Osteogenesis imperfecta in childhood: impairment and disability.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Severe neonatal jaundice is a common clinical manifestation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency and the most difficult to manage; kernicterus is not an uncommon outcome. We assessed in healthy, direct Coombs test-negative Greek newborns of >/=38 weeks' gestational age 1) the current burd...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kappas A,Drummond GS,Valaes T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection was studied in 245 healthy children (between 3 and 20 years of age) who presented for day surgery at Arkansas Children's Hospital. H pylori infection was identified serologically using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect the presence of IgG against the high ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fiedorek SC,Malaty HM,Evans DL,Pumphrey CL,Casteel HB,Evans DJ Jr,Graham DY

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-four patients with adolescent scoliosis underwent cardiac examination and M-mode echocardiography to detect the presence of mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Twenty-one (28%) had echocardiographic evidence of MVP, whereas 18 had auscultatory findings of a nonejection click or late systolic murmur. A subset of 41 pa...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hirschfeld SS,Rudner C,Nash CL Jr,Nussbaum E,Brower EM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic health records (EHRs) facilitate several innovations capable of reforming health care. Despite their promise, many currently unanswered legal, ethical, and financial questions threaten the widespread adoption and use of EHRs. Key legal dilemmas that must be addressed in the near-term pertain to the extent o...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sittig DF,Singh H

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study (NGHS) is a 10-year study to investigate the development of obesity in black and white girls during adolescence and its environmental and psychosocial correlates. The purpose of this report was to examine changes in the annual prevalence ra...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kimm SY,Barton BA,Obarzanek E,McMahon RP,Kronsberg SS,Waclawiw MA,Morrison JA,Schreiber GB,Sabry ZI,Daniels SR,NHLBI Growth and Health Study.

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inattention and hyperactivity are frequent among children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and often improve when SDB is treated. However, the frequency of SDB symptoms among inattentive and hyperactive children has received little study. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. SETTING:Two university-affiliated...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Chervin RD,Archbold KH,Dillon JE,Panahi P,Pituch KJ,Dahl RE,Guilleminault C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumococcal infections are the most common invasive bacterial infections in children in the United States. The incidence of invasive pneumococcal infections peaks in children younger than 2 years, reaching rates of 228/100,000 in children 6 to 12 months old. Children with functional or anatomic asplenia (including si...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Overturf GD

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2005, the Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care (EDOPC) project of the Illinois chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services began a project to improve the delivery and financing of preventive health and developmental services for children in ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Allen SG,Berry AD,Brewster JA,Chalasani RK,Mack PK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is now the leading cause of lung disease in US infants. In a large regional cohort, we tested the hypothesis that despite innovations in neonatal care, very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (<1500 g) with BPD had poorer developmental outcomes than nonaffected infants during the...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Singer L,Yamashita T,Lilien L,Collin M,Baley J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although prior population-based studies have found that children in foster care use more mental health services than their Medicaid peers, less is known about how different experiences in foster care impact the likelihood of mental health service use. The primary aim of this study is to test the hypothesis th...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Rubin DM,Alessandrini EA,Feudtner C,Mandell DS,Localio AR,Hadley T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos on 3-year neurodevelopment and behavior in a sample of inner-city minority children. METHODS:As part of an ongoing prospective cohort study in an inner-city minority population, neurotoxicant effects of prenatal expo...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Rauh VA,Garfinkel R,Perera FP,Andrews HF,Hoepner L,Barr DB,Whitehead R,Tang D,Whyatt RW

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective. To determine the safety and efficacy of prophylaxis with palivizumab in reducing the incidence of hospitalization because of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in high-risk infants. Methods. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted at 139 centers in the United States, the ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors：

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:A metabolic profile consistent with impaired cobalamin status is prevalent in breastfed infants. We investigated whether this profile reflects immature organ systems or impaired cobalamin status. METHODS:In a single-center, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we studied 107 six-week-old infants. The infant...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Bjørke-Monsen AL,Torsvik I,Saetran H,Markestad T,Ueland PM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was done to assess the necessity of hospital care for poisoning episodes in children less than 5 years old and to evaluate the impact of a regional poison center on the use of emergency rooms for pediatric poisonings. Of the pediatric patients seen in emergency rooms for acute poisonings, 63% did not require t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Chafee-Bahamon C,Lovejoy FH Jr

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunization rates have improved in the United States, but are still far from the national 90% goal for the year 2000. There is scant evidence about the effectiveness and costs of automated telephone messages to improve immunization rates among privately insured children. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effective...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lieu TA,Capra AM,Makol J,Black SB,Shinefield HR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) remains a significant threat to vision for extremely premature infants despite the availability of therapeutic modalities capable, in most cases, of managing this disorder. It has been shown in many controlled trials that application of therapies at the appropriate time is essential to...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fierson WM,Capone A Jr,American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Ophthalmology.,American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Association of Certified Orthoptists.

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trismus refers to any condition inducing limited mouth opening and may present as a result of acquired or congenital pathology. We present the case of a newborn who presented with severe, congenital trismus due to brainstem dysgenesis. We describe the course of his investigations, and a multidisciplinary approach to t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hong CJ,Caulley L,Kohlert S,Graham GE,McMillan HJ,Michaud J,Vaccani JP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial asymmetry may be present at birth or may develop during the first few months of life. Over the past several years, pediatricians have seen an increase in the number of children with cranial asymmetry, particularly unilateral flattening of the occiput. This increase likely is attributable to parents following t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Persing J,James H,Swanson J,Kattwinkel J,American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, Section on Plastic Surgery and Section on Neurological Surgery.

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The reported increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attendant health and family impact make monitoring of ASD prevalence a public health priority. METHODS:The prevalence of parent-reported diagnosis of ASD among US children aged 3 to 17 years was estimated from the 2007 National Survey ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kogan MD,Blumberg SJ,Schieve LA,Boyle CA,Perrin JM,Ghandour RM,Singh GK,Strickland BB,Trevathan E,van Dyck PC

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of symptomatic children with inherited organic acid disorders (OADs) and fatty acid oxidation disorders (FAODs) in Germany. METHODS:An active surveillance of symptomatic children with inherited OADs and FAODs was conducted during a time period of 24 months (1999-2000) in Germany. M...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Klose DA,Kölker S,Heinrich B,Prietsch V,Mayatepek E,von Kries R,Hoffmann GF

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize the incidence of, risk factors for, and neonatal morbidity and mortality associated with respiratory depression at birth and neonatal encephalopathy (NE) among term infants in a developing country. METHODS:Data were collected prospectively in 2002-2006 during a community-based trial that enr...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lee AC,Mullany LC,Tielsch JM,Katz J,Khatry SK,LeClerq SC,Adhikari RK,Darmstadt GL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Thermoregulation is impaired during desynchronized sleep in animals and in adults. This can lead to a conflict between homeothermy and sleep in nonthermoneutral conditions. This study aimed to analyze thermoregulation during sleep, especially during desynchronized sleep (active sleep, AS) and t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Bach V,Bouferrache B,Kremp O,Maingourd Y,Libert JP

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the long-term effects of therapeutic pulmonary irradiation and treatment with actinomycin D during a period of lung growth, 12 patients treated for Wilms' tumor metastatic to the lung and 8 patients treated for Wilms' tumor with no evidence of pulmonary metastases were studied 7 to 14 years after their in...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Wohl ME,Griscom NT,Traggis DG,Jaffe N

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between celiac disease (CD) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) is recognized. Most cases of CD in patients with DM are reported to be asymptomatic. OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to (1) compare and audit our practice with the published standards for screening for CD in children ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Narula P,Porter L,Langton J,Rao V,Davies P,Cummins C,Kirk J,Barrett T,Protheroe S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially serious emerging infectious disease. The incidences of CDI in childhood and CDI cases complicated by relapses have increased by 50% or more in North America during the past 2 decades. We report here the case of a 2-year-old child with relapsing CDI caused by the e...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Russell G,Kaplan J,Ferraro M,Michelow IC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1978 in the United States, 38 children aged 5 years or younger were killed when they fell from the passenger compartments of moving motor vehicles not involved in crashes. Twenty-eight children (74%) were boys. Eighteen (47%) were 2 years old; 35 (92%) were aged 1 to 3 years. Thirty-six children fell out through do...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Williams AF

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The goals were to describe trends in acute otitis media, treatment failure, and relapse and in high-dose amoxicillin use and to determine whether treatment of acute otitis media with high-dose amoxicillin was associated with treatment failure or relapse. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective study of acute o...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sox CM,Finkelstein JA,Yin R,Kleinman K,Lieu TA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with idiopathic Fanconi syndrome and glucose intolerance were studied from a metabolic perspective. They had fasting hyperglycemia, massive glucosuria, insulinopenia, ketosis, and elevated serum free fatty acids. There was a markedly blunted insulin secretory response to glucagon, tolbutamide, glucose, an...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Chesney RW,Kaplan BS,Teitel D,Colle E,McInnes RR,Goldman H,Scriver CR

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to determine if congenital human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) infection influences early neurodevelopment. METHODS:We enrolled 57 newborns with HHV-6 congenital infection and 242 control newborns without congenital infection into a prospective, double-blind study with 4 visits between 4 a...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Caserta MT,Hall CB,Canfield RL,Davidson P,Lofthus G,Schnabel K,Carnahan J,Shelley L,Wang H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00