Consultation time, workload, and problems for audit in outpatient clinics.

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the experiences and concerns of young people and their parents regarding the management of medication for asthma or diabetes whilst at school. METHODS:Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with 69 young people aged 8-15 years (43 with asthma and 26 with diabetes) and their parents (...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Newbould J,Francis SA,Smith F

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to compare quality of life (QoL) among children and adolescents with different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and determine factors associated with changes in QoL. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:The Kids with CKD study involved five of eight paediatric nephrology units in Australia and ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Francis A,Didsbury MS,van Zwieten A,Chen K,James LJ,Kim S,Howard K,Williams G,Bahat Treidel O,McTaggart S,Walker A,Mackie F,Kara T,Nassar N,Teixeira-Pinto A,Tong A,Johnson D,Craig JC,Wong G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient hyperphosphatasaemia is usually a chance finding arising from the use of biochemical screening profiles. Clinical correlates in cases so far described have been non-specific. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Arthur LJ,Hill PG,Attenburrow AA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis GB virus-C (HGBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection was investigated in 106 children with liver disease (54 boys and 52 girls, mean age 7.3 years); 12 with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, 29 with positive hepatitis B surface antigen, nine with idiopathic fulminant hepatic failure, seven with graft dys...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Nagata I,Tzampouras N,Chokshi S,Naoumov NV,Cheeseman P,Smith HM,Baker AJ,Williams R,Mieli-Vergani G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for hearing loss in the first year of life, using the distraction test, remains the responsibility of health visitors in most health districts in the United Kingdom. We have evaluated the screening procedure used routinely in one health region in a population of infants at increased risk of sensorineural dea...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Johnson A,Ashurst H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the safety of bronchoscopy and endobronchial biopsy in children with difficult asthma, and discuss the ethical issues associated with the procedure. METHODS:A three year prospective observational study was performed in two tertiary paediatric respiratory centres specialising in the management of chi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Payne D,McKenzie SA,Stacey S,Misra D,Haxby E,Bush A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:School medical records of 1000 children born in 1981 were studied retrospectively. They showed that once known medical problems and those screened for by the school nurse (hearing, vision, growth) were excluded, only 17 problems requiring treatment were discovered: speech (n = 10), development (n = 3), undescended tes...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Smith GC,Powell A,Reynolds K,Campbell CA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Use next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology to improve our diagnostic yield in patients with suspected genetic disorders in the Asian setting. DESIGN:A diagnostic study conducted between 2014 and 2019 (and ongoing) under the Singapore Undiagnosed Disease Program. Date of last analysis was 1 July 2019. S...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bhatia NS,Lim JY,Bonnard C,Kuan JL,Brett M,Wei H,Cham B,Chin H,Bosso-Lefevre C,Dharuman P,Escande-Beillard N,Devasia AG,Goh CYJ,Kam S,Liew WK,Liew WK,Lin G,Jain K,Ng AY,Subramanian D,Xie M,Tan YM,Tawari NR,T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary citrate/creatinine ratio was evaluated in 25 children with idiopathic calcium urolithiasis and 24 controls. The mean (SD) urinary citrate/creatinine ratio in controls and patients was 0.510 (0.205) and 0.181 (0.076), respectively, a statistically significant difference. In neither group was there a relatio...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Akçay T,Konukoğlu D,Celik C

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The amount of adipose tissue influences pubertal development and fertility in girls. A candidate for mediating this is the hormone leptin, derived from adipocytes. This work was carried out to determine whether the leptin concentration in serum is regulated during pubertal development. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Carlsson B,Ankarberg C,Rosberg S,Norjavaara E,Albertsson-Wikland K,Carlsson LM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infections with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) such as Gram-negative bacteria have high morbidity and mortality with limited treatment options. Colistin, an antibiotic active against MDRO, was rarely used due to frequent adverse effects, but its use has now been recommended among adults. In this study,...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ambreen G,Salat MS,Hussain K,Raza SS,Ali U,Azam I,Iqbal J,Fatmi Z

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

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：:General practice records of 1058 children were studied to determine the incidence, prevalence, natural history, diagnosis, and treatment of wheezing presenting in the first 21 years of life. Up to 7 years of age, boys were more likely to present with wheeze and to have recurrent episodes. Later there was a higher inci...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Strachan DP

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two newborn infants, male (A) and female (B), with lethal hyperammonaemia are described in the same family. In both, symptoms started on the second day of life. Lethargy and hypotonia were the most prominent initial findings and were followed by convulsions and coma. In both, blood ammonia levels rose to 570 mumol/u (...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mantagos S,Tsagaraki S,Burgess EA,Oberholzer V,Palmer T,Sacks J,Baibas S,Valaes T

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three babies said to have had 'meconium stained liquor' were subsequently found never to have passed meconium. The green discoloured liquor was the result of bilious vomiting in utero secondary to intestinal obstruction. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Griffiths DM,Burge DM

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty three infants were assigned randomly to a ready-to-feed infant formula or a standard formula that required reconstitution from powder. Despite similar nutrient composition of the two formulas those fed the powdered formula had significantly increased body weight and skinfold thickness gains, and became significa...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lucas A,Lockton S,Davies PS

更新日期：1992-07-01 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

authors： Worth C,Hird B,Tetlow L,Wright N,Patel L,Banerjee I

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sweat testing procedures are perceived to vary widely. AIM:To evaluate variability in sweat collection, analysis, and interpretation. METHODS:Questionnaire responses from 30 self selected centres: 15 paediatric centres, and 15 district general hospitals. RESULTS:Centres carried out 30-400 tests per year (...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kirk JM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating erythroid progenitors (BFU-E) in five anaemic preterm infants (haemoglobin less than 100 g/l) were about 2 and 4.4 times as abundant as in 10 preterm infants who were not anaemic and five healthy adults, respectively, and were significantly more responsive to low concentrations of recombinant human erythro...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Emmerson AJ,Westwood NB,Rackham RA,Stern CM,Pearson TC

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess height and body mass index standard deviation scores up to 20 years after treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Height and body mass index standard deviation scores were measured in 33 patients (14 boys and 19 girls) with childhood ALL at diagnosis, after the end o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Birkebaek NH,Clausen N

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty nine preterm infants of between 1.0 and 2.0 kg birthweight who were fed 250 ml/kg/day of breast milk or standard formulas gained weight at the intrauterine rate without complications. It is suggested that high volume feeding is a satisfactory alternative to low birthweight formula milks and is more desirable in ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lewis MA,Smith BA

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a child with Down's syndrome in whom metrorrhagia and precocious puberty revealed primary autoimmune hypothyroidism. The patient had a decreased growth velocity, exaggerated weight gain, bone age delay, and bilaterally enlarged multicystic ovaries. Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism can ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Chemaitilly W,Thalassinos C,Emond S,Thibaud E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four preterm infants of very low birthweight (less than 1500 g) developed signs of copper deficiency between age 8 and 10 weeks. All had required prolonged ventilatory support, parenteral nutrition, and nasojejunal feeding. The clinical features, which included osteoporosis, oedema, anaemia, neutropenia, and late apno...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sutton AM,Harvie A,Cockburn F,Farquharson J,Logan RW

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：:Real time ultrasonography of the pelvic organs was performed on 114 normal premenarcheal girls aged between 2 years and 13 years 11 months. Values were obtained for total uterine length, anteroposterior diameters of the corpus and cervix, corpus/cervix ratio, and uterine and ovarian volumes and the resultant data were...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Salardi S,Orsini LF,Cacciari E,Bovicelli L,Tassoni P,Reggiani A

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging has many uses, but in cases of suspected child abuse, radiographs and CT scans are vital in identifying fractures and head injury that may not be clinically obvious. There are growing concerns about the small but potential adverse effects of radiation, including cancer, in the paediatric population as a result...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bajaj M,Offiah AC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty children (age range 75 days-47 months) with reflux oesophagitis entered a random double blind trial in which they received either Cisapride (Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd), a new prokinetic agent, or an identical placebo syrup. Diagnosis of gastro-oesophageal reflux was made by measurement of intraluminal oesophag...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cucchiara S,Staiano A,Capozzi C,Di Lorenzo C,Boccieri A,Auricchio S

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure (BP) values and the phenomenon of tracking were evaluated in a group of 481 schoolchildren over a nine year period starting at age 6 years. BP values were obtained yearly by taking the mean of two measurements at one visit, measurements were taken by only two observers during the study. For both systoli...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sánchez-Bayle M,Muñoz-Fernández MT,González-Requejo A

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of 12 children with classical maple syrup urine disease is reviewed. All patients presented in the neonatal period at ages varying from 5 to 21 (median 8) days. The time taken to make the diagnosis ranged from 1 day to longer than 9 months (median 7 days). Each survived his initial illness but 3 died later...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Naughten ER,Jenkins J,Francis DE,Leonard JV

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical profile, malignant potential, and management of 17 children with juvenile polyposis (more than five juvenile polyps) were evaluated clinically and endoscopically. Colonoscopy and polypectomy were done three weekly until colonic clearance was achieved, and thereafter two yearly. All polyps were subjected t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Poddar U,Thapa BR,Vaiphei K,Rao KL,Mitra SK,Singh K

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00