Fatal acute splenic sequestration at 4 months of age.

abstract：:This report describes an 8-year-old child with acute anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy triggered by human herpesvirus 6 and the subsequent implantation of an intracorporeal continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and the process to discharge the child from the hospital. After barely 3 months on mechan...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Cavigelli-Brunner A,Schweiger M,Knirsch W,Stiasny B,Klingel K,Kretschmar O,Hübler M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this work was to identify barriers to physical activity in children with asthma and to compare their customary activity levels, BMI and emotional well-being with that of children with other medical conditions. It was hypothesized that children with asthma would have higher BMI and lower levels...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Glazebrook C,McPherson AC,Macdonald IA,Swift JA,Ramsay C,Newbould R,Smyth A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of sociodemographic factors on the incidence and duration of breast-feeding was evaluated in 668 black and 511 white women delivering their first child in the metropolitan Washington, DC, area. Breast-feeding rates were 84% among white and 49% among black women. Maternal educational level was strongly as...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kurinij N,Shiono PH,Rhoads GG

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Persistent patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) often produces hemodynamic and respiratory derangement necessitating use of inotropic drugs and escalating ventilatory support in premature infants. When medical therapy fails, surgical ligation is indicated. Because of the risks of transferring unstable neonates t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Gould DS,Montenegro LM,Gaynor JW,Lacy SP,Ittenbach R,Stephens P,Steven JM,Spray TL,Nicolson SC

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Neonatal renal venous thrombosis is a rare disorder that can result in severe renal damage. To evaluate the experience over 10 years and review the effectiveness of fibrinolytic and/or heparin therapy, chart reviews were performed for newborns with renal venous thrombosis. PATIENTS, INTERVENTIONS, AND OUTCOM...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Messinger Y,Sheaffer JW,Mrozek J,Smith CM,Sinaiko AR

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Inpatient pediatric mental health is a priority topic for national quality measurement and improvement, but nationally representative data on the patients admitted or their diagnoses are lacking. Our objectives were: to describe pediatric mental health hospitalizations at general medical facil...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Bardach NS,Coker TR,Zima BT,Murphy JM,Knapp P,Richardson LP,Edwall G,Mangione-Smith R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To 1) describe the characteristic features of fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) in a pediatric population, 2) note similarities and differences with FS in adults, and 3) determine outcome after treatment. SETTING AND DESIGN:The Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic at the University of Rochester Medical Center is staffed ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Siegel DM,Janeway D,Baum J

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:A program that calculates a value of clearance for an individual patient prior to reaching steady state in the early stages of aminophylline therapy is presented. The program is written for the Texas Instruments TI-59 programmable calculator and may be used with or without the PC-100C printer. The program can provide ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Mitsuoka JC,Fleck RJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maintaining adequate organ blood flow is the target of vasopressor treatment, but the impact of these measures on cerebral perfusion has not yet been evaluated systematically in a randomized, blinded, clinical trial. OBJECTIVES:To explore the effects on brain hemodynamics of 2 different inotropic agents use...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Pellicer A,Valverde E,Elorza MD,Madero R,Gayá F,Quero J,Cabañas F

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the apparent increase in the diagnosis of Lemierre syndrome (LS) and other Fusobacterium necrophorum infections at a large children's hospital. Infections with F necrophorum ranged from peritonsillar abscess to potentially fatal LS. LS is an oropharyngeal infection characterized by septic thrombophl...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ramirez S,Hild TG,Rudolph CN,Sty JR,Kehl SC,Havens P,Henrickson K,Chusid MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reduce postoperative hypothermia by up to 50% over a 12-month period in children's hospital NICUs and identify specific clinical practices that impact success. METHODS:Literature review, expert opinion, and benchmarking were used to develop clinical practice recommendations for maintaining perioperative eut...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Brozanski BS,Piazza AJ,Chuo J,Natarajan G,Grover TR,Smith JR,Mingrone T,McClead RE,Rakesh R,Rintoul N,Guidash J,Bellflower B,Holston M,Richardson T,Pallotto EK

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-refractory iron-deficiency anemia (IRIDA) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in TMPRSS6. Patients have hypochromic microcytic anemia refractory to oral iron and are only partially responsive to parenteral iron administration. We report a French-Canadian kindred in which 2 siblings presented in...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Khuong-Quang DA,Schwartzentruber J,Westerman M,Lepage P,Finberg KE,Majewski J,Jabado N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of persistent blood pressure elevations in an eighth-grade population composed of three ethnic groups, and to determine the feasibility of using school health facilities for hypertension screening. Blood pressure was recorded in 10,641 subjects (90% of the tota...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fixler DE,Laird WP,Fitzgerald V,Stead S,Adams R

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Health-e-Access, a telemedicine service providing care for acute illnesses in children, has delivered >6500 telemedicine visits from 10 primary care practices in Rochester, New York, by using telemedicine access at 22 child care and school sites. The goal was to assess the hypotheses that children served by H...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： McConnochie KM,Wood NE,Herendeen NE,Ng PK,Noyes K,Wang H,Roghmann KJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the prevalence and predictors of language attainment in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and severe language delay. We hypothesized greater autism symptomatology and lower intelligence among children who do not attain phrase/fluent speech, with nonverbal intelligence and social engageme...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Wodka EL,Mathy P,Kalb L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anecdotal case reports and uncontrolled observational studies in the medical literature claim that vaccines cause chronic diseases such as asthma, multiple sclerosis, chronic arthritis, and diabetes. Several biological mechanisms have been proposed to explain how vaccines might cause allergic or autoimmune diseases. F...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Offit PA,Hackett CJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant with cutaneous amebiasis of the vulva and amebic liver abscess is described. Epidemiologic investigations and serologic studies were crucial in establishing the diagnosis. The vulvar amebic ulcers responded dramatically to metronidazole therapy. Cutaneous amebiasis is a rare complication of Entamoeba histoly...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Rimsza ME,Berg RA

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the efficacy of emergency department (ED)-based brief interventions (BIs), delivered by a computer or therapist, with and without a post-ED session, on alcohol consumption and consequences over 12 months. METHODS:Patients (ages 14-20 years) screening positive for risky drinking were rand...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Cunningham RM,Chermack ST,Ehrlich PF,Carter PM,Booth BM,Blow FC,Barry KL,Walton MA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Antimicrobial treatment may disturb the colonization resistance of gastrointestinal microflora, which may induce clinical symptoms, most commonly diarrhea. The severity of antibiotic-associated diarrhea may range from a brief, self-limiting disease to devastating diarrhea with electrolyte disturbances, dehyd...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Arvola T,Laiho K,Torkkeli S,Mykkänen H,Salminen S,Maunula L,Isolauri E

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous studies demonstrate significant associations between dating-violence victimization and sexual risk behaviors among adolescent girls; however, a relationship between dating violence and actual sexually transmitted disease (STD)/HIV testing and diagnosis has yet to be investigated among a representativ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Decker MR,Silverman JG,Raj A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:School health programs are frequently attempted in low- and/or middle-income countries; however, programmatic scope and reach is limited by human resource constraints. We sought to determine if trained community members could implement a school health program that improved outcomes in rural pr...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Matergia M,Ferrarone P,Khan Y,Matergia DW,Giri P,Thapa S,Simões EAF

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The courses of 18 children born to 13 chronic hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier mothers were followed prospectively for serological and biochemical evidence of type B hepatitis. Three children developed transient HBsAg positivity accompanied by the appearance of antibody to the hepatitis B core antigen. Two ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Papaevangelou G,Hoofnagle JH

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether state booster seat laws were associated with decreased fatality rates in children 4 to 7 years of age in the United States. METHODS:Retrospective, longitudinal analysis of all motor vehicle occupant crashes involving children 4 to 7 years of age identified in the Fatality Analysis Report...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Mannix R,Fleegler E,Meehan WP 3rd,Schutzman SA,Hennelly K,Nigrovic L,Lee LK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data for this article, as in previous reports, are drawn principally from the Monthly Vital Statistics Report, published by the National Center for Health Statistics. The international data come from the Demographic Yearbook and the quarterly Population and Vital Statistics Report, both published by the Statistical Of...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Wegman ME

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To identify the sociodemographic and Health Belief Model predictors of follow-up appointment-keeping behavior. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTINGS:General adolescent medical clinic. PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:Sequential sample of 166 adolescents (aged 12 to 20 years, mean = 15.9 years) e...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Irwin CE Jr,Millstein SG,Ellen JM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Transfer of lead from bone to the bloodstream increases during lactation. However, the effect of maternal lead burden on growth in breastfed newborns is still unknown. This study examined early postnatal growth in a cohort of healthy breastfed newborns in relation to maternal bone lead burden. METHODS:Lea...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sanín LH,González-Cossío T,Romieu I,Peterson KE,Ruíz S,Palazuelos E,Hernández-Avila M,Hu H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotics trimethoprim (TMP) and sulfamethoxazole (SMZ), when used in combination, can cause metabolic acidosis, renal bicarbonate wasting, and growth failure. Retrospective review of repeated random serum chemistries from 10 children receiving TMP-SMZ and maintenance chemotherapy for acute lymphoid leukemia rev...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Murphy JL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The public service orphan drug Human Botulism Immune Globulin for the treatment of infant botulism would not have come into existence without the federal Orphan Drug Act and the funding mechanism that it provided to conduct pivotal clinical trials. Nonetheless, creating, developing, and achieving licensure of Human Bo...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Arnon SS

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the relative competence of pediatricians and general practitioners in managing febrile illnesses in childhood, a prospective study was undertaken of 259 children less than 10 years of age seen consecutively at the emergency room of a children's hospital and a general hospital. Both groups of patients were si...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Leduc DG,Pless IB

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00