Pulmonary embolism in the pediatric emergency department.

abstract：:Although bone age estimates are traditionally used to monitor children receiving growth hormone therapy, few data support this practice. Bone age determination is fraught with technical difficulties, resulting in high interobserver differences. Longitudinal studies show that an individual's bone age can change erratic...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Wilson DM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a group of disorders that leads to early childhood death as a result of severe infections. Recent research has addressed potential newborn screening for SCID. OBJECTIVE:To conduct a systematic review of the evidence for newborn screening for SCID, including test chara...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lipstein EA,Vorono S,Browning MF,Green NS,Kemper AR,Knapp AA,Prosser LA,Perrin JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify vaccination policies and beliefs associated with practice immunization rates (PIR) among office-based pediatricians. METHODS:Primary care pediatricians recruited from the Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network of the American Academy of Pediatrics or the Pediatric Section of the Nat...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Taylor JA,Darden PM,Brooks DA,Hendricks JW,Baker AE,Wasserman RC

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus infection is common in childhood and is generally associated with self-limited disease. Cidofovir, a viral DNA polymerase inhibitor, is used to treat adenovirus infection in select populations but is not often recommended for immunocompetent patients because of limited antiviral activity and nephrotoxicity....

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Alcamo AM,Wolf MS,Alessi LJ,Chong HJ,Green M,Williams JV,Simon DW

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of performing computed tomography (CT) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in children with chronic headaches. BACKGROUND:Headache is a common complaint in children. With the proliferation of brain imaging centers and the increasing patient demand for CT or MRI studies, brain i...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Maytal J,Bienkowski RS,Patel M,Eviatar L

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children who become overweight by age 2 years have significantly greater risks of long-term health problems, and children in low-income communities, where rates of low adult literacy are highest, are at increased risk of developing obesity. The objective of the Greenlight Intervention Study is to assess the effectiven...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sanders LM,Perrin EM,Yin HS,Bronaugh A,Rothman RL,Greenlight Study Team.

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assay of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) activity in multiple small bits of liver (approximately 5 mg) that were obtained from a single surgical biopsy in a patient with OTC deficiency revealed a 10- to 40-fold variation in enzyme activity. Similar studies with control autopsy liver specimens varied 2.5-fold at most....

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Glasgow AM,Kraegel JH,Schulman JD

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physician-scientists represent a critical component of the biomedical and health research workforce. However, the proportion of physicians who spend a significant amount of effort on scientific research has declined over the past 40 years. This trend has been particularly noticeable in pediatrics despite recent scient...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hurst JH,Barrett KJ,Kelly MS,Staples BB,McGann KA,Cunningham CK,Reed AM,Gbadegesin RA,Permar SR

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Bedside delivery of discharge medications improves caregiver understanding and experience. Less is known about its impact on medication adherence. We aimed to improve antimicrobial adherence by increasing on-time first home doses for patients discharged from the pediatric hospital medicine service from 33% t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Gupta S,Winckler B,Lopez MA,Costilla M,McCarthy J,Wagner J,Broderick A,French K,Le B,Lo HY

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercially available mouse monoclonal antibodies to human IgG subclass (IgG1 to IgG4) were applied to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to measure IgG subclass-specific antibodies to varicella-zoster virus in children naturally infected with varicella-zoster virus and in varicella vaccine recipients. In children ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Asano Y,Hiroishi Y,Itakura N,Hirose S,Kajita Y,Nagai T,Yazaki T,Takahashi M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) remains a challenging issue in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, and its management varies widely. Our aim in this study was to document the natural course of ductus arteriosus in a cohort of VLBW infants who underwent conservative PDA management with no medical or surgical...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Semberova J,Sirc J,Miletin J,Kucera J,Berka I,Sebkova S,O'Sullivan S,Franklin O,Stranak Z

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Recent years have witnessed substantial gains in health insurance coverage for children, but few studies have examined trends across a diverse set of access indicators. We examine US children's access to health services and whether trends vary by race/ethnicity and income. METHODS:Analysis of ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Larson K,Cull WL,Racine AD,Olson LM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global developmental delay and intellectual disability are relatively common pediatric conditions. This report describes the recommended clinical genetics diagnostic approach. The report is based on a review of published reports, most consisting of medium to large case series of diagnostic tests used, and the proporti...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Moeschler JB,Shevell M,Committee on Genetics.

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to describe current childhood cancer incidence in the United States and identify demographic and geographic variation among children and adolescents with cancer. METHODS:We examined data from 39 National Program of Cancer Registries and 5 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results statewide reg...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Li J,Thompson TD,Miller JW,Pollack LA,Stewart SL

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The success of health care provider counseling-based interventions to address vaccine hesitancy is not clear. In 2011, Washington State implemented Senate Bill 5005 (SB5005), requiring counseling and a signed form from a licensed health care provider to obtain an exemption. Evaluating the impact of a counsel...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Omer SB,Allen K,Chang DH,Guterman LB,Bednarczyk RA,Jordan A,Buttenheim A,Jones M,Hannan C,deHart MP,Salmon DA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve infants with severe perinatal asphyxia were found to have elevated blood ammonia levels (302 to 960 microgram/100 ml). In the seven survivors, hyperammonemia was associated with CNS irritability, hyperthermia, hypertension, and wide neonatal heart rate oscillations. Follow-up examinations revealed severe neurol...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Goldberg RN,Cabal LA,Sinatra FR,Plajstek CE,Hodgman JE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Adolescents with justice system involvement have high rates of physical and behavioral health disorders and are potentially high users of costly health care services. We examined emergency department (ED) and hospital use among a national sample of adolescents with various levels of justice involvement. MET...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Winkelman TNA,Genao I,Wildeman C,Wang EA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the clinical features of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection associated with the administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in patients with varied immunodeficiencies. DESIGN:Prospective collection of clinical and virologic data in patients determined to have HCV exposure associated wi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Jonas MM,Baron MJ,Bresee JS,Schneider LC

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the International Collaborative Study of Maternal phenylketonuria have shown that dietary phenylalanine restriction of women with hyperphenylalaninemia during pregnancy decreases the incidence of mental retardation, microcephaly, congenital heart disease, and intrauterine growth retardation in their off...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Clarke JT

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We followed a cohort (N = 306) of infants at well-baby visits in two suburban pediatric practices to assess the relation of exclusive breastfeeding, and other environmental exposures, to episodes of acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME). METHODS:Detailed prospective information about ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Duffy LC,Faden H,Wasielewski R,Wolf J,Krystofik D

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the cumulative proportion of youth who self-report having been arrested or taken into custody for illegal or delinquent offenses (excluding arrests for minor traffic violations) from ages 8 to 23 years. METHODS:Self-reported arrest history data (excluding arrests for minor traffic violations) fro...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Brame R,Turner MG,Paternoster R,Bushway SD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with ten children with superior vena cava obstruction is reported. Five patients had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, two had Hodgkin's disease, two had benign lesions, and one patient was suspected on clinical and radiologic basis to have a lymphoma. The clinical situation at presentation was often critical and req...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Issa PY,Brihi ER,Janin Y,Slim MS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven instances of child abuse due to poisoning are reported; two of the children died. Forty-one cases of this form of poisoning are found in the literature. Of the total of 48 children, eight (17%) died as a result of the incident; and one was mentally retarded. The seven different agents described here are alcohol,...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Dine MS,McGovern ME

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of pediatric collaborative improvement networks have demonstrated improved care and outcomes for children. Regionally, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Physician Hospital Organization has sustained key asthma processes, substantially increased the percentage of their asthma population receiving "...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Billett AL,Colletti RB,Mandel KE,Miller M,Muething SE,Sharek PJ,Lannon CM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the United States, 15- to 24-year-olds represent approximately 14% of HIV cases diagnosed in 2006 and almost 50% of the 19 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reported annually. This survey assessed pediatricians' practices regarding preventive health care screening, provision of reproductive he...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Henry-Reid LM,O'Connor KG,Klein JD,Cooper E,Flynn P,Futterman DC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 36 toddlers and preschool children exhibiting bedtime tantrum activity were randomly assigned to one of three groups: positive routines, graduated extinction, or control. Positive routines involved changing the child's bedtime to coincide with when he naturally fell asleep, as well as parent and child engag...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Adams LA,Rickert VI

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beals syndrome, also known as congenital contractural arachnodactyly (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man: 121050), is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by a mutation in FBN2 that is typically characterized by congenital contractures and arachnodactyly. It shares a number of phenotypic features with Loeys-Dietz sy...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Woolnough R,Dhawan A,Dow K,Walia JS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the usefulness of measurements of the vaginal opening and amount of hymenal tissue present inferiorly and laterally in the diagnosis of vaginal penetration. METHODS:The transhymenal diameters and the amount of tissue present between the hymenal edge and vestibule inferiorly at 6 o'clock and late...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Berenson AB,Chacko MR,Wiemann CM,Mishaw CO,Friedrich WN,Grady JJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Usage of computer resources at the point of care has a positive effect on physician decision making. Pediatricians' information-seeking behaviors are not well characterized. The goal of this study was to characterize quantitatively the information-seeking behaviors of general pediatricians and specifically co...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： D'Alessandro DM,Kreiter CD,Peterson MW

更新日期：2004-01-01 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