Antiepileptic drugs: Role in paediatric poisoning.

abstract：:Metatarsus adductus (MA) occurs in one to two cases per 1000 births and is the most common congenital foot deformity in newborns. The appearance is that of a curved or adducted forefoot with a normal hindfoot. A systematic literature review was conducted to answer the following question: For a child who presents with ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Williams CM,James AM,Tran T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Early-revisits are frequent in the paediatric emergency department (ED) setting, but few data are available about early-revisited patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the hospitalisation rate of a population of early-revisited patients and to detect if an early-revisited patient was at risk of a more ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Cozzi G,Ghirardo S,Fiorese I,Proietti I,Monasta L,Minute M,Barbi E,Calligaris L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula are congenital anomalies of the oesophagus requiring surgical repair in infancy, either by open or thoracoscopic approach. Although mortality rates associated with this procedure are low, children may go on to have complications throughout childhood and into adulthoo...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Roberts K,Karpelowsky J,Fitzgerald DA,Soundappan SS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To better understand current attitudes and practices relating to discussions concerning the withholding and withdrawing of life-sustaining medical treatment (WWLSMT) among medical staff in the paediatric setting. METHODS:An anonymous online survey of paediatricians (senior medical staff - SMS) and paediatric train...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Forbes T,Goeman E,Stark Z,Hynson J,Forrester M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians practising in different regions of the world are often impressed at marked differences in disease patterns witnessed. The bases of most obvious differences are usually socio-economic and genetic, but culture and environment can be equally important. Documenting and assessing such differences is more than ju...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ng PC,Fok TF,Nelson E

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the overnight 12-hour oximetry component of 24-hour oximetry recordings with the complete 24-h recording in terms of cardiorespiratory status data in preterm infants. METHODS:Preterm infants from the Wellington neonatal intensive care unit underwent a 24-h pulse oximetry recording immediately prior to d...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wellington G,Campbell AJ,Elder DE

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9 year old girl presented with seizures, weight gain and early morning behavioural changes. She had been commenced on anticonvulsants and was subsequently diagnosed with hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia. This case demonstrates the importance of blood glucose monitoring in children presenting with new-onset seizures a...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kao KT,Simm PJ,Brown J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of lignocaine and a vibrating device with cold pack (Buzzy) for pain management of intramuscular (IM) benzathine penicillin injections in the rheumatic fever (RF) population of Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB). METHODS:Four hundred and five RF patients receiving four wee...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Russell K,Nicholson R,Naidu R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of low-dose aspirin in high-risk pregnancies, and assess its impact on fetal growth, as well as on perinatal mortality and morbidity. METHODOLOGY:One hundred and eight women with singleton pregnancies were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 100 mg/day a...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Leslie GI,Gallery ED,Arnold JD,Ross MR,Gyory AZ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-month-old infant developed a discrete pustular rash confined to both soles during the acute phase of Kawasaki disease. Histological examination of a pustular lesion from the sole of a foot showed subcorneal neutrophilic microabscesses, psoriasiform acanthosis with a thin granular layer and mononuclear perivascular...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Zvulunov A,Greenberg D,Cagnano E,Einhorn M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the outcome of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) following an intensive multi-disciplinary inpatient programme. METHODS:A follow-up questionnaire was distributed to all 57 adolescents who had completed the CFS inpatient programme at the Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lim A,Lubitz L

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In adult medicine, rates of investigation and prescribing appear to be increasing. Such information is lacking for paediatrics. We audited Australian paediatricians' practices in 2013 to determine changes since 2008 in: (i) conditions seen; (ii) consultation duration; (iii) imaging and pathology ordered; and (iv) p...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hiscock H,Danchin MH,Efron D,Gulenc A,Hearps S,Freed GL,Perera P,Wake M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Left vocal cord paralysis (LVCP) is variably reported post ligation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Our objective was to determine the incidence of LVCP and identify predictive factors and associated morbidities in preterm infants post PDA ligation. METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study of infants less t...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pharande P,Karthigeyan S,Walker K,D'Cruz D,Badawi N,Luig M,Winlaw D,Popat H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify neonatal seizures and evaluate the efficiency of clinical observations and short duration electroencephalograms (EEG). METHODOLOGY:Sixty-three neonates were investigated using prolonged video/EEG monitoring. Patients with confirmed seizures were treated with sequential doses of phenobarbitone and...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bye A,Flanagan D

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign body ingestion is seen commonly in paediatric surgical practice and the vast majority of ingested foreign bodies will pass spontaneously once they have made their way into the stomach. Lead foreign body ingestion in children represents a special case in view of the potential for acute lead intoxication seconda...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Fergusson JA,Malecky G,Simpson E

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study compared the personality profiles of children with sighing dyspnoea with healthy children and tested the hypothesis of heightened anxiety scores in sighing dyspnoeic subjects using the Childhood Behavior Check List for Ages 4 to 18 (CBCL/4-18). The pulmonary function tests of these two groups of children...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wong KS,Huang YS,Huang YH,Chiu CY

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern paediatric oncology practice has rapidly evolved from a fatal condition at diagnosis in the 1940s to modern survival rates of over 80%. With the advent of the 'omics' era and modern diagnostics platforms, we can now determine many of the molecular driving mechanisms of malignancy. Current molecular diagnostics ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hansford JR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile botulism classically presents with a triad of clinical features: Bulbar palsies (slow/absent pupil response) Alert Absent fever Other common features are: Constipation, ptosis and poor feeding The diagnosis is a clinical one, confirmed by EMG and by testing stool for the organism, C. botulinum, or its toxin....

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： McMaster P,Piper S,Schell D,Gillis J,Chong A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Footprints have long been used as proxy measures of foot morphology, yet there is little consensus regarding footprints versus measures of foot posture, which address foot anatomy directly. Foot posture in children can be a confusing clinical presentation, with previous studies both supporting and refuting the rela...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Gijon-Nogueron G,Marchena-Rodriguez A,Montes-Alguacil J,Evans AM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) appear to be at increased risk of psychosocial problems, but there are few large-scale studies related to mental health in paediatric IBD. We aimed to assess the use of antidepressants among adolescents with recent-onset IBD. METHODS:In a Finnish nationwide register-b...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Virta LJ,Kolho KL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to compare hospital admissions from infancy to adulthood, between children born with orofacial clefts (OFC) and those without OFC. METHODS:The method used was a cohort study using record-linked administrative datasets. Participants included all children liveborn in Western Australia (WA) ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bell J,Nassar N,Turner R,Bower C,Gillett D,McBain W,Raynes-Greenow C

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：AIM:Hepatitis A and E are enteric viral diseases that are characteristically found in developing countries. Sero-epidemiological data about both infections showed higher prevalence rates soon after the 1999 earthquakes in Duzce, Turkey. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the data 4 years after the earthquakes...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kaya AD,Ozturk CE,Yavuz T,Ozaydin C,Bahcebasi T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the prevalence and risk factors of recurrent otitis media (rOM) in an urban Australian population at 3 years of age. METHODS:Cross-sectional examination of prevalence and risk factors of rOM in 2280 participants from the Raine Study enrolled from public and private hospitals in Perth, Western Australia...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Brennan-Jones CG,Whitehouse AJ,Park J,Hegarty M,Jacques A,Eikelboom RH,Swanepoel de W,White JD,Jamieson SE

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 7 year old girl who presented to the Children's Emergency Department with a 6 week history of bilateral facial and neck swelling. She had felt generally unwell, tired, with a recent onset of dry cough, and had presented multiple times to her general practitioner (GP) who after initially unsucce...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Holme H,Nanduri V

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study aimed to determine how childhood asthma is managed in Western Australia by general practitioners (GPs) and specialist paediatricians. METHODS:A questionnaire survey was sent to 992 GPs and specialist paediatricians, asking about practice and preferences regarding maintenance management of childhood asth...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Calogero C,Kusel MM,Van Bever HP,Sly PD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Currently, there are no population-based or hospital-based studies on the full spectrum of paediatric head injuries (HIs) in Australia. We set out to provide detailed information on the incidence rates, causes and clinical management of all severities of HI in children and adolescents at an Australian tertiary refe...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Crowe L,Babl F,Anderson V,Catroppa C

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome, a severe neurodevelopmental disorder occurring almost exclusively in females, is thought to be the second most common cause of profound mental retardation in females after Down syndrome. Recent genetic advances suggest the gene for Rett syndrome to be located on the distal arm of the X chromosome, Xq28....

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ellaway C,Christodoulou J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To perform a multicentre follow-up study to determine if previously identified markers of serious illness in early infancy were robust and statistically reliable. METHODS:Infants aged 1 week to 26 weeks presenting to the Emergency Departments of the Royal Children's Hospital and two Melbourne metropolitan ho...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hewson P,Poulakis Z,Jarman F,Kerr J,McMaster D,Goodge J,Silk G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumcision has been the traditional treatment for phimosis, but now is not the only management option, the best of which appears to be topical steroid application. Importantly, the literature suggests that phimosis probably is over-diagnosed, indicating that a prospective, randomized controlled study is needed to co...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dewan PA,Tieu HC,Chieng BS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00