Multidisciplinary Pediatric Obesity Clinic via Telemedicine Within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area: Lessons Learned.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the predictors of attrition from a clinical pediatric obesity treatment program. METHODS:We evaluated 2- through 20-year-old patients first seen at the Duke University Healthy Lifestyles Program between October 2006 and December 2008. We assessed the predictors of early dropout (not returning for a...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Dolinsky DH,Armstrong SC,Østbye T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of tepid sponging, in addition to antipyretic medication, in the reduction of temperature in febrile children living in a tropical environment, was assessed in a prospective, randomized, open trial. Seventy-five children aged between 6 and 53 months who attended the casualty department of the Childre...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Mahar AF,Allen SJ,Milligan P,Suthumnirund S,Chotpitayasunondh T,Sabchareon A,Coulter JB

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the relationship between breastfeeding and antimicrobial use in the first year of life in healthy infants by surveying a military population of healthy term infants with questionnaires obtained at the 6-month and 12-month well-baby visits. Breastfed (BF) babies spent 48% as much time receiving antimicrobia...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Flores MS,Fairchok MP

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The General Academic Pediatrician (GAP) may act as a consultant to both primary care pediatricians and tertiary care subspecialists. The authors surveyed a consultation service staffed by three GAP's in a tertiary care children's hospital. The service was financially successful and generated new sources of referrals f...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Listernick R,Tanz RR,Davis AT

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute splenic sequestration crisis ( ASSC ), a common complication in homozygous sickle cell anemia, has been described infrequently in sickle-hemoglobin C (SC) disease in the absence of high altitude exposure. In this report, we describe three children with hemoglobin SC disease who developed episodes of ASSC that we...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Andrews J,Buchanan GR

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a retrospective 5-year medical record review, this study characterizes factors associated with patients discharged against medical advice (AMA) from a tertiary pediatric emergency department (ED) and compares rates of return to the ED and admission to the hospital with those of patients routinely discharged. ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Reinke DA,Walker M,Boslaugh S,Hodge D 3rd

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have indicated possible changes in the incidence of acute mastoiditis. A retrospective review of children discharged with a diagnosis of acute mastoiditis was undertaken to describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, microbiology, and treatment of acute mastoiditis over past years. Demographic his...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Nussinovitch M,Yoeli R,Elishkevitz K,Varsano I

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of upper and lower respiratory tract infections of varying severity. It is also responsible for producing a wide spectrum of nonpulmonary manifestations including neurologic, hepatic, cardiac, and hematologic diseases. The neurologic manifestations are reported to be the most co...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Smith R,Eviatar L

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old boy with transient erythroblastopenia of childhood (TEC) presented with papilledema and transient hemiparesis. Upon spontaneous hematologic recovery, the papilledema resolved. It is concluded that TEC, like other forms of anemia, may present with papilledema and even focal neurologic deficit, from which s...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Green NS,Garvin JH Jr,Chutorian A

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcomes of tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy [w/woA]) in hospitalized children are unclear. We sought, to describe the characteristics of hospitalized children who underwent tonsillectomy (w/woA), to estimate the prevalence of complications and to evaluate the relative impact of different comorbid conditio...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Allareddy V,Martinez-Schlurmann N,Rampa S,Nalliah RP,Lidsky KB,Allareddy V,Rotta AT

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two pediatric residents and 31 medical students viewed the Play Nicely program. The Play Nicely program is a multimedia program that teaches health care professionals how to counsel parents to use positive parenting and disciplining strategies in response to early childhood aggression. Health care professionals...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Burkhart K,Knox M,Hunter K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is responsible for one of the most frequently encountered infectious diseases worldwide. H. pylori infection can lead to the development of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. The presence of H. pylori in the human stomach also represents an increased risk for gastric cancer and gastric...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Blecker U

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed findings from the 2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs to identify associations between families with children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) reporting adequate care coordination (CC) with family-provider relations, shared decision making (SDM), and child ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Cordeiro A,Davis RK,Antonelli R,Rosenberg H,Kim J,Berhane Z,Turchi R

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acutely ill 4-year-old girl with Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) was found to have a coagulation inhibitor. This child had no serious bleeding manifestations and minimal hemorrhagic skin manifestations despite severe RMSF, concurrent thrombocytopenia, as well as the coagulation inhibitor. Hemostatic abnormaliti...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Scimeca PG,Weinblatt ME,Kochen JA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive newborn screening (NBS) results cause significant parental distress, but little is known about how parents find out about children's screening results and what they are told. This qualitative, exploratory study reports on parents' perceptions of the initial communication of NBS results. Participants included ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Buchbinder M,Timmermans S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of fulminant septicemia and meningitis in children. Only limited reports of mild disease associated with this organism exist. In this study, we describe eight children, ages 2.5-19 months, with mild meningococcal disease and characterize the meningococcal isolates from some...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Edwards KM,Jones LM,Stephens DS

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickets as a definite disease manifesting itself by a more or less constant association of symptoms was first described in 1645 by Daniel Whistler, as English physician. However, the disease must have existed years before Dr. Whistler's report, as is evident in the painting by Hans Burgkmair completed in 1509. ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Cone TE Jr

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research conducted in 10 cities assessed long-term pediatric asthma outcomes from a peer teaching intervention for physicians to improve their asthma-related clinical and counseling skills. Hypotheses were better outcomes for patients, symptom reduction, less health care use, and enhanced view of the physician. Peers ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Clark NM,Cabana M,Kaciroti N,Gong M,Sleeman K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over-the-counter cold remedies are widely used for symptomatic relief of upper respiratory tract infections. The safety of these drugs is not well established in infants and their efficacy is questionable. Our aim was to study the attitude of family physicians and pediatricians toward the use of cold remedies in infan...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Cohen-Kerem R,Ratnapalan S,Djulus J,Duan X,Chandra RV,Ito S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of multicenter cognitive test methodology and resultant outcomes of supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid in healthy 4-year-old children was evaluated in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Subjects received 400-mg/d docosahexaenoic acid (n = 85) or matching placebo (n = 90) in capsul...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Ryan AS,Nelson EB

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child psychiatric consultants perform psychiatric assessment and liaison among various clinical services. Execution of these familiar roles for pediatric liver transplantation recipients exposes unfamiliar and difficult bioethical problems. Administrative problems arise if the recipient's suitability is too narrowly e...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Krener PG

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteremia in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) has not been previously reported, a fact probably attributable to activated systemic immunity in the presence of chronic bronchopulmonary infection. We have observed two CF patients under a year of age with documented bacteremia, and a teen-aged patient with autopsy evi...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： McCarthy MM,Rourk MH,Spock A

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental language disorder has been reported in 3% to 10% of term infants and 30% of preterm infants (<34 weeks gestation). Screening for language delay in preterm infants can be costly and time-consuming. The objective of this study was to assess the expressive language development of preterm infants using the L...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Mossabeb R,Wade KC,Finnegan K,Sivieri E,Abbasi S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood celiac disease (CD) is considered rare in the United States. Consequently there are few data concerning its clinical presentation. A validated questionnaire was distributed to families of children with CD. One hundred forty-one children with biopsy-proven CD were included in the study. We found significant d...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： D'Amico MA,Holmes J,Stavropoulos SN,Frederick M,Levy J,DeFelice AR,Kazlow PG,Green PH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms were associated with sleep disturbances in a community-based sample of 337 school-aged children from Ypsilanti, Michigan. Parents completed the sleep-related breathing disorder scale of the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire and the Conners' parents rating scale, which inc...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Jansen EC,Dunietz GL,Felt BT,O'Brien LM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of breast-feeding on cognitive and motor development. A prospective cohort study was carried out enrolling 249 babies from 2 rural and urban areas. Cognitive development was assessed at the age of 18 months. Results show that adjusted scores on the mental developmen...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Gómez-Sanchiz M,Cañete R,Rodero I,Baeza JE,Avila O

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although trauma undertriage has been widely discussed in the literature, undertriage in the pediatric trauma population remains understudied. Using the 2009-2013 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, we assessed the national undertriage rate in pediatric major trauma patients (age ≤16 years and injury severity score...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Peng J,Wheeler K,Groner JI,Haley KJ,Xiang H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are some studies demonstrating the effectiveness of the provision of written asthma action plans in improving asthma outcomes. There exist little data on the ability of parents to use these plans to make asthma care decisions. OBJECTIVE:To assess the associations between parental health literacy (HL),...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Brigham EL,Goldenberg L,Stolfi A,Mueller GA,Forbis SG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care plans can reduce care fragmentation for children with medical complexity (CMC); however, implementation is challenging. Mobile health innovations could improve implementation. This mixed methods study's objectives were to (1) evaluate feasibility of mobile complex care plans (MCCPs) for CMC enrolled in a complex ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Ming DY,Jackson GL,Sperling J,Gray M,Wyman Roth N,Spears T,Parente V,Bosworth H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to evaluate serial procalcitonin (PCT) levels compared with an initial PCT level at admission in predicting bacteremia in pediatric febrile neutropenic oncology patients. PROCEDURE:Serum PCT levels were measured at admission (t0) and within 24 hours of admission (t1) in pediatric oncology ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Reitman AJ,Pisk RM,Gates JV 3rd,Ozeran JD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00