Child abuse or osteogenesis imperfecta: how can we tell?

abstract：:This is the case of a previously healthy 15-month-old girl who initially presented to her primary pediatrician with a 2-week history of intermittent periorbital edema. The edema had improved by the time of the visit, and a urine specimen was unable to be obtained in the clinic. A routine fingerstick demonstrated anemi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kamzan AD,Newcomer CA,Wozniak LJ,Federman NC,Kim LS

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Children with medical complexity have unique needs when facilitating transitions from hospital to home. Defining readiness for discharge is challenging, and preparation requires coordination of family, education, equipment, and medications. Our multidisciplinary team aimed to increase the perce...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Statile AM,Schondelmeyer AC,Thomson JE,Brower LH,Davis B,Redel J,Hausfeld J,Tucker K,White DL,White CM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global health (GH) offerings by pediatric residency programs have increased significantly, with 1 in 4 programs indicating they offer a GH track. Despite growth of these programs, there is currently no widely accepted definition for what comprises a GH track in residency. METHODS:A panel of 12 pediatric GH ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Haq H,Barnes A,Batra M,Condurache T,Pitt MB,Robison JA,Schubert C,St Clair N,Uwemedimo O,Watts J,Russ CM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An explicit goal of child health supervision visits is to gather information and provide guidance about the psychosocial problems of children and families. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which parents had opportunities to express psychosocial concerns and the nature of physicians' responses t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sharp L,Pantell RH,Murphy LO,Lewis CC

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to assess the impact of an interactive seminar based on self-regulation theory on 1) the treatment practices and communications and education behavior of physicians, 2) the health status and medical care utilization of their pediatric patients with asthma, and 3) the satisfaction wit...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Clark NM,Gong M,Schork MA,Evans D,Roloff D,Hurwitz M,Maiman L,Mellins RB

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The prevalence of neural tube defects is reduced in populations of women who receive folic acid supplementation. Since 1998, grain products in the United States have been fortified with folic acid. Fortification may have additional benefits by reducing the national prevalence of newborn hospitalizations for oth...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Robbins JM,Tilford JM,Bird TM,Cleves MA,Reading JA,Hobbs CA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The movement of young adults with special health care needs from pediatric-oriented care to adult-oriented care has been a growing concern in the health care literature over the past 20 years. This article reviews the development and evaluation of health care transition policy over that period of time. These health ca...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Reiss J,Gibson R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether excessive television viewing throughout childhood and adolescence is associated with increased antisocial behavior in early adulthood. METHODS:We assessed a birth cohort of 1037 individuals born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1972-1973, at regular intervals from birth to age 26 years. We ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Robertson LA,McAnally HM,Hancox RJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children of substance-abusing parents, including children of alcoholics (COAs), are one of the highest risk groups of youth for substance-abuse problems. For both genetic and family environmental reasons, COAs and children of drug abusers are very vulnerable to becoming alcohol or other drug abusers.1,2 With drug use ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kumpfer KL

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the case of a 13-month-old boy who acquired HIV infection postnatally through breastfeeding in a developed country in 2012. His mother had regular pregnancy follow-up and was found to be seronegative for HIV on 2 consecutive screening tests (during pregnancy and just after delivery). However, 1 year l...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Blumental S,Ferster A,Van den Wijngaert S,Lepage P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytogenetic test was developed to enable the diagnostic differentiation between Fanconi anemia and the group of disorders classified as "idiopathic" aplastic anemia. The method is based on the effect of the bifunctional alkylating agent mitomycin C (MMC) on chromosomes of peripheral lymphocytes in culture 92 to 96 h...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Cervenka J,Arthur D,Yasis C

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains unclear if fatal brain injuries in young children are characterized by immediate rapid deterioration or can present after an initial period of lucidity. This issue has legal implications in child abuse, for which understanding the clinical course affects perpetrator identification. OBJECTIVE:To d...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Arbogast KB,Margulies SS,Christian CW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the use of once-a-day cefpodoxime proxetil to once-a-day cefixime in the treatment of acute suppurative otitis media. DESIGN:Randomized, multicenter, investigator-blinded. SETTING:Outpatient. PATIENTS:A total of 368 patients (age 2 months to 17 years) were randomized to receive either cefpodoxim...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Asmar BI,Dajani AS,Del Beccaro MA,Mendelman PM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an 8-year-old child with acute anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy triggered by human herpesvirus 6 and the subsequent implantation of an intracorporeal continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and the process to discharge the child from the hospital. After barely 3 months on mechan...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Cavigelli-Brunner A,Schweiger M,Knirsch W,Stiasny B,Klingel K,Kretschmar O,Hübler M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the success of childhood immunizations in prevention of infectious diseases, questions remain about the safety of vaccines in medically fragile children with inborn errors of metabolism such as urea cycle disorders (UCDs). Patients with UCDs are subject to hyperammonemic episodes (HAEs) after infecti...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Morgan TM,Schlegel C,Edwards KM,Welch-Burke T,Zhu Y,Sparks R,Summar M,Urea Cycle Disorders Consortium.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Active Teen Leaders Avoiding Screen-time (ATLAS) intervention for adolescent boys, an obesity prevention intervention using smartphone technology. METHODS:ATLAS was a cluster randomized controlled trial conducted in 14 secondary schools in low-income c...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Smith JJ,Morgan PJ,Plotnikoff RC,Dally KA,Salmon J,Okely AD,Finn TL,Lubans DR

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has the potential to reduce the number of uninsured children in the United States by as much as 40%. The extent to which immigrant families are aware of and interested in obtaining insurance for their children is unclear. METHODS:Data from the 2011-2012 N...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： BeLue R,Miranda PY,Elewonibi BR,Hillemeier MM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether infants who are fed initially and advanced at 30 mL/kg per day (intervention) take fewer days to get to full feedings than those who are fed initially and advanced at 20 mL/kg per day (control), without increasing their incidence of feeding complications and necrotizing enterocolitis (NE...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Caple J,Armentrout D,Huseby V,Halbardier B,Garcia J,Sparks JW,Moya FR

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause for children, adolescents, and young adults. Injury results from multiple factors and so may its prevention. The first and simplest approach toward preventing injuries has been to innovatively and aggressively apply a traditional pub...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Irwin CE Jr,Cataldo MF,Matheny AP Jr,Peterson L

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether state booster seat laws were associated with decreased fatality rates in children 4 to 7 years of age in the United States. METHODS:Retrospective, longitudinal analysis of all motor vehicle occupant crashes involving children 4 to 7 years of age identified in the Fatality Analysis Report...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Mannix R,Fleegler E,Meehan WP 3rd,Schutzman SA,Hennelly K,Nigrovic L,Lee LK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-week-old infant awoke with a fever. He was taken to the doctor who noted that the child was irritable. The doctor took him to the hospital where a resident performed a spinal tap, started an intravenous (IV) line, and ordered antibiotics. The entire drama, from entering the doctor's office to infusion of ampicilli...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Meadow W,Lantos J

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four-hour metabolic balance studies were performed in ten jaundiced preterm infants, five light-treated (phototherapy) and five controls. Each of the light-treated infants was studied twice, once during phototherapy (period I) and once 48 hours after phototherapy (period II). Control infants were similarly stud...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Wu PY,Moosa A

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Approximately 1 in 5 child passenger deaths in the United States involves an alcohol-impaired driver, most commonly the child's own driver. The objective of this study was to document recent trends and state-specific rates of these deaths. METHODS:A descriptive analysis of 2001-2010 Fatality A...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Quinlan K,Shults RA,Rudd RA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clarity of speech normally improves throughout the first few years of life, with acquisition of complete intelligibility by 4 years of age. Delayed emergence of intelligibility, or frankly unintelligible speech, often signify the presence of a major disturbance of language, overall cognitive development, or hearing. N...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Coplan J,Gleason JR

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The publication of guidelines calling for less aggressive treatment of jaundice in newborns has been followed by a reappearance of case reports of kernicterus. These case reports illustrate important issues for writers and consumers of practice guidelines. One issue is the particular salience of identified patients wi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Newman TB,Maisels MJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of skin cancer has increased in the United States, concomitant with increased UV radiation (UVR) exposure among young adults. We examined whether tanning facilities in Missouri, a state without indoor-tanning regulations, acted in accordance with the Food and Drug Administration's recommendatio...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Balaraman B,Biesbroeck LK,Lickerman SH,Cornelius LA,Jeffe DB

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the literature on possible growth-suppressing effects of stimulant medications in the long-term treatment of children with the hyperkinetic behavior syndrome. The evidence clearly indicates a temporary retardation in the rate of growth in weight and suggests a temporary slowing of growth in statur...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Roche AF,Lipman RS,Overall JE,Hung W

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postnatal ductal closure is stimulated by rising oxygen tension and withdrawal of vasodilatory mediators (prostaglandins, nitric oxide, adenosine) and by vasoconstrictors (endothelin-1, catecholamines, contractile prostanoids), ion channels, calcium flux, platelets, morphologic maturity, and a favorable genetic predis...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hamrick SEG,Sallmon H,Rose AT,Porras D,Shelton EL,Reese J,Hansmann G

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal was to examine the association between violence in the media and the expression of seriously violent behavior among older children and teenagers in a national sample. METHODS:The Growing up with Media survey was a national, online survey of 1588 youths that was conducted in August and September 2006...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ybarra ML,Diener-West M,Markow D,Leaf PJ,Hamburger M,Boxer P

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) is an idiopathic vasculitis confined to the central nervous system. In children with PACNS, small-vessel (SV) involvement is characterized clinically by progressive neurologic symptoms, multifocal lesions on brain imaging, occasional pseudo-tumor presentation, and...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： De Tiège X,Van Bogaert P,Aeby A,Salmon I,Parpal H,Poppe AY,Maris C,Lanthier S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00