Challenges faced by chief residents: difficulties and achievements of this role in a community teaching hospital.

abstract：:Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor which is infrequent in children. Although the clinical presentation in children can be atypical, the classic symptoms are headache, sweating and tachycardia. Hypertension is often a constant sign in most patients. There are few cases in literature reporting pheochromocytoma presented w...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Zoido Garrote E,Fernández Fernández M,Álvarez Cañas MC,García Aparicio C,Revilla Orias MD,Martínez Badás JP

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A conflict of interest exists when a health care provider's primary interest is at risk of being biased by a secondary interest that would cause harm. This concerns the different fields of professional practice. Based on a supplement of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about conflicts of interest...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Serra ME

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with malformations and delayed psychomotor development it is important to discard chromosomopathies. Balanced reciprocal translocations are the most frequent chromosomopathies present in 1:500 live newborns. In general, carriers have normal phenotype, but they may have infertility, abortions or children wi...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： León-Carlos NY,García-Delgado C,Morales-Jiménez AB,Serrano-Bello C,Cervantes A,Morán Barroso VF

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrocartilaginous mesenchymoma (FCM) is a rare tumor that primarily affects the long bones. Few cases have been reported since its description. A case of a 4-year-old boy with FCM located in the humerus is presented. Radiological examination showed an expansive lytic lesion located in the metaphyseal proximal humerus...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Masquijo JJ,Sartori F,Innocenti S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adequate drug dosage at treatment initiation is particularly relevant for critically ill patients. An inadequate dosage may result in therapeutic failure, potentially severe adverse events, and unnecessary health expenditures. At present, due to the higher incidence of childhood obesity, primary care physicians are...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Donoso F A,Ulloa V D,Contreras E D,Arriagada S D

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few studies on the use of illicit drugs during pregnancy with a variable prevalence depending on the year, maternal age, region and diagnostic methods. Mothers' and newborn infants' urine samples were tested for illegal drugs in cases where the mother reported consumption, lack of antenatal care and neonatal...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Villarreal M,Ré S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Objectives. To assess risk factors associated withneonatal mortality in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (< 1500 g) and the impact of the administration of antenatal corticosteroids. POPULATION AND METHODS:Retrospective analysis of a VLBW infant cohort from 26 tertiary care and teaching sites member o...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Grandi C,González A,Zubizarreta J,Red Neonatal NEOCOSUR.

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital tracheoesophageal fistula not associated with esophageal atresia, known as H-type fistula, is an uncommon anomaly. It presents with cough, choking, and cyanosis during feeding and/or recurrent pneumonia. Although symptoms are usually present from birth, diagnosis is difficult. The rarity of this disease, no...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Cuestas G,Rodríguez V,Millán C,Bellia Munzón P,Bellia Munzón G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:The objective of our study was to analyze the lipid profile and some risk factors of atherosclerosis such as oxidized-low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL), small dense LDL (sd LDL) in the offspring of patients with premature coronary heart disease (CHD). POPULATION AND METHODS:Children whose parents had ear...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Bornaun H,Öner N,Nişli K,Öztarhan K,Yavuz T,Türkoğlu Ü,Dindar A,Eker Ömeroglu R

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia affects between 4% to 8% of all human pregnancies. It compromised both mothers and offspring beyond perinatal period. This is the second of two papers devoted to show the available evidence about the effect of preeclampsia on offsprings beyond perinatal period from cohort studies, some over 60-years follo...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Díaz Martínez LA,Díaz Pedraza Ndel M,Serrano Díaz NC,Colmenares Mejía CC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old boy was admitted with diagnosis of diabetes debut, with blood glucose of 500 mg% on admission, without ketosis or metabolic acidosis. He also presented bilious vomiting and brownish bloody stools. He was operated with a presumptive diagnosis of acute intestinal obstruction. The final diagnosis was volvulu...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Bilkis MD,Bou-Khair M,Labaronnie H,Onaindia J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperthyroidism is a serious and rare disorder in childhood characterized by the overproduction of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland. Graves disease is the most common cause. The objective of this paper is to review and update hyperthyroidism in children and adolescents aiming to guide its early detection and refe...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Comité Nacional de Endocrinología de la Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría.

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Argentina there are more than 9000 children without parental care due to prior abuse or neglect, assisted in foster child care facilities. The quality of care provided there impacts on the well-being of children and on multiple aspects of their adult life. Prevention in health in this setting has its own characteri...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Serra ME,Soria RM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is a common cause of morbimortality among children, especially in developing countries, where 95% of cases occur. Child tuberculosis is closely related to tuberculosis in the adult, since the diagnosis is an indicator of poor surveillance, treatment, and effort to eradicate it. Tuberculous lymphadenitis (...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Didier Cruz Anleu I,Velázquez Serratos JR,Alejandre García A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phelan McDermid Syndrome is caused by the loss of genetic material in a chromosome from pair 22, at the band q13.3. We describe five patients with deletion 22q13.3 in order to establish a genotype-phenotype association, and report the first case described in conjoined twins. We analyzed the perinatal history, psychomo...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Canonero I,Montes C,Sturich A,Boterón M,Asinari M,Cuestas E,Rossi N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pediatrician is the best-informed professional to whom many families look to be the expert, not only on childhood illnesses but also on development. Early identification, diagnosis and monitoring of these patients are a real challenge for physicians who serve children. This guide provides recommendations for devel...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Comité de Crecimiento y Desarrollo.

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If newborns have an airway obstruction, they require urgent and expert management to avoid mortality and morbidity. The definition of difficult airway includes problems in endotracheal intubation or positive pressure ventilation with bag and mask or T-piece resuscitator. Management should be based on an understanding ...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Marmo Lupano JP,Medina MS,Bosch JJ,Negrin L,Artero G,Goldschmidt E,José C,Díaz SB,Bernatzky A,Berazategui JP

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cystic fibrosis is a genetic autosomal recessive disease that affects approximately 1:6000 live births in our country. Chronic infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is associated with higher morbidity and-mortality, and deterioration of lung function. Treatment of initial infection is important to pre...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Giugno H,Castaños C,Lubatti A,Pinheiro JL,Hernández C,González Pena H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid-labile subunit (ALS) is an 85 kDa glycoprotein that belongs to the leucine-rich repeat superfamily. It mainly circulates in serum bound to a high molecular weight ternary complex. The main and most widely studied function of ALS is to prolong the half-life of the binary complex formed by insulin-like growth f...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Zaidman VE

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Langerhans cell histiocytosis in infants is a rare condition, and presentation as an isolated cervical adenitis is exceptional at this age. We describe the case of a 3-month-old female infant presenting with a neck mass in the right mandibular angle with poor response to antibiotic treatment. Fine needle aspiration wa...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Soriano-Ramos M,Salcedo Lobato E,Baro Fernández M,Blázquez-Gamero D

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:South America is now at a stage of epidemiological transition, changing the condition of high prevalence of underweight and stunting, to a scene marked by increases in obesity that accompanies chronic diseases, such us cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Surveillance of risk factors associated wit...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Gotthelf SJ,Jubany LL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:When compared to popular questionnaires, accelerometry provides more reliable information regarding physical activity. Thus, the objective has been to document the variability of physical activity in Chilean children in relation to age, gender, nutritional status and days of the week, and to determine how ...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Godard C,Román M,Rodríguez Mdel P,Leyton B,Salazar G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lichen nitidus is a dermatosis of unknown origin, characterized by the presence of shiny, pinpoint, skin-colored papules that may be asymptomatic or slightly pruriginous. They usually affect forearms, abdomen, buttocks and genitals. We report two cases, one of them with a generalized presentation. Both were treated wi...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Celasco A,Lequio M,Santamarina M,Hernández M,Soliani A,Abeldaño A,Néstor Chouela E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study was performed to investigate the value of acute phase reactants and LightCycler® SeptiFast test to differentiate bacterial and viral infections. POPULATION AND METHODS:Children with fever were enrolled to this prospective study. Peripheral white blood cell (WBC), C-reactive protein (CRP) and pr...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Bozlu G,Tanriverdi H,Aslan G,Kuyucu N

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1988, Ouvrier and Billson described four children with a condition they termed "benign paroxysmal tonic upgaze syndrome". The clinical picture is characterized by the appearance, in the first months of life, of episodes of paroxysmal upgaze deviation of varying duration, and without alteration of consciousness. Fix...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Sousa L,Gonorazky S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An injury to the upper urinary tract with urinary extravasation caused by blunt abdominal trauma is uncommon and often unrecognized in an initial evaluation. A late diagnosis of this injury significantly increases morbidity. Two cases are discussed, one with avulsion of right upper ureter and the other one with parenc...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Marín GR

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined glomerulopathy is infrequent in pediatric patients. Its presence should be suspected in those patients with glomerulophaties with atypical course. The influence on the long-term renal impairment remains uncertain. Here we report two children with histological findings of combined glomerulopathy. :La combinac...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Di Pinto D,Balbarrey Z,Adragna M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standing at the crossroads of anthropology, communication, industrial design and new technology theories, this article describes the communication challenges posed during hospital emergencies resulting from linguistic and cultural differences between health care professionals and patients. In order to overcome communi...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Alvarez J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nosocomial infections are a major problem in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CONS) is the most common causative agent. We evaluated the efficacy of cefazolin versus vancomycin as initial therapy for neonates with presumptive clinical signs of nosocomial sepsis probably cause...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Ceriani Cernadas JM,Fernández Jonusas S,Márquez M,Garsd A,Mariani G

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis should be considered in children with severe chronic diseases or in association with some genetic diseases that bear an increased risk of bone fragility. Primary osteoporosis is an entity in which emerging aetiologies are being recognized. Its association with congenital retinal folds should guide the dia...

journal_title：Archivos argentinos de pediatria

authors： Braslavsky D,Scaglia P,Sanguineti N,Aza-Carmona M,Nevado Blanco J,Lapunzina Badia PD,Fernández MDC,Ruiz O,Carmona A,Szlago M,Arberas C,Cassinelli H,Heath K,Rey R,Bergadá I

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00