Comparison of a new transcutaneous bilirubinometer (Bilimed) with serum bilirubin measurements in preterm and full-term infants.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral antipyretics are commonly used to treat pediatric patients who develop fevers. However, patients presenting to the emergency department or undergoing surgery are frequently unable to tolerate oral antipyretics. Rectal formulations are available; however, this route of administration is unpredictable. Th...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Khalil SN,Hahn BJ,Chumpitazi CE,Rock AD,Kaelin BA,Macias CG

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Establishing healthy physical activity (PA) behaviours in early childhood is important for future PA behaviours. Parents play a central role in young children's PA. However, there is currently little research on parenting interventions to increase child PA. This study was formative work to inform the content...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Bentley GF,Goodred JK,Jago R,Sebire SJ,Lucas PJ,Fox KR,Stewart-Brown S,Turner KM

更新日期：2012-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic status is an important factor affecting the initiation and cessation of breastfeeding. However, limited evidence exists regarding the association between socioeconomic status and breastfeeding behavior in China on a national level. This study aims to investigate the relationship between socioec...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Chen C,Cheng G,Pan J

更新日期：2019-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Brazil, the prevalence of prematurity has increased in recent years and it is a major cause of death in the neonatal period. Therefore, this study aims at assessing perinatal factors associated with early neonatal deaths in very low birth weight preterm infants born in a region of Brazil with low Human De...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Castro EC,Leite ÁJ,Almeida MF,Guinsburg R

更新日期：2014-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several environmental factors favour the occurrence of acute respiratory disease, which is the main reason for paediatric consultations in our country (Colombia). Tobacco smoke is considered a significant environmental pollutant with a great impact on health. The objective of this study is to estimate the pr...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Tovar MF,Ortiz W,Valderrama MA,Rodríguez F,Gamboa O,Maldonado MJ,Agudelo SI

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although adolescent spinal pain increases the risk for chronic back pain in adulthood, most adolescents can be regarded as healthy. The aim of the present study was to provide data on localization, intensity and frequency of adolescent spinal pain and to investigate which physical and psycho-social parameter...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Wirth B,Humphreys BK

更新日期：2015-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the effect of human milk, maternal and donor, on in-hospital growth of very low birthweight (VLBW) infants. We performed a retrospective cohort study comparing in-hospital growth in VLBW infants by proportion of human milk diet, including subgroup analysis by maternal or donor milk type. Primary...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Colaizy TT,Carlson S,Saftlas AF,Morriss FH Jr

更新日期：2012-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of deafness before 3 months of age substantially improves the socio-linguistic and cognitive development of deaf children. Existing studies demonstrating the feasibility of newborn hearing screening in South Africa have used small samples unrepresentative of general population characteristics....

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Störbeck C,Young A

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initial studies suggest pharmaceutical grade cannabidiol (CBD) can reduce the frequency of convulsive seizures and lead to improvements in quality of life in children affected by epileptic encephalopathies. With limited access to pharmaceutical CBD, Cannabis extracts in oil are becoming increasingly availabl...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Reithmeier D,Tang-Wai R,Seifert B,Lyon AW,Alcorn J,Acton B,Corley S,Prosser-Loose E,Mousseau DD,Lim HJ,Tellez-Zenteno J,Huh L,Leung E,Carmant L,Huntsman RJ

更新日期：2018-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to elicit preference weights from parents for health states corresponding to children with various levels of severity of atopic dermatitis. We also evaluated the hypothesis that parents with children who had been diagnosed with atopic dermatitis would assign different preferences to the health stat...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Friedman JY,Reed SD,Weinfurt KP,Kahler KH,Walter EB,Schulman KA

更新日期：2004-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to revise the 2003 Fenton Preterm Growth Chart, specifically to: a) harmonize the preterm growth chart with the new World Health Organization (WHO) Growth Standard, b) smooth the data between the preterm and WHO estimates, informed by the Preterm Multicentre Growth (PreM Growth) stu...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Fenton TR,Kim JH

更新日期：2013-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the relationship between the pathological changes of the colon, terminal ileum, lung, liver and kidney, and the changes of Bax, PCNA and PAF in a rat model of NEC. METHODS:One hundred and forty neonatal SD rats were randomly divided into NEC group and control group (70 in each group). NEC group w...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Wang FS,Yu ML,Li WZ,Hong K,Xu CB,Wang GH

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This systematic review aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and clinical utility of all condition specific outcome measures used to assess quality of life (QOL) in school aged children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS:Relevant outcome measures were identified by searching 8 electronic databases, s...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Carlon S,Shields N,Yong K,Gilmore R,Sakzewski L,Boyd R

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:13q33-q34 microdeletions are rare chromosomal aberrations associated with a high risk of developmental disability, facial dysmorphism, cardiac defects and other malformation of organs. It is necessary to collect and report evidence of this rare chromosome mutation to improve the prognosis of this rare diseas...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： He X,Shen H,Fu H,Feng C,Liu Z,Jin Y,Mao J

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescents with chronic disease (CD) can be more vulnerable to adverse psychosocial outcomes. This study aims: 1) to identify differences in psychosocial variables (health-related quality of life, psychosomatic complaints, resilience, self-regulation and social support) among adolescents who feel that CD af...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Santos T,de Matos MG,Marques A,Simões C,Leal I,Machado MD

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In children, the most significant cause of rhabdomyolysis or muscle breakdown is viral infection. However, there are no reports that norovirus, a gastroenteric virus that commonly infects children, specifically causes rhabdomyolysis. Here, we report the first pediatric case of norovirus-associated rhabdomyol...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Nishio T,Yonetani R,Ito E,Yoneta M,Maruo Y,Yoshida T,Sugimoto T

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bazett formula is frequently used in paediatric screening for the long QT syndrome (LQTS) and proposals exist that using standing rather than supine electrocardiograms (ECG) improves the sensitivity of LQTS diagnosis. Nevertheless, compared to adults, children have higher heart rates (especially during postu...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Andršová I,Hnatkova K,Helánová K,Šišáková M,Novotný T,Kala P,Malik M

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When breastfeeding is not possible, infants are fed formulas in which lipids are usually of plant origin. However, the use of dairy fat in combination with plant oils enables a lipid profile in formula closer to breast milk in terms of fatty acid composition, triglyceride structure and cholesterol content. T...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Gianni ML,Roggero P,Baudry C,Fressange-Mazda C,le Ruyet P,Mosca F

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seeking healthcare in children is unique since parents decide upon the type and frequency of healthcare services accessed. Mothers/caregivers lower healthcare seeking behavior is one of the major reason for increased morbidity and mortality from childhood illness in developing countries. Hence, this study ai...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Abegaz NT,Berhe H,Gebretekle GB

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For every newborn who dies within the first month, as many as eight more suffer life-threatening complications but survive (termed 'neonatal near-misses' (NNM)). However, there is no universally agreed-upon definition or assessment tool for NNM. This study sought to describe the development of the Neonatal N...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Bakari A,Bell AJ,Oppong SA,Bockarie Y,Wobil P,Plange-Rhule G,Goka BQ,Engmann CM,Adanu RM,Moyer CA

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 1998 and 2015, we report on the survival of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)-infants presenting with symptoms within the first 24 h of life, treated at Odense University Hospital (OUH), a tertiary referral non-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) hospital for paediatric surgery. METHODS:W...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Larsen UL,Jepsen S,Strøm T,Qvist N,Toft P

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between hematological parameters at birth and the risk of moderate-severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in a cohort of extremely preterm infants. METHODS:This is a retrospective study of all extremely premature infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, Shenzhen Mate...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Chen X,Li H,Qiu X,Yang C,Walther FJ

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Headache is a common complaint in children occasionally requiring hospital admission. The purposes of the present study were to analyze the prevalence of uncorrected ametropia in children with headache admitted to the hospital, and evaluate the importance of refraction assessment as part of their evaluation....

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Dotan G,Stolovitch C,Moisseiev E,Cohen S,Kesler A

更新日期：2014-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Haematological and biochemistry reference values for children are important for interpreting clinical and research results however, differences in demography and environment poses a challenge when comparing results. The study defines reference intervals for haematological and biochemistry parameters and exam...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Okebe J,Mwesigwa J,Agbla SC,Sanya-Isijola F,Abubakar I,D'Alessandro U,Jaye A,Bojang K

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A fever is an increase in the body's temperature above normal. This study examined how US pediatricians perceive and manage fever generally versus fever occurring after vaccination in infants up to six months of age. METHODS:A web-based survey of 400 US pediatricians subscribing to the Physician Desk Refere...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： El Khoury AC,Durden E,Ma L,Markson LE,Lee AW,Duan Y,Foley K

更新日期：2010-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stimulation is the most common intervention during neonatal resuscitation at birth, but scarce information is available on the actual methods, timing and efficacy of this basic step. To evaluate the occurrence, patterns and response to tactile stimulation at birth in a low-resource setting. METHODS:We revie...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Pietravalle A,Cavallin F,Opocher A,Madella S,Cavicchiolo ME,Pizzol D,Putoto G,Trevisanuto D

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANS, postmenstrual age at birth (PMA) < 28 completed weeks) require supplemental oxygen and experience frequent intermittent hypoxemic and hyperoxemic episodes. Hypoxemic episodes and exposure to inadequately high concentrations of oxygen are associated with an...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Maiwald CA,Niemarkt HJ,Poets CF,Urschitz MS,König J,Hummler H,Bassler D,Engel C,Franz AR,FiO2-C Study Group.

更新日期：2019-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6) is one of the major agents to cause hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks globally. The objective of this study is to investigate the epidemiologic and clinical manifestations of CVA6 outbreak, and thus guide the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, as well as disease prev...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Li J,Zhu R,Huo D,Du Y,Yan Y,Liang Z,Luo Y,Yang Y,Jia L,Chen L,Wang Q,He Y

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It has been established that genetic factors play a substantial role in the development of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. The population of Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries has similar, yet different genetic makeup compared to the rest of Asia. Aside from UGT1A1, variants of SLCO1B1 have also been ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Amandito R,Rohsiswatmo R,Halim M,Tirtatjahja V,Malik A

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D levels are alarmingly low (<75 nmol/L) in 65-70% of North American children older than 1 year. An increased risk of viral upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), asthma-related hospitalizations and use of anti-inflammatory medication have all been linked with low vitamin D. No study has determin...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Maguire JL,Birken CS,Loeb MB,Mamdani M,Thorpe K,Hoch JS,Mazzulli T,Borkhoff CM,Macarthur C,Parkin PC,TARGet Kids! Collaboration.

更新日期：2014-02-08 00:00:00