Early elevations in B-type natriuretic peptide levels are associated with poor clinical outcomes in pediatric acute lung injury.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhaled hypertonic saline (HS) improves lung function and decreases pulmonary exacerbations in older patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Initiating therapies in young patients has potential to preserve lung function. Before conducting a therapeutic trial of HS in this population, its safety must be evaluated...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Dellon EP,Donaldson SH,Johnson R,Davis SD

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation therapy for wheezy infants with either a nebulizer or a pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI) through a spacer is common practice. The aim of our study was to compare aerosol delivery to wheezy infants from a nebulizer and from a pMDI via two small volume spacers. Twenty wheezy infants (aged 4-12 months) ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Wildhaber JH,Devadason SG,Hayden MJ,Eber E,Summers QA,LeSouëf PN

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of necrotizing pneumonia and empyema complicated by bronchopleural fistula is rising. We describe the case of a 2-year-old boy who presented with empyema thoracis and necrotizing pneumonia who developed a bronchopleural fistula. At initial thoracotomy for decortication, necrotic lung was found and resect...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Peters RT,Child F,Long AM,Humphrey GM,Rakoczy G

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the relative contribution of ribcage and abdomen during augmented breaths were assessed in two groups of infants (less than 2 weeks and 4-12 weeks old). In both groups ribcage and abdominal movements increased during augmented breaths in quiet sleep. In the older infants the relative increase was greater fo...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Mathew OP,Pronske ML,Clark ML

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Among older children, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is associated with measurable neurocognitive consequences. However, diagnostic SDB thresholds are lacking for infants < 12 months. We sought to evaluate the relationship between SDB indices, gestational age (GA), and postmenstrual age (PMA) for infants wh...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Matlen LB,Hassan F,Shellhaas RA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) with esophageal atresia (EA) is a common congenital anomaly that is associated with significant respiratory morbidity throughout life. The objective of this document is to provide a framework for the diagnosis and management of the respiratory complications that are associated with the ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Koumbourlis AC,Belessis Y,Cataletto M,Cutrera R,DeBoer E,Kazachkov M,Laberge S,Popler J,Porcaro F,Kovesi T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute mycoplasma pneumonia may be accompanied by wheeze in some children considered not to have asthma. The aim of the present study was to evaluate cytokine secretion in children with acute mycoplasma pneumonia and wheeze. We studied 58 patients with mycoplasma pneumonia (12 with wheeze, Group 1; 46 without wheeze, G...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Choi IS,Byeon JH,Yoo Y,Lee KC,Choung JT

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children share multiple epidemiological risk factors and the prevalence of snoring is higher in asthmatic children, suggesting that the latter may be at increased risk for OSA. Since both asthma and OSA are inflammatory disorders, we hypothesized that polysomnograp...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Kheirandish-Gozal L,Dayyat EA,Eid NS,Morton RL,Gozal D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory viral and atypical bacterial infections are associated with pulmonary exacerbations and hospitalisations in cystic fibrosis patients. We wanted to study the impact of such infections on children attending the outpatient clinic. METHODS:Seventy-five children were followed for 12 months at regular...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Olesen HV,Nielsen LP,Schiotz PO

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine cystic fibrosis (CF) physician adherence to the 2007 CF Foundation (CFF) Pulmonary Guidelines for Chronic Medications. Specifically adherence and barriers to prescribing level A medication recommendations (i.e., inhaled tobramycin and dornase alfa) and level B medication recommendations (i.e., macr...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Glauser TA,Nevins PH,Williamson JC,Abdolrasulnia M,Salinas GD,Zhang J,Debonnett L,Riekert KA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare safety and efficacy of bambuterol hydrochloride (10 mg) oral solution administered once daily in the evening with terbutaline sulphate (0.075 mg/kg body weight) oral solution administered three times daily in 2-5-year-old children with asthma. There were two treatment groups: (2/3)...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Kuusela AL,Marenk M,Sandahl G,Sanderud J,Nikolajev K,Persson B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the ATM gene, resulting in faulty repair of breakages in double-stranded DNA. The clinical phenotype is complex and is characterized by neurologic abnormalities, immunodeficiencies, susceptibility to malignancies, recurren...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： McGrath-Morrow SA,Gower WA,Rothblum-Oviatt C,Brody AS,Langston C,Fan LL,Lefton-Greif MA,Crawford TO,Troche M,Sandlund JT,Auwaerter PG,Easley B,Loughlin GM,Carroll JL,Lederman HM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three adults with cystic fibrosis (one after lung transplantation) presented with fever, chest pain, and acute radiographic changes. The changes included a cavitary lesion of the lung, acute dense infiltrates, and lobar collapse. After failing conventional antibiotic therapy, the patients underwent flexible bronchosco...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Colin AA,Tsiligiannis T,Nosé V,Waltz DA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory system compliance (Crs) can be used to assess lung stiffness in sick, intubated infants, avoiding the use of an esophageal balloon. Crs was assessed in a group of 15 sick, intubated infants using the occlusion and inflation techniques. The occlusion technique gave satisfactory results in 13 infants. Apneic...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Heaf DP,Turner H,Stocks J,Helms P

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of thoracic gas volume (TGV), airway resistance (Raw), and airway conductance (Gaw) were calculated in a group of 42 normal infants using a whole-body plethysmograph. Maximum expiratory flow at functional residual capacity was measured in a separate group of 108 normal infants. Using data obtained from th...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Hampton F,Beardsmore CS,Morgan W,Williams A,Taussig L,Thompson JR

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Episodes of respiratory distress with chest retraction and wheezing, sometimes associated with facial edema, were noted after administering the proton pump inhibitors omeprazole and esomeprazole in an infant with gastroesophageal reflux. The disturbances relieved dramatically after withdrawing the proton pump inhibito...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Baldassarre E,Sagaon MM,Ferrarini A,Bianchetti MG

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that exposure to air pollutants affects lung growth and development and can result in poor respiratory health in early life. METHODS:We included a subsample of 772 Mexican preschoolers whose mothers participated in a Prenatal Omega-3 fatty acid Supplements, GRowth, And Development...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Gutiérrez-Delgado RI,Barraza-Villarreal A,Escamilla-Núñez MC,Hernández-Cadena L,Cortez-Lugo M,Sly P,Romieu I

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Peripheral muscle dysfunction is increasingly recognized as complicating respiratory disease, but this is difficult to measure non-invasively. RESEARCH QUESTION:Can skeletal muscle function and efficiency be measured during exercise non-invasively using respiratory mass spectrometry (RMS); and is the know...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Rosenthal M,Narang I,Edwards L,Bush A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess pulmonary function and its predictors in very low birth weight (birth weight ≤1,500 g) children (VLBWc) with or without bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), born at gestational age ≤32 weeks at a single tertiary center during 1996-1999, after the introduction of surfactant the...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Cazzato S,Ridolfi L,Bernardi F,Faldella G,Bertelli L

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung transplantation in childhood is a highly specialized clinical practice confined to a few centers around the world. Organ availability remains an important limiting factor in extending the application of this procedure to more infants, children and adolescents. The lungs are the organ most vulnerable to injury, in...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Mallory GB Jr,Schecter MG,Elidemir O

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The efficacy of nebulized hypertonic saline (HS) therapy for shortening hospital length of stay (LOS) or improving bronchiolitic symptoms remains controversial. Most studies enrolled small numbers of subjects and did not consider the role of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the most common cause of acute...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Morikawa Y,Miura M,Furuhata MY,Morino S,Omori T,Otsuka M,Chiga M,Obonai T,Hataya H,Kaneko T,Ishikura K,Honda M,Hasegawa Y,Tokyo Pediatric Clinical Research Network.

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, randomized trial, we compared the effects of aerosolized metaproterenol to subcutaneous epinephrine in 35 episodes of acute asthma in children between 6 and 19 years of age. Patients were randomized to two parallel groups and then received both a placebo medication and an active medication to a maxi...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Ruddy RM,Kolski G,Scarpa N,Wilmott R

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to evaluate long-term effects of exogenous surfactant therapy on pulmonary functional outcome in children born very preterm. We examined 40 children aged 7-12 years who were born before 30 weeks of gestation with an immature surfactant system, and were randomized to one of three treatment groups: human sur...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Pelkonen AS,Hakulinen AL,Turpeinen M,Hallman M

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The mammalian lung possesses the highest level of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) amongst all the organs. ACE is known to generate angiotensin (AT)-II from AT-I and to regulate serum bradykinin level, thereby controlling blood pressure. Recent data, however, indicate a role for ACE derived AT-II in ang...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Castro EC,Parks WT,Galambos C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chest impedance (CI) is the current standard for cardio-respiratory monitoring in preterm infants but fails to provide direct and quantitative information on diaphragmatic activity. Transcutaneous electromyography (dEMG) is able to measure diaphragmatic activity, but its feasibility and repeatability to mo...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Kraaijenga JV,Hutten GJ,de Jongh FH,van Kaam AH

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate, regular exercise is of benefit to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). As with other segments of the population, it has been difficult to devise exercise programs to which most patients will adhere for long periods of time. In healthy children, factors that are related to positive exercise compliance inclu...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Prasad SA,Cerny FJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous hemopneumothorax (SHP) is a rare potentially life-threatening condition that occurs in predominantly young adolescents. The resultant massive hemorrhage leading to hypovolemic shock can be a surgical emergency. It constitutes 1-12% of all spontaneous pneumothoraces and presents with two cardinal features, ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Chen TH,Tseng YH,Tseng CM,Chiang HH,Lin TJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple breath washout (MBW) is increasingly used in the clinical assessment of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Guidelines for MBW quality control (QC) were developed primarily for retrospective assessment and central overreading. We assessed whether real-time QC of MBW data during the measurement impro...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Frauchiger BS,Carlens J,Herger A,Moeller A,Latzin P,Ramsey KA

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we highlight cystic fibrosis (CF) research published in Pediatric Pulmonology during 2014, as well as related articles published in other journals. ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Savant AP,McColley SA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific airway resistance (SRaw) is conventionally determined by multiplying the plethysmographically measured values of airway resistance and functional residual capacity (FRC). An alternative single-step method, which avoids the need for airway occlusion during determination of FRC, has been described by Dab and Al...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Haluszka J,Willim G,Cutrera R,Ronchetti R,Filtcher S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00