Chronic lung disease in very low birthweight infants: a 5-year review.

abstract：AIMS:Although suctioning is a standard airway maintenance procedure, there are significant associated risks, such as loss of lung volume due to high negative suction pressures. This study aims to assess the extent and duration of change in end-expiratory level (EEL) resulting from endotracheal tube (ETT) suction and to...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hough JL,Shearman AD,Liley H,Grant CA,Schibler A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to assess the receipt of recommended care for young children with sickle cell disease (SCD) in a central SCD clinic in Kampala Uganda, focusing on standard vaccination and antibacterial and antimalarial prophylaxis. METHODS:A cross-sectional assessment of immunisation status and timeliness and prescribed ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chen CJ,Bakeera-Kitaka S,Mupere E,Kasirye P,Munube D,Idro R,Hume H,Pfeffer B,LaRussa P,Green NS

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Despite targeting newborns at risk of hypoglycaemia based on clinical characteristics, blood glucose measured at 1 and 4 h of age is frequently normal. Identification of at-risk newborns at the greatest risk of hypoglycaemia would allow more targeted, earlier intervention. We aimed to determine the ability of calcu...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kennedy LML,Crawford TM,Andersen CC,Stark MJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contemporary paediatric practice includes considerable exposure to complex, chronic problems with prominent elements of social and emotional disruption. The psychological burden placed on paediatricians involved in this type of work is poorly recognised, both during training and beyond. Personal supervision for paedia...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： O'Keeffe MJ,Shelton DC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingested foreign bodies may lead to perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. We present a case of a 14-month-old boy who presented with an unusual abdominal mass secondary to ingesting a foreign body 4 months previously. Abdominal computerized tomography scan was valuable in making this diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lam PY,Marks MK,Fink AM,Oliver MR,Woodward A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal microarray or molecular karyotype has become the first-line genetic investigation for children with intellectual disability, autistic spectrum disorder or multiple congenital anomalies. Chromosomal microarray increases the detection rate of pathogenic chromosome imbalances including submicroscopic deletion...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Palmer EE,Peters GB,Mowat D

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight full-term infants (mean gestation 39.9 weeks [range 37-42] and mean birthweight 3642 g [range 3060-4200]) with severe respiratory failure (median oxygenation index 28 [range 16-65] and median arterial/alveolar PO2 ratio (a/APO2) 0.094 [range 0.038-0.165]) and pulmonary barotrauma were treated with Dexamethasone,...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Barr P

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the pattern and sequelae of invasive pneumococcal infection in hospitalized children. METHODOLOGY:Retrospective review of Streptococcus pneumoniae (Sp) isolates from normally sterile sites from 1981 to 1992 at three paediatric centres in Sydney for demographic data, spectrum of disease, predispos...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Davis CW,McIntyre PB

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:Recent studies have shown an association between enuresis and behavioural or emotional problems. The direction or causality of the association and its duration, however, remain unclear. This study followed a large group of children from ages 11 to 15 years and reported the prevalence of enuresis to age 13 years. The e...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Feehan M,McGee R,Stanton W,Silva PA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most vascular diseases have a tendency to affect both heart and the brain. Intracranial aneurysms are more often found in patients with aorta coarctation than in general population, and aneurysm rupture occurs much earlier in these patients. Here, we report a case of aorta coarctation which was diagnosed with its cere...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hüdaoğlu O,Kurul S,Cakmakci H,Men S,Yiş U,Dirik E

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe cutaneous eruption in an unwell patient can be a major cause of physician anxiety. With numerous differential diagnoses, an early accurate diagnosis can be challenging. infectious causes are the most important to exclude in a timely manner and drug rash and eosinophilia with systemic symptoms (DRESS) is anoth...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Rosenbaum J,Alex G,Roberts H,Orchard D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Adrenal cortical tumours remain a rare entity with inconsistent consensus about treatment and follow up. This article reviews 25 years of experience in the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. METHODS:All records with the diagnosis of adrenal adenoma or carcinoma between 1976 and 2001 were reviewed, e...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： McDonnell CM,Zacharin MR

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital chylothorax is the accumulation of lymphatic fluid within the pleural space. Cases unresponsive to conservative management usually require surgery. Octreotide has been used successfully to treat post-traumatic chylothoraces in the paediatric and adult population. Its exact mode of action is uncertain but it...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Rasiah SV,Oei J,Lui K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the use of high frequency ventilation (HFV) to treat newborn infants in Australia and New Zealand and the associated complications and outcomes. METHODS:Data for all infants receiving HFV were collected from the 28 neonatal intensive care units contributing to the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Net...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tingay DG,Mills JF,Morley CJ,Pellicano A,Dargaville PA,Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network.

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecthyma gangrenosum is a manifestation of cutaneous infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The lesion may be associated with immunocompromise, in particular neutropenia. We present a case of ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy child who 3 months later developed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; we use this to illus...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pouryousefi A,Foland J,Michie C,Cummins M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine health-care-seeking behaviour for childhood illnesses in a resource-poor setting. METHOD:Cross-sectional survey was conducted in the children emergency room in a Nigerian tertiary hospital. Socio-demographic data and details of the place and type of care given to ill children before presentation in th...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tinuade O,Iyabo RA,Durotoye O

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To report on two cases of childhood thyroid minimally invasive follicular carcinoma (MIFC) to highlight the clinical features, laboratory findings and diagnosis of this rare disease. METHODS:The patients' age, gender, clinical features, laboratory findings, pathology and therapy were reviewed. Immunohistochemistry...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Zou CC,Zhao ZY,Liang L

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) are the most common reason for hospitalisation of young children in the Northern Territory of Australia. International studies have linked vitamin D deficiency with increased risk of ALRI in paediatric populations, but this has not been explored in tropical regions such as...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Binks MJ,Smith-Vaughan HC,Bar-Zeev N,Chang AB,Andrews RM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aims of this study were: (i) to examine the annual treatment rate of children under 4 years from 1997 to 2006; (ii) to compare their treatment rate and attrition with that of children starting treatment at the modal age; (iii) to describe the clinical characteristics of children aged less than 4 years and thei...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Eysbouts Y,Poulton A,Salmelainen P

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Servo-controlled therapeutic hypothermia is a routine therapy for babies with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in the neonatal unit and is delivered in designated cooling centres. It is increasingly being used during neonatal transport in the UK to deliver this therapy in a timelier manner for babies not born in a ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Torre Monmany N,Behrsin J,Leslie A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Relatively little is known about the results of liver tests among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to describe the distributions of liver tests, to identify the upper normal limits (UNLs) and to describe the correlations among liver tests. METHODS:Overnight fasting blood samples were collected from a rep...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： George J,Denney-Wilson E,Okely AD,Hardy LL,Aitken R

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether, in children with congenital heart disease (CHD), disease severity is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and impact on the family. METHODS:Cross-sectional, single-centre study comparing HRQOL outcomes of age and sex matched children with hypoplasia of the left ventricle (HL...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Eagleson KJ,Justo RN,Ware RS,Johnson SG,Boyle FM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of educational packages on health-related topics has become common in school curricula. This paper describes an integrated health and education input in the development of an educational package about asthma for Year 8 high school students. Ownership and educational relevance of the package (ensuring i...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Henry RL,Gibson PG,Vimpani GV,Hazell J,Leggatt R,Mowbray C,Thompson S,Pine J,Valentine M,Joyce J

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the efficacy and tolerability of the ketogenic diet (KD) in refractory paediatric epilepsy. METHODS:Twenty-six consecutive children were treated with the classical KD from 1996 to 2001. The epilepsy syndromes included symptomatic generalized epilepsy (15), idiopathic generalized epilepsy (4), sympt...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Mackay MT,Bicknell-Royle J,Nation J,Humphrey M,Harvey AS

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency among children in developing countries may lead to a severe clinical status. In this article, the clinical manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency and the consequences of delay in its diagnosis have been evaluated. METHODS:A total of 41 patients who were hospitalised and treated...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Demir N,Koc A,Üstyol L,Peker E,Abuhandan M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the multi-disciplinary child protection teams which administer the National Child Protection Alert System in District Health Boards in New Zealand and the understanding and perceptions of that system held by team members. METHODS:This is a mixed-method observational study. In December 2016 and January ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kelly P,Basu C,Graham VT,Chan C,Ritchie M,Wilson D,Seymour F

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) excretion was measured in term and preterm neonates on days 1, 4, 7, 14 and 28 of life. Urinary NAG showed a peak level on day 4 or 7 in these infants. In addition, it tended to be higher with the degree of prematurity. In sick preterms who were depressed at birth and had ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tsukahara H,Hori C,Tsuchida S,Hiraoka M,Sudo M,Haruki S,Suehiro F

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate parental attitudes to cystic fibrosis (CF) carrier detection of their infant by newborn screening (NBS). METHODS:Data were collected from a postal questionnaire sent to parents of infants identified as CF carriers by NBS in 1996-1997 (inclusive) and 2001 in Victoria, Australia (n = 66). RESULTS:Alm...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lewis S,Curnow L,Ross M,Massie J

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00