Brain injury and altered brain growth in preterm infants: predictors and prognosis.

abstract：:A 16-year-old girl developed a cough, hypereosinophilia (absolute eosinophil count: 32000/mm3), hypergammaglobulinemia, and multiple noncavitary pulmonary nodules 1 month after having ingested an earthworm on a dare. Spirometry revealed moderate restriction and reduced gas diffusion. Parabronchial biopsy demonstrated ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Cianferoni A,Schneider L,Schantz PM,Brown D,Fox LM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prevention efforts targeting adolescent risk behavior have had limited effectiveness, partly because of the reliance on individual-level interventions that do not consider the context within which behavior occurs. In addition, the role of development has not been well studied regarding its possible moderating...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： McKay CM,Bell-Ellison BA,Wallace K,Ferron JM

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:A prospective study was performed to determine whether excess morbidity occurred in critically ill and injured pediatric patients during interhospital transport compared with morbidity in a control group. Control observations were made during the first 2 hours of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) care of patients e...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kanter RK,Boeing NM,Hannan WP,Kanter DL

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) face unique challenges in accessing affordable health care. Massachusetts implemented major health reform in 2006; little is known about the impact of this state's health reform on uninsurance, access to care, and financial protection for private...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Smith AJ,Chien AT

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of fetal growth and body proportionality have been based on error-prone gestational age estimates and on inappropriate comparisons of infants with dissimilar birth weights. Based on a cohort of 8719 infants with validated (by early ultrasonography) gestational ages and indexes of body proportionality ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kramer MS,Olivier M,McLean FH,Dougherty GE,Willis DM,Usher RH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of girls and boys with attention deficit disorder (ADD) were examined for within-group sex differences and compared with control boys and girls on historical, behavioral, and cognitive characteristics. Profiles of essential and secondary features of ADD support the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Berry CA,Shaywitz SE,Shaywitz BA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza-associated encephalitis and encephalopathy (IAE) is a severe complication of influenza infection with high morbidity and mortality. We present the case of a patient with IL-10RA mutation who developed encephalopathy after influenza infection. A 10-day-old boy developed recurrent fever and anal fistula. Growt...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ishige T,Igarashi Y,Hatori R,Tatsuki M,Sasahara Y,Takizawa T,Arakawa H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of antimicrobial drugs was studied among 933 randomly selected infants and children who were hospitalized in 20 short-stay general hospitals in Pennsylvania. Twenty-two percent of pediatric patients received antimicrobial drugs: 5% of neonates and 57% of patients aged 12 to 18 months. Sixty-eight percent of th...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Townsend TR,Shapiro M,Rosner B,Kass EH

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify important clinical predictors of change in the functional status of children with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS:Children who were perinatally exposed to HIV underwent evaluation of growth, nutritional, and functional statu...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Missmer SA,Spiegelman D,Gorbach SL,Miller TL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) exhibits tight links with insulin resistance (IR) and the metabolic syndrome (MetS), a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors. Compared with non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic black adolescents have more IR but a lower prevalence of NAFLD and MetS. Our hypothesis was t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Deboer MD,Wiener RC,Barnes BH,Gurka MJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new cases that conform to the clinical and histopathological features of recurring digital fibrous tumor of childhood, described by Reye in 1965, are reported. This tumor, which is considered a distinct entity among the juvenile fibromatoses, characteristically presents in infancy and early childhood, involves onl...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Beckett JH,Jacobs AH

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of managed care has brought a new focus on physician competency in the appropriate use of resources to help patients. The community of pediatric educators must improve residency curricula and teaching methodologies to ensure that graduates of their programs can effectively and efficiently meet the needs of ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Chessare JB

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this work was to compare the efficacy of propofol, a hypnotic agent, to the regimen of morphine, atropine, and suxamethonium as an induction agent for nonemergency neonatal endotracheal intubation. We hypothesized that propofol aids intubation by allowing the continuation of spontaneous breath...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ghanta S,Abdel-Latif ME,Lui K,Ravindranathan H,Awad J,Oei J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether maternal prenatal lifestyle factors were associated with the risk of hospitalization with infectious disease during early childhood and whether a possible association was modified by fetal growth reduction. METHODS:The study was based on a birth cohort of 10 400 newborns whose mothers att...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Yuan W,Basso O,Sørensen HT,Olsen J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma exacerbations in children are a leading cause of missed school days and health care use. Patients discharged from the hospital often do not fill discharge prescriptions and are at risk for future exacerbations. METHODS:A multidisciplinary team aimed to increase the percentage of patients discharged f...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Parikh K,Perry K,Pantor C,Gardner C

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the timing of brain injury in infants with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) with serial electroencephalography (EEG) recordings during the neonatal period. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We evaluated 172 preterm infants having a gestational age <33 weeks and weighing <2000 g. I...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hayakawa F,Okumura A,Kato T,Kuno K,Watanabe K

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Timely provision of developmental services can improve outcomes for children 0 to 3 years old with developmental delays. Early Intervention (EI) provides free developmental services to children under age 3 years; however, data suggests that many children referred to EI never connect to the pro...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Conroy K,Rea C,Kovacikova GI,Sprecher E,Reisinger E,Durant H,Starmer A,Cox J,Toomey SL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite substantial progress, adolescents remain at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Two independent random digit dial statewide Massachusetts surveys of 16- to 19-year-old persons conducted August through September 1986 and 1988 revealed that the proportion of teenagers who had discussed ac...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hingson R,Strunin L,Berlin B

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The goals were to describe trends in acute otitis media, treatment failure, and relapse and in high-dose amoxicillin use and to determine whether treatment of acute otitis media with high-dose amoxicillin was associated with treatment failure or relapse. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective study of acute o...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sox CM,Finkelstein JA,Yin R,Kleinman K,Lieu TA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression, impulsivity, and aggression during adolescence have been associated with both adoption and suicidal behavior. Studies of adopted adults suggest that impulsivity, even more than depression, may be an inherited factor that mediates suicidal behavior. However, the association between adoption and ado...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Slap G,Goodman E,Huang B

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of nebulized beclomethasone in preventing the recurrence of viral wheezing. METHODS:The study was designed as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Outpatient children aged 1 to 5 years with at least 1 episode of viral wheezing in the l...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Clavenna A,Sequi M,Cartabia M,Fortinguerra F,Borghi M,Bonati M,ENBe Study Group.

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kwashiorkor, with typical edema and skin rash is occasionally seen in affluent countries as a result of severe protein restriction. Treatment is with a lactose-free formula after rehydration and sometimes after a period of parenteral alimentation. Complications of therapy included: diarrhea, congestive heart failure, ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Chase HP,Kumar V,Caldwell RT,O'Brien D

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five members in two generations of one family were found to have occipitofrontal head circumferences more than 2 SD above the mean. All five had normal intelligence and neurological examinations. Three of the five had ventricular dilatation by A-mode echoencephalography. The inheritance pattern of macrocephaly in this...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Asch AJ,Myers GJ

更新日期：1976-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal configuration of an investigational, single-use, needle-free, drug system (ALGRX 3268) that delivers powdered lidocaine into the epidermis for the rapid production of local anesthesia among pediatric subjects undergoing venipuncture. METHODS:Children 3 ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Migdal M,Chudzynska-Pomianowska E,Vause E,Henry E,Lazar J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor vehicle-related trauma is the leading cause of death in children in the United States. All states have pediatric restraint requirements for passenger vehicles to help prevent these deaths and injuries. Only a few states, however, possess safety laws or restrictions for passengers who ride in the back of pickup t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Woodward GA,Bolte RG

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Abusive head injuries among infants (shaken infant or shaken impact syndrome) represent a devastating form of child abuse; an effective prevention program that reduces the incidence of abusive head injuries could save both lives and the costs of caring for victims. We wished to determine whether a comprehensi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Dias MS,Smith K,DeGuehery K,Mazur P,Li V,Shaffer ML

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parental smoking has been associated with increased rates of sudden infant death syndrome, low birth weight, otitis media, asthma, and decreased lung growth. No prior parent surveys have assessed national rates of screening and counseling for parental tobacco use in the context of their child's visit to prim...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Winickoff JP,McMillen RC,Carroll BC,Klein JD,Rigotti NA,Tanski SE,Weitzman M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Accurate, timely diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis minimizes unnecessary operations and treatment delays. Preoperative abdominal-pelvic computed tomography (CT) scan is sensitive and specific for appendicitis; however, concerns regarding radiation exposure in children obligate scrutiny of CT use. Here, we c...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Saito JM,Yan Y,Evashwick TW,Warner BW,Tarr PI

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00