Abstract:
:The performance of indirect indices of infection in the newborn vary because of differences in techniques, including diagnostic cut off levels. We have compared serial neutrophil band cell counts with C reactive protein measured by rate nephelometry. The 'gold standard' was a positive culture and the performance of the tests was compared by the technique of receiver operating characteristics (ROC) as well as sensitivity and specificity. A total of 172 septic screens were performed in 56 patients. The operational diagnostic cut off values were: C reactive protein greater than 8 mg/l, immature:total neutrophil ratio (I:T ratio) greater than 0.2, and band count greater than 5%. Compared with the sensitivity of C reactive protein (71%), I:T ratio (34%) was significantly different but band count (69%) was not. The specificity of C reactive protein (72%) was better than band count (39%) but no better than I:T ratio (73%). ROC curves were constructed for all possible diagnostic cut off values of the tests and superior performance was demonstrated for C reactive protein compared with band count and I:T ratio. We conclude that C reactive protein is a useful early indicator of infection in neonates and that ROC curves permit comprehensive and graphic comparison between tests and the calculation of optimal diagnostic cut off values.
journal_name
Arch Dis Childjournal_title
Archives of disease in childhoodauthors
Russell GA,Smyth A,Cooke RWdoi
10.1136/adc.67.7_spec_no.808subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-07-01 00:00:00pages
808-12issue
7 Spec Noeissn
0003-9888issn
1468-2044journal_volume
67pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The sodium intake of preschool children in their home environment was investigated and the major sources of sodium other than added table salt identified. Thirty five children from a Southampton general practice were studied. Twenty four hour urinary sodium excretion was measured as a reliable indicator of daily total...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.61.2.159
更新日期:1986-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the availability and source of guidelines for common infections in European paediatric hospitals and determine their content and characteristics. DESIGN:Participating hospitals completed an online questionnaire on the availability and characteristics of antibiotic prescribing guidelines and on empi...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2015-308255
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency is a common disorder of fatty acid oxidation in north west Europe. It is very variable in its clinical consequences and is believed to be considerably underdiagnosed. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the diagnosis and outcome of MCAD deficiency in the UK. METHO...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.79.2.116
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a prospective study, 60% of admissions to an academic hospital were infected with HIV. HIV infected children were younger, less likely to have been referred, more likely to have pneumonia and candidiasis, and had more health service attendances. This impact may be alleviated by appropriate primary and secondary lev...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.85.1.50
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The utility of point-of-care lung ultrasound in neonatology is rapidly expanding. This review summarises current evidence of a diagnostic, procedural and observational tool valuable in the management of newborns requiring intensive care. Approaching a patient, probe in-hand with focused clinical question is essential,...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-314538
更新日期:2019-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.9.1294
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mechanisms of gastro-oesophageal reflux were studied by oesophageal manometry and pH monitoring in 33 children: nine controls, 15 with gastro-oesophageal reflux alone, and nine with reflux oesophagitis. A total of 122 episodes of reflux were analysed in detail: 82 (67%) were synchronous with swallowing and 40 (33%) as...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.63.11.1333
更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hepatomegaly, the presenting feature of type IV glycogen storage disease at 20 months of age, regressed during childhood. The patient remained asymptomatic until 12 years of age when, after an episode of shock, septicaemia, and spontaneous peritonitis, liver transplantation was successfully performed. ...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.71.5.450
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:In a national study of Australian children aged 11-12 years old, we examined the (1) prevalence and characteristics of hearing loss, (2) its demographic risk factors and (3) evidence for secular increases since 1990. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional CheckPoint wave within the Longitudinal Study of Australia...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-313505
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To test the hypothesis that overall intelligence quotient (IQ) is decreased in patients with Aarskog syndrome. METHODS:21 boys under 17 years of age with a confirmed clinical diagnosis of Aarskog syndrome were assessed using the Griffiths mental development scales and the British ability scales. RESULTS:IQ ranged...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.79.4.359
更新日期:1998-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.74.4.309
更新日期:1996-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 10 1/2 year old boy presented with raised intracranial pressure and precocious puberty caused by a human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) secreting pineal germinoma. After craniospinal irradiation he improved clinically and his HCG concentration fell to an undetectable value. Two years later he remains well. Pineal ger...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.58.9.743
更新日期:1983-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Somatomedin activity was assayed in the plasma of children suffering from protein calorie malnutrition by a bioassay using rat cartilage and expressed as sulphate uptake ratio. The sulphate uptake ratio was particularly reduced in kwashiorkor. In marasmus there was a slight reduction and the levels were still in the n...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.54.1.62
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 24 hour energy balance study was carried out on 20 black Kenyan children with acute measles and repeated after recovery. The energy content of a weighed 24 hour food intake and of a simultaneous collection of faeces and urine was determined by bomb calorimetry. Energy expenditure was measured by indirect calorimetry...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.61.1.61
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To measure drug adherence in children with mild asthma receiving long term prophylactic treatment. METHODS:Double blind randomised placebo controlled trial. Patients received inhaled budesonide 100 microg or 200 microg daily, or placebo for 27 months. All participants were asked to inhale medication or placebo fro...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/adc.83.4.330
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Concerns have been expressed in recent years about the decline in children's clinical and biomedical research in the UK, and in the paediatric academic workforce. Here I consider the extent to which these concerns are justified, the sweeping changes that have taken place in research funding, governance and organisatio...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2009.178160
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To develop and test patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) for children and young people in a specialist paediatric hospital setting. DESIGN:Six PREMs were developed and tested by children and young people for children and young people aged 8-11, 12-13 and 14-16 years in inpatient and outpatient settin...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-313032
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of modified polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) profiles of complementary food on long-chain (LC) PUFA composition in healthy infants. DESIGN:Double blinded, randomised, controlled intervention trial. SETTING:Dortmund, Germany. PATIENTS:Free-living sample of healthy term infants. METHODS...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/adc.2008.146027
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Four patients with salt-losing congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) who had stopped mineralocorticoid therapy for several years, showed raised plasma concentrations of 17OH-progesterone and plasma renin activity, despite adequate glucoticoid therapy. One patient was able to reduce urinary sodium excretion when the sod...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.54.5.350
更新日期:1979-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To describe the significance of pericardial effusion (PE), mitral regurgitation (MR) and impaired systolic function in predicting coronary artery lesions (CAL) at diagnosis and follow-up in Kawasaki disease (KD). DESIGN:Echocardiographic records on admission, at 1-3 weeks of illness, and at 6-8 weeks of illn...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-301256
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fulminant endocarditis affecting the mitral valve in an 11-year-old boy was caused by a nontoxogenic strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. ...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.51.3.227
更新日期:1976-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2014-306328
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:UK screening for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is based on dried blood spot Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH). Scintigraphy may identify CH subtypes classified as dysplasia, gland in situ (GIS) and ectopia, but is not performed in all centres. We retrospectively investigated the role of scintigraphy to id...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2019-317665
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Accurate weight measurements are essential for both growth monitoring and drug dose calculations in children. Weight can be accurately measured using calibrated scales in resource-rich settings; however, reliable scales are often not available in resource-poor regions or emergency situations. Current age and/...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2015-309645
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cerebral palsy is the commonest cause of severe physical disability in childhood. For many years treatment has centred on the use of physiotherapy and orthotics to overcome the problems of leg spasticity, which interferes with walking and can lead to limb deformity. Intramuscular botulinum toxin (BT-A) offer...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/adc.83.6.481
更新日期:2000-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.60.8.774
更新日期:1985-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::An indirect fluorescent antibody test for Bartonella henselae, B quintana, and B elizabethae was performed in all 18 children who presented to our paediatric outpatient clinic with cat scratch disease over a six year period. Serum samples were taken on admission, after 15 days, and after six months. Diagnosis was conf...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.78.1.64
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of phototherapy on plasma cyclic-AMP in newborn infants has been studied. Our results suggest that phototherapy does not produce appreciable changes in plasma cyclic-AMP levels. ...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.52.5.416
更新日期:1977-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between ethnicity and health outcomes among fetuses and infants with congenital left heart obstruction (LHO). DESIGN:A retrospective population-based review was conducted of fetuses and infants with LHO including all terminations, stillbirths and live births from 20 weeks' ges...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2018-315887
更新日期:2019-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.53.7.545
更新日期:1978-07-01 00:00:00