Phimosis: is circumcision necessary?

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the intake of a soy protein-based supplement (SPS) and its effects on the sexual maturation and nutritional status of prepubertal children who consumed it for a year. METHODS:Healthy children (n = 51) were recruited and randomly assigned to consume the lunch fruit juice with (n = 29) or without (n = 22...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Duitama SM,Zurita J,Cordoba D,Duran P,Ilag L,Mejia W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the usefulness of a microelectronic tablet-dispenser for monitoring adherence to preventive therapy for tuberculosis infection in adolescents. METHODOLOGY:Twenty-one patients with positive Mantoux tests were treated with isoniazid (INH), dispensed in a microelectronic tablet-dispenser that recor...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Starr M,Sawyer SM,Carlin JB,Powell C,Newman RG,Johnson P

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：:Intoxications, both accidental and intentional, are common in children and adolescents and often require hospitalisation and intensive treatment. Antiepileptic drugs are a possible cause of poisoning and intoxications because this category of medications has shown a rising trend in recent years. They might be responsi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ferranti S,Grande E,Gaggiano C,Grosso S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems experienced by 10-11 year old and 14-15 year old children living in single-parent and two-parent families in South Australia. The 10-11 year old male children living in single-parent families were found to have significantly more emotional and be...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Clark JJ,Sawyer MG,Nguyen AM,Baghurst PA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paediatric Cryptococcus gattii disease is rare, with only two previous cases recorded in the Northern Territory (NT) over the last 54 years. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a recognised complication of C. gattii infection, even in the absence of an identified immunodeficiency syndrome; ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： O'Brien MP,Ford TJ,Currie BJ,Francis JR

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of medical antireflux treatment, and of an infant mental health consultation (IMHC), on persistent crying in infants and maternal distress. METHODS:Infants under 9 months of age with persistent crying, and their mothers, were enrolled in a randomized placebo-controlled trial. At enrollme...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Jordan B,Heine RG,Meehan M,Catto-Smith AG,Lubitz L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the association of life-style factors, including second-hand smoke, with dental caries among 3-year-old children in Wuxi, China. METHODS:A multi-stage stratified random cluster sampling method was used, and 283 children were recruited. The prevalence of dental caries was 29.3% (83/283). RESULTS:Univari...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tang SD,Zhang YX,Chen LM,Wang YY,Cheng Y,Tang LQ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine associations between socio-economic, familial and perinatal factors with overweight/obesity in 6- and 12-year-old schoolchildren. METHODS:Eligible year-1 (1765/2238, mean age 6.7 years) and year-7 students (2353/3144, mean age, 12.7 years) from a random cluster sample of 55 Sydney schools were examined ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Gopinath B,Baur LA,Burlutsky G,Robaei D,Mitchell P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 50 years in allergy could almost be considered the first 50 years. Over this time period, we have witnessed the emergence of allergy as a subspecialty, have seen and continue to observe a tremendous change in prevalence of allergic disease and have gained insight into the mechanisms that underlie allergic pre...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Campbell DE,Mehr S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently released World Health Organization growth charts are methodologically robust, as well as clinically useful tools for monitoring the growth of children. They have been endorsed by premier organisations such as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK), Canadian Pediatric Society, Australian Br...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Rao S,Simmer K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Paediatric haematopoietic stem cell donors undergo non-therapeutic procedures and endure known and unknown physical and psychosocial risks for the benefit of a family member. One ethical concern is the risk that they may be pressured by parents or health professionals to act as a donor. This paper adds to what is k...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Then SN

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Describe breast- and bottle-feeding patterns and the introduction of solid feeds and sugar containing drinks to the dietary intake of a cohort of urban Aboriginal infants in the first year of life. METHODS:Two hundred and seventy-four infants were recruited to a cohort study and information about infant nutrition ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Eades SJ,Read AW,McAullay D,McNamara B,O'Dea K,Stanley FJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ketamine is one of the most commonly used sedatives for facilitating painful procedures for paediatric patients in the emergency department (ED). However, the use of ketamine is associated with a common, though not serious, adverse event usually called ketamine-associated vomiting (KAV). The purpose of this study i...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee JS,Jeon WC,Park EJ,Min YG,Kim GW,Jung YS,Choi SC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis results in significant pain and disability in both children and adults. Advances in treatment resulting in improved long-term outcomes have occurred; however, an emphasis on early and aggressive diagnosis and management hopes to improve outcomes further. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis rema...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ostring GT,Singh-Grewal D

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Parental alcohol misuse exposes children to risk, but is poorly identified in paediatric settings. We aimed to (i) measure the alcohol use in parents of a sample of children attending emergency and (ii) assess the quality of documentation of this alcohol use by paediatric residents. METHOD:Parents of childr...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sharma S,Llewelyn K,Jureidini J

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:The effect of a commonly used anaesthetic agent, halothane, on neonatal cilial function was determined. A nasal cilial sample was taken from 13 healthy, term, newborn infants. For 1 h, half of each sample was exposed to halothane and half to air. Cilial function was assessed by measuring beat frequency with a modified...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： O'Callaghan C,Atherton M,Karim K,Gyi A,Langton JA,Zamudio I,Barry P

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the aetiology, symptoms and outcome of extreme sodium derangement in a paediatric inpatient population. METHODOLOGY:A retrospective study of children with extreme disturbance of their plasma sodium (> or = 165 mmol/L or < or = 115 mmol/L) admitted to a tertiary referral centre during a 72-month ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dunn K,Butt W

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify opportunities to improve health-care delivery for urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children requiring hospital admission and to determine their characteristics. METHODS:We analysed all documentation of admissions of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children to a tertiary paediatric h...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Attwood L,Rodrigues S,Winsor J,Warren S,Biviano L,Gunasekera H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare condition requiring major cardiac surgery during the neonatal period to sustain life, with subsequent procedures culminating in completion of the Fontan circulation - the common pathway for all 'single ventricle' conditions. Algorithms for care of these children are now well d...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Winlaw DS,Badawi N,Jacobe S,Kasparian NA,Cooper SG,Murphy DN,Sherwood MC,Roberts P,Leclair K,Scarfe G,Sholler GF

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal fetal medicine (MFM) is a subspecialty of obstetrics that focuses on identified risk pregnancies. The role includes obstetric ultrasound for fetal assessment and diagnosis of anomalies, invasive prenatal diagnosis and management of pregnancies complicated by maternal medical disorders, multiple fetuses and th...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tan WS,Guaran R,Challis D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the epidemiology of shopping trolley related injuries (fatalities and hospitalizations) to children in New Zealand prior to the introduction of a voluntary standard for shopping trolleys. METHODOLOGY:To identify cases, a key word search was conducted of national mortality and hospitalization data...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Parry ML,Morrison LG,Chalmers DJ,Wright CS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the rates of early intervention (EI) service use in extremely preterm (EP, <28 weeks' gestation) or extremely low birthweight (ELBW, <1000 g) infants between 1991 and 2013, and identify biological or socio-economic factors associated with receiving EI. METHODS:Participants comprised consecutive EP or ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Mills IS,Doyle LW,Cheong JL,Roberts G,Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of a term neonate (birthweight 3.14 kg) who developed thrombosis of the left common and internal iliac veins on day 21 following recovery from Streptococcus mitis septicemia, with shock diagnosed on day 13, is reported. Subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) was commenced (1.5 mg/kg 12 ho...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Shama A,Patole SK,Whitehall JS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Our aim was to identify the clinical features and outcome of multidrug resistant Candida auris (CA) infection in neonates. METHODS:This is a retrospective case cohort study of 17 neonates who developed sepsis caused by CA infection in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit over 3 years. The risk factors, cli...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chandramati J,Sadanandan L,Kumar A,Ponthenkandath S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the feasibility of a two-stage screening strategy for otitis media with effusion (OME) in pre-school and school children. The risk factors of OME were also studied. METHODS:One hundred and eighty-nine children aged 4-8 years were recruited. The two-stage screening consisted of an on-site screening with...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yang J,Zhang H,Zhao N,Shi ZG,Xu A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder presenting in children aged 2-4 years with seizures and loss of motor and language skills, followed by blindness and death in late childhood. Initial presenting features are similar to a range of common epilepsi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Johnson AM,Mandelstam S,Andrews I,Boysen K,Yaplito-Lee J,Fietz M,Nagarajan L,Rodriguez-Casero V,Ryan MM,Smith N,Scheffer IE,Ellaway C

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study injuries in young people associated with the use of rollerblades, draw comparisons with skateboarding and rollerskating injuries, and suggest strategies for injury prevention. METHODOLOGY:Injuries associated with the use of rollerblades, skateboards and rollerskates in young people aged < or = 14 ye...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Heller DR,Routley V,Chambers S

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the types and timing of breastfeeding support for mothers of newborn babies and the extent to which this affects breastfeeding intentions and behaviours in a region with low rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. METHODS:A cross-sectional study by interviewer-administrated questionnaire was u...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kervin BE,Kemp L,Pulver LJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00