Insulin response to intravenous glucagon in children with familial constitutional short stature.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Following recent reports of increased numbers of adolescents being diagnosed with the adult or type 2 form of diabetes we aimed to describe the prevalence of both type 2 and other forms of diabetes in an urban population of children and young people in northern England. METHODS:A hospital based cro...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Feltbower RG,McKinney PA,Campbell FM,Stephenson CR,Bodansky HJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growth hormone insufficiency (GHI) is diagnosed conventionally by short stature and slow growth, and is confirmed by diminished peak GH response to a provocation test. Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) have previously been considered individually OBJECTIVE:To test the ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mitchell H,Dattani MT,Nanduri V,Hindmarsh PC,Preece MA,Brook CG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial recording in 45 low risk fetuses throughout the second and third trimesters showed that hiccups were the predominant diaphragmatic movement before 26 weeks' gestational age and that there was a significant negative correlation with gestational age. There was a pronounced reduction between 24 and 26 weeks, which...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Pillai M,James D

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis to establish the effectiveness of handwashing in reducing absence and/or the spread of respiratory tract (RT) and/or gastrointestinal (GI) infection among school-aged children and/or staff in educational settings. DESIGN:Randomised-controlled trials (RCTs). ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Willmott M,Nicholson A,Busse H,MacArthur GJ,Brookes S,Campbell R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases causing high mortality in children under 5 years of age in resource limited settings (RLS) could be treated if children in these countries had access to existing medicines. It took 30 years before the WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) considered the issue of medicines for children, with the first EML for chi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hoppu K,Sri Ranganathan S,Dodoo AN

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although antibiotics are recommended for the primary care management of community-acquired pneumonia, a recent UK study reported that most children admitted to hospital had not received antibiotics. OBJECTIVE:To describe primary care antibiotic use for children subsequently hospitalised with community-acqui...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Grant CC,Harnden A,Mant D,Emery D,Coster G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty six children with hypoglycaemia were diagnosed and followed between 1975 and 1995. Diagnosis was confirmed by a high insulin:glucose ratio, and low free fatty acid and 3-hydroxybutyrate on fasting. All patients were treated with diazoxide at a maximum dose of 20 mg/kg/day. Requirement of a higher dose was consi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cresto JC,Abdenur JP,Bergada I,Martino R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of a protein restricted diet on renal function and growth of children with chronic renal failure. In a multicentre prospective study 56 children (aged 2-18 years) with chronic renal failure were randomly assigned to the protein restricted (0.8-1.1 g/kg/day) or the con...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kist-van Holthe tot Echten JE,Nauta J,Hop WC,de Jong MC,Reitsma-Bierens WC,Ploos van Amstel SL,van Acker KJ,Noordzij CM,Wolff ED

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：: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：:19 young children (less than 5 years old) have received 31 renal transplants from 4 live relatives and 27 cadaver donors. The 2-year allograft survival rate for the patients receiving their 1st allograft from the 4 live donors was 75 +/- 22% while for the patients receiving their 1st allograft from 15 cadaver donors w...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rizzoni G,Malekzadeh MH,Pennisi AJ,Ettenger RB,Uittenbogaart CH,Fine RN

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-six Birmingham children with sickle cell disease were studied prospectively between 1969 and 1979. Thirty-five were homozygotes for HbS (SS), 12 had sickle thalassaemia (S thal), and 23 were double heterozygotes for HbS and C (SC). Twenty-six whose family studies were incomplete were classified as SS or S thal ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mann JR

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate different methods of examination of the bowel in suspected inflammatory bowel disease. DESIGN:Prospective investigation of all children over a three year period with suspected inflammatory bowel disease. A technetium-99m-HMPAO labelled white cell scan (Tc-WCS), barium follow through examination (...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Jobling JC,Lindley KJ,Yousef Y,Gordon I,Milla PJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The output of the drug and the particle size produced by various nebulisers were assessed, and sensible nebulisation times for sodium cromoglycate calculated. Three of the four nebuliser systems tested produced over 80% of total drug output within the first five minutes of nebulisation. We suggest that five minutes is...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： O'Callaghan C,Clark AR,Milner AD

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of weight for height and triceps skinfold with seven respiratory symptoms has been examined using logistic regression analysis in 7800 5 to 11 year old children (6200 in England and 1600 in Scotland). The results support the view that overweight children have a greater liability to some respiratory sym...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Somerville SM,Rona RJ,Chinn S

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten intubated neonates (weights 0.90 to 2.58 kg) recovering from respiratory disease had lung mechanics, respiratory patterns, and functional residual capacity measured at 0 cmH2O continuous positive airways pressure and then after application of serially increasing levels of external expiratory resistance. At an exte...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Moomjian AS,Schwartz JG,Shutack JG,Rooklin AR,Shaffer TH,Fox WW

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the growth abnormalities in sickle cell disease has been limited by the lack of longitudinal observations in individuals, and by an inability to quantitate the observed patterns. To investigate the timing and pattern of the adolescent growth spurt, longitudinal observations of height from the Jamaican coho...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Singhal A,Thomas P,Cook R,Wierenga K,Serjeant G

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the quality of paediatric audits from 1966 to 1999. METHODS:A Medline search was performed using the MeSH terms audit, child, paediatric (and pediatric). Predefined core elements of audit were used as inclusion criteria for entry of an article into this study. These criteria were as follows: (1) an art...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： O'Gorman CS,Ziedan Y,O'Neill MB

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:In a five year period, 39 children (29 boys, 10 girls) aged 2 months to 13 years (mean 7.8 years) were studied who had suffered a major head injury (29 road traffic accidents, six falls, and four non-accidental injury). The injury had been assessed clinically and by cranial computed tomography or cranial ultrasound (i...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Elias-Jones AC,Punt JA,Turnbull AE,Jaspan T

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one children with a bacteriologically proven urinary tract infection had both an intravenous urogram (IVU) and a micturating cystogram. The IVU was normal in 35. Only 6 of these children showed reflux in the cystogram, affecting 7 of the 70 ureters at risk. Since reflux on its own does not cause renal damage, wh...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Moncrieff MW,Whitelaw R

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in children is associated with a high incidence of serious morbidity and mortality. The presenting features are variable. It can be diagnostically challenging and the optimal treatment is uncertain. AIM:To describe the features of a series of children with CVST treate...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mallick AA,Sharples PM,Calvert SE,Jones RW,Leary M,Lux AL,O'Callaghan FJ,Osborne JP,Patel JS,Prendiville AT,Renowden S,Jardine PE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12 year old boy presented with primary nocturnal enuresis. Investigation showed extensive bilateral nephrocalcinosis of no obvious or recognised cause. Persistent severe renal hypercalciuria was confirmed by an intravenous calcium infusion. Idiopathic hypercalciuria is not a common cause of nephrocalcinosis and has ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Aggarwal VK,Jones KV

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy three preterm infants weighing less than 1500 g or less than 32 weeks' gestation, or both, were allocated randomly to treatment (fresh frozen plasma 10 ml/kg on admission and at 24 hours of age) or control groups. Fifteen (41%) out of 37 control patients sustained intraventricular haemorrhage compared with fiv...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Beverley DW,Pitts-Tucker TJ,Congdon PJ,Arthur RJ,Tate G

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the disease burden and epidemiology of community acquired rotavirus gastroenteritis in Austrian children treated in a paediatric practice. METHODS:A prospective, population based, multicentre study in four paediatric practices and two children's hospitals (Innsbruck and Leoben). Children

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Frühwirth M,Karmaus W,Moll-Schüler I,Brösl S,Mutz I

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper deficiency is reported in an infant of very low birthweight. It was characterised by extensive bone changes, severe neutropenia, and hypocupraemia. These manifestations could have been missed but for an intercurrent pneumonia which led to an x-ray of the chest. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Yuen P,Lin HJ,Hutchinson JH

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trial was conducted using sequential analysis by pairs to compare the efficacy of corticosteroids and salicylates in the treatment of acute rheumatic carditis. The results show a significantly favourable effect of steroid treatment both in clinical response and in reduction of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate. In ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Human DG,Hill ID,Fraser CB

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11 year old boy presented with severe acute hereditary coproporphyria. Despite supportive measures his condition deteriorated after admission. Haem arginate, started two days after presentation, produced appreciable inhibition of porphyrin precursor overproduction and clinical improvement. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Manning DJ,Gray TA

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective medical examination of children starting school has been operated in Cramlington for five years, and the data for the school year 1984-85 are reported. It is argued that the 'routine medical' is an outdated concept and that its abolition would allow more time for more important aspects of educational medicin...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： O'Callaghan EM,Colver AF

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dubowitz et al. have offered a scoring system for estimating the gestational age of newborn babies. If the system is applied to twin pairs, the heavier twin is generally estimated to have a greater gestational age than the lighter one. Previously this has been interpreted as a flaw in the scoring system. However, it m...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： James WH

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00