Antenatal cocaine exposure produces accelerated surfactant maturation without stimulation of antioxidant enzyme development in the late gestation rat.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinicians could modify dietary interventions during early infancy by monitoring fat and fat-free mass accretion in very preterm infants. METHODS:Preterm infants were randomly assigned to either having reports on infant body composition available to the clinicians caring for them (intervention group) or not...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Salas AA,Jerome ML,Chandler-Laney P,Ambalavanan N,Carlo WA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease, which is characterized by systemic vasculitis causing coronary arterial involvement in childhood, shows a variety of immunoregulatory abnormalities. Especially the direct or indirect deleterious effects on endothelial cells of cytokines and anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) are considered to be...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sakata K,Kita M,Imanishi J,Onouchi Z,Liu Y,Mitsui Y

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic ischemia is a common cause of damage to the fetal and neonatal brain. Although systemic and cerebrovascular physiologic factors play an important role in the initial phases of hypoxic-ischemic injuries, the intrinsic vulnerability of specific cell types and systems in the developing brain may be more important...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Johnston MV,Trescher WH,Ishida A,Nakajima W

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a review of 13 documented cases of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), an increased incidence of life-threatening bacterial infections as well as a propensity to minor infections was observed. Five of 13 patients had had at least one episode of pneumonia, two had meningitis, and one had sepsis. A comprehensive immunologi...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Johnson S,Knight R,Marmer DJ,Steele RW

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in adults have shown that chronic pulmonary hypertension is associated with decreased endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression in pulmonary arteries. However, the role of decreased eNOS expression in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is unknown. We investigated the hyp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Villanueva ME,Zaher FM,Svinarich DM,Konduri GG

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils (PMN) from newborn calves generate significantly less superoxide anion (O2-) than do their adult counterparts after stimulation with direct protein kinase C agonists. To better understand this observation, we compared the activity and kinetics of NADPH oxidase in membrane fractions from phorbol 12-myristat...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Doré M,Slauson DO,Neilsen NR

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secreted protein sonic hedgehog (Shh) is essential for normal development of many organs. Targeted disruption of Shh in mouse leads to near complete absence of craniofacial skeletal elements at birth, and mutation of SHH in human causes holoprosencephaly (HPE), frequently associated with defects of derivatives of ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Yamagishi C,Yamagishi H,Maeda J,Tsuchihashi T,Ivey K,Hu T,Srivastava D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with Bartter's syndrome were investigated. Sodium restriction (less than 10 mEq/day for at least 5 days) showed a renal sodium wastage in only two patients (I and II) in spite of increased aldosterone secretion rate (from 151-427 to 680-842 mug/day). The effect of angiotensin II (A II) 80ng/kg/min for 30...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sann L,David M,Richard P,Floret D,Sassard J,Bizollon CA,Francois R

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General movements (GMs) in infants occur as fidgety movements (FMs) between postterm 9 and 20 weeks. We aimed to evaluate FMs and motor repertoire in infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) and their relation with clinical findings. METHODS:Demographic and clinical characteristics were recorded. FMs and motor rep...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Tekerlek H,Mutlu A,Inal-Ince D,Livanelioglu A,Kahraman A,Eryilmaz-Polat S,Karakaya J,Ozcelik U

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immunity and urinary tract response play a central role in the development of urinary tract infection (UTI). Heat shock protein (HSP) 72 and Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 are among the key elements of innate defence mechanisms. This study assesses the role of HSPA1B A(1267)G and TLR4 A(896)G polymorphisms using al...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Karoly E,Fekete A,Banki NF,Szebeni B,Vannay A,Szabo AJ,Tulassay T,Reusz GS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relationships between cerebral fractional oxygen extraction (FOE), mean arterial blood pressure (MABP), left ventricular output (LVO), blood gases, and other physiologic variables in 36 very-low-birth-weight preterm infants during the first 3 d after birth. There was a decrease in cerebral FOE ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kissack CM,Garr R,Wardle SP,Weindling AM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) concentrations were measured in neonates with an appropriate birth weight for gestational age (AGA) and in small-for-gestational age infants. At 7 days of age, there was a positive correlation between serum Cu concentration and gestational age (GA) (r = 0.63; P < 0.001) and a negative c...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sann L,Rigal D,Galy G,Bienvenu F,Bourgeois J

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal intrauterine growth retardation was induced in nine rats at 17 days' gestation by ligating the blood supply to one of the uterine horn. The 27 festuses from the uterine vessel ligated side were the intrauterine growth retarded fetuses (IUGR) and the 37 fetuses from the nonligated side were controls. The mean wei...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kwong MS,Moore TC,Lemmi CA,Oh W,Thibeault DW

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naloxone, a specific opiate antagonist with no agonist properties, in doses of 0.4 and 4.0 mg/kg was found to markedly reduce the duration of primary apnea in asphyxiated newborn rabbits. There was no effect on the duration of the hyperpneic phase (time to primary apnea) or on survival time (time to last gasp). It is ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chernick V,Madansky DL,Lawson EE

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood volume (BV), red cell mass (RCM; Cr-51) and plasma volume (125I-labeled albumin) were measured in 205 piglets from 28 litters shortly after birth. Spontaneous cord rupture in healthy piglets occurred during delivery (n = 25) or within 190 sec of birth (n = 82). Spontaneous and induced delay of cord rupture resul...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Linderkamp O,Betke K,Güntner M,Jap GH,Riegel KP,Walser K

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prodromal symptoms are frequently reported in the atypical form of Hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) suggesting implication of infectious triggers. Some pathogens may also play a role in the mechanisms of production of autoantibody directed against Factor H (FH), a complement regulator, leading to aHUS. METH...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Togarsimalemath SK,Si-Mohammed A,Puraswani M,Gupta A,Vabret A,Liguori S,Mariani-Kurkdjian P,Bagga A,Dragon-Durey MA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to determine the influence and site of action of N omega-nitro-L-arginine methylester, an L-arginine analogue, on basal pulmonary vascular tone and hypoxic vasoconstriction in neonatal pig lungs. We studied isolated lungs from pigs, age 14.5 +/- 0.5 (SD) d and weight 3.6 +/- 0.7 kg, perfused...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nelin LD,Dawson CA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), the major substrate of neurologic deficits in premature infants, is associated with reduced white matter volume. Using immunomarkers of axonal pathology [beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta-APP) and apoptotic marker fractin], we tested the hypothesis that widespread (diffuse) axona...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Haynes RL,Billiards SS,Borenstein NS,Volpe JJ,Kinney HC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Girls with Turner syndrome (TS) are treated with supraphysiological doses of growth hormone (GH) to improve final height; however in some girls, the growth response can be poor. This may reflect aberrations in GH and/or IGF-I actions at the cellular level, and thus this study compared the response of skin fibroblasts ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Westwood M,Tajbakhsh SH,Siddals KW,Whatmore AJ,Clayton PE

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in Doppler transmitral flow patterns during the 1st d of life. Doppler echocardiography of the ascending aorta and mitral valve was performed serially in 20 normal neonates at 2, 12, and 24 h of age. A computer-interfaced digitizer pad was used to measure the following...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Harada K,Shiota T,Takahashi Y,Tamura M,Toyono M,Takada G

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanshinone IIA is a compound purified from the Chinese herb Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhiza Bge). The neuroprotective effect of tanshinone IIA was investigated in a neonatal rat model of hypoxia-ischemia brain damage. Hypoxia-ischemia encephalopathy was induced in rats at day 7 of postnatal age by ligation of the ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Xia WJ,Yang M,Fok TF,Li K,Chan WY,Ng PC,Ng HK,Chik KW,Wang CC,Gu GJ,Woo KS,Fung KP

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that fetal pancreatic digestive enzymes play a role in the lung damage after meconium aspiration. We studied the effect of meconium on the A549 alveolar epithelial cell line. The exposure of the cells to 0.5 to 5% meconium resulted in significant disruption of connections between A549 cells and caused ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ivanov VA,Gewolb IH,Uhal BD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal (GI) blood flow, O2 transport, and O2 uptake were measured during recovery from severe hypoxemia in newborn piglets. Hypoxemia was induced by lowering the inspired O2 concentration to 0.05 for 15 min. This resulted in an 82% decrease in GI O2 uptake. Recovery measurements were obtained 5 and 65 min af...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nowicki PT,Miller RR,Hansen NB,Hayes JR

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUNDLow birth weight is associated with childhood stunting, but equivalent associations for birth body composition (BC) remain unknown. The aim of this study was to assess associations between birth BC and height-for-age z-score (HAZ) at 2 years of age.METHODSIn a prospective cohort study, fat mass (FM) and fat-...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Admassu B,Wells JCK,Girma T,Andersen GS,Owino V,Belachew T,Michaelsen KF,Abera M,Wibaek R,Friis H,Kæstel P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Necrotizing enterocolitis is characterized by intestinal inflammation and epithelial barrier dysfunction. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase (MKP)-1 plays a pivotal role in the feedback control of MAPK signaling, which regulates inflammation and apoptosis. We hypothesized that MKP-1 prevents...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Talavera MM,Kralik N,Jin Y,Chen B,Liu Y,Nelin LD

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scoring tools used to quantify withdrawal in infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) are often confounded by subjective measurements. This study assessed salivary cortisol as an objective biomarker of withdrawal severity in opioid-exposed newborns. METHODS:A prospective study was conducted in 25 ful...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Rodriguez N,Vining M,Bloch-Salisbury E

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to compare white matter (WM) microstructure in preterm infants with and without punctate WM lesions on MRI using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) and probabilistic tractography. We studied 23 preterm infants with punctate lesions, median GA at birth 30 (25-35) wk, and 23 GA- and sex-matched preterm co...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bassi L,Chew A,Merchant N,Ball G,Ramenghi L,Boardman J,Allsop JM,Doria V,Arichi T,Mosca F,Edwards AD,Cowan FM,Rutherford MA,Counsell SJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood mononuclear cells from newborns and from adults, immune or nonimmune to herpes simplex virus, were cultured with IL 2 and herpes simplex virus and the amount of gamma-interferon in the supernatant measured after 3 days. The newborn and nonimmune adult cells made equivalent trace amounts of gamma-interferon in cu...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hayward AR,Herberger M,Saunders D

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article examines the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) overall budget and its pediatric research funding across three time periods: predoubling [fiscal year (FY) 1992-1997]; doubling (FY 1998-2003); and postdoubling (FY 2004-2009). The average annual NIH appropriations increased by 5.4%, 13.4%, and 1.3...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gitterman DP,Hay WW Jr

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alteration in head position, which effects cerebral blood flow, may increase the risk for intraventricular hemorrhage in the critically ill infant. The purpose of this study was to evaluate in vivo cerebral oxidative metabolism as an index of tissue oxygen delivery reflecting brain blood flow, in healthy preterm an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lawson B,Anday E,Guillet R,Wagerle LC,Chance B,Delivoria-Papadopoulos M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00