Living at high altitude and risk of hospitalisation for atopic asthma in children: results from a large prospective birth-cohort study.

abstract：:The morbidity pattern, based on hospital admissions for a complete year's cohort of all children born in Sheffield 1975-6, was studied. In many children the diagnosis given on admission had changed by the time they were discharged from hospital. About one-quarter of children under age 6 months were admitted for social...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lloyd B,Pursall E,Emery JL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified 410 infants who were not walking independently by the age of 18 months from among a geographically defined population of 4275 infants who either were born weighing less than 2000 g or had needed admission to the special care nursery in the neonatal period. The outcome of the late walkers was ascertained ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Johnson A,Goddard O,Ashurst H

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of differential avian and human delayed-type hypersensitivity skin testing in the diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis. METHOD:Retrospective review of all patients with culture proved non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymph node infections who also had differentia...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Daley AJ,Isaacs D

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：AIM:To determine the frequency of use of complementary treatment and measure its impact on clinical outcomes in a hospitalised general paediatric population. METHODS:A population based random sample of children admitted to the general paediatric service at a metropolitan children's hospital in Auckland, New Zealand fr...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Armishaw J,Grant CC

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：:Three children with cystic fibrosis developed steatorrhoea unresponsive to changes in pancreatic supplements. The final diagnoses were chronic giardiasis, stagnant loop syndrome, and Crohn's disease. Refractory intestinal symptoms in cystic fibrosis merit further investigation. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Baxter PS,Dickson JA,Variend S,Taylor CJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To explore the clinical course of children with "single kidney" (defined as either a solitary or single functioning kidney) with reference to renal function (glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and proteinuria), body height and particularly sonomorphological features. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This retrospective monocent...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Spira EM,Jacobi C,Frankenschmidt A,Pohl M,von Schnakenburg C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twice daily sustained release theophylline gave satisfactory steady serum theophylline concentrations in asthmatic children aged 7 to 14 years. The children showed improvement in symptoms, less frequent waking at night, reduced use of beta agonist inhalers, and improved early morning peak flows while being treated wit...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Elias-Jones AC,Higenbottam TW,Barnes ND,Godden DJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total DNA was estimated in the lungs of 80 fetuses and newborn infants varying in gestation from 14 weeks to term. In fetuses of appropriate weight for gestational age total lung DNA increased at a constant rate from about 35 mg at 17 weeks' gestation to 480 mg at term. The lungs of immature fetuses were heavier and c...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wigglesworth JS,Desai R

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, quality of formulations information provided for oral medications used in paediatric clinical trials published in 10 highly cited journals between 2002 and 2004 raised concerns. This short report explores if there was any subsequent improvement on how the formulations used in trials involving children <12 ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Pandit S,Shah U,Kirby DJ,Nunn T,Tuleu C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the presence of in vitro penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae increases the risk of clinical failure in children hospitalised with severe pneumonia and treated with penicillin/ampicillin. DESIGN:Multicentre, prospective, observational study. SETTING:12 tertiary-care centres in ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cardoso MR,Nascimento-Carvalho CM,Ferrero F,Berezin EN,Ruvinsky R,Camargos PA,Sant'anna CC,Brandileone MC,de Fátima P March M,Feris-Iglesias J,Maggi RS,Benguigui Y,CARIBE Group.

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital lymphoedema is a lifelong condition that has detrimental physical and psychosocial outcomes for young patients and burdensome treatment responsibilities that may hamper patients' motivation for self-management. There is limited research from the perspective of young people with primary lymphoedema...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hanson CS,Newsom J,Singh-Grewal D,Henschke N,Patterson M,Tong A

更新日期：2018-07-01 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

abstract：:The role of budesonide in controlling chest symptoms in infants was assessed. It was administered from a metered dose inhaler into a large volume spacer (Nebuhaler) with attached Laerdal mask. Twenty nine infants were recruited into a double blind crossover trial. Five defaulted. The remaining 24 (mean age 11 months) ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Noble V,Ruggins NR,Everard ML,Milner AD

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child with idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis for three years required three monthly transfusions. Circulating avian, gliadin, and reticulin antibodies suggested the diagnosis of gluten enteropathy, and jejunal biopsy showed subtotal villous atrophy. During 15 months on a gluten free diet his growth and behaviour i...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Reading R,Watson JG,Platt JW,Bird AG

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female genital mutilation (FGM) is almost always performed on children and consequently paediatricians should have a central role in the detection and prevention of FGM. FGM has no health benefits and can cause lifelong damage to physical and psychological health. Extensive migration of FGM practising communities mean...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Creighton SM,Hodes D

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the risk of disability from unintentional injury in teenagers and young adults. METHODS:Analyses of data from the National Child Development Study, a follow up study of 98% of all children born in England, Scotland, and Wales in one week in March, 1958. In 1981, 12,537 study participants, 76% of t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Barker M,Power C,Roberts I

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In volume guarantee ventilation with the Dräger Babylog 8000 ventilator, inspiratory and expiratory flows are monitored and the expiratory tidal volume calculated following each inflation. The pressure for the next inflation is modified to ensure the expired tidal volume is close to the set value. AIM:To in...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McCallion N,Lau R,Dargaville PA,Morley CJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty two babies under 1 year old were referred for evaluation of suspected epileptic seizures. Nine were found to have epilepsy. In the other 13--all developing normally, aged up to 10 months--the spells were non-epileptic paroxysmal events (NEPE). They consisted of five patterns of movement: (1) eye blinking; (2) '...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Shuper A,Mimouni M

更新日期：1995-10-01 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

authors： Browne GJ,Penna A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its first description optic nerve hypoplasia has been identified with increasing frequency, and a range of associated problems have been described. The major neurological and endocrine associations are well established, but those factors that predispose to the development of optic nerve hypoplasia remain unclear...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Roberts-Harry J,Green SH,Willshaw HE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease with diverse clinical courses. Despite improvement in survival outcomes in the recent decades, sequelae of the disease remain a concern. This study aimed to provide information on the long-term outcomes in patients with LCH, particularly on the sequelae...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Chow TW,Leung WK,Cheng FWT,Kumta SM,Chu WCW,Lee V,Shing MMK,Li CK

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal data were analysed on the lung function of 25 of 29 survivors of childhood leukaemia or lymphoma, who had been conditioned with cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation before allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, to test whether children are particularly vulnerable to pulmonary damage after transpla...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Nysom K,Holm K,Hesse B,Ulrik CS,Jacobsen N,Bisgaard H,Hertz H

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentration was measured after rectal and nasogastric administration of paracetamol 15 mg/kg to 28 febrile children aged between 9 days to 7 years who had undergone cardiac surgery. After equivalent doses, rectal administration in neonates and children on the first postoperative day was found to produce plasm...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hopkins CS,Underhill S,Booker PD

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of a protein restricted diet on renal function and growth of children with chronic renal failure. In a multicentre prospective study 56 children (aged 2-18 years) with chronic renal failure were randomly assigned to the protein restricted (0.8-1.1 g/kg/day) or the con...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kist-van Holthe tot Echten JE,Nauta J,Hop WC,de Jong MC,Reitsma-Bierens WC,Ploos van Amstel SL,van Acker KJ,Noordzij CM,Wolff ED

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transport characteristics of the placenta, which favour higher phenylalanine concentrations in the fetus than in the mother, and regression data of head circumference at birth against phenylalanine concentration at conception in maternal phenylketonuria (PKU), suggest that treatment of maternal PKU should ideally ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Thompson GN,Francis DE,Kirby DM,Compton R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syncope in childhood is very common. The vast majority of episodes are benign, and are due to neurocardiogenic syncope. Only a minority are due to something potentially more serious or life threatening. The diagnosis and differentiation of benign from more serious causes of syncope is made primarily by the history. In...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McLeod KA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of disseminated intravascular clotting (DIC) in the pathogenesis of the bleeding diathesis kwashiorkor was investigated in 22 patients. According to the severity of the clinical and haematological findings, two grades of DIC were observed. A severe grade of DIC was shown in 6 cases (5 fatal) presenting with ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hassanein EA,Tankovsky I

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-two cases of protracted diarrhoea in infancy presenting over a 6-year period have been analysed, with particular reference to diagnosis and management. The patients fell into 1 of 2 categories according to whether a specific diagnosis was established or not. A diagnosis (category 1) was established in 59 (72%),...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Larcher VF,Shepherd R,Francis DE,Harries JT

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00