Phase II meningococcal B vesicle vaccine trial in New Zealand infants.

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：: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：RATIONALE:Studies suggest that increased breastfeeding rates can provide substantial financial savings, but the scale of such savings in the UK is not known. OBJECTIVE:To calculate potential cost savings attributable to increases in breastfeeding rates from the National Health Service perspective. DESIGN AND SETTINGS...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Pokhrel S,Quigley MA,Fox-Rushby J,McCormick F,Williams A,Trueman P,Dodds R,Renfrew MJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1999, invasive meningococcal disease was hyperendemic in Ireland at 14.75/100 000 population, with 60% group B and 30% group C diseases. National sepsis guidelines and meningococcal C vaccines were introduced in 2000. Despite a spontaneous decline in group B infection, invasive meningococcal disease remai...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ó Maoldomhnaigh C,Drew RJ,Gavin P,Cafferkey M,Butler KM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To review the results of long term high dose intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. METHODS:162 treatment years in 18 patients with hypogammaglobulinaemia who received intravenous immunoglobulin treatment between 1973 and 1993 were reviewed. RESULTS:A mean dose of 0.42 g/kg immunoglobulin resulted in a mean troug...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Skull S,Kemp A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight infants with severe hyperosmolar dehydration and hypernatraemia were treated, using three regimens of intravenous fluids: A. 1/2 normal saline, given fast; B.1/2 normal saline given slowly; C. 1/5 normal saline. 28 of the infants were studied in a treatment trial, and it is concluded tha 0-18% saline in 4...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Banister A,Matin-Siddiqi SA,Hatcher GW

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish whether subjects with previous evidence of sleep apnoea prior to adenotonsillectomy continue to have evidence of narrower upper airways during sleep, 12 years later. METHODS:Twenty subjects (median age 16 years) underwent repeat sleep studies at home, 12 years after such studies had shown significant...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Tasker C,Crosby JH,Stradling JR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Aerosol therapy in infants may be greatly compromised by face mask rejection due to squirming and crying. Lung aerosol deposition in crying infants may thereby be greatly reduced. Since 'suckling' on a pacifier calms infants, they should more readily accept a face mask that incorporates a pacifier. However...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Amirav I,Luder A,Chleechel A,Newhouse MT,Gorenberg M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of raising the airways resistance of 56 normal newborn babies by blocking alternate nostrils was studied by means of oesophageal intubation and the trunk plethysmograph. Increased resistance was associated with reduced respiratory rate and ventilation. A comparison was made of the response in different slee...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Purcell M

更新日期：1976-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Congenital laryngomalacia (CLM) is the major cause of stridor in infants. Most cases are expected to resolve before 2 years of age, but long-term respiratory prospects are poorly described. We aimed to investigate if CLM was associated with altered laryngeal structure or function in later life. METHODS:Twen...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hilland M,Røksund OD,Sandvik L,Haaland Ø,Aarstad HJ,Halvorsen T,Heimdal JH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy affects an estimated 10.5 million children worldwide, of whom 80% live in developing countries. The treatment gap is estimated at around 90% in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The present work analyses some of the reasons that could explain the low access to antiepileptic drugs (AED) for child...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Barennes H,Sengkhamyong K,Sambany EM,Koffi PN,Chivorakul P,Empis G,Clavel S,Somphavong S,Wangkou N,Rajaonarivo C,Harimanana A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary lithogenic and inhibitory factors were studied in 27 preterm infants; 16 had total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and 11 had breastmilk with an additional glucose-sodium chloride infusion. Urines were collected for 24 hours on day 2 (period A), day 3 (B), and once between days 4 and 10 (C). Urinary calcium oxalate...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hoppe B,Hesse A,Neuhaus T,Fanconi S,Forster I,Blau N,Leumann E

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old woman with untreated homocystinuria was examined when she was 18 weeks' pregnant. Amniocentesis was performed and raised levels of homocystine and methionine were present in the amniotic fluid. Assay of cystathionine synthetase activity in cultured amniotic fluid cells showed the carrier state for homocy...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kurczynski TW,Muir WA,Fleisher LD,Palomaki JF,Gaull GE,Rassin DK,Abramowsky C

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability and validity of the North American paediatric appropriateness evaluation protocol (PAEP) for use in paediatric practice in Britain was tested. The protocol was applied to 418 case records of consecutive emergency admissions to three Yorkshire district general hospitals. The PAEP ratings were then compa...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Werneke U,Smith H,Smith IJ,Taylor J,MacFaul R

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus presenting in children under five years old exhibits several clinical and management features that differ from diabetes presenting in older children. In this review of the current population of the Oxford children's diabetes clinic, children with diabetes diagnosed aged 0- less than...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Jefferson IG,Smith MA,Baum JD

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal D-fructose absorption in 31 children was investigated using measurements of breath hydrogen. Twenty five children had no abdominal symptoms and six had functional bowel disorders. After ingestion of fructose (2 g/kg bodyweight), 22 children (71%) showed a breath hydrogen increase of more than 10 ppm over ba...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kneepkens CM,Vonk RJ,Fernandes J

更新日期：1984-08-01 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：:Among 40 hospitalized infants and children with cytomegalovirus infection, 14 (35%) had interstitial pneumonitis, 4 (10%) had wheezing or tachypnoea but without x-ray evidence of classical interstitial pneumonia, the remaining 22 (55%) were free of pulmonary involvement. Most patients had tachypnoea and nonproductive ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Smith SD,Cho CT,Brahmacupta N,Lenahan MF

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis is a very rare but devastating disorder. Diagnosis is sometimes difficult and the clinical course exceedingly variable, as illustrated by this report of a girl, aged 2 years 4 months, with severe iron deficiency anaemia. There was no response to iron therapy and transfusions. Sustai...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Yao TC,Hung IJ,Jaing TH,Yang CP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An intravenous urogram and micturating cystourethrogram were carried out in 100 infants presenting with documented urinary tract infections. Ninety three cases were identified by suprapubic aspiration and 7 by culture of two voided urine samples containing greater than 100 X 10(6) organisms per litre. The urinary trac...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bourchier D,Abbott GD,Maling TM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the incidence of hypocalcaemia in critically ill children with meningococcal disease. METHODS:In a prospective cohort study, 70 of 80 patients admitted consecutively with a clinical diagnosis of meningococcal disease to intensive care had measurements of total and ionised calcium on admission. Paratho...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Baines PB,Thomson AP,Fraser WD,Hart CA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-accidental injury should be suspected and excluded in any infant found to have intracranial and retinal haemorrhage of unknown aetiology. This can be a sensitive issue for both medical staff and parents. We present a case in which the underlying cause of intracranial and retinal haemorrhage was fibromuscular dyspl...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Currie AD,Bentley CR,Bloom PA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the impact of displacement values on doses in paediatric patients when using parenteral. To assess the option of using average displacement values (DV) in the preparation of parenteral medicines. METHOD:Over 500 Medusa1 monographs were analysed and 42 medicines were identified with a displacement valu...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lo A,Christiansen N,Bhatti H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

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：:A 3 year old girl with Down's syndrome became lethargic and withdrawn, and investigations showed a specific malabsorption of vitamin B12 without proteinuria. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cartlidge PH,Curnock DA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has indicated that children who have received treatment for leukaemia which includes cranial irradiation exhibit deficits in their ability to focus attention. It has been suggested that the use of cranial irradiation may have a role to play in long term sequelae. AIMS:To investigate neurop...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rodgers J,Marckus R,Kearns P,Windebank K

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：: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：:A children's hospital nutritional care team prospectively monitored the frequency of sepsis in central venous catheters used for administering parenteral nutrition. During an initial study period of 12 months, 26/58 (45%) of catheters were removed because of proved sepsis. The possible causes of this alarmingly high r...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Puntis JW,Holden CE,Smallman S,Finkel Y,George RH,Booth IW

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00