Zika virus: What does a physician caring for children in Canada need to know?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify a target group of children with acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) that may not require hospitalization for management. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was conducted of all children admitted over a two-year period to a tertiary care paediatric hospital with the diagnosis of acute IT...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Berman J,Young N,Carcao M,Blanchette V,Ipp M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe an approach to history, physical examination and investigation for the developmentally delayed child. METHODS:A review of electronic databases from 1997 to 2001 was done searching for articles relating to the approach to or investigations of children with developmental delay. Five studies, includ...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Meschino WS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 583 in vol. 12.][This corrects the article on p. 591 in vol. 12.]. ...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

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更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants is the new national statement on nutrition for infants from birth to 24 months, developed collaboratively by the Canadian Paediatric Society, Dietitians of Canada and Health Canada.The document summarizes the existing scientific literature on infant nutrition and presents principles ...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

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更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatric restless legs syndrome (RLS) treatment is important because RLS's associated sleep disturbance causes significant developmental-behavioural morbidity and impacts family well-being. RLS is associated with brain iron insufficiency and dopaminergic dysfunction. Diagnosis requires fulfillment of diagnostic crit...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Dosman C,Witmans M,Zwaigenbaum L

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow aspiration (BMA) and bone marrow trephine biopsy are important procedures for the diagnosis of hematological malignancies and nonmalignant diseases in children. During BMA, bone marrow particles are obtained for analysis including microscopic morphologic evaluations and differential counts. During a trephi...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Abla O,Friedman J,Doyle J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual and reproductive health is an important component of comprehensive health care for youth. This statement provides guidance for selecting and prescribing contraceptives for youth, including commonly prescribed hormonal contraceptives-the pill, patch, ring and injectable progestin-and long-acting reversible contr...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Di Meglio G,Crowther C,Simms J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 30 years, there has been a resurgence in the use of storytelling and narrative in medicine. At first glance, the trend to incorporate art forms into medicine appears to run counter to the rise of the more objective and positivist evidence-based medicine movement. In the present article, the authors provi...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Kosko J,Klassen TP,Bishop T,Hartling L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:In June 2012, the government of Canada severely restricted the scope of the Interim Federal Health Program that had hitherto provided coverage for the health care needs of refugee claimants. The Quebec government decided to supplement coverage via the provincial health program. Despite this, we hypothesize...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Rink N,Muttalib F,Morantz G,Chase L,Cleveland J,Rousseau C,Li P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To evaluate the relative incidence of cardiogenic and septic shock in term neonates and identify findings that help differentiate the two entities. Study Design:We conducted a retrospective chart review of term neonates presenting to British Columbia Children's Hospital (BCCH) with decompensated shock of an ...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Chan KH,Sanatani S,Potts JE,Harris KC

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although acute and subacute lead toxicity requiring active treatment is rare in Canada, paediatricians need to be aware of new evidence linking lower lead levels to neurodevelopmental deficits. Health Canada has identified potential exposures occurring prenatally, in infancy and during early childhood from food and wa...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Buka I,Hervouet-Zeiber C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family physicians, paediatricians, nurse practitioners and all primary health care providers are well-positioned in the health care system to provide identification and intervention for developmental delay in early childhood. This can be accomplished through the promotion of healthy child development by supporting chi...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Mousmanis P,Watson WJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperbilirubinemia is very common and usually benign in the term newborn infant and the late preterm infant at 35 and 36 completed weeks' gestation. Critical hyperbilirubinemia is uncommon but has the potential for causing long-term neurological impairment. Early discharge of the healthy newborn infant, particularly t...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

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更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present longitudinal study, the physical growth and health of 36 early-deprived postinstitutionalized Romanian orphans (ROs; 17 boys) adopted by Canadian families are documented. Data were collected for each child at three time points: at 11 months postadoption, at 4.5 years of age and at 10.5 years of age. Dat...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Le Mare L,Audet K

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the factors associated with the sex disparity showing a greater prevalence of obesity/overweight in boys compared with girls in Chinese school children. METHODS:Sampled students and their parents were asked to complete a questionnaire. Perceptions of weight status by the parents, grandparents and ...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Li J,Lei J,Wen S,Zhou L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The harmful effects of child poverty are well documented. Despite this, progress in poverty reduction in Canada has been slow. A significant gap exists between what is known about eradicating poverty and its implementation. Paediatricians can play an important role in bridging this gap by understanding and advancing c...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Sharma S,Ford-Jones E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal timing for changing intravenous (IV) administration sets that contain total parenteral nutrition (TPN), with and without lipids, in neonates remains unknown. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether decreasing the frequency of changing IV administration sets (>24 h versus every 24 h) in neonates increases...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Chirinian N,Shah V

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are frequently treated with psycho-stimulant agents causing a modest but significant increase in blood pressure and heart rate. The objective of this study was to define blood pressure characteristics in children with ADHD treated with a variety o...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Grisaru S,Yue M,Samuel SM,Chaput KH,Hamiwka LA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial asymmetry occurring as a result of forces that deform skull shape in the supine position is known as deformational plagiocephaly. The risk of plagiocephaly may be modified by positioning the baby on alternate days with the head to the right or the left side, and by increasing time spent in the prone position d...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Cummings C

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of multiple pregnancy has increased in developed countries, a finding usually attributed to more widespread use of assisted reproductive technologies. Multiple pregnancies are associated with a greater risk of pregnancy complications, including intrauterine growth restriction of one or more of the fetuses, va...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Moore AM,O'Brien K

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Referrals to paediatric endocrine clinics for short stature are common. Height velocity (HV) is an essential component of the evaluation of short stature as growth deceleration often reflects an underlying paediatric endocrine diagnosis (PED). Access to previous measurements facilitates prompt calculation of...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Yue D,Miller MR,Clarson CL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Child abuse and neglect (CAN) represents an international public health and societal problem, the extent and nature of which are inadequately understood. Child and youth protection programs (CYPPs), based in 16 Canadian paediatric academic health science centres, identify, manage, treat and prevent cases of ...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Bennett S,Plint AC,Mackay M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although adolescent males have as many health issues and concerns as adolescent females, they are much less likely to be seen in a clinical setting. This is related to both individual factors and the health care system itself, which is not always encouraging and set up to provide comprehensive male health care. Workin...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Westwood M,Pinzon J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether reminder notices would improve the timeliness of toddler-age vaccinations. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial. POPULATION STUDIED:Two convenience cohorts of 320 children due to receive either measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine (at 12 months of age) or diphtheria-pertussis...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Bjornson GL,Scheifele DW,Lajeunesse C,Bell A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute otitis media (AOM) continues to be a common infection in young children. Milder disease, usually due to viruses or less virulent bacteria, resolves equally quickly with or without antibiotics. A bulging tympanic membrane, especially if yellow or hemorrhagic, has a high sensitivity for AOM that is likely to be ba...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Le Saux N,Robinson JL,Canadian Paediatric Society, Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past three decades, rapidly changing demographic characteristics have been witnessed in western society. Concurrently, numerous culture-related studies have attested to the disparity in health services among different ethnic groups. Reports have shown contributing factors that can render main stream services in...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Chan-Yip A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper describes research on the skills and processes associated with word and text reading acquisition in preschool children and during the first years of school. The aim is to provide an overview that gives a sense of the important milestones in language and literacy acquisition. A comparison of children'...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Rvachew S,Savage R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Night-float systems, in which residents work consecutive nights, have been increasingly adopted in paediatric programs, but may be detrimental to residents' sleep and mood. OBJECTIVE:To describe the self-reported impact of a novel system consisting of two consecutive weeks of 16 h overnight shifts every sec...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Moore GP,Talarico S,Kempinska A,Lawrence SE,Weisz DE

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canada lags behind other countries when it comes to investing in families with children. Canada, therefore, fails to promote health by not optimizing early development. The authors diagnose the Canadian failure. The problem is not research or fiscal capacity, but rather a sickness in Canadian culture. Four ailments ar...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Kershaw P,Anderson L

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the important role of drug therapy in children, there is often a lack of readily available information regarding the indications and dosing regimens for medications in paediatrics. OBJECTIVE:To collect data on where family physicians obtain this prescribing information. METHOD:A structured question...

journal_title：Paediatrics & child health

authors： Matsui DM,Jardine ME,Steer E,Cukernik V,Rieder MJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00