Horizontal transmission of group B streptococcus in a neonatal intensive care unit.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether reminder notices would improve the timeliness of toddler-age vaccinations. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial. POPULATION STUDIED:Two convenience cohorts of 320 children due to receive either measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine (at 12 months of age) or diphtheria-pertussis...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Bjornson GL,Scheifele DW,Lajeunesse C,Bell A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To examine changes in the awareness, use, feasibility, and barriers associated with the Canadian Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth ages 0-17 years in a sample of Canadian paediatricians, and to assess tools/resources developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)....

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Carson V,Barnes J,LeBlanc CMA,Moreau E,Tremblay MS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of celiac disease is a strict, life-long gluten-free (GF) diet. This diet is complex and can be challenging. Factors affecting adherence to the GF diet are important to identify for improving adherence. OBJECTIVE:To identify factors that inhibit or improve adherence to a GF diet in children wi...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： MacCulloch K,Rashid M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous malignant melanoma has increased more than three-fold in the past 35 years. Because damage is cumulative, exposure to ultraviolet radiation early in life elevates a risk that is increased further as individuals use artificial sources of ultraviolet radiation. The full impact and scope of damage caused by yea...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Taddeo D,Stanwick R,Canadian Paediatric Society, Adolescent Health Committee.

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitigating the harmful effects of adverse social conditions is critical to promoting optimal health and development throughout the life course. Many Canadians worry over food access or struggle with household food insecurity. Public policy positions breastfeeding as a step toward eradicating poverty. Breastfeeding ful...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Venu I,van den Heuvel M,Wong JP,Borkhoff CM,Moodie RG,Ford-Jones EL,Wong PD

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread varicella vaccination in Canada since 2007 has changed the epidemiology of chickenpox, with a significant decline in varicella-related hospitalizations. However, there will always be a varicella-susceptible population because of immune-compromising treatments or conditions and/or parental vaccine refusal. T...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Bridger NA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A checklist that promotes compliance with aseptic technique during line insertion is a component of many care bundles aimed at reducing nosocomial infections among intensive care unit patients. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the use of bundled interventions that include a checklist during central-line inser...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Simpson CD,Hawes J,James AG,Lee KS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adults discharged from hospital on a Friday are more likely to be readmitted within 30 days than are adults discharged midweek. No study has examined readmission rates for children by day of discharge. OBJECTIVE:To determine the risk of readmission within 30 days by day of discharge in the paediatric popula...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Beck CE,Khambalia A,Parkin PC,Raina P,Macarthur C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection is acquired in childhood and plays a causative role in chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and the development of gastric cancer. The present review focuses on recent advances in the management of H pylori infection in children and provides an update of current Canadian guidelines reg...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Jones NL

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past three decades, rapidly changing demographic characteristics have been witnessed in western society. Concurrently, numerous culture-related studies have attested to the disparity in health services among different ethnic groups. Reports have shown contributing factors that can render main stream services in...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Chan-Yip A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is recognized by the World Health Organization as an emerging epidemic with significant health risks. This paper outlines the issues for overweight and obese adolescents in Canada, and provides guidelines for providing practical, office-based management in the community. The focus is upon promoting healthy app...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Tonkin RS,Sacks D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatric restless legs syndrome (RLS) treatment is important because RLS's associated sleep disturbance causes significant developmental-behavioural morbidity and impacts family well-being. RLS is associated with brain iron insufficiency and dopaminergic dysfunction. Diagnosis requires fulfillment of diagnostic crit...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Dosman C,Witmans M,Zwaigenbaum L

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe an approach to history, physical examination and investigation for the developmentally delayed child. METHODS:A review of electronic databases from 1997 to 2001 was done searching for articles relating to the approach to or investigations of children with developmental delay. Five studies, includ...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Meschino WS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the use and potential interactions of natural health products (NHPs) with conventional medications in children with life-limiting illnesses. METHODS:The present study was a retrospective medical record review of palliative care patients <18 years of age who were admitted for respite care to a C...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Beringer A,Vaillancourt R,Villarreal G,Vadeboncoeur C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In September 2005, the Alberta government introduced the daily physical activity (DPA) initiative, which requires that students from grades 1 to 9 be physically active in school for a minimum of 30 min per day. OBJECTIVE:To obtain information on whether and how the DPA initiative has been implemented in C...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Kennedy CD,Cantell M,Dewey D

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Night-float systems, in which residents work consecutive nights, have been increasingly adopted in paediatric programs, but may be detrimental to residents' sleep and mood. OBJECTIVE:To describe the self-reported impact of a novel system consisting of two consecutive weeks of 16 h overnight shifts every sec...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Moore GP,Talarico S,Kempinska A,Lawrence SE,Weisz DE

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:In 2001, a chart review of children referred to the authors' endocrine clinic because of short stature revealed that many were referred with insufficient baseline data, had normal height velocity and were within genetic target height. Therefore, a two-way fax communication system was implemented b...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Chiniara L,Perry RJ,Van Vliet G,Huot C,Deal C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disability is a major public health concern worldwide and the situation for children with disabilities is even more serious. The present article will focus on the issue of children with disabilities in low-income countries. Approximately one-third of the world's disabled population is children and many of these disabl...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Cameron DL,Nixon S,Parnes P,Pidsadny M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family physicians, paediatricians, nurse practitioners and all primary health care providers are well-positioned in the health care system to provide identification and intervention for developmental delay in early childhood. This can be accomplished through the promotion of healthy child development by supporting chi...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Mousmanis P,Watson WJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of the teaching role of residents in medical education is increasingly being recognized. There are little data about how this role is perceived within training programs or how residents develop their teaching skills. The aims of the present study were to explore the perspectives of Canadian pa...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Walton JM,Patel H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riga-Fede is the rare condition of benign ulceration caused by repetitive trauma to the lingual tissues by the teeth in children younger than two years of age. The differential diagnosis includes infective and neoplastic conditions. Histological diagnosis is required when the symptoms fail to resolve with standard man...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Eley KA,Watt-Smith PA,Watt-Smith SR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) was recently recognized to be teratogenic. The diagnosis of congenital ZIKV syndrome should be considered in children with unexplained microcephaly, intracranial calcifications, ventriculomegaly or major structural central nervous system abnormalities. Management is evolving but suggestions are provi...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Robinson JL

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) infections are primarily transmitted by contaminated food or water or contact with carrier animals (particularly reptiles), and present with diarrhea. Antibiotics do not decrease the severity or duration of diarrhea and may increase the incidence of NTS carriage, so they should only be us...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Robinson JL

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents who suffer from chronic pain also report complex syndrome-associated disability and distress that can detrimentally affect the quality of their lives and the lives of their family members. Over the past 10 years, there have been significant developments in both methods of assessment and in treatment progra...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Eccleston C,Clinch J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial asymmetry occurring as a result of forces that deform skull shape in the supine position is known as deformational plagiocephaly. The risk of plagiocephaly may be modified by positioning the baby on alternate days with the head to the right or the left side, and by increasing time spent in the prone position d...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Cummings C

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The death of a child is a tragedy resulting in family trauma and disorganization. The present study sought to evaluate the intensity of grief experienced by parents who have lost a child in the perinatal period (stillbirth, premature baby, term baby less than one month) and parents who have lost a child after...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Michon B,Balkou S,Hivon R,Cyr C

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:To investigate the implementation of amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) as bedside monitoring tool of cerebral function in tertiary Canadian Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) over the past decade. Methods:Longitudinal study consisting of online surveys of neonatologists on the use of aEEG in 200...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Grass B,Crosdale B,Keyzers M,Deshpande P,Hahn C,Ly LG,McNamara PJ

更新日期：2019-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of patients with headaches is a major component of every paediatric practice. In a nationally representative sample of Canadian adolescents, it was found that 26.6% of those 12 to 13 years of age and 31.2% of those 14 to 15 years of age reported that they experienced headaches at least once per week.The...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Dooley J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canadian children and youth travelling overseas face numerous environmental risks, including trauma, extreme temperatures, sun exposure, high altitudes, environmental pollution, and a variety of bites, stings and envenomations. Because skilled emergency response is limited or nonexistent in places where serious illnes...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Kuhn S,Davies HD

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal timing for changing intravenous (IV) administration sets that contain total parenteral nutrition (TPN), with and without lipids, in neonates remains unknown. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether decreasing the frequency of changing IV administration sets (>24 h versus every 24 h) in neonates increases...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Chirinian N,Shah V

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00