Skeletal morbidity in children receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

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：OBJECTIVE:Sport practice is widely encouraged, both in guidelines and in clinical practice, because of its broad range of positive effects on health. However, very limited evidence directly supports this statement among adolescents and the sport duration that we should recommend remains unknown. We aimed to determine s...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Merglen A,Flatz A,Bélanger RE,Michaud PA,Suris JC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vanessa is a 34-year-old lawyer married to a police officer. Her first baby was born after a perfect pregnancy and labour until fetal distress necessitated an easy Ventouse extraction late in the second stage. Baby F had normal Apgar scores and weighed 2920 g. This paper records a conversation between Vaness...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Harris V,Hall D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of indomethacin treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) on blood pressure was studied in 24 preterm infants. PDA was diagnosed clinically and confirmed by echocardiography; the effect of treatment was monitored echocardiographically. Hourly intra-arterial recordings of systolic, diastolic, and mean bloo...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Evans N,Iyer P

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:349 Maasai children younger than 6 years old were randomised by alternate household to drink water either left in plastic bottles exposed to sunlight on the roof of the house or kept indoors (control). The trial was run in Maasai by Maasai community elders. Children drinking solar disinfected water had a significantly...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Conroy RM,Meegan ME,Joyce T,McGuigan K,Barnes J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of chest radiography in the detection of chest lymphadenopathy in children with clinically suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. METHODS: DESIGN:Prospective cross sectional study. SETTING:A short stay ward in a children's hospital in South Africa. PATIENTS:Consecutive child...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Swingler GH,du Toit G,Andronikou S,van der Merwe L,Zar HJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied 50 children with one parent with asthma at a mean age of 6.4 years by symptom questionnaire and performed allergy skin testing and measurement of bronchial responsiveness to methacholine in both parent and child in 29-32 cases. Ninety eight per cent of the parents were receiving medication for asthma. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Clifford RD,Pugsley A,Radford M,Holgate ST

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine long-term seroprotection after serogroup C meningococcal (MenC) vaccination at the age of 9-12 years, with or without booster vaccination at the age of 13-15 years. DESIGN:Observational cohort study; follow-on from randomised study. SETTING:Participants were recruited from English secondary sc...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： de Whalley PC,Snape MD,Plested E,Thompson B,Nuthall E,Omar O,Borrow R,Pollard AJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 3-day fat balances, 7 of 8 infants had appreciably more steatorrhoea when they were fed Cow and Gate V formula than when they were fed SMA. The mean fat excretion (+/- SEM) expressed as a percentage of the amount ingested on Cow and Gate V was 28-1 +/- 3-9 compared with 10-5 +/- 2-3 on SMA. Gas-liquid chromatograph...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Milner RD,Deodhar Y,Chard CR,Grout RM

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A special conditions register (SCR) linked to the child health system's register of all children has been in use in West Sussex since 1977. This paper describes the aims, organisation, and use of the SCR and gives examples of the aggregated data that may be obtained. Of the 155,000 children aged 0-17 resident in West ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Woodroffe C,Abra A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the relationship between medical and functional severity of disability and levels of self esteem and self concept in 79 young people with spina bifida. Greater feelings of global self worth and of self esteem in physical appearance were associated with greater severity of disability. This was only ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Minchom PE,Ellis NC,Appleton PL,Lawson V,Böll V,Jones P,Elliott CE

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of osteoid osteoma and one of benign osteoblastoma in children are described. The main complaint was severe pain which was worse at night; it was relieved by aspirin or other analgesics. The diagnosis was made on clinical and radiological grounds and was confirmed on histological examination of the central...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Black JA,Levick RK,Sharrard WJ

更新日期：1979-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:There is limited information on the psychosocial impact of growing up with Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS), characterised by slow growth in utero leading to short stature in adulthood. Such information could aid families in making difficult treatment decisions and guide management strategies for health professi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ballard LM,Jenkinson E,Byrne CD,Child JC,Davies JH,Inskip H,Lokulo-Sodipe O,Mackay DJG,Wakeling EL,Temple IK,Fenwick A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the accuracy of a low cost, spring calibrated, hand held scale in classifying newborns into three weight categories (> or =2500 g, 2000-2499 g, <2000 g). METHODS:The test device was compared to a gold standard digital baby scale with precision to 2 g. In Sarlahi district, Nepal, 1890 newborns were el...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mullany LC,Darmstadt GL,Coffey P,Khatry SK,LeClerq SC,Tielsch JM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven cases of prune belly syndrome in children born between 1948 and 1977 are described. They have been classified into three groups according to the state of the urinary tract in the neonatal period. The results achieved in these cases form the basis of our present management. In group I, the most severely aff...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Woodhouse CR,Ransley PG,Innes-Williams D

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 4-year period the neonatal survival rate for 26 infants weighing 501-750 g was 42% and for 81 infants weighing 751-1000 g it was 61%. All 59 surviving infants have been assessed at follow-up; 39 were at least 2 years old (corrected for prematurity) and data from the remaining 20 were derived from assessment at 1 ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Orgill AA,Astbury J,Bajuk B,Yu VY

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed metabolic balance studies in 77 preterm infants fed on human milk or adapted formulas, to determine the renal solute load and compared it with the potential renal solute load estimated by the composition of the diet or the urine according to Ziegler's, Bergman's, and Shaw's calculations. The renal solute ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： De Curtis M,Senterre J,Rigo J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus infection is still a major public health problem worldwide, since more than 350 million people have chronic, lifelong infection and nearly 1 million deaths occur each year owing to complications. Most infections are acquired at birth or during early childhood. Nowadays, low- and middle-income countri...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Nannini P,Sokal EM

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Anomalies of the bronchial cilia were studied in 5 children with recurrent pulmonary infections. Case 1 had Kartagener's syndrome and an absence of the inner and outer dynein arms in most cilia, although a few shortened and even some normal arms could be seen. Cases 2 and 3 had unilateral bronchiectasis without family...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Corbeel L,Cornillie F,Lauweryns J,Boel M,van den Berghe G

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six children are described who developed diarrhoea associated with Clostridium difficile during the course of haemolytic uraemic syndrome. The significance of this infection is discussed within the context of the pathophysiology of haemolytic uraemic syndrome. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Burgner DP,Rfidah H,Beattie TJ,Seal DV

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Several studies have suggested a beneficial effect of infant breastfeeding on childhood cognitive function. The main objective was to examine whether duration of breastfeeding and age at introduction of complementary foods are related to cognitive performance in 9- to 10-year-old school-aged children in South India...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Veena SR,Krishnaveni GV,Srinivasan K,Wills AK,Hill JC,Kurpad AV,Muthayya S,Karat SC,Nalinakshi M,Fall CH

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the potential effect of two guideline discharge oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) recommendations (≥90% and ≥94%) in recovering bronchiolitis. METHODS AND PATIENTS:Infants aged up to 18 months requiring therapeutic oxygen for SpO(2) (≤93%) had SpO(2) assessed in air every 2 h. Time from admission to re-e...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cunningham S,McMurray A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum IgG antibodies to teichoic acid and alpha toxin from Staphylococcus aureus were measured in 62 patients with cystic fibrosis by enzyme linked immunosorbent assays. The patients were followed up for 12-24 months in a prospective study. Raised titres were found exclusively in patients chronically colonised with S ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hollsing AE,Granström M,Strandvik B

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial small intestinal biopsies related to withdrawal and challenge with cows' milk are described in 5 infants with cows' milk protein intolerenace. On the basis of these serial observations the existence of a cows' milk-sensitive enteropathy in infancy is clearly established. The cows' milk-sensitive mucosal lesion ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Walker-Smith J,Harrison M,Kilby A,Phillips A,France N

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral palsy comprises an important component of paediatric and obstetric practice and has major medico-legal implications. The prognosis for survival in cerebral palsy determines the financial provision made in cases that come to litigation. Issues of data quality and estimation methods are critical. Estimating the...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hutton JL,Pharoah PO

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There was much speculation about the potential impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on established principles of health care practice. Now the statute has been "bedded in", predictions that existing good practice would not fall foul of the legislation provided it was demonstrable, have proved to be broadly accurate. Th...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hagger LE

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To pilot a novel approach to providing pharmaceutical care to paediatric inpatients using structured referral and assessment tools. Using standardised referral criteria to ensure patients are assessed by appropriately skilled pharmacists. METHOD:Three wards of varying acuity and specialism were selected in a tert...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mott A,Kafka S,Sutherland A

更新日期：2016-09-01 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