Is there a role for clowns in paediatric intensive care units?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vanessa is a 34-year-old lawyer married to a police officer. Her first baby was born after a perfect pregnancy and labour until fetal distress necessitated an easy Ventouse extraction late in the second stage. Baby F had normal Apgar scores and weighed 2920 g. This paper records a conversation between Vaness...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Harris V,Hall D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with type 1 diabetes should be encouraged to participate in physical activity because exercise can benefit insulin sensitivity and improve known risk factors for atherosclerosis. METHODS:Physical activity patterns of 127 children and adolescents with stable type 1 diabetes were investigated by 24 h...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Massin MM,Lebrethon MC,Rocour D,Gérard P,Bourguignon JP

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anomalies of the bronchial cilia were studied in 5 children with recurrent pulmonary infections. Case 1 had Kartagener's syndrome and an absence of the inner and outer dynein arms in most cilia, although a few shortened and even some normal arms could be seen. Cases 2 and 3 had unilateral bronchiectasis without family...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Corbeel L,Cornillie F,Lauweryns J,Boel M,van den Berghe G

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preterm infant with classic phenylketonuria required rather less than 90 mg/kg of phenylalanine and between 270 and 290 mg/kg tyrosine daily to achieve a rate of weight gain of around 20 g/kg per day. Using Lofenalac as the low phenylalanine food, the intake of tyrosine, an essential amino acid for patients with phe...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Shortland D,Smith I,Francis DE,Ersser R,Wolff OH

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-course oral corticosteroids are commonly used in children but are known to be associated with adverse drug reactions (ADRs). This review aimed to identify the most common and serious ADRs and to determine their relative risk levels. METHODS:A literature search of EMBASE, MEDLINE, International Pharmac...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Aljebab F,Choonara I,Conroy S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine evolution of the physical characteristics of Marfan's syndrome throughout childhood. METHODS:40 children were ascertained during the development of a regional register for Marfan's syndrome. Evolution of the clinical characteristics was determined by repeat evaluation of 10 patients with sporadic Marfan...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lipscomb KJ,Clayton-Smith J,Harris R

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:We describe a non-progressive choreo-athetoid disorder of early onset, present in three families. There were no appreciable abnormalities in pregnancy, during the perinatal period, or in infancy. In each case the family history suggested transmission as an autosomal dominant trait, the gene showing diminished penetran...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sleigh G,Lindenbaum RH

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven very low birthweight babies being ventilated for respiratory problems during the first week of life developed air leaks on 22 occasions. On 16 out of 19 occasions the infants showed increases in urinary excretion of vasopressin after these events and on 10 occasions out of 13 there was a rise in the plasma argi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McIntosh N,Prakash P,Smith A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mentoring is important for personal and professional development of doctors. Peer mentoring is a core skill in the UK paediatric postgraduate curriculum. However, there is a paucity of peer mentoring programmes aimed at postgraduate doctors in training (postgraduate trainees), and there are no such schemes w...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Eisen S,Sukhani S,Brightwell A,Stoneham S,Long A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine short term and long term health related quality of life (HRQoL) of survivors of congenital anorectal malformations (ARM) and congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), and to compare these patients' HRQoL with that of the general population. METHODS:HRQoL was measured in 286 ARM patients and 111 CDH patien...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Poley MJ,Stolk EA,Tibboel D,Molenaar JC,Busschbach JJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General practice records of 1058 children were studied to determine the incidence, prevalence, natural history, diagnosis, and treatment of wheezing presenting in the first 21 years of life. Up to 7 years of age, boys were more likely to present with wheeze and to have recurrent episodes. Later there was a higher inci...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Strachan DP

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study maternal and fetal influences on blood pressure in childhood 405 children aged 4 years who were born and still resident in the Salisbury health district were visited at home for blood pressure and growth measurements. Information on the pregnancy, delivery, and baby was abstracted from the routine obstetric n...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Law CM,Barker DJ,Bull AR,Osmond C

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is among the most common chronic diseases in childhood and is steadily increasing in prevalence. Better characterisation of factors that determine the risk of hospitalisation for atopic asthma in childhood may help design prevention programmes and improve our understanding of disease pathobiology. Thi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kiechl-Kohlendorfer U,Horak E,Mueller W,Strobl R,Haberland C,Fink FM,Schwaiger M,Gutenberger KH,Reich H,Meraner D,Kiechl S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concerns have been raised about the hazards of the insulin tolerance test (ITT), used to measure growth hormone secretion. In Glasgow, we continue to use this test, adhering to a strict protocol. A review of outcome over a 10 year period (1989-99), during which 550 ITTs were performed, was undertaken. No serious adver...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Galloway PJ,McNeill E,Paterson WF,Donaldson MD

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assays based on interferon gamma (IFNgamma) are an exciting new development for screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in adults, but there are limited data on their effectiveness in children. Nevertheless new National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines recommend their ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Taylor RE,Cant AJ,Clark JE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the work of one tertiary paediatric palliative care service in facilitating planned withdrawal of ventilatory support outside the intensive care setting, with the purpose of developing local guidance for practice. METHODS:Retrospective 10-year (2003-2012) case note review of intensive care patients...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Laddie J,Craig F,Brierley J,Kelly P,Bluebond-Langner M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To explore the clinical course of children with "single kidney" (defined as either a solitary or single functioning kidney) with reference to renal function (glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and proteinuria), body height and particularly sonomorphological features. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This retrospective monocent...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Spira EM,Jacobi C,Frankenschmidt A,Pohl M,von Schnakenburg C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency of use of complementary treatment and measure its impact on clinical outcomes in a hospitalised general paediatric population. METHODS:A population based random sample of children admitted to the general paediatric service at a metropolitan children's hospital in Auckland, New Zealand fr...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Armishaw J,Grant CC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the associations between albuminuria, metabolic control, glomerular filtration, blood pressure, and platelet function in children with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. The geometric mean (95% tolerance levels) albumin excretion (expressed as the geometric mean albumin to creatinine ratio on two ove...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Gibb DM,Dunger D,Levin M,Shah V,Smith C,Barratt TM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether behavioural or cognitive sequelae of otitis media with effusion (OME) continue into late childhood and the early teens (11-18 years). SETTING:Data from a large multipurpose birth cohort study: the Dunedin multidisciplinary health and development study. PARTICIPANTS:Around 1000 children fr...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bennett KE,Haggard MP,Silva PA,Stewart IA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An usually high rate of both tuberculosis infection and active disease is reported in 11 of 38 nursery children in contact with a case of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis, emphasising the susceptibility of young children to this disease. This report also underlines some important principles in case finding and di...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Milburn HJ,Gibilaro J,Atkinson H,Heathcock R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess factors associated with granting of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for Down syndrome. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. SETTING:Families with a child with Down syndrome enrolled in a community-based trial of vitamin supplementation. PARTICIPANTS:156 children with trisomy 21 (59% male, 20% no...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ellis J,Logan S,Pumphrey R,Tan HK,Henley W,Edwards V,Moy R,Gilbert R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:One hundred and seventy three children, including 93 with biliary atresia, received liver grafts at Addenbrooke's Hospital between 1983 and 1993. Of these, only seven developed cyanosis due to intrapulmonary shunting as a complication of their liver disease, and all seven of these had the biliary atresia/pol...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Fewtrell MS,Noble-Jamieson G,Revell S,Valente J,Friend P,Johnston P,Rasmussen A,Jamieson N,Calne RY,Barnes ND

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy affects an estimated 10.5 million children worldwide, of whom 80% live in developing countries. The treatment gap is estimated at around 90% in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The present work analyses some of the reasons that could explain the low access to antiepileptic drugs (AED) for child...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Barennes H,Sengkhamyong K,Sambany EM,Koffi PN,Chivorakul P,Empis G,Clavel S,Somphavong S,Wangkou N,Rajaonarivo C,Harimanana A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10 1/2 year old boy presented with raised intracranial pressure and precocious puberty caused by a human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) secreting pineal germinoma. After craniospinal irradiation he improved clinically and his HCG concentration fell to an undetectable value. Two years later he remains well. Pineal ger...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ahmed SR,Shalet SM,Price DA,Pearson D

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Data suggest a potential role for vitamin D in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We wanted to assess the effect of vitamin D3 supplementation compared with placebo in children with ASD. DESIGN:This was a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING:A paediatric outpatient centre at high latitu...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kerley CP,Power C,Gallagher L,Coghlan D

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty five patients with encephalitis were studied prospectively, and their clinical and virological features compared with outcome. Among 22 patients with laboratory confirmation of virus infection, evidence of direct effect on the central nervous system by the virus occurred significantly more often both in those w...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kennedy CR,Duffy SW,Smith R,Robinson RO

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis to establish the effectiveness of handwashing in reducing absence and/or the spread of respiratory tract (RT) and/or gastrointestinal (GI) infection among school-aged children and/or staff in educational settings. DESIGN:Randomised-controlled trials (RCTs). ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Willmott M,Nicholson A,Busse H,MacArthur GJ,Brookes S,Campbell R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00