HIV infection and in-hospital mortality at an academic hospital in South Africa.

abstract：:When isolated from the female genital tract, diphtheroids are usually regarded as commensal organisms. Corynebacterium kutscheri however is a pathogen in laboratory rodents. We report a case in which C. kutscheri was isolated as a pure culture from the umbilical cord and from other surface sites in an infant. Histolog...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Fitter WF,de Sa DJ,Richardson H

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the recent trends in demographic, clinical and microbiological characteristics and outcome of treatment in paediatric cases of tuberculosis. DESIGN:National surveillance study. SETTING:England and Wales. PATIENTS:All children under the age of 16 years reported with tuberculosis to the national ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Abubakar I,Laundy MT,French CE,Shingadia D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellobiose and mannitol absorption were studied in patients with suspected abnormal function of the small bowel mucosa. The urinary cellobiose:mannitol ratio was increased in subtotal villous atrophy, iron deficiency anaemia, and small intestinal Crohn's disease. The test seems a sensitive indicator of the integrity o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hodges S,Ashmore SP,Patel HR,Tanner MS

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child showing signs of Henoch-Schönlein purpura developed a right tibiofibular vascular thrombosis. Antiphospholipid antibody tests were positive for both lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies. This suggests that an antiphospholipid syndrome should be considered in cases of Henoch-Schönlein purpura and ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Monastiri K,Selmi H,Tabarki B,Yacoub M,Mahjoub T,Essoussi AS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk factors for mortality were analysed in a consecutive group of 1158 children presenting to the Aga Khan University Medical Center, Karachi, with multidrug resistant typhoid fever that had been proved on culture. There were 19 deaths, representing an overall case fatality rate of 1.6%. Multidrug resistant typho...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bhutta ZA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred children with glass injuries were investigated; 48 were injured in falls through architectural glass and 87 by broken bottles. Nine children had serious lacerations--7 of which were sustained at home. Radiographs were important in diagnosing retained fragments but prophylactic antibiotics were unnecessary....

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bell D

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung function tests were carried out in the first 6 hours of life on 26 babies born by vaginal delivery and 10 born by caesarean section. The babies born by caesarean section had a mean thoracic gas volume of only 19.7 ml/kg body weight compared with 32.7 ml/kg for the babies born vaginally. We conclude that this is o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Milner AD,Saunders RA,Hopkin IE

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 90% of children with cancer reside in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) where healthcare resources are scarce and allocation decisions difficult. The cost effectiveness of treating childhood cancers in these settings is unknown. The objective of the present work was to determine cost-effectiv...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bhakta N,Martiniuk AL,Gupta S,Howard SC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cross sectional surveys, 24 years apart, using the same respiratory questionnaire, were carried out to examine changes in prevalence rates of cough, phlegm, and wheeze and to relate changes in wheeze to objective peak expiratory flow rates (PEFRs). The surveys were done in towns in southern and northern England an...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Whincup PH,Cook DG,Strachan DP,Papacosta O

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long term growth hormone (GH) treatment in children with idiopathic short stature (ISS) results in a relatively small mean gain in final height of 3-9 cm, which may not justify the cost of treatment. As it is unknown whether GH treatment during puberty adds to final height gain, we sought to improve the cost...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kamp GA,Waelkens JJ,de Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM,Delemarre-Van de Waal HA,Verhoeven-Wind L,Zwinderman AH,Wit JM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroxine (T4) screening values in infants of low birthweight in relation to birthweight and gestational age are reported. There were 86 healthy infants of low birthweight (group 1), and 29 preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (group 2). All the group 2 infants and 36% of those in group 1 had a T4 screen...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kok JH,Hart G,Endert E,Koppe JG,de Vijlder JJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of calcium, magnesium, and glucose were measured in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of children with febrile convulsions. Calcium and magnesium levels were within the normal range and the blood: CSF ratios were similar to those of normal subjects. Hyperglycaemia was a frequent finding and was reflected ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rutter N,Smales OR

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipofuscin develops in cells when peroxidation damage occurs. Its development in the liver of patients receiving prolonged parenteral nutrition suggests that peroxidation damage by free radicals has occurred. Deficiencies in antioxidants such as vitamin E may be an important contributing factor. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Berger HM,Den Ouden AL,Calame JJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Faecal impaction is frequently observed in children with chronic constipation. The term megarectum is often used to describe this finding. AIM:To evaluate rectal functioning and rectal measures in constipated children with a filled rectum, in order to define the terms faecal impaction, enlarged rectum, and ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： van der Plas RN,Benninga MA,Staalman CR,Akkermans LM,Redekop WK,Taminiau JA,Buller HA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A subnormal cortisol response (30 min level (C30min)<550 nmol/L) to synthetic adrenocorticotrophic hormone/Synacthen test (SDST) in all infants does not necessarily indicate underlying or persistent hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis pathology. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated the diagnoses and outcome...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Tan TSE,Manfredonia C,Kumar R,Jones J,O'Shea E,Padidela R,Skae M,Ehtisham S,Ivison F,Tetlow L,Clayton PE,Banerjee I,Patel L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary ciliary dyskinesia was shown in a 12 year old boy with bronchiectasis who had developed hydrocephalus in the neonatal period. The possible relevance of his ciliary abnormality is discussed. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Greenstone MA,Jones RW,Dewar A,Neville BG,Cole PJ

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three babies said to have had 'meconium stained liquor' were subsequently found never to have passed meconium. The green discoloured liquor was the result of bilious vomiting in utero secondary to intestinal obstruction. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Griffiths DM,Burge DM

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We systematically evaluated health and nutrition programmes to identify context-specific interventional packages that might help to prioritise the implementation of programmes for reducing stunting in low and middle income countries (LMICs). METHODS:Electronic databases were used to systematically review the...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hossain M,Choudhury N,Adib Binte Abdullah K,Mondal P,Jackson AA,Walson J,Ahmed T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the outcome and identify predictive factors in children with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). METHOD:The biographies of 35 children with PNES, attending a tertiary paediatric neurology centre, were reviewed. RESULTS:Thirty five children attending the department between 1987 and 1997 were ev...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Irwin K,Edwards M,Robinson R

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent research in febrile neutropaenia (FN) has focused on reducing the intensity of treatment for those thought to be at low risk of significant morbidity or mortality. This has not led to a reduced burden of treatment for either families or healthcare systems. An alternative approach is to discharge all p...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Seneviratne N,Yeomanson D,Phillips R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Mental retardation" is a modern term for an age old problem. The descriptions of paediatric cases contained within the works of Thomas Willis (1621-75) have been increasingly recognised for their insight into seventeenth century child health practices. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Williams AN

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antibiotic drugs are frequently used for viral infections in children. It is probable that health beliefs and parental concern have great influence on the use of drugs in children. This study, performed in The Netherlands, investigates whether the use of antibiotics in children is associated with the use of m...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： de Jong J,Bos JH,de Vries TW,de Jong-van den Berg LT

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is an imprinted disorder characterised by intrauterine growth retardation, relative macrocephaly, failure to thrive, typical facial phenotype and frequent body asymmetry. Feeding difficulties are frequently noted, but no study described evolution of gastrointestinal signs during...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Marsaud C,Rossignol S,Tounian P,Netchine I,Dubern B

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in children is a controversial diagnosis with unclear aetiology, ill defined but likely increasing incidence, and debatable clinical management options. However these children experience real and considerable suffering. Appropriate research in this clinical population is sparse...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Patel MX,Smith DG,Chalder T,Wessely S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encephalitis is an uncommon but potentially devastating neurological syndrome with different aetiologies including direct central nervous system infection with different agents (most commonly viral) and those mediated by the immune system. Whilst there have been several recent publications and guidelines on the manage...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Thompson C,Kneen R,Riordan A,Kelly D,Pollard AJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this overview, I have attempted to highlight the problems of medical care, particularly paediatric care, in Hungary and to describe the changing nature of its organisation and financing. We hope that through our efforts we can surmount these difficulties, improve the quality of medical care in our country, and crea...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Schuler D

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recorded the respiratory history by questionnaire in a 7 year old cohort of children whose birth weight was under 2000 g and an unselected reference group of local schoolchildren of the same age. Complete data were obtained in 121 low birthweight children (90% of those studied): 62 who had no neonatal respiratory i...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Chan KN,Elliman A,Bryan E,Silverman M

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a rare but devastating event in children and adolescents. The risk is assumed to be higher in children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) than in healthy individuals. The aim of the present study was to investigate the rate of and survival after out-of-hospital card...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Jortveit J,Klcovansky J,Døhlen G,Eskedal L,Birkeland S,Holmstrøm H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) encompasses a group of inherited connective tissue disorders. The manifestations of EDS can be seen in skin, joints, blood vessels and internal organs and vary from mild to severe and life threatening. Each subtype is a separate and different condition. The genetic basis of many s...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sobey G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundamental to appropriate nutritional prescription is an understanding of the conditions necessary for growth that include the requirements for energy in health and illness. Energy requirements need to be met by the dietary intake to prevent weight loss. A positive energy balance will result in weight gain. Energy re...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wiskin AE,Davies JH,Wootton SA,Beattie RM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00