Reduction in case fatality rate from meningococcal disease associated with improved healthcare delivery.

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：OBJECTIVE:To determine if administration of oral prednisolone to preschool children with acute wheeze alters respiratory outcomes. DESIGN:Double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled equivalence trial. SETTING:Three hospitals in New Zealand. PATIENTS:477 children aged 24-59 months with acute wheeze associated with r...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wallace A,Sinclair O,Shepherd M,Neutze J,Trenholme A,Tan E,Brabyn C,Bonisch M,Grey N,Johnson DW,McNamara D,Thompson JMD,Asher I,Dalziel SR

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects on the family of childhood chronic renal failure by contrasting children with varying degrees of severity of illness with healthy controls. Disruption of family life was most common in families with the more severely ill children (on hospital haemodialysis) and there was a tendency for more ment...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Reynolds JM,Garralda ME,Jameson RA,Postlethwaite RJ

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Foot pathology is a major source of morbidity in adults with diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine if children with insulin dependent diabetes have an increased incidence of foot pathology compared with non-diabetic children. DESIGN:Questionnaire, clinical examination, and biomechanical assessmen...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Barnett SJ,Shield JP,Potter MJ,Baum JD

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 37 children with refractory wide-spread atopic eczema were treated with an antigen avoidance regimen comprising hospitalisation, exclusive feeding with an elemental formula for a median duration of 30 days, and measures to reduce exposure to pet and dust mite antigens at home. After the initial period of fo...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Devlin J,David TJ,Stanton RH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the incidence of cystic-fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) in youth from New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia and to examine demographic/clinical features at diagnosis. METHODS:Incident cases of CFRD in young people aged ≤ 18 years diagnosed during 2000 to 20...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rana M,Munns CF,Selvadurai HC,Simonds S,Cooper PJ,Woodhead HJ,Hameed S,Verge CF,Lafferty AR,Crock PA,Craig ME

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catch-up growth of 26 children with growth hormone deficiency during four years of growth hormone treatment, which was started young (< 3 years), was compared with that of 16 children with coeliac disease on a gluten free diet. In children with growth hormone deficiency mean (SD) height SD score increased from -4.3 (1...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Boersma B,Rikken B,Wit JM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy affects an estimated 10.5 million children worldwide, of whom 80% live in developing countries. The treatment gap is estimated at around 90% in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The present work analyses some of the reasons that could explain the low access to antiepileptic drugs (AED) for child...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Barennes H,Sengkhamyong K,Sambany EM,Koffi PN,Chivorakul P,Empis G,Clavel S,Somphavong S,Wangkou N,Rajaonarivo C,Harimanana A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one babies of 34-41 weeks' gestational age with birth asphyxia (5 minute Apgar score less than or equal to 5 or umbilical artery pH less than or equal to 7.2) were studied during the first two days of life to find out whether the urinary excretion of tubular markers of renal function is of value in the early di...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Roberts DS,Haycock GB,Dalton RN,Turner C,Tomlinson P,Stimmler L,Scopes JW

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the efficacy of the prokinetic agent cisapride with that of Gaviscon (an alginate/alkaline compound) plus Carobel (carob seed flour) in the treatment of gastrooesophageal reflux (GOR). Fifty infants with confirmed GOR received either oral cisapride (0.8 mg/kg/day) or Gaviscon plus Carobel for one month in ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Greally P,Hampton FJ,MacFadyen UM,Simpson H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To explore the clinical course of children with "single kidney" (defined as either a solitary or single functioning kidney) with reference to renal function (glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and proteinuria), body height and particularly sonomorphological features. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This retrospective monocent...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Spira EM,Jacobi C,Frankenschmidt A,Pohl M,von Schnakenburg C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the mid-radius, pre-pubertal asthmatic children had smaller periosteal and endosteal circumferences and thicker cortical shells compared to controls, when assessed by peripheral quantitative computed tomography. Asthmatics had diminished periosteal expansion for muscle size, suggesting that asthma, its treatment, o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Quick JL,Ward KA,Adams JE,Mughal MZ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of saliva (4 in 24 hours), collected at monthly intervals for the first 6 months of life in 8 term infants by their mothers, were analysed for cortisol by radioimmunoassay. Values in the first month were more variable, daily mean values were greater, and amplitudes of variation were greater than in subsequent ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Price DA,Close GC,Fielding BA

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was carried out in 10 centres in England and Wales to determine the costs of hearing screening in the first year of life. The screens that were studied were targeted neonatal, universal neonatal, and the health visitor distraction test (HVDT) or alternative surveillance. Valid data were available from five ce...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Stevens JC,Hall DM,Davis A,Davies CM,Dixon S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined test of anterior pituitary function was used on 21 normal children. It shows that a comprehensive evaluation can be made of growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, and gonadotrophin reserve. Simultaneous assessment of those peripheral glands associated with the anterior pi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Savage DC,Swift PG,Johnston PG,Goldie DJ,Murphy D

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of an absorbable antimicrobial agent trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) in the management of children with persistent diarrhoea was evaluated in a double blind, randomised, and placebo controlled trial. Of the 55 patients studied, 28 received TMP-SMX, and 27 received placebo. A trend in stool weight...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Alam NH,Bardhan PK,Haider R,Mahalanabis D

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inconsistencies have been reported in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in postoperative congenital heart disease (CHD). Despite the need for lifelong care due for residual symptoms, only a few studies have explored cardiac-related HRQOL but none in lower middle-income countries (LMIC). This study theref...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ladak LA,Hasan BS,Gullick J,Awais K,Abdullah A,Gallagher R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In cystic fibrosis (CF), problems with sleep, eating/mealtime behaviours, physiotherapy adherence and parental mental health issues are common, yet their natural history and the extent of service use to address them are unknown. OBJECTIVE:Follow up the 2007 cohort to determine: (1) prevalence of child sleep...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sheehan J,Massie J,Hay M,Jaffe A,Glazner J,Armstrong D,Hiscock H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with biotinidase deficiency were studied. Clinical findings at presentation varied with dermatological signs (dermatitis and alopecia), neurological abnormalities (fits, hypotonia, and ataxia), and recurrent infections being the most common features, although none of these occurred in every case. Biochemi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wastell HJ,Bartlett K,Dale G,Shein A

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy infants with suspected bacterial infection in the first 48 hours of life were treated either with piperacillin and flucloxacillin or with penicillin and gentamicin. Infection was confirmed and successfully eradicated in 6 of the 35 infants receiving piperacillin and flucloxacillin. Four infants treated with pe...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Placzek M,Whitelaw A,Want S,Sahathevan M,Darrell J

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified nasopharyngeal tube is described that does not add airway dead space and resistance, is well tolerated, highly successful, and allows simultaneous use of oxygen prongs. This potentially reduces the need for surgical intervention to relieve high upper airway obstruction from Pierre-Robin syndrome and other c...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Masters IB,Chang AB,Harris M,O'Neil MC

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe common patterns of bath water scald injuries in children, to examine differences between accidental and non-accidental bath water scalds in children, and to examine potential for prevention. DESIGN:A two year six month retrospective analysis of admissions to a specialist burns unit. SETTING:The...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Yeoh C,Nixon JW,Dickson W,Kemp A,Sibert JR

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six children are described who developed diarrhoea associated with Clostridium difficile during the course of haemolytic uraemic syndrome. The significance of this infection is discussed within the context of the pathophysiology of haemolytic uraemic syndrome. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Burgner DP,Rfidah H,Beattie TJ,Seal DV

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine which antenatal and early-life factors were associated with infant postnatal growth in a resource-poor setting in Vietnam. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective longitudinal study following infants (n=1046) born to women who had previously participated in a cluster randomised trial of micronutrient supplemen...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hanieh S,Ha TT,De Livera AM,Simpson JA,Thuy TT,Khuong NC,Thoang DD,Tran TD,Tuan T,Fisher J,Biggs BA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of osteoid osteoma and one of benign osteoblastoma in children are described. The main complaint was severe pain which was worse at night; it was relieved by aspirin or other analgesics. The diagnosis was made on clinical and radiological grounds and was confirmed on histological examination of the central...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Black JA,Levick RK,Sharrard WJ

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 6-year period from 1 October 1971 to 30 September 1977, 13 (about 1%) of 1225 admissions to hospital with asthma developed severe ventilatory failure (peak arterial PCO 2 greater than 8 kPa). Mean age was 4.1 years (2.3--7.9), and on average each patient had been admitted to hospital on 5 occasions during t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Simpson H,Mitchell I,Inglis JM,Grubb DJ

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concerns have been raised about the hazards of the insulin tolerance test (ITT), used to measure growth hormone secretion. In Glasgow, we continue to use this test, adhering to a strict protocol. A review of outcome over a 10 year period (1989-99), during which 550 ITTs were performed, was undertaken. No serious adver...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Galloway PJ,McNeill E,Paterson WF,Donaldson MD

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fasting serum cholecystokinin-like activity was measured in 21 infants with pyloric stenosis and in 13 normal controls. No significant difference was found between the two groups. The basal acid secretion was measured by continuously aspirating the previously emptied stomach for one hour. The basal gastric volume ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rogers IM,Drainer IK,Dougal AJ,Black J,Logan R

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eleven children admitted with suspected gastro-oesophageal reflux were studied, with 24 hour oesophageal pH monitoring as the first line of investigation. Barium swallow examination, or oesophagoscopy, or both, were carried out only in children with abnormal pH, who subsequently had a trial of 1-12 mon...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Da Dalt L,Mazzoleni S,Montini G,Donzelli F,Zacchello F

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To review the results of long term high dose intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. METHODS:162 treatment years in 18 patients with hypogammaglobulinaemia who received intravenous immunoglobulin treatment between 1973 and 1993 were reviewed. RESULTS:A mean dose of 0.42 g/kg immunoglobulin resulted in a mean troug...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Skull S,Kemp A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00