Risk adjusted mortality of critical illness in a defined geographical region.

abstract：:The incidence of minor congenital anomalies was examined in 36 patients with ataxic cerebral palsy, in unaffected family members, and in 100 unrelated control subjects. None of the control subjects or family members had more than four anomalies, and 25 of 36 (69%) of the patients had more than four. The distribution o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Miller G

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety seven teachers of diabetic pupils in Liverpool completed a questionnaire designed to assess their knowledge of diabetes mellitus and the sources from which they had obtained information. The survey aimed to evaluate their understanding and to aid in planning an alternative policy of teacher education. Only 24 t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bradbury AJ,Smith CS

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on adolescent drug use are scarce as most studies do not distinguish between children and adolescents. Therefore, we assessed overall drug use in adolescents. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted using pharmacy dispensing records from 62 community pharmacies in the Netherlands. Dispens...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kosse RC,Koster ES,de Vries TW,Bouvy ML

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a family in which the father carried a balanced translocation between chromosomes 15 and 22 two of his children had Prader-Willi syndrome and an unbalanced chromosome complement, having lost the proximal bands from the long arm of chromosome 15. His four other surviving children were normal but carried a balanced t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Fernandez F,Berry C,Mutton D

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between current micturition habits and previous urinary tract infection was analysed among 3553 school entrants aged 7 years by means of a questionnaire. A high incidence of urinary infection, confirmed by urine culture, was found (145 (8.4%) in the 1719 girls and 32 (1.7%) in the 1834 boys). There was...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hellström A,Hanson E,Hansson S,Hjälmås K,Jodal U

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and twenty eight deprived children were compared with a matched sample of more endowed children living in the same urban area. Both groups were served by the same experienced primary health care team. The deprived group had a significantly higher number of general practitioner consultations and admissions ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Marsh GN,Channing DM

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allergic response is distinct from other immune reactions in its reliance on IgE, its high affinity receptor, Fc epsilon RI, and the primary effector cell--the tissue mast cell. Positive skin tests or raised concentrations of specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the serum define IgE sensitisation or "atopy". IgE par...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Milgrom H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of children admitted to hospital is increasing year on year, with very short-stay admissions doubling in the last decade. Childhood head injury accounts for half a million emergency department attendances in the UK every year. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Marlow R,Mytton J,Maconochie IK,Taylor H,Lyttle MD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep related arterial oxygen desaturation has been described in clinically stable young adults with cystic fibrosis. The incidence and severity of nocturnal oxygen desaturation in children during infective exacerbations and the changes that occur with treatment were examined. Forty five children with proved cystic fi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Allen MB,Mellon AF,Simmonds EJ,Page RL,Littlewood JM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether infants who died of SIDS were more likely to have higher acute and lifetime average exposures to outdoor carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) than comparison healthy infants. METHODS:A total of 169 case and 169 matched control infants born between 1988 and 1992, were studied. CO ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Klonoff-Cohen H,Lam PK,Lewis A

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Reference range for head circumference on the Tanner charts do not go beyond age 16. In this study the head circumference and heights of 354 adults in two British centres were measured. The centile charts constructed from these measurements show that adult head circumference is related to height. The mean head circumf...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bushby KM,Cole T,Matthews JN,Goodship JA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Since 1997, strong incentives have been introduced worldwide to improve access to safe and effective medicines addressing the therapeutic needs of children. ACE inhibitors, the most prescribed antihypertensive drugs in the paediatric population, are one of the prototype drugs targeted by the legislation initiat...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Snauwaert E,Vande Walle J,De Bruyne P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of enteric coated pancreatic enzyme supplements in the early 1980s was undoubtedly one of the major advances in the care of children with cystic fibrosis. Further refinements in the presentation of these preparations inevitably followed, to improve patient acceptability and compliance. The emergence o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Smyth RL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm infants with symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus had considerably raised plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptide. Surgical ligation of the patent ductus arteriosus was associated with an immediate fall in plasma atrial natriuretic peptide concentration. Thus left to right shunting and left atrial ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rascher W,Seyberth HW

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a non-progressive choreo-athetoid disorder of early onset, present in three families. There were no appreciable abnormalities in pregnancy, during the perinatal period, or in infancy. In each case the family history suggested transmission as an autosomal dominant trait, the gene showing diminished penetran...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sleigh G,Lindenbaum RH

更新日期：1981-08-01 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：:Thirty seven healthy infants (18 born at full term and 19 preterm) were studied serially with cross sectional and Doppler echocardiography to compare their postnatal circulatory adaptation. Pulmonary artery pressure was assessed by its inverse relationship with the ratio of pulmonary artery time to peak velocity and r...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Evans NJ,Archer LN

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test whether early treatment could postpone the chronic colonisation of the respiratory tract with mucoid strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with cystic fibrosis, we performed a pilot study in 28 patients aged 2 to 18 years. A two week course of azlocillin (150 mg/kg/day) and tobramycin (10 to 15 mg/kg/d...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Steinkamp G,Tümmler B,Malottke R,von der Hardt H

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the relationship between prelacteal feeding, early formula feeding and adverse health outcomes, especially hospitalisation during the first year of life. DESIGN:Multicentre prospective cohort study. SETTING:Six hospitals across three cities in Vietnam. PATIENTS:A total of 2030 pregnant women w...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Nguyen P,Binns CW,Ha AVV,Chu TK,Nguyen LC,Duong DV,Do DV,Lee AH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with severe malnutrition (SAM) present to hospital with an array of complications, resulting in high mortality despite adherence to WHO guidelines. Diagnostic resources in developing countries are limited and bedside tests could help identify high-risk children. Dipstick urinalysis is a bedside scre...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Thuo N,Ohuma E,Karisa J,Talbert A,Berkley JA,Maitland K

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:The effect of raising the airways resistance of 56 normal newborn babies by blocking alternate nostrils was studied by means of oesophageal intubation and the trunk plethysmograph. Increased resistance was associated with reduced respiratory rate and ventilation. A comparison was made of the response in different slee...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Purcell M

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of Scottish hospital inpatients aged 15 years or less has revealed, over a 4-year period, 36 cases of venous thrombosis or phlebitis. Of these 10 were considered to have deep venous thrombosis; 2 cases were associated with obvious pulmonary embolism and 2 cases developed chronic venous insufficie...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Jones DR,Macintyre IM

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, quality of formulations information provided for oral medications used in paediatric clinical trials published in 10 highly cited journals between 2002 and 2004 raised concerns. This short report explores if there was any subsequent improvement on how the formulations used in trials involving children <12 ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Pandit S,Shah U,Kirby DJ,Nunn T,Tuleu C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of staff stress and job satisfaction was undertaken in a children's hospice. In addition factors were investigated which might be stressful or which helped staff to manage in difficult circumstances. Three quarters were under comparatively little stress and in general showed very few psychological symptoms but...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Woolley H,Stein A,Forrest GC,Baum JD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The poor prognosis of patients with trisomy 13 has long been accepted and has been ascribed to brain and heart malformations. It has been suggested, however, that the long term survival is better than was previously thought and that cardiac surgery may be justified. This population based study reviews the incidence, a...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wyllie JP,Wright MJ,Burn J,Hunter S

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:349 Maasai children younger than 6 years old were randomised by alternate household to drink water either left in plastic bottles exposed to sunlight on the roof of the house or kept indoors (control). The trial was run in Maasai by Maasai community elders. Children drinking solar disinfected water had a significantly...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Conroy RM,Meegan ME,Joyce T,McGuigan K,Barnes J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many children admitted to hospital can stay for 24 hours or less. Short stay facilities offer such children rapid stabilisation and early discharge with considerable financial saving. A 12 month study was completed in which data were collected from the children's emergency annex (CEA) at Westmead Hospital in Sydney's ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Browne GJ,Penna A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in paediatric care mean that more children with complex medical problems (heart disease, neurodevelopmental problems and so on) are surviving their early years. This has important implications for the design and delivery of healthcare given their extensive multidisciplinary requirements and susceptibility to ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Aitchison K,McGeown H,Holden B,Watson M,Klaber RE,Hargreaves D

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00