Conservative approach to the mediastinitis in childhood secondary to esophageal perforation.

abstract：:Our objective was to determine if C-reactive protein (CRP) and ferritin values alone and in combination are associated with mortality among hospitalized children. All hospitalized patients at our institution with a CRP or ferritin assay in 2015 and 2016 were included. Area under the receiver operating curves (AUROC) w...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Horvat CM,Bell J,Kantawala S,Au AK,Clark RSB,Carcillo JA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of anorexia nervosa is increasing in adolescents. The pediatrician caring for teenagers is often the first professional confronted with the early signs and symptoms of this disorder. Clinical features and available literature on the psychological, nutritional, and family disorganization found in patients...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Golden N,Sacker IM

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the willingness and ability of primary care pediatricians (PCPs) to accept children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) into their practices. METHODS:Surveys were mailed to 1441 members of the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics practicing primary care. RESULTS:In...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Agrawal R,Shah P,Zebracki K,Sanabria K,Kohrman C,Kohrman AF

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Danish social system provides competent, accessible, continuous, and coordinated medical care to the pediatric population. The pediatrician does not deal with the routine aspects of well-infant and child care but is rather hospital based and acts on consultant to the generalists in his district. The generalist has...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Maisel JE

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acid-suppressing agents have been associated with increased Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in adults. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of acid-suppressing therapy with the development of CDI in the pediatric population. METHODS:This was a retrospective case-control study. C...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Brown KE,Knoderer CA,Nichols KR,Crumby AS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests with the Bayley Motor Scale were given to 288 infants, equally divided by sex, in Yucatan, Mexico. These were 2 to 54 weeks in age and came from three sociocultural levels. In comparison to USA infants, early acceleration of motor development was followed by a marked downward trend. This phenomenon, if observed ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Solomons HC

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital right diaphragmatic hernia can present a difficult diagnostic problem. An illustrative case is reviewed in which the diagnosis was not considered during the initial hospitalization because chest radiographs were interpreted as showing an atelectatic and pneumonic process. Once suspected, the diagnosis was m...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Stahl GE,Warren WS,Rosenberg H,Spackman TJ,Schnaufer L

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess knowledge regarding symptoms and treatment of anaphylaxis, a vignette of a child having an allergic reaction to a peanut was presented to residents in an allergy clinic. Twelve sets of clinical outcomes ranging from severe multi-organ to mild single organ involvement were described, and residents were asked ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Ferdman RM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recommendations against routine imaging, chest radiography (CXR) is frequently performed on infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis. We conducted a review of 811 infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis to identify clinical factors associated with imaging findings. CXR was performed on 553 (68%) infants either on...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Nazif JM,Taragin BH,Azzarone G,Rinke ML,Liewehr S,Choi J,Esteban-Cruciani N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with multiple severe disabilities due to brain destruction by neonatal infection had recurrent hypothermia (less than 34 degrees C) with associated thrombocytopenia (less than 50,000), and clinical hemorrhage. They also had milder, less consistent erythroid and myeloid cell line abnormalities. The hypothe...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Holm IA,McLaughlin JF,Feldman K,Stone EF

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes urban emergency department (ED) utilization and follow-up referral patterns among adolescents. ED visits for 14-19-year-old patients at an urban university hospital with adjacent adult and pediatric emergency departments during specified months in 1993 were retrospectively reviewed. A subgroup (n=...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Grove DD,Lazebnik R,Petrack EM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care plans can reduce care fragmentation for children with medical complexity (CMC); however, implementation is challenging. Mobile health innovations could improve implementation. This mixed methods study's objectives were to (1) evaluate feasibility of mobile complex care plans (MCCPs) for CMC enrolled in a complex ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Ming DY,Jackson GL,Sperling J,Gray M,Wyman Roth N,Spears T,Parente V,Bosworth H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four neonates with adrenal hemorrhage are presented. The clinical manifestations included most often an abdominal mass but also anemia, jaundice, hypotension, bluish discoloration of the scrotum, and abdominal calcification. The diagnosis was established in each case upon abdominal sonographic findings. The review of ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Velaphi SC,Perlman JM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our objective was to examine the relationship between low- and high-level depressive symptoms in mothers' and children's risks in the areas of home and car safety, monitoring, and exposure to violence. METHODS:Participants included 978 mothers of preschool-age children who were interviewed about their home ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Conners-Burrow NA,Fussell JJ,Johnson DL,McKelvey LM,Whiteside-Mansell L,Bokony P,Kraleti S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is the most prevalent chronic condition affecting children and a common chief complaint in emergency departments (EDs). We aimed to improve parents' understanding of their child's asthma severity on accessing our pediatric ED for an acute asthma exacerbation. A retrospective chart review was conducted to determ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Williams KW,Word C,Streck MR,Titus MO

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood celiac disease (CD) is considered rare in the United States. Consequently there are few data concerning its clinical presentation. A validated questionnaire was distributed to families of children with CD. One hundred forty-one children with biopsy-proven CD were included in the study. We found significant d...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： D'Amico MA,Holmes J,Stavropoulos SN,Frederick M,Levy J,DeFelice AR,Kazlow PG,Green PH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an 11-year-old girl with autoimmune hypothyroidism and a positive sweat test is presented. When the hypothyroidism was corrected the sweat test reverted to normal. ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Squires L,Dolan TF

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of sonography in assessing chronic abdominal pain (CAP) in children, the characteristics of CAP, and the local pediatrician's practice in evaluating CAP are reported. Fifty-seven patients with CAP had abdominal and/or pelvic sonography; 56 were normal. One sonogram showed an ovarian cyst on the side opposite...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Schmidt RE,Babcock DS,Farrell MK

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 43 youngsters with gonorrhea, 11 were under 10 years of age. These 11 had in common atypical clinical presentation, marital disharmony of the parents, crowded living conditions; some had been abused sexually. Management of gonorrhea in such young children may require a concerted effort by a team of medical, social,...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Low RC,Cho CT,Dudding BA

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with Mycobacterium marinum are uncommon in children but should be considered by a physician confronted with chronic, poorly healing skin lesions. A case of such an infection in a 4-year-old child is presented. Presenting signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, and treatment of these infections are discu...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Fragoso MA,Murray DL

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physical and psychological changes of pseudocyesis have bewildered physicians since the time of Hippocrates. We present the case of a 14-year-old girl as a reminder that pseudocyesis needs to be considered in adolescents and that the diagnosis may not be obvious, even with current technologies. We document that ga...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Rosenberg HK,Coleman BG,Croop J,Granowetter L,Evans AE

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective cohort study aimed to describe antipyretic use among healthy patients in a pediatric emergency department (ED) with nonurgent fever defined as: triage level 4 or 5, chief complaint fever or temperature 38°C to 39°C, and otherwise normal vital signs, and determine if antipyretic administration is ass...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Nelson CE,Ostapenko S,Zorc JJ,Balamuth F

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have described the woman who chooses breast-feeding by more than simple demographics. The purpose of our study was to characterize new mothers by their infant feeding decisions, by demographic and obstetrical data, and by sources of personal support they received during their pregnancies and in making thei...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Grossman LK,Fitzsimmons SM,Larsen-Alexander JB,Sachs L,Harter C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common among adolescents, and multiple STIs over one's lifetime can increase health risks. Few studies have assessed lifetime STI prevalence. This study evaluates minority, underserved adolescents' self-reported lifetime STI history and objective STI rates. METHODS...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Yavorsky RL,Hollman D,Steever J,Soghomonian C,Diaz A,Strickler H,Schlecht N,Burk RD,Ochner CN

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children presented with autoimmune alternating hypo- and hyperthyroidism related to the presence of blocking and stimulating thyroid antibodies. It was difficult to control their thyroid function adequately with an appropriate single drug regimen, and both children underwent total thyroidectomy with subsequent sta...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Mathew RP,Moore DJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of upper and lower respiratory tract infections of varying severity. It is also responsible for producing a wide spectrum of nonpulmonary manifestations including neurologic, hepatic, cardiac, and hematologic diseases. The neurologic manifestations are reported to be the most co...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Smith R,Eviatar L

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the incidence of bilious vomiting in infants with infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis that presented to a pediatric emergency department. METHODS:A retrospective medical record review included all infants who presented to our level 1 pediatric emergency department from January 1, 2005, throug...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Piroutek MJ,Brown L,Thorp AW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-five infants and children presenting with acute otitis media who had normal tympanic membrane landmarks and mobility within 1 month before entry into the study were studied. These criteria were used in order to avoid including children with prior otitis media with effusion (secretory otitis media). A diagnosis ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Schwartz RH,Stool SE,Rodriguez WJ,Grundfast KM

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Often diapers are not changed after infants pass urine. AIM:To define the association between the frequency of changing diapers and urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants. METHODS:Urine samples were tested in 131 infants (aged from 2 months to 2.5 years) who had a temperature > or =38 degrees C. The auth...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Sugimura T,Tananari Y,Ozaki Y,Maeno Y,Tanaka S,Ito S,Kawano K,Masunaga K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of multicenter cognitive test methodology and resultant outcomes of supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid in healthy 4-year-old children was evaluated in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Subjects received 400-mg/d docosahexaenoic acid (n = 85) or matching placebo (n = 90) in capsul...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Ryan AS,Nelson EB

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00