Ear malformations. What a pediatrician can do to assist with auricular reconstruction.

abstract：:Genetic and environmental factors (breast feeding, probably viral infections) play a role in the expression of the disease. Prevalence of GSE in childhood did not substantially decrease in the last 15 years in all European countries, where GSE is still more common in infantile age and presents frequently gastrointesti...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Auricchio S,Greco L,Troncone R

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in science and technology have led to the capability of early screening of newborn infants for congenital hypothyroidism. Preliminary screening programs in North America have been established in Quebec and in the Northwestern and Northeastern United States. To date these programs have screened approxim...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Fisher DA

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the process of clinical assessment that may lead to differential treatment of psychiatric-related learning difficulties. The authors review differences in information processing among individuals with attention, affective, and primary thought disorders. ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Hunt RD,Cohen DJ

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides an overview of the composition of human milk, its variation, and its clinical relevance. The composition of human milk is the biological norm for infant nutrition. Human milk also contains many hundreds to thousands of distinct bioactive molecules that protect against infection and inflammation a...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Ballard O,Morrow AL

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes developments in pain assessment in critically ill neonates and infants during the last 5 to 6 years. Pain assessment instruments show a redundancy of items and a lack of profound psychometric background. Although most research focuses primarily on acute pain, in clinical practice there is also t...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： van Dijk M,Tibboel D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be used in the management of patients with autoimmune disorders. Experience gained in adults has helped to better define the conditioning regimens required and appropriate selection of patients who are most likely to benefit from autologous H...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Milanetti F,Abinun M,Voltarelli JC,Burt RK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injuries to the pancreas and gastrointestinal tract following blunt abdominal trauma continue to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric age group. Optimal treatment of these injuries is frequently hampered by considerable delays in diagnosis. Factors contributing to these delays include the...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Grosfeld JL,Cooney DR

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stress response in humans commonly includes elevations in plasma concentrations of glucocorticoids, catecholamines, glucagon, growth hormone, aldosterone, and renin, resulting in alterations in the metabolism of glucose and other energy substrates, and in increased sodium and water retention. In severe illness, tr...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Weise K,Zaritsky A

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overdose of a tricyclic antidepressant is a serious and all-too-frequent occurrence. The diagnosis must be considered in known or suspected overdoses, and signs such as a dry axilla, tachycardia, and wide QRS must be specifically sought. Management depends upon support of vital functions and a thorough understanding o...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Braden NJ,Jackson JE,Walson PD

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal surgery has reached a high degree of sophistication. We are now entering a new era of widespread screening of the unborn by means of ultrasound, with planned intrauterine, intrapartum, and immediate postpartum interventions. Many pediatric surgical centers are now focusing their investigative efforts on eluci...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Jona JZ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important first steps have been taken towards establishing how some nutrients interact with genes and affect intestinal adaptation. These mechanisms may be typical of how other nutrients influence cell function and turnover and help to maintain intestinal integrity. The dietary effects of nucleotides on intestinal cel...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： LeLeiko NS,Walsh MJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although recent spikes in overdose deaths are largely attributable to heroin and fentanyl, prescription opioids still account for a significant percentage of overdose deaths. Additionally, overdose deaths are not a problem solely for adults; roughly 8% of all overdose deaths occur in persons aged 15 to 24. In addition...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Ford JA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we review theory and evidence on stigma and minority stress as social/structural determinants of health among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. We discuss different forms of stigma at individual (eg, identity concealment), interpersonal (eg, victimization), and structural (eg, laws...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Hatzenbuehler ML,Pachankis JE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborn screening programs aim to achieve presymptomatic diagnosis of treatable disorders allowing for early initiation of medical care to prevent or reduce significant morbidity and mortality. Many of the conditions included in the newborn screening panels are inborn errors of metabolism; however, screening for endoc...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： El-Hattab AW,Almannai M,Sutton VR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system plays multiple roles in the maintenance of normal blood pressure and renal function. The balance and integration of these roles change during development in ways that we do not yet fully understand. This article reviews the ways in which the renin-angiotensin system maintains normal cardio...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Guillery EN,Robillard JE

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article covers several aspects of the clinical management of neonatal hypoglycemia that have recently evolved, reviewing the evidence informing these recommended changes in practice. Topics covered include use of buccal dextrose gel, rationale for avoiding the traditional "mini dextrose bolus," and benefits of di...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Rozance PJ,Wolfsdorf JI

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although overt anemia is uncommon, depletion of body iron stores is common among adolescent female athletes. Poor dietary iron intake, menstruation, and increased iron losses associated with physical training all appear to be important factors. Whether nonanemic iron deficiency can impair exercise performance is uncer...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Rowland TW

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric patients presenting with painless scrotal masses can be perplexing because of the long differential diagnosis. A careful plan based on the physical examination and sonogram findings localizes the mass to the testis or an extratesticular location. Sonography distinguishes solid from cystic lesions. Subsequent...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Skoog SJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, convened and staffed by the U.S. Public Health Service, is evaluating the scientific basis of various preventive services to develop age- and sex-specific recommendations concerning their appropriate use in clinical settings. Over the course of the next few years, the Task Forc...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Mickalide AD

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of rheumatic fever in childhood continues to be high in the United States, especially where crowded living conditions promote epidemic spread of streptococcal pharyngitis. Early identification and appropriate penicillin therapy shorten the acute streptococcal illness and greatly reduce the occurrence of seque...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Peebles TC

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer in children is rare and accounts for about 1% of all malignancies. In the developed world, however, it is the commonest cause of disease-related deaths in childhood, carrying with it a great economic and emotional cost. Cancers are assumed to be multivariate, multifactorial diseases that occur when a complex an...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Buka I,Koranteng S,Osornio Vargas AR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that the circadian timing system is a fundamental hemostatic system that potently influences human behavior and physiology throughout development. Circadian clock function begins during fetal life, and photic regulation of circadian phase is present at birth in primates. After birth, ther...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Rivkees SA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human autoinflammatory diseases (except for the periodic fever, adenopathy, pharyngitis, aphthae syndrom) are a heterogeneous group of genetically determined diseases characterized by seemingly unprovoked inflammation, in the absence of autoimmune or infective causes. Tremendous advances in the understanding of these ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Padeh S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most children with cancer are immunocompromised during therapy and for a variable period after completion of therapy. They are at an increased risk of infections, including vaccine-preventable infections. There is a reduction in immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases after completion of standard-dose chemotherapy an...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Patel SR,Chisholm JC,Heath PT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Term infants who have sustained brain damage from intrauterine asphyxia can often be classified into one of two distinct clinical and radiologic syndromes. The first consists of damage to the cerebral hemispheres. The second consists of damage predominantly involving the basal ganglia and thalamus. Results of studies ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Pasternak JF

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides an overview of the psychopharmacologic management of irritability, hyperactivity, and repetitive behaviors in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. A review of the current literature on medications used to treat these conditions with emphasis on randomized controlled trials is p...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Nazeer A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal anemia is a condition with a diverse etiologic spectrum.Therefore, in order to form a focused differential diagnosis, it is important for the caregiver to have some knowledge of the more common causes of low hemoglobin and hematocrit concentrations in the neonate. Proper history taking, physical examination, ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Bizzarro MJ,Colson E,Ehrenkranz RA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the second most common lethal genetic disorder in humans. With the advent of molecular genetic technology, the definition of this disease has been modified to include an abnormality of dystrophin in muscle--a dystrophinopathy. Accurate genetic counseling is possible using methods of dele...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Iannaccone ST

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern assessment of the tonsils and adenoids is based on an appreciation of new concepts pertaining to the pathogenesis of tonsil and adenoid disease. Recognition of the emergence of beta-lactamase-producing and encapsulated anaerobic bacteria in the tonsils and adenoids should lead to a reconsideration of present th...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Brodsky L

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In today's complex and rapidly changing health care environments, patient harm may result if important patient information is not communicated from one health care provider to another during handoffs in care. Issues involving communication, continuity of care, and care planning are cited as a root cause in more than 8...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Streitenberger K,Breen-Reid K,Harris C

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00