Preparedness for pediatric emergencies encountered in the practitioner's office.

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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether prenatal exposure to betamethasone for the prevention of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) alters blood pressure in childhood. DESIGN:Prospective follow-up study of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING:National Women's Hospital (Auckland, New Zealand)...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Dalziel SR,Liang A,Parag V,Rodgers A,Harding JE

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although dornase alfa is a widely used, aerosolized, mucolytic agent in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), its efficacy in relation to the timing of physiotherapy has not been tested. We sought to determine whether dornase alfa is more efficacious when it is administered 30 minutes before versus 30 minutes a...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fitzgerald DA,Hilton J,Jepson B,Smith L

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：CONTEXT:The effect of diabetes during pregnancy on the cognitive development of offspring is unclear because of inconsistent findings from limited studies. OBJECTIVE:This review was aimed to provide the best available scientific evidence on the associations between maternal pregnancy diabetes and the cognitive develop...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Adane AA,Mishra GD,Tooth LR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine which warming system more closely approximates a neutral thermal environment, the oxygen consumption of 16 premature babies, weighing less than 1,500 gm each, was measured in a convectively heated incubator and under an open radiant warmer. Both systems were controlled to maintain a skin temperature of 36...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： LeBlanc MH

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this work was to describe levels of maternal anxiety, depressive symptoms, and perceptions of infant vulnerability associated with newborn genetic screening for susceptibility to type 1 diabetes. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Mothers of infants tested at birth for genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabe...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kerruish NJ,Campbell-Stokes PL,Gray A,Merriman TR,Robertson SP,Taylor BJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-induced osteomalacia/rickets is a rare paraneoplastic disorder associated with a tumor-producing fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). We present a child with symptoms of rickets as the first clinical sign of a central giant cell granuloma (CGCG) with high serum levels of FGF23, a hormone associated with decrease...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fernández-Cooke E,Cruz-Rojo J,Gallego C,Romance AI,Mosqueda-Peña R,Almaden Y,Sánchez del Pozo J

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:Patients with cystic fibrosis are known to have pancreatic disorganization with associated pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. Endocrine hormonal secretion is also affected but diminution in insulin secretion is rarely accompanied by overt diabetes. We studied seven patients with cystic fibrosis to determine their carb...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lippe BM,Kaplan SA,Neufeld ND,Smith A,Scott M

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:CHARGE (coloboma, heart defect, atresia choanae, retarded growth and development, genital hypoplasia, ear anomalies/deafness) syndrome and chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome are known to have significant clinical overlap including cardiac anomalies, ear abnormalities, hearing loss, developmental delay, ren...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Jyonouchi S,McDonald-McGinn DM,Bale S,Zackai EH,Sullivan KE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the first known case of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA presenting with respiratory symptoms and characteristic lung pathology. This case highlights under-recognized areas of systemic involvement and earlier modes of presentation in lysosomal storage disorders as well as the importance of investi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Chiang J,Raiman J,Cutz E,Solomon M,Dell S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A caregiver may fail to recognize or respond to a child's medical needs for a variety of reasons. An effective response by a health care professional to medical neglect requires a comprehensive assessment of the child's needs, the parents' resources, the parents' efforts to provide for the needs of the child, and opti...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Jenny C,Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, American Academy of Pediatrics.

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcripts of tape-recorded interviews of pediatric endocrinologists and patients with Turner's syndrome and their parents were reviewed in consultation with child psychoanalysts in order to evaluate certain aspects of communication between patients and doctors. The transcripts showed that the doctors often talke...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Raimbault G,Cachin O,Limal JM,Eliacheff C,Rappaport R

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The explosive growth of the Internet in recent years has provided a revolutionary new means of interpersonal communication and connectivity. Information on recreational drugs-once limited to bookstores, libraries, mass media, and personal contacts-is now readily available to just about anyone with Internet access. Not...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Wax PM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cognitive functioning of 20 children and adolescents with end-stage renal disease was assessed 1 to 3 weeks prior to the onset of hemodialysis, and at 1 month and 1 year after successful kidney transplantation, and results were compared with those of a matched control group. A battery of intelligence, achievement,...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fennell RS 3rd,Rasbury WC,Fennell EB,Morris MK

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding affects the likelihood of gross and fine motor delay in infants and examined the effect of factors that might explain any observed differences. METHODS:The study sample included all term singleton infants who weighed > 2500 g at birth and ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sacker A,Quigley MA,Kelly YJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear why children of adolescent mothers experience more developmental problems than children of adult mothers. There has been minimal systematic investigation of whether there is a relationship between the young age of the mother and her mothering behaviors. Our data fail to demonstrate any relationship betwe...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： McAnarney ER,Lawrence RA,Aten MJ,Iker HP

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article reviews the available information concerning the disease burden, epidemiology, and etiology of otitis media in developing countries and the likelihood that case management with appropriate antibiotic therapy can reduce the burden of this disease. METHODOLOGY:The available literature was reviewed...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Berman S

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Health care-associated infections persist as a major problem in most neonatal intensive care units. Hand hygiene has been singled out as the most important measure in preventing hospital-acquired infection. However, hand hygiene compliance among health care workers (HCWs) remains low. The objective of this st...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lam BC,Lee J,Lau YL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3 6/12-year-old previously healthy girl had intermittent attacks of abdominal pain following a blunt abdominal trauma. At admission to the hospital, she had jaundice and hepatomegaly. Results of laboratory tests indicated an obstructive pattern, and ultrasonography revealed an intraluminal mass in the distal common ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Carstensen H,Nilsson KO,Nettelblad SC,Cederlund CG,Hildell J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the fact that 20% of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) deaths occur in child care settings, many child care providers continue to be unaware of the association of SIDS and infant sleep position and/or are misinformed as to the risks and benefits of the various sleep positions. The objective of this ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Moon RY,Oden RP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hypercalcemia with decreased renal function, hypertension, and renal calcifications developed in a 14-year-old boy who required prolonged immobilization for multiple fractures. Parathyroid hormone was not detectable in the serum. Urinary calcium excretion was high. Initially, mobilization was impossible and the...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Conley SB,Shackelford GD,Robson AM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Premature infants are at high risk of early-onset sepsis (EOS) relative to term infants, and most are administered empirical antibiotics after birth. We aimed to determine if factors evident at birth could be used to identify premature infants at lower risk of EOS. METHODS:Study infants were born at 22 to 2...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Puopolo KM,Mukhopadhyay S,Hansen NI,Cotten CM,Stoll BJ,Sanchez PJ,Bell EF,Das A,Hensman AM,Van Meurs KP,Wyckoff MH,NICHD Neonatal Research Network.

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test in the primary care setting the short- and long-term efficacy of a behavioral intervention that simultaneously targeted an overweight child and parent versus an information control (IC) targeting weight control only in the child. METHODS:Two- to 5-year-old children who had BMI ≥85th percentile and an...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Quattrin T,Roemmich JN,Paluch R,Yu J,Epstein LH,Ecker MA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the reliability and validity of a previously derived clinical dehydration scale (CDS) in a cohort of children with gastroenteritis and evidence of dehydration. METHODS:Participants were 226 children older than 3 months who presented to a tertiary care emergency department and required intravenou...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kinlin LM,Freedman SB

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Premature infants have bradycardia and/or desaturation events due to apnea of prematurity that resolve as the infants mature. Despite American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines recommending a standard "event-free" period before discharge, length of observation in our Intensive Care Nursery was variable. By Ju...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Coughlin K,Posencheg M,Orfe L,Zachritz W,Meadow J,Yang K,Christ L

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Trichomoniasis is a prevalent cause of vaginitis among adolescents that increases the risk of acquiring other sexually transmitted diseases and of negative pregnancy outcomes. Treatment of trichomoniasis is therefore essential for improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes. A timely, se...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Postenrieder NR,Reed JL,Hesse E,Kahn JA,Ding L,Gaydos CA,Rompalo A,Widdice LE

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relationship between sudden infant death syndrome and the use of phenothiazine-containing medications is suspected. In order to investigate the influence of phenothiazines upon cardiorespiratory and sleep characteristics, four normal infants (mean age 15.8 weeks) had polygraphic recordings made for one night. The re...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kahn A,Hasaerts D,Blum D

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recommended durations of observation after anaphylaxis have been widely variable, with many ranging from 4 to 24 hours. Prolonged durations often prompt admission for ongoing observation. METHODS:In a multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative, we revised our emergency department (ED) anaphylaxis clin...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lee J,Rodio B,Lavelle J,Lewis MO,English R,Hadley S,Molnar J,Jacobstein C,Cianferoni A,Spergel J,Zielinski L,Tsarouhas N,Brown-Whitehorn T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00