The prognostic value of dipstick urinalysis in children admitted to hospital with severe malnutrition.

abstract：:Three cases are reported in which thrombi were found in the aorta at postmortem. In each case the thrombus had originated within the ductus arteriosus. We believe that in recent years the attention paid to the presence of indwelling cannulae as a cause of embolic phenomena in the newborn period has led to a reduction ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Knowlson GT,Marsden HB

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred children with glass injuries were investigated; 48 were injured in falls through architectural glass and 87 by broken bottles. Nine children had serious lacerations--7 of which were sustained at home. Radiographs were important in diagnosing retained fragments but prophylactic antibiotics were unnecessary....

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bell D

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the efficacy of a new regimen of intravenous atropine treatment for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) with special reference to regression of pyloric hypertrophy. METHODS:Atropine was given intravenously at a dose of 0.01 mg/kg six times a day before feeding in 19 patients with IHPS diagnos...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kawahara H,Imura K,Nishikawa M,Yagi M,Kubota A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency is a common disorder of fatty acid oxidation in north west Europe. It is very variable in its clinical consequences and is believed to be considerably underdiagnosed. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the diagnosis and outcome of MCAD deficiency in the UK. METHO...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Pollitt RJ,Leonard JV

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two neonates with acute infantile cerebral Gaucher's disease had prominent collodion skin. Ichthyosis has been described in some cases of metabolic lipid disorders, however, this is the first report of the association of lamellar desquamation of the newborn (collodion baby) with Gaucher's disease. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lui K,Commens C,Choong R,Jaworski R

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a non-progressive choreo-athetoid disorder of early onset, present in three families. There were no appreciable abnormalities in pregnancy, during the perinatal period, or in infancy. In each case the family history suggested transmission as an autosomal dominant trait, the gene showing diminished penetran...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sleigh G,Lindenbaum RH

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:You can't teach old dogs new tricks. Teaching middle-aged dogs new tricks is hard enough. They tend to stick to particular styles of attacking the postman that over the years have proved pretty reliable, often choosing to ignore new findings, or simply failing to keep up with progress in current discussions on, say, t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cameron D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we survey some significant advances in the medical care of babies <1000 g and we highlight the development of care pathways that ensure optimal antenatal care, which is a prerequisite for good neonatal outcomes. We also suggest that the long overdue development of family integrated care will in the end...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Berrington J,Ward Platt M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 91 offspring of ABO incompatible preganacies and 30 controls resulting from O--O pregnancies to test whether cord bilirubin levels could be used to predict the severity of hyperbilirubinaemia in ABO incompatibility. Blood group, direct Coombs's test, and serum bilirubin estimations were carried out on cord ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Risemberg HM,Mazzi E,MacDonald MG,Peralta M,Heldrich F

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the introduction of the colposcope for the examination of children suspected of being sexually abused in Leeds, a study was undertaken to describe the findings in detail. A total of 109 consecutive prepubertal girls, mean age 70.4 months were assessed including colposcopic genital and anal examination, and peer ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hobbs CJ,Wynne JM,Thomas AJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A paucity of evidence regarding the natural history of congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAMs) and pulmonary sequestration (PS) has resulted in a divergence in management strategy of asymptomatic cases. METHODS:We describe the long-term clinical course of 119 children diagnosed with these lesions ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cook J,Chitty LS,De Coppi P,Ashworth M,Wallis C

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To explore how parents navigate urgent and emergency care (U&EC) services when their child <5 years old has a feverish illness, their views of that experience and whether services are meeting their needs and triaging in line with national guidance. DESIGN:Parents of a febrile child <5 years old contacting a...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Maguire S,Ranmal R,Komulainen S,Pearse S,Maconochie I,Lakhanpaul M,Davies F,Kai J,Stephenson T,RCPCH Fever Project Board.

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth was studied in 83 children with cleft lip and/or palate aged 0-4 years attending a specialist regional centre. Information was collected by a personal interview, postal questionnaire, and record review. The group as a whole grew relatively poorly in early infancy but subsequently recovered, attaining both expec...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lee J,Nunn J,Wright C

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two newborn infants, male (A) and female (B), with lethal hyperammonaemia are described in the same family. In both, symptoms started on the second day of life. Lethargy and hypotonia were the most prominent initial findings and were followed by convulsions and coma. In both, blood ammonia levels rose to 570 mumol/u (...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mantagos S,Tsagaraki S,Burgess EA,Oberholzer V,Palmer T,Sacks J,Baibas S,Valaes T

更新日期：1978-03-01 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：:The National Grid is a training scheme that represents a unique partnership between Deaneries and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in offering through national competition, equitable access to high quality subspecialty training. Paediatrics is unusual in that within the umbrella Certificate of...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McGraw M,Ng G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate (1) whether colic cries are acoustically distinct from pre-feed "hunger" cries; (2) the role of the acoustic properties of these cries versus their other properties in accounting for parents' concerns about colic. DESIGN:From a community sample, infants were selected who met Wessel colic criteria f...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： St James-Roberts I

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare dual therapy (omeprazole and amoxicillin) with triple therapy (omeprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin) in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. The efficacy of 1 mg/kg/day omeprazole was randomly compared with 2 mg/kg/day. STUDY DESIGN:252 patients (median age, 11.0 years; range, 3-...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Behrens R,Lang T,Keller KM,Bindl L,Becker M,Rodeck B,Küster P,Wündisch GF,Stolte M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dubowitz et al. have offered a scoring system for estimating the gestational age of newborn babies. If the system is applied to twin pairs, the heavier twin is generally estimated to have a greater gestational age than the lighter one. Previously this has been interpreted as a flaw in the scoring system. However, it m...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： James WH

更新日期：1980-04-01 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：:When prescribing drugs for children, it is fundamental to acknowledge that they are distinct from adults with a different physiology and metabolism. They are also still maturing. The development of drugs with a primarily paediatric indication thus requires the trialling of these drugs in a paediatric population to ass...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Prasad S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-course oral corticosteroids are commonly used in children but are known to be associated with adverse drug reactions (ADRs). This review aimed to identify the most common and serious ADRs and to determine their relative risk levels. METHODS:A literature search of EMBASE, MEDLINE, International Pharmac...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Aljebab F,Choonara I,Conroy S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature newborn rabbits, delivered on day 27 of gestation, were treated with tracheal deposition of dry artificial surfactant containing dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine and unsaturated phosphatidylglycerol (7:3), or crude natural surfactant prepared by centrifugation of lung wash from adult rabbits. Before receiving...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Morley C,Robertson B,Lachmann B,Nilsson R,Bangham A,Grossmann G,Miller N

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study maternal and fetal influences on blood pressure in childhood 405 children aged 4 years who were born and still resident in the Salisbury health district were visited at home for blood pressure and growth measurements. Information on the pregnancy, delivery, and baby was abstracted from the routine obstetric n...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Law CM,Barker DJ,Bull AR,Osmond C

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out on the way in which children's beds were used by the specialty of paediatrics in a district general hospital. Five differing ways were found of interpreting the present Department of Health guidelines on health services information (Körner recommendations). These gave bed occupancy figures v...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： MacFaul R,Long R

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Children with Down syndrome are at high risk of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and screening is recommended. Diagnosis of OSA should be confirmed with multichannel sleep studies. We aimed to determine whether home pulse oximetry (HPO) discriminates children at high risk of OSA, who need further diagnostic mul...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hill CM,Elphick HE,Farquhar M,Gringras P,Pickering RM,Kingshott RN,Martin J,Reynolds J,Joyce A,Gavlak JC,Evans HJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:Sleep related arterial oxygen desaturation has been described in clinically stable young adults with cystic fibrosis. The incidence and severity of nocturnal oxygen desaturation in children during infective exacerbations and the changes that occur with treatment were examined. Forty five children with proved cystic fi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Allen MB,Mellon AF,Simmonds EJ,Page RL,Littlewood JM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluids used for flushing arterial catheters, bronchial lavage, and drug administration are not normally considered when assessing daily fluid intake, yet infants weighing less than 1000 g at birth gained up to 12 ml/kg/day of extra fluid and 2.4 mmol/kg/day (mean) of extra sodium from these hidden sources. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Noble-Jamieson CM,Kuzmin P,Airede KI

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00