Asthma, wheezing, and school absence in primary schools.

abstract：:Malaria, as a key disease of poverty, was singled out for special attention in the Millennium Project of 2000. Recent data suggest that malaria incidence and mortality are now declining all over the world. While these figures are cause for celebration, they must be interpreted carefully and with caution, particularly ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Owens S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective analysis of glycosylated haemoglobin concentrations in a diabetic outpatient clinic over three and a half years showed a small seasonal variation in the mean value with a peak in mid February and a nadir in mid August. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ferrie CD,Sharpe TC,Price DA,Surtees RA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the incidence of both neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and neonatal mortality can be reduced by giving corticosteroids to women expected to deliver preterm and by giving surfactant to babies at high risk of developing hyaline membrane disease, we have considered what effects the adoption of one or both o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mugford M,Piercy J,Chalmers I

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 37 children with refractory wide-spread atopic eczema were treated with an antigen avoidance regimen comprising hospitalisation, exclusive feeding with an elemental formula for a median duration of 30 days, and measures to reduce exposure to pet and dust mite antigens at home. After the initial period of fo...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Devlin J,David TJ,Stanton RH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No consistent differences were found in mean heights and weights of 170 schoolchildren aged 6--12 years with the sickle cell trait and 1247 schoolchildren with normal haemoglobin living in Dominica and Jamaica. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ashcroft MT,Desai P,Grell GA,Serjeant BE,Serjeant GR

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage of pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) and describe the antibiotic resistance patterns and serotypes in young children attending group day care in London. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS:Cross-sectional survey of attendees at a sample of registered child day...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Roche A,Heath PT,Sharland M,Strachan D,Breathnach A,Haigh J,Young Y

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 121 infants entered a cohort serological study of primary infections with herpes-viruses. All of them had seven samples of blood available: the first sample was taken soon after birth, the other six were taken at 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, and 14 months of age. One sample of maternal blood was collected immediately af...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Huang LM,Lee CY,Chang MH,Wang JD,Hsu CY

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The foot length, occipito-frontal head circumference (OFC), crown-rump, and crown-heel length (CHL) of 123 neonates of gestational ages 26-42 weeks, were measured between 12 hours and 5 days. A gauge, designed and constructed at St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, was used to measure foot length. In term babies (37-42 wee...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： James DK,Dryburgh EH,Chiswick ML

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two girls (a 5 year old and a 21 month old) experiencing mononucleosis syndrome with coincidental human herpesvirus (HHV)-7 and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections are described. One patient had primary HHV-7 infection and reactivated EBV infection. The other had primary HHV-7 and EBV infections. These cases indicated...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Chiu HH,Lee CY,Lee PI,Lin KH,Huang LM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined test of anterior pituitary function was used on 21 normal children. It shows that a comprehensive evaluation can be made of growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, and gonadotrophin reserve. Simultaneous assessment of those peripheral glands associated with the anterior pi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Savage DC,Swift PG,Johnston PG,Goldie DJ,Murphy D

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The amount of adipose tissue influences pubertal development and fertility in girls. A candidate for mediating this is the hormone leptin, derived from adipocytes. This work was carried out to determine whether the leptin concentration in serum is regulated during pubertal development. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Carlsson B,Ankarberg C,Rosberg S,Norjavaara E,Albertsson-Wikland K,Carlsson LM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To review the precipitating events, clinical features, treatment, and outcome of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). METHODS:Retrospective review of cases of MAS from a prospectively collected database of children with rheumatic diseases from 1980 to 2000. RESULTS:Nine patients (eight girls) were considered to...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sawhney S,Woo P,Murray KJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the clinical characteristics and predictors of mortality from snake bite envenomation in children. DESIGN:Prospective observational study with a one-group cohort design. SETTING:Paediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in South India. SUBJECTS:The study cohort consisted of 145 ch...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Jayakrishnan MP,Geeta MG,Krishnakumar P,Rajesh TV,George B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two neonates with severe culture proven pertussis were successfully treated with salbutamol 0.5 mg three times daily. There was a demonstrable decrease in the total number of coughing spasms, their mean duration and severity. In one baby this was shown by the transcutaneous oxygen tension measurements. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Tam AY,Yeung CY

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty four very low birthweight babies (considered high risk for developing necrotising enterocolitis) were given vancomycin orally for 48 hours before introduction of oral feeds; one developed necrotising enterocolitis. One hundred and twenty very low birthweight babies (not considered such high risk) were fed witho...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ng PC,Dear PR,Thomas DF

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was made of 30 children with Leber's amaurosis (congenital retinal blindness). 24 presented with severe visual impairment, typical ophalmological findings, and absent electroretinograms. 6 other children, though presenting with marked visual loss and absent electroetinograms were later shown to b...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Vaizey MJ,Sanders MD,Wybar KC,Wilson J

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples from the pharynx, stomach, duodenum or jejunum, and faeces were collected on 7 days between 1st and 28th day from neonates weighing less than 1.5 kg at birth who were fed by transpyloric tube. These were cultured on selective and non-selective media, and the results were expressed in a semi-quantitative manner...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Dellagrammaticas HD,Duerden BI,Milner RD

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：SITUATION:Patient I is a 15 year old female with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency prescribed L-arginine 1.5 g three times daily and sodium benzoate 4.2 g three times daily. By taking her medication and controlling her diet she is able to lead a normal life and does well at school. However she struggles with the pa...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Gaskell C

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-two cases of protracted diarrhoea in infancy presenting over a 6-year period have been analysed, with particular reference to diagnosis and management. The patients fell into 1 of 2 categories according to whether a specific diagnosis was established or not. A diagnosis (category 1) was established in 59 (72%),...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Larcher VF,Shepherd R,Francis DE,Harries JT

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine which antenatal and early-life factors were associated with infant postnatal growth in a resource-poor setting in Vietnam. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective longitudinal study following infants (n=1046) born to women who had previously participated in a cluster randomised trial of micronutrient supplemen...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hanieh S,Ha TT,De Livera AM,Simpson JA,Thuy TT,Khuong NC,Thoang DD,Tran TD,Tuan T,Fisher J,Biggs BA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with salt-losing congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) who had stopped mineralocorticoid therapy for several years, showed raised plasma concentrations of 17OH-progesterone and plasma renin activity, despite adequate glucoticoid therapy. One patient was able to reduce urinary sodium excretion when the sod...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hughes IA,Wilton A,Lole CA,Gray OP

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of 1 alpha-OH-D3 to hypocalcaemic neonates (mean +/- SD, serum calcium 1.50 +/- 0.13 mmol/l) significantly increased serum calcium in all 24 infants within 48 hours after starting therapy (mean +/- SD 1.83 +/- 0.23 mmol/1). The time required to correct hypocalcaemia was significantly shorter (2.04 +/- 0...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Barak Y,Milbauer B,Weisman Y,Edelstein S,Spirer Z

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital clowning is a programme in healthcare facilities involving visits from specially trained actors. In the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), clowning may appear inappropriate and less intuitive. The patient could appear too ill and/or sedated, the environment too crowded or chaotic and the parents too stres...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mortamet G,Roumeliotis N,Vinit F,Simonds C,Dupic L,Hubert P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the growth patterns of breast fed and formula fed Italian infants in the first 12 months of life using World Health Organisation (WHO) reference data. METHODS:The growth patterns of 73 breast fed infants (36 male, 37 female) and 65 formula fed infants (35 male, 30 female) were compared. Solid foods were...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Agostoni C,Grandi F,Giannì ML,Silano M,Torcoletti M,Giovannini M,Riva E

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine information needs and preferences of parents regarding food allergy. DESIGN:Qualitative study including in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. Data were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using the constant comparative method, aided by participant checking ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hu W,Grbich C,Kemp A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the efficacy and safety of torasemide in children with chronic heart failure (HF). METHODS:102 children with chronic HF who had received oral torasemide were analysed. Of these, 62 (de novo group) were newly diagnosed as having HF and were given torasemide as a diuretic. The remaining 40 (replacem...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Senzaki H,Kamiyama M,Masutani S,Ishido H,Taketazu M,Kobayashi T,Katogi T,Kyo S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile liver disease with deficiency of serum alpha1-antitrypsin is illustrated by a description of the clinical, biochemical, and pathological findings in two affected families. The simplicity of the diagnostic tests is emphasized. Review of 61 biopsies of liver from children and adolescents provided a further 3 c...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McPhie JL,Binnie S,Brunt PW

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 6-year period from 1 October 1971 to 30 September 1977, 13 (about 1%) of 1225 admissions to hospital with asthma developed severe ventilatory failure (peak arterial PCO 2 greater than 8 kPa). Mean age was 4.1 years (2.3--7.9), and on average each patient had been admitted to hospital on 5 occasions during t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Simpson H,Mitchell I,Inglis JM,Grubb DJ

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent research in febrile neutropaenia (FN) has focused on reducing the intensity of treatment for those thought to be at low risk of significant morbidity or mortality. This has not led to a reduced burden of treatment for either families or healthcare systems. An alternative approach is to discharge all p...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Seneviratne N,Yeomanson D,Phillips R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In depth confidential inquiries on all post-perinatal infant deaths were carried out for two years in North and Southern Derbyshire District Health Authorities in order to explore why the postperinatal death rates and cot death rates have been consistently higher in Southern than in North Derbyshire. It was found that...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Newlands M,Adamson E,Ghulam S,Saleh M,Emery JL

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00