Congenital myotonic dystrophy requiring prolonged endotracheal and noninvasive assisted ventilation: not a uniformly fatal condition.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to define the characteristics that distinguish Kawasaki disease shock syndrome from hemodynamically normal Kawasaki disease. METHODS:We collected data prospectively for all patients with Kawasaki disease who were treated at a single institution during a 4-year period. We defined Kawasaki disease sh...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kanegaye JT,Wilder MS,Molkara D,Frazer JR,Pancheri J,Tremoulet AH,Watson VE,Best BM,Burns JC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence polarization of 116 amniotic fluid specimens obtained from 22 isoimmunized pregnant women was determined. The degree of fluorescence polarization of amniotic fluid provides an index of microvisocity in lipid aggregates that is dependent on the lecithin-to-sphingomyelin ratio and the degree of saturati...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Stark RI,Blumenfeld TA,George JD,Freda VJ,James LS

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuous noninvasive monitoring of arterial carbon dioxide (CO2) in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients would help clinicians avoid complications of hypocarbia and hypercarbia. End-tidal CO2 monitoring has not been used in this population to date, but recent technical advances and the introduction...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Rozycki HJ,Sysyn GD,Marshall MK,Malloy R,Wiswell TE

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As extremely preterm infant mortality rates have decreased, concerns regarding resource use have intensified. Accurate models for predicting time to hospital discharge could aid in resource planning, family counseling, and stimulate quality-improvement initiatives. OBJECTIVES:To develop, validate, and compa...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hintz SR,Bann CM,Ambalavanan N,Cotten CM,Das A,Higgins RD,Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July 1986 to July 1988, 146 children less than 5 years of age were referred by their physicians to our university sleep clinic for continual waking and crying during sleep hours. For 85 children (58.2%), the sleeplessness was attributed to inappropriate sleep habits. For 17 children (11.6%), no explanation was fo...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kahn A,Mozin MJ,Rebuffat E,Sottiaux M,Muller MF

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Universal screening of sexually active adolescents for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) has been recommended in settings in which prevalence is 2% or greater. Although believed to be above 2%, the prevalence of CT and GC infection in private practice settings has not been clearly est...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Best D,Ford CA,Miller WC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an 8-month-old infant with tuberculous meningitis treatment with isoniazid was unsuccessful and was associated with lower than expected plasma concentrations of isoniazid (measured concentration 0.1 microgram/mL). The infant had received isoniazid as a crushed tablet admixed with apple sauce. Oral administration of...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Notterman DA,Nardi M,Saslow JG

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Outpatient asthma management remains suboptimal. We previously reported significant improvements in asthma guideline adherence and outcomes in children by using quality-improvement processes and community health workers. We hypothesized that a larger project could achieve comparable outcome improvements with ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lob SH,Boer JH,Porter PG,Núñez D,Fox P

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toilet-seat contact dermatitis is a common condition around the world and is reemerging in the United States. It can be easily recognized and treated. However, few practitioners consider this diagnosis, which results in a delay in treatment and often exacerbation of the skin eruption. In the past, exposure to wooden t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Litvinov IV,Sugathan P,Cohen BA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether medically unexplained recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in childhood predicts abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), other somatic complaints, and psychiatric symptoms and disorders in young adulthood. METHODS:A sample of 28 young adults evaluated for RAP between the ages of 6 and ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Campo JV,Di Lorenzo C,Chiappetta L,Bridge J,Colborn DK,Gartner JC Jr,Gaffney P,Kocoshis S,Brent D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The adverse effects of alcohol on the developing human represent a spectrum of structural anomalies and behavioral and neurocognitive disabilities, most accurately termed fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The first descriptions in the modern medical literature of a distinctly recognizable pattern of m...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hoyme HE,May PA,Kalberg WO,Kodituwakku P,Gossage JP,Trujillo PM,Buckley DG,Miller JH,Aragon AS,Khaole N,Viljoen DL,Jones KL,Robinson LK

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Pragmatic language skills form the foundation for conversational competence, whereas deficits in this area are associated with behavioral problems and low literacy skills. Children who are deaf or hard of hearing demonstrate significant delays in this critical area of language. Our purpose wit...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Yoshinaga-Itano C,Sedey AL,Mason CA,Wiggin M,Chung W

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to assess the frequency and type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies used by families of children with special health care needs in southern Arizona, as well as the correlates of their use. METHODS:Families of 376 children who were receiving services in a...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sanders H,Davis MF,Duncan B,Meaney FJ,Haynes J,Barton LL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occasionally, pediatricians become aware of children who are inadequately supervised. More frequently, pediatricians treat children for traumatic injuries or ingestions that they suspect could have been prevented with better supervision. This clinical report contains guidance for pediatricians considering a referral t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hymel KP,Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:More than 500,000 adolescents with special health care needs age into adulthood each year in the United States, and there is growing recognition of the need for support of their transition to adult-oriented health care. Because of improved survival, cystic fibrosis has experienced this increasing transition ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： McLaughlin SE,Diener-West M,Indurkhya A,Rubin H,Heckmann R,Boyle MP

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental screening tests are in widespread use, but few reliable and valid tests are available. The most frequently used screening instrument for detecting young children who are at risk for developmental delays is the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST). Although the DDST has excellent test specificity, o...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Meisels SJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-based data on varicella complications are presented using information both from national sample surveys of hospitalizations and physician office visits and from reviews of medical records for all cases occurring within one community (Olmsted County, Minnesota) during a specified period. Acute cerebellar ata...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Guess HA,Broughton DD,Melton LJ 3rd,Kurland LT

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationships between hours of television viewing and adiposity and physical activity among female adolescents, a cohort study with follow-up assessments 7, 14, and 24 months after baseline was conducted. All sixth- and seventh-grade girls (N = 971) attending four northern California middle schools were...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Robinson TN,Hammer LD,Killen JD,Kraemer HC,Wilson DM,Hayward C,Taylor CB

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult patients with long-standing hypertension have been reported to experience an impairment in renal function when treatment with potent vasodilating agents is initiated. To document that this sequence may occur in children as well, we report the case of a 4-year-old boy with renal disease in whom reduction of blood...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Green TP,Nevins TE,Houser MT,Sibley R,Fish AJ,Sinaiko AR

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bilirubin titration point--the lowest bilirubin concentration at which loosely bound bilirubin could be demonstrated by Sephadex gel filtration--was determined in samples collected before, during, and on completion of 17 exchange transfusions as well as in the discarded and donor blood. The bilirubin titration poi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Valaes T,Hyte M

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorders are not rare; many primary care pediatricians care for several children with autism spectrum disorders. Pediatricians play an important role in early recognition of autism spectrum disorders, because they usually are the first point of contact for parents. Parents are now much more aware of t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Johnson CP,Myers SM,American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Children With Disabilities.

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After a child's death, parents may experience depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and increased risk for cancers, diabetes, psychiatric hospitalization, and suicide. Racial/ethnic differences are unknown. This longitudinal study investigated health and functioning of Hispanic, black, and white ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Youngblut JM,Brooten D,Cantwell GP,del Moral T,Totapally B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the association of perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 transmission with birth outcomes, including birth weight, gestational age, ponderal index, head circumference, and weight/head ratio. METHODS:Data from a prospective cohort study of 627 pregnant women and their infants in Butare, Rwan...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Weng S,Bulterys M,Chao A,Stidley CA,Dushimimana A,Mbarutso E,Saah A

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3.5-year-old healthy boy with 4 days of fever was referred to the emergency department for respiratory distress. The physical examination was remarkable for stupor, tachycardia, tachypnea, and dyspnea. Initial blood tests showed pancytopenia. He rapidly developed torticollis. Computerized tomography of the neck reve...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Schmid T,Miskin H,Schlesinger Y,Argaman Z,Kleid D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poor mental health is recognized as one of the greatest global burdens of disease. Maternal mental health is crucial for the optimal health of mothers and their children. We examined the effects of an Australian Nurse Home Visiting (NHV) program (right@home), offered to pregnant women experiencing adversity,...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Goldfeld S,Bryson H,Mensah F,Gold L,Orsini F,Perlen S,Price A,Hiscock H,Grobler A,Dakin P,Bruce T,Harris D,Kemp L

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Depression in childhood and adolescence is common and often persists into adulthood. This study assessed the population-level cost-effectiveness of a preventive intervention that screens children and adolescents for symptoms of depression in schools and the subsequent provision of a psychologi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Mihalopoulos C,Vos T,Pirkis J,Carter R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine what conditions are most likely to cause persistent or recurrent pneumonia (PRP) in children, the records of 81 children referred to James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children for evaluation of PRP were reviewed. Twenty patients had an apparent underlying cause that predisposed them to PRP. Of the 61 rema...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Eigen H,Laughlin JJ,Homrighausen J

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a group of disorders that leads to early childhood death as a result of severe infections. Recent research has addressed potential newborn screening for SCID. OBJECTIVE:To conduct a systematic review of the evidence for newborn screening for SCID, including test chara...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lipstein EA,Vorono S,Browning MF,Green NS,Kemper AR,Knapp AA,Prosser LA,Perrin JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable portion of pediatric deaths represent disease with risk of recurrence in subsequent family members. Procedures to obtain samples of body fluids and tissues suitable for diagnosis of mendelian and chromosomal disorders are described. These procedures, the "perimortem protocol," are used in studying child...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kronick JB,Scriver CR,Goodyer PR,Kaplan PB

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine associations of the timing of complementary feeding (CF) introduction with adiposity throughout childhood. METHODS:We studied 1013 children from Project Viva. Our exposure was CF introduction, categorized as <4 months (19%), 4 to <6 months (68%; reference group), and ≥6 months of age (14%). Our o...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Gingras V,Aris IM,Rifas-Shiman SL,Switkowski KM,Oken E,Hivert MF

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00