Life expectancy in severe cerebral palsy.

abstract：:The numbers of children under 5 years in South Glamorgan admitted to hospital because of accidental poisoning have been analysed for 1980-4. There has been no significant fall in those taking solid dose, prescribable medications since the voluntary agreement between the government and the pharmaceutical profession in ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sibert JR,Clarke AJ,Mitchell MP

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate outcome, management, and prevention in Munchausen syndrome by proxy, non-accidental poisoning, and non-accidental suffocation. DESIGN:Ascertainment through British Paediatric Surveillance Unit and questionnaires to responding paediatricians. SETTING:The UK and Republic of Ireland, September ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Davis P,McClure RJ,Rolfe K,Chessman N,Pearson S,Sibert JR,Meadow R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indwelling femoral venous catheters were prospectively studied by ultrasonography to define the frequency and evolution of inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis. IVC thrombosis was identified in six of 56 catheters (54 children). Only one patient with a positive ultrasound scan had clinical signs of thrombosis. All chil...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Shefler A,Gillis J,Lam A,O'Connell AJ,Schell D,Lammi A

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：: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

authors： Ahmed SR,Shalet SM,Price DA,Pearson D

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：:Published reports on the treatment of large strawberry naevi have been reviewed. It is suggested that they should normally be left untreated, and that corticosteroids, given for a short period only, should be reserved for massive naevi close to the eye, or interfering with respiration or suckling, or associated with t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Illingworth RS

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the incidence of cystic-fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) in youth from New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia and to examine demographic/clinical features at diagnosis. METHODS:Incident cases of CFRD in young people aged ≤ 18 years diagnosed during 2000 to 20...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rana M,Munns CF,Selvadurai HC,Simonds S,Cooper PJ,Woodhead HJ,Hameed S,Verge CF,Lafferty AR,Crock PA,Craig ME

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Long term growth hormone (GH) treatment in children with idiopathic short stature (ISS) results in a relatively small mean gain in final height of 3-9 cm, which may not justify the cost of treatment. As it is unknown whether GH treatment during puberty adds to final height gain, we sought to improve the cost...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kamp GA,Waelkens JJ,de Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM,Delemarre-Van de Waal HA,Verhoeven-Wind L,Zwinderman AH,Wit JM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine the overnight temperature pattern of babies during the prodromal phase of minor illnesses. The overnight rectal temperature pattern of 123 babies was recorded weekly from about 6 to at least 16 weeks old, while parents maintained detailed records of signs of illness. By analysis of patterns...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Jackson JA,Petersen SA,Wailoo MP

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) offers a simple outpatient technique for specimen collection in child tuberculosis suspects with peripheral lymphadenopathy. To perform FNAB with mycobacterial culture on an outpatient basis requires use of a sterile transport medium to facilitate bedside inoculation, maintain orga...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wright CA,Bamford C,Prince Y,Vermaak A,Hoek KG,Marais BJ,Warren RM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of chorionic somatomammotrophin (hCS) in maternal plasma at the time of delivery and in placental extracts were determined by radioimmunoassay and related to neonatal growth in 111 normal pregnancies. Mean maternal plasma hCS concentration was lower in association with small-for-dates infants, defined b...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Macmillian DR,Hawkins R,Collier RN

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the associations between albuminuria, metabolic control, glomerular filtration, blood pressure, and platelet function in children with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. The geometric mean (95% tolerance levels) albumin excretion (expressed as the geometric mean albumin to creatinine ratio on two ove...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Gibb DM,Dunger D,Levin M,Shah V,Smith C,Barratt TM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine whether current and postpartum maternal depression and low maternal intelligence are risk factors for malnutrition in children. METHODS:In rural South India 72 children with malnutrition were identified from a central register; 72 controls were matched for age, gender, and residence. RESULTS:Major d...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Anoop S,Saravanan B,Joseph A,Cherian A,Jacob KS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of chemoprophylaxis with rifampicin and isoniazid in 1981 significantly reduced the incidence of tuberculosis. Between 1978 and 1981 children accounted for 136 of 642 notified cases, and this was reduced to 55 of 418 between 1982 and 1986. This effect was most obvious among children from the Indian su...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ormerod LP

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults have shown that the requirement for assisted ventilation correlates closely with a poor outcome, and the need for ventilation is now being used as an indication for plasmapheresis. As comparable studies in children have not been performed we reviewed our experience o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cole GF,Matthew DJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inconsistencies have been reported in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in postoperative congenital heart disease (CHD). Despite the need for lifelong care due for residual symptoms, only a few studies have explored cardiac-related HRQOL but none in lower middle-income countries (LMIC). This study theref...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ladak LA,Hasan BS,Gullick J,Awais K,Abdullah A,Gallagher R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid function was studied in 54 low birthweight infants during a 3-week period. Each infant was placed in one of three groups. Group 1 (n = 21), infants who were well and appropriately grown fro gestational age; group 2 (n = 23), infants who were appropriately grown but who had hyaline membrane disease; group 3 (n ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Uhrmann S,Marks KH,Maisels MJ,Kulin HE,Kaplan M,Utiger R

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatric gynaecology is an emerging discipline. Since 2000, there has been an advanced training programme in paediatric gynaecology available for obstetric and gynaecology trainees; additionally, a set of clinical standards 1 for the care of paediatric and adolescent patients has been developed by The British Societ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ritchie JK,Latthe P,Jyothish D,Blair JC

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Asians have a smaller muscle mass and a larger fat mass at the same body mass index (BMI) than most other ethnic groups. Due to a resulting higher cardiometabolic risk, the BMI cut-offs for overweight and obesity were lowered for adults. For Asian children universal criteria apply. The objectives of this stu...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： de Wilde JA,Zandbergen-Harlaar S,van Buuren S,Middelkoop BJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten preterm infants with recurrent respiratory symptoms (median gestational age 30 weeks) were entered into a non-randomised placebo controlled trial of bronchodilator treatment at 12.5 months of age. The infants had coughed or wheezed, or both, on at least four days a week for the past month. The infants received eit...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Yuksel B,Greenough A,Maconochie I

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 256 families, among whom were twins, midparent-adult son correlations for height, weight, and combined skinfold measurements were 0.67, 0.47, and 0.23 respectively. The corresponding midparent-adult daughter correlations were 0.63, 0.42, and 0.24. Midparent-growing offspring correlations were highest for...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hawk LJ,Brook CG

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data drawn from the National Study of Health and Growth enabled an examination to be made of the attained height, weight for height, and triceps skinfold of children from one and two parent families. Children from one parent families were shorter than children from two parent families; however, once heights had been a...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Garman AR,Chinn S,Rona RJ

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It is often assumed that prolonged time to diagnosis (TTD) for cancer negatively influences overall survival and survivorship through advanced stage disease at diagnosis. This systematic review assesses existing early diagnosis research in childhood and young adult cancer and aims to identify whether a consensu...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lethaby CD,Picton S,Kinsey SE,Phillips R,van Laar M,Feltbower RG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation by early repeated cerebrospinal fluid taps was compared with conservative management in a randomised controlled trial of 157 infants in 15 centres. Thirty infants died and six moved abroad before follow up. During the first 14 days after randomisation, the early tre...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors：

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 265 children aged between 6 and 18 months admitted to hospital in a 26-month period each with his first febrile convulsion, there were 64 who satisfied our criteria for a simple febrile convulsion. Of these, 43 (random) were entered into a double-blind trial of continuous sodium valproate versus phenobarbitone,...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ngwane E,Bower B

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether sagittal synostosis (SS) has consequences for children's mental and psychomotor development, and whether surgery has any impact on this. METHODS:The study involved 28 children with SS who underwent corrective surgery at a mean age of 8.0 (SD 7.16) months, and 28 normal controls. All the chi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bellew M,Chumas P,Mueller R,Liddington M,Russell J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of platelet thromboxane B2, a stable metabolite of thromboxane A2, was measured in seven newborn infants with pulmonary hypertension during the first day of life. Platelet thromboxane B2 production was significantly lower than in 12 healthy controls but did not correlate with simultaneous blood gas values. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kääpä P

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00