Clonidine overdose in childhood: implications of increased prescribing.

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：AIM:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of, and factors influencing, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) at 6 months and continued breastfeeding (CBF) at 2 years. METHODS:Between January and February 2007, a cross-sectional study was conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire in 40 villages in the Vientiane ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Putthakeo P,Ali M,Ito C,Vilayhong P,Kuroiwa C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between women's retrospective reports of smoking during pregnancy and subsequent language, cognitive, behavioural and physical development in their children up to age 9 years. While there was a strong association between maternal smoking and an index of disadvantageous child rearing...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： McGee R,Stanton WR

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A term infant was admitted at 6 h of age with seizures related to hyponatraemia. During the last hours of labour the infant's mother had drunk 3 L of water. After delivery the serum sodium was 121 mmol/L in the mother and 126 mmol/L in the infant. Both resolved spontaneously. We discuss this case and the impact of mat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： West CR,Harding JE

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three cousins who presented with agitation, dysphasia and/or coma, and developed hemiplegia following initial onset of symptoms. Two cases followed minor head injuries, two were pyrexial and two were associated with neutrophilia. Two cases required ventilatory support on the intensive care unit. Magnetic r...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hart AR,Trinick R,Connolly DJ,Mordekar SR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore immunisation rates and catch-up delivery to children admitted to hospital before and after an immunisation service was commenced. METHODS:This pre- and post-intervention study examined 300 admissions prior to (cohort 1) and 300 following (cohort 2) the introduction of an immunisation service. Immunisati...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tarca AJ,Lau GT,Mascaro F,Clifford P,Campbell AJ,Taylor E

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in South Australia (SA) in 1991, the proportion of cases detected in the neonatal period and the perinatal risk factors for DDH. METHODOLOGY:Cases of DDH born in SA in 1991 were identified from multiple sources and their clinical data li...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yiv BC,Saidin R,Cundy PJ,Tgetgel JD,Aguilar J,McCaul KA,Keane RJ,Chan A,Scott H

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：AIM:Investigate the incidence, etiological pattern and the antimicrobial resistance of late-onset neonatal infections over a period of 5 years. METHODS:Longitudinal audit of neonatal sepsis from January 2005 to December 2009, in the main maternity hospital in Kuwait. Late-onset neonatal infection was defined as the cu...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hammoud MS,Al-Taiar A,Thalib L,Al-Sweih N,Pathan S,Isaacs D

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the impact of regular exposure to paediatric medical trauma on multidisciplinary teams in a paediatric hospital and the relationships between psychological distress, resilience and coping skills. METHOD:Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, secondary traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, stre...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： McGarry S,Girdler S,McDonald A,Valentine J,Lee SL,Blair E,Wood F,Elliott C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children with multiple relapsing steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome were treated with continuous cyclosporin for periods ranging from 18 to 48 months. Renal biopsy showed mild mesangial proliferation in three of the children and minimal change in two. All children previously had been treated with cyclophosphami...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Webb KL,Sargent P,Burke JR

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcomes of two models for the management of children admitted to hospital with suspected child abuse: routine early case conferencing versus standard evaluation. METHODS:Between March 2001 and February 2002 professionals from the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria Police and Child...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Smith JA,Efron D

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Children referred for persistent cough were evaluated for the referring and final diagnosis, and the extent of the use of medications prior to referral and the side effects encountered. METHODS:Data on children seen by respiratory paediatricians for persistent cough (> or =4 weeks) in a tertiary respiratory ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Thomson F,Masters IB,Chang AB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internationally, Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) preconception screening of Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) individuals and couples has led to effective primary prevention of TSD. In Australia, adolescent preconception genetic screening programs operate mainly in Jewish community high schools. These existing programs offer an effective...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lew RM,Burnett L,Proos AL,Barlow-Stewart K,Delatycki MB,Bankier A,Aizenberg H,Field MJ,Berman Y,Fleischer R,Fietz M

更新日期：2015-03-01 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:Currently, the use of upper limb botulinum toxin-A (UL BTX-A) is based on evidence of functional efficacy without supporting evidence of positive change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL). While function may improve, this cannot be directly correlated with an improvement in HRQOL. Most paediatric studies use...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Redman TA,Finn JC,Bremner AP,Valentine J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes dual infection with Citrobacter freundii and Haemophilus influenzae type b causing septic arthritis and osteomyelitis of the elbow in a previously healthy 5-year-old boy. The patient was treated successfully with intravenous fosfomycin for 4 weeks. Infections with Citrobacter beyond the neonatal ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Stricker T,Fröhlich S,Nadal D

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pace of developing technology with respect to many diagnostic tests, as well as available treatments including artificial ventilation, may have progressed at a faster rate than our ethical, humane ability to decide on the optimal choices for our patients. In fact, who should make these choices; physicians or patie...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bodensteiner JB,Ng YT

更新日期：2011-09-01 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 outcome of 38 children with endstage renal failure who entered a dialysis and renal transplant programme over a period of 16 years is reported. The initial care was given in an adult programme but in 1985 this was changed to a comprehensive and specifically paediatric programme. Patient survival was 97, 86 and 80%...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lewis DJ,McIver M,Scott DF,Thomson NM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe complications and outcomes of intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy in children with spasticity and/or dystonia. METHODS:A prospective study of goal attainment after ITB therapy and a retrospective review of medical records for complications. The children were described as dystonia-predominant or spastici...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ward A,Hayden S,Dexter M,Scheinberg A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aims to determine factors impacting the parental burden in immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food-allergic children (FAC), focusing on attitudes towards adrenaline autoinjectors (AAIs). METHODS:Questionnaires were sent to parents of diagnosed IgE-mediated FAC attending follow-up allergy clinic appointment...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Allen CW,Bidarkar MS,vanNunen SA,Campbell DE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether the severity of symptoms associated with rotavirus infection was related to the serotype of the infecting virus. Severity of clinical symptoms in 108 children admitted to hospital for treatment of rotavirus diarrhoea was retrospectively assessed using a scoring system for...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Barnes GL,Unicomb L,Bishop RF

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of the present study were to describe the growth pattern of children starting stimulant medication and to analyse the changes over time in height, weight and height velocity in a cohort of treated patients. METHODS:Retrospective review of growth data from files of all newly treated patients with att...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Poulton A,Cowell CT

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：AIM:The study aims to investigate the prevalence of off-label prescribing in the general paediatric ward at a major teaching hospital in Tasmania, Australia. METHOD:The drug charts and medical records from two groups of 150 consecutive paediatric patients, admitted 6 months apart in July 2009 and January 2010, were st...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ballard CD,Peterson GM,Thompson AJ,Beggs SA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Down syndrome (DS) patients present several immunological disturbances, with high rates of infections, malignancies and autoimmune phenomena. The present study aims to evaluate the prevalence of autoantibodies in children and adolescents with DS that are not usually investigated, and to establish possible clinical...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： da Rosa Utiyama SR,Nisihara RM,Nass FR,Oliveira NP,Fiedler PT,de Messias-Reason IT

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine delivered O2 concentration (dFiO2) during manual inflations using neonatal self-inflating resuscitation bags (SIBs) at oxygen (O2) flow rates <1 L/min. METHODS:This experimental study, determined dFiO2 during 216 sets of manual inflations at different O2 flow rate (L/min; 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0 and 5...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sasi A,Chandrakumar N,Deorari A,Paul VK,Shankar J,Sreenivas V,Agarwal R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is uncommon in school-age children. We studied a cohort of neurologically impaired school-age children with PI to formulate an optimum management plan. METHODS:We retrospectively studied all school-age children who were referred to paediatric surgeons with radiological evidence of PI ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Awad K,Short M,Niyogi A,Hosie G,Godse A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the perceptions of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and to describe the role of cultural beliefs and practices on child rearing amongst Thai mothers in Victoria, Australia. METHODOLOGY:In-depth interviews and participant observation conducted with 30 Thai mothers during 1995-96. RESULTS:SIDS w...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Rice PL,Naksook C

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00