Nosocomial transmission of group B Streptococci in a newborn nursery.

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 AND OBJECTIVES:A 4-variable abusive head trauma (AHT) clinical prediction rule (CPR) for use in the PICU was derived and validated for children <3 years of age by the Pediatric Brain Injury Research Network (PediBIRN). We aimed to externally validate PediBIRN as designed (PICU only) as well as using broader ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Pfeiffer H,Smith A,Kemp AM,Cowley LE,Cheek JA,Dalziel SR,Borland ML,O'Brien S,Bonisch M,Neutze J,Oakley E,Crowe L,Hearps SJC,Lyttle MD,Bressan S,Babl FE,Paediatric Research in Emergency Department International Collaborat

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We measured physical activity changes among 10-year-old British children over 12 months and assessed biological and demographic determinants. METHODS:Physical activity was measured with accelerometers (counts per minute) over ≥3 days at baseline and 1 year later in a prospective study of 844 children (41.6% ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Corder K,van Sluijs EM,Ekelund U,Jones AP,Griffin SJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Students often miss school because of gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses. We assessed the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention, including alcohol-based hand-sanitizer and surface disinfection, in reducing absenteeism caused by gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses in elementary school ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sandora TJ,Shih MC,Goldmann DA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exercise can enhance growth and development in children, but recent investigations have revealed an intriguing paradox. Namely, the early (4-5 weeks) response to training programs in children lead to a catabolic, growth hormone (GH)-resistant state rather than the expected anabolic activation of the GH-->insu...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Nemet D,Oh Y,Kim HS,Hill M,Cooper DM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine which warming system more closely approximates a neutral thermal environment, the oxygen consumption of 16 premature babies, weighing less than 1,500 gm each, was measured in a convectively heated incubator and under an open radiant warmer. Both systems were controlled to maintain a skin temperature of 36...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： LeBlanc MH

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between pulmonary function, nutritional status, body image, and eating attitudes in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) compared with healthy controls. METHOD:Seventy-six children with CF (39 girls) and 153 healthy control children (82 girls) were recruited. All children were betwe...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Truby H,Paxton AS

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare multiple logistic regression and neural network models in predicting death for extremely low birth weight neonates at 5 time points with cumulative data sets, as follows: scenario A, limited prenatal data; scenario B, scenario A plus additional prenatal data; scenario C, scenario B plus data from t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ambalavanan N,Carlo WA,Bobashev G,Mathias E,Liu B,Poole K,Fanaroff AA,Stoll BJ,Ehrenkranz R,Wright LL,National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of left-to-right shunting on the resting energy expenditure (REE), total energy expenditure (TEE), and energy intake in a group of 3- to 5-month-old infants with moderate to large unrepaired ventricular septal defects (VSDs) compared with age-matched, heal...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ackerman IL,Karn CA,Denne SC,Ensing GJ,Leitch CA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unsaturated fatty acids that make up a large component of the lipid emulsion Intralipid are highly susceptible to peroxidation, and the products of this reaction could explain the toxicity that has been associated with the administration of some emulsions. Lipid peroxidation produces hydroperoxides, which can alte...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Helbock HJ,Motchnik PA,Ames BN

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Television viewing and physical inactivity increase the risk of obesity in youth. Thus, identifying new interventions that increase physical activity and reduce television viewing would be helpful in the prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity. This study evaluated the effects of open-loop feedback plu...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Goldfield GS,Mallory R,Parker T,Cunningham T,Legg C,Lumb A,Parker K,Prud'homme D,Gaboury I,Adamo KB

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the prevalence, persistence, secular and longitudinal trends, and predictors of steroid use in a diverse sample of adolescents. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:Data are from Project EAT-II (Eating Among Teens), a 5-year longitudinal study of eating, activity, weight, and related variables in 2516 middle...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： vandenBerg P,Neumark-Sztainer D,Cafri G,Wall M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effects of muscle relaxation on the critically ill ventilated neonate, pancuronium bromide was administered for a 12-hour period to ten low-birth-weight neonates (960 to 2,000 gm) of 26 to 34 weeks gestation, all whom required mechanical ventilation and were studied within 48 hours of birth (six to 39 ho...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Finer NN,Tomney PM

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child with a poorly differentiated lymphoma developed varicella while being treated with maintenance chemotherapeutic agents. He received a transfusion of nonirradiated leukocytes from 1 unit of whole blood donated by a healthy volunteer who had recently recovered from varicella. The clinical course of varicella was...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Betzhold J,Hong R

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 15-year-old boy presented with 3 months of progressive psychosis, insomnia, back and groin pain, and hyperhidrosis. On examination, the patient was disheveled, agitated, and soaked with sweat, with systolic blood pressure in the 160s and heart rate in the 130s. Aside from occasional auditory and v...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Rosenblatt T,Ort K,Shaw R,Levy RJ,Chen C,Niemi A,Hoang K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the process of sampling blood through an umbilical arterial catheter (UAC), infant blood comes into stagnant contact with infusion solution in the "waste syringe" before being reinfused. We have previously demonstrated in vitro that this process is associated with less hemolysis of red blood cells (RBCs) w...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Jackson JK,Biondo DJ,Jones JM,Moor PJ,Simon SD,Hall RT,Kilbride HW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate if oropharyngeal swab polymerase chain reaction (PCR) could predict osteoarticular infection (OAI) due to Kingella kingae in young children. METHODS:One hundred twenty-three consecutive children aged 6 to 48 months presenting with atraumatic osteoarticular complai...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ceroni D,Dubois-Ferriere V,Cherkaoui A,Gesuele R,Combescure C,Lamah L,Manzano S,Hibbs J,Schrenzel J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the diagnostic performance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and FITNESSGRAM (FGram) BMI standards for quantifying metabolic risk in youth. METHODS:Adolescents in the NHANES (n = 3385) were measured for anthropometric variables and metabolic risk factors. BMI percentiles wer...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Laurson KR,Welk GJ,Eisenmann JC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Severe neonatal jaundice is a common clinical manifestation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency and the most difficult to manage; kernicterus is not an uncommon outcome. We assessed in healthy, direct Coombs test-negative Greek newborns of >/=38 weeks' gestational age 1) the current burd...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kappas A,Drummond GS,Valaes T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-flow hepatic vascular anomalies with arteriovenous shunting commonly manifest during the neonatal period with signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure, but to our knowledge, they have never been described in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). We report here our experience with 3 pati...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Al-Saleh S,John PR,Letarte M,Faughnan ME,Belik J,Ratjen F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the development of the Questionnaire for Identifying Children with Chronic Conditions (QuICCC). This new instrument identifies children and adolescents who have chronic health conditions based on the noncategorical conceptual framework outlined in our earlier work. It uses the consequences of con...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Stein RE,Westbrook LE,Bauman LJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral decubitus chest radiograph is a useful procedure in the evaluation of ill-defined pulmonary densities that may stimulate infiltrates. This procedure, although described previously in the radiologic literature, has not been in frequent use. The procedure assists diagnosis in patients who are not able to tak...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Faerber EN,Darling DB,Leonidas JC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that breastfeeding is associated with reductions in the risk of common infections among infants; however, whether breastfeeding confers longer term protection is inconclusive. METHODS:We linked data from the 2005-2007 IFPS II (Infant Feeding Practices Study II) and follow-up data...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Li R,Dee D,Li CM,Hoffman HJ,Grummer-Strawn LM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A variety of methods are used to assess the length of infants at hospital admission. A tape-measure technique is commonly used; however, this measure is potentially inaccurate. We aimed to assess accuracy of tape measurement of infant lengths by comparison with the more accurate length-board technique. METHO...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Corkins MR,Lewis P,Cruse W,Gupta S,Fitzgerald J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising global temperatures are causing major physical, chemical, and ecological changes in the planet. There is wide consensus among scientific organizations and climatologists that these broad effects, known as "climate change," are the result of contemporary human activity. Climate change poses threats to human heal...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Improvement in survival of extremely premature infants over the past several decades has resulted in an increase in the number of infants with chronic lung disease (CLD). Historical neonatal exposures associated with CLD now less frequently precede the disease. There is now increasing interest in exposures an...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Bose C,Van Marter LJ,Laughon M,O'Shea TM,Allred EN,Karna P,Ehrenkranz RA,Boggess K,Leviton A,Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn Study Investigators.

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary interstitial emphysema is a condition that has become a significant problem chiefly as a complication of mechanical ventilation of the newborn. In its severe forms, it may compromise ventilation and restrict pulmonary blood flow to the degree that it becomes a significant cause of mortality. When its occurre...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Levine DH,Trump DS,Waterkotte G

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine near miss for sudden infant death syndrome and thirty normal infants between the ages of 3 weeks and 6 months were monitored polygraphically for 24 hours. The distribution of sleep and abnormal respiratory events were analyzed for both groups. On the basis of mixed and obstructive apnea, 12-hour nocturnal ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Guilleminault C,Ariagno R,Korobkin R,Coons S,Owen-Boeddiker M,Baldwin R

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of procedural techniques, local anesthetic use, and postgraduate training level on lumbar puncture (LP) success rates. METHODS:In this prospective observational study, medical students and residents ("trainees") reported techniques used for infant LPs in an urban teaching emergency depa...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Baxter AL,Fisher RG,Burke BL,Goldblatt SS,Isaacman DJ,Lawson ML

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test how prevalence estimates and characteristics of children vary by the way that disability is defined. Specifically, to determine 1) the proportions of children identified as disabled by one particular operationalization of disability based on parental reports of three types of consequences (i.e., funct...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Westbrook LE,Silver EJ,Stein RE

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00