An outbreak of measles in an undervaccinated community.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the outcome at 2-year corrected age of infants who participated in a double-blind controlled trial of early (<12 hours) dexamethasone therapy for the prevention of chronic lung disease (CLD). METHODS AND MATERIALS:A total of 133 children (70 in the control group, 63 in the dexamethasone-treated gro...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Yeh TF,Lin YJ,Huang CC,Chen YJ,Lin CH,Lin HC,Hsieh WS,Lien YJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal piezoelectric lithotripsy is an effective method for treating renal pelvic stones in children. Treatment with the Wolf lithotriptor is essentially painless and can be performed without anesthesia on an outpatient basis. Real-time ultrasound is used to localize stones. In a 1-year period at the Universit...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Starr NT,Middleton RG

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Live probiotic bacteria and dietary prebiotic oligosaccharides (together termed synbiotics) increasingly are being used in infancy, but evidence of long-term safety is lacking. In a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial, we studied the safety and long-term effects of feeding synbiotics to newborn...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kukkonen K,Savilahti E,Haahtela T,Juntunen-Backman K,Korpela R,Poussa T,Tuure T,Kuitunen M

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:We report here the case of an infant who developed life-threatening rigid-chest syndrome after receiving an accidental overdose of methadone. The child responded to narcotic reversal. Pediatric physicians should be aware of this possible complication. ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lynch RE,Hack RA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatricians are familiar with conductive hearing loss, but to many it is synonymous with otitis media of some type. There is a group of children who have anatomic abnormalities of the external or middle ear causing their hearing losses. The records of 565 hearing-impaired children were reviewed, and 54 with non-otit...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Stewart JM,Downs MP

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate associations between timing of adiposity rebound (AR; the period in childhood where BMI begins to increase from its nadir) and adiposity (BMI, fat mass) at age 15 years in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). METHODS:The sample consisted of 546 children with AR derive...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hughes AR,Sherriff A,Ness AR,Reilly JJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Implementation of an asthma clinical practice guideline did not achieve desired chest radiograph (CXR) usage goals. We attempt to use quality improvement methodology to decrease the percentage of CXRs obtained for pediatric patients with acute asthma exacerbations from 29.3% to <20% and to evaluate whether d...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Watnick CS,Arnold DH,Latuska R,O'Connor M,Johnson DP

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skin tests with soluble beta-lactams can be used to diagnose immediate and delayed hypersensitivity (HS) reactions to beta-lactam antibiotics. Very few studies have been performed with children with suspected beta-lactam allergy. In these studies, immediate HS to beta-lactams was diagnosed by skin tests in 4...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ponvert C,Le Clainche L,de Blic J,Le Bourgeois M,Scheinmann P,Paupe J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to characterize the demographics, diagnoses, and management of transferred patients who were directly discharged from the emergency department (ED) or admitted less than 24 hours. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study of patients classified as interfacility ED transfers over a...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Li J,Monuteaux MC,Bachur RG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: media-1vid110.1542/5799875103001PEDS-VA_2017-3616Video Abstract OBJECTIVES: Noncigarette tobacco products may confer a risk of marijuana use similar to combustible cigarettes. We examined whether adolescent electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), hookah, or combustible cigarette use is associated with initiating and cur...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Audrain-McGovern J,Stone MD,Barrington-Trimis J,Unger JB,Leventhal AM

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A number of studies have shown that victimization from bullying behavior is associated with substantial adverse effects on physical and psychological health, but it is unclear which comes first, the victimization or the health-related symptoms. In our present study, we investigated whether victimization prec...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fekkes M,Pijpers FI,Fredriks AM,Vogels T,Verloove-Vanhorick SP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Late preterm infant mortality is higher than that for term newborns. The association between weight for gestational age (WGA) category and late preterm mortality has not been well described. OBJECTIVES:Our objectives for this research were as follows: (1) to compare neonatal and infant mortality rates of SG...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Pulver LS,Guest-Warnick G,Stoddard GJ,Byington CL,Young PC

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Articles in this issue show clearly the enormous impact that the use of health information technology can have on the quality of health care for children. However, they also point out the challenges that need to be overcome to realize fully the potential of health information technology to improve the quality and effi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fairbrother G,Simpson LA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The list of recommended pediatric preventive services has grown considerably in the past decade, and clinician variability, clinician distribution, and other correlates of provision of these basic preventive services (BPS) are not known. OBJECTIVE:To describe the proportion of high-quality basic pediatric p...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Zuckerman B,Stevens GD,Inkelas M,Halfon N

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Using nationally representative data, we examined biological, medical system, and sociodemographic factors that are associated with health-related quality of life as measured by a multidimensional index that accounts for a wide range of child health domains. METHODS:Children aged > or = 6 years (N = 69,031) ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Simon AE,Chan KS,Forrest CB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to use nationwide registries to examine the health of children up to 4 years of age who were born as a result of in vitro fertilization. METHODS:Children born after in vitro fertilization (N = 4559) from 1996 to 1999 were monitored until 2003. Two control groups were selected fr...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Klemetti R,Sevón T,Gissler M,Hemminki E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current status of nursery routines of prophylaxis against ophthalmia neonatorum were surveyed by mail questionnaire to 100 leading maternity hospitals. More than 20% of the respondents were not using silver nitrate, mainly because of chemical conjunctivitis. The clinical significance and incidence of chemical conj...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Nishida H,Risemberg HM

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: media-1vid110.1542/5839992674001PEDS-VA_2018-1485Video Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Recently, the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) recommended against routine endotracheal suctioning of meconium-stained nonvigorous newborns but suggested resuscitation with positive pressure ventilation. Our purpose is to ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Chiruvolu A,Miklis KK,Chen E,Petrey B,Desai S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital or acquired hearing loss in infants and children has been linked with lifelong deficits in speech and language acquisition, poor academic performance, personal-social maladjustments, and emotional difficulties. Identification of hearing loss through neonatal hearing screening, regular surveillance of develo...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Harlor AD Jr,Bower C,Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine.,Section on Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory failure secondary to surfactant deficiency is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low birth weight immature infants. Surfactant therapy substantially reduces mortality and respiratory morbidity for this population. The statement summarizes the indications for surfactant replacement therapy. Because...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors：

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The reported increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attendant health and family impact make monitoring of ASD prevalence a public health priority. METHODS:The prevalence of parent-reported diagnosis of ASD among US children aged 3 to 17 years was estimated from the 2007 National Survey ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kogan MD,Blumberg SJ,Schieve LA,Boyle CA,Perrin JM,Ghandour RM,Singh GK,Strickland BB,Trevathan E,van Dyck PC

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the lowest dose of concentrated (U100) insulin that can be reproducibly delivered. METHODS:A telephone survey was used to determine current practices in major pediatric hospitals regarding the administration of low doses of concentrated insulin. A sensitive gravitometric technique was used to de...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Casella SJ,Mongilio MK,Plotnick LP,Hesterberg MP,Long CA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study tested the predictive validity at 3 years of age of a screening device for the early identification of later cognitive delay. The screening device, administered between 3 and 7 months of age, is based on the infant's differential fixation "to novel" over previously shown pictures. The sample was comp...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fagan JF 3rd,Singer LT,Montie JE,Shepherd PA

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to document gender differences in lymphocyte subsets and plasma RNA levels in a pediatric cohort with presumed minimal hormonal differences (on the basis of age). METHODS:Blood samples from antiretroviral therapy-treated, HIV-infected children (n = 158) and HIV-uninfected children (n = 1801) who we...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Foca M,Moye J,Chu C,Matthews Y,Rich K,Handelsman E,Luzuriaga K,Paul M,Diaz C,Women and Infants Transmission Study.

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between annual provider (hospital and surgeon) volume of pediatric cardiac surgery and in-hospital mortality. DESIGN:Population-based retrospective cohort study using a clinical database. SETTING:The 16 acute care hospitals in New York with certificate of need approval to perform...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hannan EL,Racz M,Kavey RE,Quaegebeur JM,Williams R

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Our goals were to highlight an increasing trend in orthopedic injuries in children as a result of "heeling" or "street gliding," to describe injuries sustained by children using Heelys (HSL, Carrollton, TX) and Street Gliders (Glowgadgets Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom), and to increase public awareness and pr...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Vioreanu M,Sheehan E,Glynn A,Casidy N,Stephens M,McCormack D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Infant mortality is an indicator of overall societal health, and a significant proportion of infant deaths occur in NICUs. The objectives were to identify causes of death and to define potentially preventable factors associated with death as areas for quality improvement efforts in the NICU. ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Jacob J,Kamitsuka M,Clark RH,Kelleher AS,Spitzer AR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External auditory canal polyps are most commonly inflammatory in nature but may also manifest more severe disease. Prolonged conservative therapy may delay the correct diagnosis and appropriate intervention. A case is presented of a child with chronic otorrhea treated for 4 months with topical drops and antibiotics. O...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Harris KC,Conley SF,Kerschner JE

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00