curves for red blood cell (RBC) count, Hb, mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) values of beta zero-thalassaemia heterozygotes during infancy, childhood and adolescence. Hb values were about 2 g/dl below those of normal controls with a progressive inc...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Galanello R,Lilliu F,Bertolino F,Cao A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palivizumab utilization, compliance, and outcomes were examined in infants with preexisting medical diseases within the Canadian Registry Database (CARESS) to aid in developing guidelines for potential "at-risk" infants in the future. Infants who received ≥1 dose of palivizumab during the 2006-2010 respiratory syncyti...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Paes B,Mitchell I,Li A,Lanctôt KL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study is to give a systematic overview on publications having investigated the allergy preventive effect of extensively and/or partially hydrolysed infant formulas. Publications were searched by several strategies. Inclusion criteria were: prospective cohort study, randomisation, family histo...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Schoetzau A,Gehring U,Wichmann HE

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A formerly premature, exclusively breast-fed infant with severe zinc deficiency syndrome is presented. He showed the characteristic erosive skin changes, including alopecia, as seen in acrodermatitis enteropathica. In addition, he manifested a failure to thrive and irritability. The diagnosis was confirmed b...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Heinen F,Matern D,Pringsheim W,Leititis JU,Brandis M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Medical care for persons with chronic diseases like cystic fibrosis (CF) is provided by multi-professional teams. We assessed the patients' perspective of care by reporting the results of two consecutive patient satisfaction surveys performed within a 2-year interval at our CF centre. The newly developed, di...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ellemunter H,Stahl K,Smrekar U,Steinkamp G

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Desmopressin (DDAVP) is frequently used in the treatment of primary isolated enuresis nocturna if other approaches have failed. We report a further case of hyponatraemia and cerebral convulsion due to water intoxication after intranasal DDAVP application by a 6 year-old boy with enuresis. CONCLUSION:Althoug...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Schwab M,Wenzel D,Ruder H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Isolated partial 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase (MCC) deficiency has been described to be the cause for a distinct relatively mild clinical picture in a single patient. We describe another patient with isolated partial MCC deficiency who suffered from failure to thrive, muscular hypotonia and progressive r...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Wiesmann UN,Suormala T,Pfenninger J,Baumgartner ER

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Hypotension is a commonly diagnosed and treated complication of extremely low gestational age newborns (ELGAN), but enormous variation in diagnosis, management and clinical practice has been documented. We sought to evaluate practice regarding the management of hypotension in ELGANs and developed a web-based...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Stranak Z,Semberova J,Barrington K,O'Donnell C,Marlow N,Naulaers G,Dempsey E,HIP consortium.

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：UNLABELLED:Essential fatty acid deficiency is well known in cystic fibrosis patients, but its pathogenesis remains unclear. It might be related to protein-energy malnutrition which is a common feature of cystic fibrosis or to some specific defects in fatty acid metabolism. To avoid the deleterious effects of protein-en...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Roulet M,Frascarolo P,Rappaz I,Pilet M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total height gain was studied in 19 adult male subjects with non-tumorous hypopituitarism after they had been treated with human growth hormone (hGH) for more than 3 years and achieved final adult height. In patients with a history of breech delivery or severe perinatal asphyxia, a high multiple correlation was fo...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Van den Broeck J,Vanderschueren-Lodeweyckx M,Eggermont E

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare but serious disorder caused by antipsychotic medication including phenothiazines. For sedative purposes, increasing doses of alimemazine were administered to a 4-year-old multiple handicapped girl, with cerebral damage of the basal ganglia. She developed extra-p...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： van Maldegem BT,Smit LM,Touw DJ,Gemke RJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intravenous injections of the opiate antagonist naloxone (0.005-0.4 mg/kg body weight) on respiratory pattern, apnoea duration and frequency were investigated in six infants with severe sleep apnoea syndrome. Since several authors found elevated plasma- and CSF-levels of endogenous opioids (endorphines)...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Haidmayer R,Kerbl R,Meyer U,Kerschhaggl P,Kurz R,Kenner T

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical pharmacists provide beneficial services to adult patients, though their benefits for paediatric hospital patients are less defined. Five databases were searched using the MeSH terms 'clinical pharmacist', 'paediatric/paediatric', 'hospital', and 'intervention' for studies with paediatric patients conducted in...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Drovandi A,Robertson K,Tucker M,Robinson N,Perks S,Kairuz T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chylothorax is defined as an effusion of lymph in the pleural cavity. In the neonate both congenital and traumatic (iatrogenic) forms exist. Birth asphyxia and respiratory insufficiency are major symptoms of congenital chylothorax, requiring resuscitation and artificial ventilation. Antenatal diagnosis by ultrasound a...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： van Straaten HL,Gerards LJ,Krediet TG

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Child maltreatment is a major social problem with many adverse consequences, and a substantial number of maltreated children are not identified by health care professionals. In 2010, in order to improve the identification of maltreated children in hospitals, a new hospital-based policy was developed in Amsterdam, The ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hoytema van Konijnenburg EM,Sieswerda-Hoogendoorn T,Brilleslijper-Kater SN,van der Lee JH,Teeuw AH

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma prolactin (PRL) response to arginine was examined in 16 prepubertal and 18 pubertal children with constitutional short stature, 5 patients with hyperthyroidism and 4 patients with primary hypothyroidism. The mean basal concentration of plasma PRL was significantly higher (P less than 0.01) in primary hypothyroi...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Abe K,Matsuura N,Fujita H,Fujieda K,Kato T,Nohara Y,Mikami Y,Fukushima N

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Scorpion envenomation is a health problem in children in tropical and subtropical regions. The aim of this study was to evaluate demographic and clinical characteristics as well as outcomes in referred children to Assiut University Children Hospital during the year 2012 with a history of scorpion sting. The ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Mohamad IL,Elsayh KI,Mohammad HA,Saad K,Zahran AM,Abdallah AM,Tawfeek MS,Monazea EM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Non-immune hydrops fetalis may find its origin within genetically determined lymphedema syndromes, caused by mutations in FOXC2 and SOX-18. We describe a newborn girl, diagnosed with non-immune hydrops fetalis at a gestational age of 30 weeks. Family history revealed the presence of an autosomal dominant lat...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： de Bruyn G,Casaer A,Devolder K,Van Acker G,Logghe H,Devriendt K,Cornette L

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare primary immunodeficiency caused by mutations of one of the subunits of phagocyte reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase leading to decreased or complete absence of neutrophil oxidative burst. We report the clinical and laboratory findings in tw...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Chollet-Martin S,Lopez A,Gaud C,Henry D,Stos B,El Benna J,Chedevile G,Gendrel D,Gougerot-Pocidalo MA,Grandchamp B,Gérard B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00