Individualizing aminophylline doses in premature infants using bioelectrical impedance: a non-invasive approach.

abstract：AIM:Hyperglycaemia is a common problem in very low birthweight (VLBW) preterm neonates and has been associated with an increase in intraventricular haemorrhage and mortality. There are few data to guide clinicians on the best range of blood glucose levels to aim for when treating hyperglycaemic preterm babies with insu...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Alsweiler JM,Kuschel CA,Bloomfield FH

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following principles are now clearly defined in the management of children with developmental delay: (1) Multidisciplinary teams are more effective than individual therapeutic approaches. (2) The whole development of the child needs to be considered rather than a single deficient area alone. (3) Home-based program...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Parry TS

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Achondroplasia is the most common form of osteochondrodysplasia and is associated with a number of life-threatening complications. The complexity of the condition led to the development of Heath Supervision Guidelines published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1995 and revised in 2005. There remains limite...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ireland PJ,Johnson S,Donaghey S,Johnston L,Ware RS,Zankl A,Pacey V,Ault J,Savarirayan R,Sillence D,Thompson E,Townshend S,McGill J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 36 week gestation twins born following a traumatic delivery. Twin 2 had profuse haemorrhage where haemostasis was achieved with recombinant Factor VIIa (rFVIIa - NovoSeven;Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark). ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Carmo KA,O'Brien K,Teo J,Schell D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To highlight the increase in the number of cases of clonidine overdose admitted to a specialist paediatric hospital, with particular reference to the clinical features, clinical course and circumstances surrounding the incident. METHODS:Cases of clonidine overdose were identified by review of the emergency d...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kappagoda C,Schell DN,Hanson RM,Hutchins P

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of a formalised opportunistic immunisation (OI) system in a hospital setting. METHODS:Pre-post implementation audit of missed immunisation opportunities. RESULTS:Of 5583 children in the National Immunisation Register cohort seen in a hospital setting, 1641 (29.4%) were under-immunise...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Shingler S,Hunter K,Romano A,Graham D

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old boy developed symptoms of rapidly progressive paraplegia, associated with bowel and urinary dysfunction, but without sensory loss. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination showed diffuse swelling of the lower spinal cord on T1-weighted images. Based on the clinical presentation and MRI findings, a dia...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Minami K,Tsuda Y,Maeda H,Yanagawa T,Izumi G,Yoshikawa N

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare adverse medication events (AMEs) reported in children, via the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) coding with events reported via other data sources. METHOD:AME reports were retrieved using codes Y40-Y59 and X40-X44 over 6 months. Pati...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Stacey S,Coombes I,Wainwright C,Klee B,Miller H,Whitfield K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April 1989 and October 1991, 13 severely ill infants, median age 13 days (range 1-180 days), median weight 3.5 kg (range 2.5-4.8 kg), received continuous venovenous haemofiltration (CVVH) for a median duration of 39 h (range 5-234 h). Filtration was performed through a double lumen catheter inserted into a cen...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Reeves JH,Butt WB,Sathe AS

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia septicaemia occurred in our neonatal unit over a 9-week period in 2001, affecting 23 babies and two died. A second outbreak lasting 8 days occurred a year later, affecting five babies. SETTING:Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Kuala Terengganu Hospital. AIM:To review the pat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee JK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the obstetric and perinatal factors, in particular the method of delivery, associated with development of a subgaleal haematoma (SGH) and to determine the outcome of survivors with this type of birth trauma. METHODOLOGY:Perinatal and obstetric data were retrospectively reviewed for 37 infants adm...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chadwick LM,Pemberton PJ,Kurinczuk JJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of the General Movements Assessment (GMA) for estimating diagnostic accuracy in detecting cerebral palsy (CP) in an Australian context by a newly established NSW rater network. METHODS:A prospective longitudinal cross-sectional study was conduc...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Morgan C,Crowle C,Goyen TA,Hardman C,Jackman M,Novak I,Badawi N

更新日期：2016-01-01 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:This study aimed to establish current management practice for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) among individual consultant neonatologists in Australia and New Zealand, to examine the influences that drives practice and highlight the importance of future randomised controlled trials in the region. METHODS:Eligible su...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hoellering AB,Cooke L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Australia requires a national plan, similar to plans developed internationally, to address the impacts of rare diseases on individuals, the community and health services. Rare diseases often present in childhood, many are chronic, some life threatening and others associated with significant disability. However, diagno...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Jaffe A,Zurynski Y,Beville L,Elliott E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Paediatric oncology patients often require repeated bone marrow aspirates and lumbar punctures. These procedures commonly require sedation and analgesia. The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and the American Academy of Pediatrics have published guidelines that provide recommendations on mo...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Barnes C,Downie P,Chalkiadis G,Camilleri S,Monagle P,Waters K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Aboriginal women do not recall their last menstrual period date, so alternative methods of estimating gestational age are necessary for optimal obstetric and neonatal care. In this retrospective review of 605 Aboriginal infants born at the Royal Darwin Hospital, the gestational age was estimated by the Dubowitz m...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sayers SM,Powers JR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare macronutrient and fibre intake by pre-school children born with intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) or as appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and to compare their intake with paediatric nutritional recommendations for identification of potential areas of modification during early life. METHODS:A p...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Nuruddin R,Urpi-Sarda M,Rodriguez-Lopez M,Garcia-Arenas D,Gratacos E,Crispi F,Acosta-Rojas R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) in whom there was multisystem involvement including neonatal hepatitis. The hepatitis, defined pathologically as a giant cell hepatitis, presented with severe cholestasis, was unrelated to other known causes of neonatal hepatitis and resolved spon...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Evans N,Gaskin K

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 14-year-old girl with Marfan syndrome who presented with severe postural headache. Dural ectasia was demonstrated radiologically. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure was immeasurable on formal measurement. Radionucleide cisternography failed to demonstrate a CSF leak. We consider that the underlying fibri...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Milledge JT,Ades LC,Cooper MG,Jaumees A,Onikul E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is one of the greatest killers of children in the world. Treatment is available, but there are problems with affordability, availability, accessibility and increasing drug resistance. A new regime, intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) shows promise. It involves giving a treatment course of antim...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Munday S

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Exercise-associated hyponatraemia is a potentially serious acute condition that may present early as asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. Standard treatment is intravenous hypertonic saline, which can be challenging and carries some risk. An alternative may be oral therapy. We undertook a review of existing literature ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Berger I

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first described case of a first rib fracture secondary to pertussis infection. An 11-year-old boy presented with sudden onset of severe right-sided pleuritic chest pain on a background of a 6 week history of a coughing illness and considerable weight loss. Pertussis was clinically suspected and proven on...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Prasad S,Baur LA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare maternal reasons for non-immunisation and for partial immunisation in northern Nigeria, and determine the link between specific reasons and future intentions to immunise. METHODS:Responses to open-ended questions collected through a 2007 questionnaire survey were individually coded for key words using t...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Babalola S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridoxine dependency is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder causing intractable seizures in neonates and infants. Life-long therapy with pyridoxine is required for prevention of seizure recurrence and for an optimum intellectual outcome. With the availability of newer biochemical confirmatory tests, the conventional ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kumar P,Gupta VK,Mishra D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss a recently resettled African refugee child with acute schistosomiasis, who presented with fever, hepatosplenomegaly and marked eosinophilia. We outline the differential diagnoses of eosinophilia in the recently resettled refugee and returned traveller and outline the epidemiology and clinical spectrum of sc...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Mohd Abd Rahman M,Bryant P,Guppy D,Buttery J,Burgner D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Milk curd obstruction is one of the less common causes of neonatal bowel obstruction. It has been described in premature infants who received high caloric formula feeds. We report presentation, management and outcome of premature neonates who developed milk curd obstruction while being fed fortified expressed breas...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wagener S,Cartwright D,Bourke C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To discuss treatment modalities for subglottic haemangioma (SGH). METHODOLOGY:Case report of two children definitively managed by different modalities. RESULTS:Management by CO2 laser vaporization in one child, and laser followed by interferon 2-alpha in the second child were both successful in controlling ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Walker P,Cooper D,MacDonald D

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient restraint in health care is currently under intense review. There are two disparate groups that should be considered. First, infants and young children are commonly restrained while undergoing simple medical procedures such as venepuncture or immunisation, and this practice may be better framed as 'hugging' no...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Preisz A,Preisz P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00