Final height in boys with untreated constitutional delay in growth and puberty.

abstract：AIMS:To test the hypothesis that oxygen free radicals are mediators of excessive protein permeability in steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome. DESIGN:Case control study. SUBJECTS: PATIENTS:20 children with steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome; controls: 20 children admitted for elective surgery. SETTING:The paedi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kinra S,Rath B,Kabi BC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of enteric coated pancreatic enzyme supplements in the early 1980s was undoubtedly one of the major advances in the care of children with cystic fibrosis. Further refinements in the presentation of these preparations inevitably followed, to improve patient acceptability and compliance. The emergence o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Smyth RL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk factors for mortality were analysed in a consecutive group of 1158 children presenting to the Aga Khan University Medical Center, Karachi, with multidrug resistant typhoid fever that had been proved on culture. There were 19 deaths, representing an overall case fatality rate of 1.6%. Multidrug resistant typho...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bhutta ZA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile liver disease with deficiency of serum alpha1-antitrypsin is illustrated by a description of the clinical, biochemical, and pathological findings in two affected families. The simplicity of the diagnostic tests is emphasized. Review of 61 biopsies of liver from children and adolescents provided a further 3 c...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McPhie JL,Binnie S,Brunt PW

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest physiotherapy still remains one of the most important aspects in the treatment of chest complications of cystic fibrosis. A mechanical device that allows the patient with cystic fibrosis to do his own chest physiotherapy will be of great benefit if it is as effective as manual percussion. 14 patients with cystic...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Maxwell M,Redmond A

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of depression in children with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and investigate the relationship between depression in CFS/ME and clinical symptoms such as fatigue, disability, pain and school attendance. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey data using the Hos...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bould H,Collin SM,Lewis G,Rimes K,Crawley E

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A term female infant was admitted to the intensive care unit with the diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot with critical pulmonary stenosis. On the seventh day of life a long saphenous line was inserted that remained without complications until seven days later when the infant appeared septic. A lumbar puncture demonstrat...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Odaibo F,Fajardo CA,Cronin C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotracheal intubation and intermittent positive pressure ventilation were used to overcome the difficulties of oxygen therapy for pneumatosis cystoides coli in a 9-year-old child with Down's syndrome and a congenital heart defect. As compared to previously reported cases, a shorter duration of treatment and a lower ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mackinnon AE,Frank JD,Morris P

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double blind crossover trial of 20 micrograms intranasal 1-deamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) versus placebo was carried out in 17 children with intractable enuresis aged between 6 and 13 years who had failed to respond to drugs and an enuresis alarm. Fluid intake was not restricted. There was a significant re...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Dimson SB

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a laboratory test which is useful in determining whether deafness is due to intrauterine rubella. The study group consisted of 8 deaf patients with proved intrauterine rubella, 12 patients with familial deafness, and 17 controls. Blood was taken at time 0 from all of them. All the deaf children and 5 contr...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hosking CS,Pyman C,Wilkins B

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To document the impact that rapid increases in HIV infection in hospitalised children at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital has had on in-hospital mortality. METHODS:Hospital discharge summaries from January 1992 to the end of 1996 were reviewed. RESULTS:There were 20 733 admissions in the five year period; 7985 (39...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Zwi K,Pettifor J,Soderlund N,Meyers T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence, demography and prognosis of vitamin D deficiency dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in Scotland over the last decade. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review of cases of vitamin D deficiency DCM presenting to a national paediatric cardiac centre between 1 January 2008 and 1 January 2018. Th...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hunter L,Ferguson R,McDevitt H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven children with unilateral proptosis were investigated over a period of 8 1/2 years. Seventeen (63%) of them had local or disseminated malignancy, a higher proportion than in earlier reports. The frequency of inflammatory lesions, particularly ethmoiditis progressing to proptosis, appeared to have decreased...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Oakhill A,Willshaw H,Mann JR

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective analysis of glycosylated haemoglobin concentrations in a diabetic outpatient clinic over three and a half years showed a small seasonal variation in the mean value with a peak in mid February and a nadir in mid August. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ferrie CD,Sharpe TC,Price DA,Surtees RA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the consequences of early intercourse affect the woman and much research has focused upon her. As part of a study on teenage pregnancy, where 137 women were interviewed, 46 men were also interviewed. They were less likely to have had teaching about sex from parents and were subject to less parental supervision...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Curtis HA,Tripp JH,Lawrence C,Clarke WL

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the growth patterns of breast fed and formula fed Italian infants in the first 12 months of life using World Health Organisation (WHO) reference data. METHODS:The growth patterns of 73 breast fed infants (36 male, 37 female) and 65 formula fed infants (35 male, 30 female) were compared. Solid foods were...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Agostoni C,Grandi F,Giannì ML,Silano M,Torcoletti M,Giovannini M,Riva E

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six children with congenital heart disease are described in whom poor growth was found to be due to small-bowel villous atrophy; none was in heart failure and only one was severely cyanosed. Growth improved in all 6 on a gluten-free diet. Gluten enteropathy may be more common than is realised in children with congenit...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Congdon PJ,Fiddler GI,Littlewood JM,Scott O

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever is a common symptom of childhood illness, and much time and effort is spent in the pursuit of reducing high temperature. Although antipyretic drugs are the main form of treatment, this report considers the part that physical treatments might play in reducing the temperature of febrile children. Such treatments i...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Purssell E

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four child-protection scenarios were sent to 200 named/designated and non-named/non-designated doctors. The respondents judged each scenario as abuse or accident and indicated their degree of certainty. There was a 71% response rate. There were no significant differences in judgement or degrees of certainty of judgeme...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Power S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine and compare the characteristics of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) caused by rice and cow's milk/soy. DESIGN:Retrospective study of children presenting with FPIES to the Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia, over a 16-year period. RESULTS:There were 14 children with...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mehr SS,Kakakios AM,Kemp AS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, radiological, and biochemical features of 2 male children with mannosidosis are described. Superficially they appeared to suffer from Hurler's syndrome, but the facies, eye signs, radiological and cytological features were atypical. Excess urinary oligosaccharides were found by thin-layer chromatography....

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Milla PJ,Black IE,Patrick AD,Hugh-Jones K,Oberholzer V

更新日期：1977-12-01 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：:Fulminant endocarditis affecting the mitral valve in an 11-year-old boy was caused by a nontoxogenic strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Horst R,Dyer D,Hallett A

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on deep body temperature of infants co-sleeping (with either or both parents) is investigated in this case control study. Overnight continuous recordings of rectal temperature were made from 34 babies co-sleeping with one or both parents throughout the night and 34 infants matched for age, feeding regimen, ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Tuffnell CS,Petersen SA,Wailoo MP

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9 year old girl presenting with multiple glomus tumours is reported. Multiple glomus tumours are rare, often asymptomatic lesions, with a familial tendency and found in a more proximal location than their solitary counterparts. In our report four close relatives had similar lesions. Indications for surgical excision...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Beasley SW,Mel J,Chow CW,Jones PG

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with multiple congenital scalp defects, over two generations and probably genetically determined, is described. Although alarming in appearance, surgical intervention is not indicated at least for small lesions. The risk of haemorrhage and meningitis is emphasized. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lassman LP,Sims DG

更新日期：1975-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To define better the adult phenotype and natural history of Noonan syndrome. DESIGN:A prospective observational study of a large cohort. RESULTS:Data are presented for 112 individuals with Noonan syndrome (mean age 25.3 (range 12-71) years), who were followed up for a mean of 12.02 years. Mutations in PTPN1...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Shaw AC,Kalidas K,Crosby AH,Jeffery S,Patton MA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of trips to the tropics taken by children with chronic health disorders (CHDs) is increasing. METHODS:All of the children with CHDs who attended two international vaccination centres in France before travelling to the tropics were included in a prospective, exposed/unexposed study. Each child was...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ducrocq C,Sommet J,Levy D,Trieu TV,Quercia F,Morin L,Belletre X,Koehl B,Sorge F,Alberti C,de Pontual L,Faye A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The poor prognosis of patients with trisomy 13 has long been accepted and has been ascribed to brain and heart malformations. It has been suggested, however, that the long term survival is better than was previously thought and that cardiac surgery may be justified. This population based study reviews the incidence, a...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wyllie JP,Wright MJ,Burn J,Hunter S

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00