Implementation of evidence based guidelines for paediatric asthma management in a teaching hospital.

abstract：:Cerebral oedema is the most common cause of mortality and morbidity during the first day of conventional treatment for diabetic ketoacidosis in paediatric patients. It is possible that therapy contributes to its development. Risk factors that predispose to cerebral oedema should lead to an expansion of the intracellul...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Carlotti AP,Bohn D,Halperin ML

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:The recent famine in Ethiopia has resulted in the dislocation of millions of people. Many of these individuals have moved to refugee camps in Sudan or to feeding centres within Ethiopia. A total of 1325 children up to the age of 15 years were examined by an ophthalmologist in January 1985 at several sites in these two...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Pizzarello LD

更新日期：1986-11-01 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：:Determinations of body height and calculations of growth velocity are still the major parameters for the assessment of normal and aberrant growth. The present study was performed to investigate the minimum time interval between consecutive measurements that is necessary for a statement on significant length increment ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hermanussen M,Burmeister J

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a period of 30 months, umbilical artery catheters were inserted in 229 infants. The main complications were haemorrhage, infection, and obstruction of a blood vessel. The incidence of infection was not affected by the use of prophylactic antibiotics. Vascular obstruction was more common in small infants, and in t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： van Vliet PK,Gupta JM

更新日期：1973-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the growth patterns of breast fed and formula fed Italian infants in the first 12 months of life using World Health Organisation (WHO) reference data. METHODS:The growth patterns of 73 breast fed infants (36 male, 37 female) and 65 formula fed infants (35 male, 30 female) were compared. Solid foods were...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Agostoni C,Grandi F,Giannì ML,Silano M,Torcoletti M,Giovannini M,Riva E

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the prevalence of dysnatraemias among children admitted for paediatric surgery before and after a change from hypotonic to isotonic intravenous maintenance fluid therapy. DESIGN:Retrospective consecutive time series intervention study. SETTING:Paediatric surgery ward at the Children's Hospital in...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Chromek M,Jungner Å,Rudolfson N,Ley D,Bockenhauer D,Hagander L

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate socioeconomic inequalities in the risk of congenital anomalies, focusing on risk of specific anomaly subgroups. METHODS:A total of 858 cases of congenital anomaly and 1764 non-malformed control births were collected between 1986 and 1993 from four UK congenital malformation registers, for the purpo...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Vrijheid M,Dolk H,Stone D,Abramsky L,Alberman E,Scott JE

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracies of chromogenic agar and the GeneXpert real-time PCR system (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, California, USA) for admission methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening of 1336 consecutive paediatric intensive care unit patients (1282 evaluable swab results) were determined using enrichment culture a...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Gray J,Patel M,Turner H,Reynolds F

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Forty-seven cases of prune belly syndrome in children born between 1948 and 1977 are described. They have been classified into three groups according to the state of the urinary tract in the neonatal period. The results achieved in these cases form the basis of our present management. In group I, the most severely aff...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Woodhouse CR,Ransley PG,Innes-Williams D

更新日期：1982-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To define better the adult phenotype and natural history of Noonan syndrome. DESIGN:A prospective observational study of a large cohort. RESULTS:Data are presented for 112 individuals with Noonan syndrome (mean age 25.3 (range 12-71) years), who were followed up for a mean of 12.02 years. Mutations in PTPN1...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Shaw AC,Kalidas K,Crosby AH,Jeffery S,Patton MA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic control in 88 children attending three general paediatric clinics was compared prospectively over one year with that of 89 children attending a specialist paediatric diabetic clinic. Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1) concentration and days admitted were significantly lower in the group attending the specialist clin...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bloomfield S,Farquhar JW

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preductal and postductal oxygen saturation were compared in 20 ventilated preterm infants with hyaline membrane disease to establish the frequency of right to left shunting and to assess the accuracy of postductus arteriosus blood gas sampling. One hundred and thirty eight comparisons were made and the frequency of ri...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Macdonald PD,Yu VY

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe current practice during stabilisation of children presenting with critical illness to the district general hospital (DGH), preceding retrieval to intensive care. DESIGN:Observational study using prospectively collected transport data. SETTING:A centralised intensive care retrieval service in Eng...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lampariello S,Clement M,Aralihond AP,Lutman D,Montgomery MA,Petros AJ,Ramnarayan P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the current situation of randomised drug trials involving the paediatric population. METHODS:Systematic review of paediatric randomised controlled trials of medicinal products published in 2007. Three major databases were searched with validated search strategies; Medline, Embase and Cochrane Ce...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Aripin KN,Choonara I,Sammons HM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In acute paediatrics, overtreatment and overdiagnosis is encountered in threshold and developed countries. The reason for overtreatment may be similar in the two settings, namely the mere availability of invasive procedures, which may lead to their inappropriate use. Physiological healing processes should be integrate...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Frey B

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory timing was studied in 100 babies ventilated for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) during a brief period of continuous positive airway pressure. For the 76 spontaneously breathing babies the mean (SD) inspiratory and expiratory times were 0.31 (0.06) and 0.41 (0.12) seconds. Respiratory rate was predomina...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： South M,Morley CJ

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if there had been changes in the size of the UK paediatric workforce and working patterns between 1999 and 2013. DESIGN:Analysis of prospectively collected datasets. SETTING:UK consultant paediatricians. INTERVENTIONS:Data from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's workforce cen...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McColgan M,Winch R,Clark SJ,Ewing C,Modi N,Greenough A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decision to participate in infant screening often rests with parents. Medical ethics require that parental decision is elicited from informed choice. Such a decision is influenced by the parental knowledge and attitude towards screening and a careful evaluation of these factors is essential in seeking informed con...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Olusanya BO,Luxon LM,Wirz SL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate behavioural outcome and quality of life in children aged 8-14 years after neonatal arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries. METHODS:Sixty children operated as neonates with combined deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and low flow cardiopulmonary bypass were evaluated at age ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hövels-Gürich HH,Konrad K,Wiesner M,Minkenberg R,Herpertz-Dahlmann B,Messmer BJ,Von Bernuth G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of research ethics, governance and consent requirements and recent reforms on UK-wide follow-up of children with congenital heart defects (CHD). DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:UK National Health Service. PATIENTS:3897 children with CHD requiring intervention, or resulting in...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Knowles RL,Bull C,Wren C,Dezateux C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Allison ME,Walker V

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three neonates with rectal perforations probably caused by the use of the rectal thermometer, are reported. The dangers of this condition and the difficulty of diagnosis even at laporatomy are emphasised. It is suggested that since the axillary temperature in the neonate is an adequate reflection of the core temperatu...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Frank JD,Brown S

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the work of one tertiary paediatric palliative care service in facilitating planned withdrawal of ventilatory support outside the intensive care setting, with the purpose of developing local guidance for practice. METHODS:Retrospective 10-year (2003-2012) case note review of intensive care patients...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Laddie J,Craig F,Brierley J,Kelly P,Bluebond-Langner M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few data on the optimal micronutrient composition of paediatric enteral feeds. The recent European Directive on Foods for Special Medical Purposes (1999/21/EC) did not distinguish between the composition of adult and paediatric feeds. AIMS:To evaluate, in an open, observational study, the long ter...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Johnson TE,Janes SJ,MacDonald A,Elia M,Booth IW

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To reduce the overall expenditure on melatonin for the local health economy by working collaboratively with the CCG's. To ensure that all paediatric patients prescribed melatonin have been clinically assessed by a specialist and the most appropriate formulation is dispensed. METHOD:Evaluation of GP melatonin presc...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Haley H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative biochemical criteria for lung growth and maturation were compared with the histological appearances in hypoplastic lungs from 20 fetuses and newborn infants. Cases associated with oligohydramnios showed a characteristic series of changes with narrow airways, retardation of epithelial and interstitial grow...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wigglesworth JS,Desai R,Guerrini P

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00