Management of the pediatric organ donor to optimize lung donation.

abstract：:The structure, distribution, and frequency of neuroendocrine (NE) cells in human fetal lung from early stages of development to term are described. Neuroendocrine cells were studied by electron microscopy and immunostaining for serotonin and bombesin, recently identified markers of these cells in human lung. The diffe...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Cutz E,Gillan JE,Bryan AC

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastro-esophageal reflux (GOR) may contribute to lung disease in children with cystic fibrosis (CF). There is conflicting evidence regarding the effect of chest physiotherapy (CPT) in the head-down position on GOR. Furthermore, there is currently no evidence on the impact of physiotherapy on GOR as assessed ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Doumit M,Krishnan U,Jaffé A,Belessis Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:High incidence of genetic alterations at the microsatellite (MS) DNA level has been reported in asthmatic adults. WORKING HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was to investigate whether microsatellite instability (MSI) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) were detectable phenomena in children with asthma. METHODOL...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Thomou C,Paraskakis E,Neofytou E,Kalmanti M,Siafakas NM,Tzortzaki EG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quantifying the chest wall is useful in documenting thoracoabdominal synchrony during the neonatal period. Subjective measures are often used rather than gold-standard methods due to their practicality in clinical practice. The aim of the present study is to compare the reliability between a newly proposed m...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Gomes DC,Azevedo IG,de Figueiredo Araújo AG,da Costa Lopes LD,Nagem DAP,Magalhães FA,Pereira SA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The raised lung volume technique is increasingly used to measure forced expiratory maneuvers in infants. However, there is no consensus regarding the optimal airway inflation pressure (P(inf)) required for such maneuvers, or the influence of small changes in P(inf) within and between infants. The aim of this study was...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Lum S,Hoo AF,Stocks J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is minimal literature available on the long-term outcome of pediatric non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis. AIM:To document 5-year outcomes of children with chest computerized tomography (CT) scan diagnosed bronchiectasis from a tertiary New Zealand (NZ) respiratory clinic. METHODS:Review of a cli...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Munro KA,Reed PW,Joyce H,Perry D,Twiss J,Byrnes CA,Edwards EA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adults abdominal obesity is related to lung dysfunction and waist circumference (WC) predicts pulmonary function. It is not known how WC affects pulmonary function in children. A cross-sectional study of 718 children 6-17 years of age was conducted in a rural community to determine the predictability of WC for pulm...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Chen Y,Rennie D,Cormier Y,Dosman JA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is seen in infants born extremely premature, with less severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and who received prenatal steroids-"new BPD". The pathophysiology of BPD is based on an impairment of lung maturation with prenatal and postnatal multi-hit insults and genetic ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Kugelman A,Durand M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although airway obstruction and chronic endobronchial infection have long been recognized as major factors in the pathogenesis of lung disease in cystic fibrosis (CF), only recently has it been recognized that the inflammatory process itself may be responsible in a major way for destroying the lungs. The most characte...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Konstan MW,Berger M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:SUMMARY RATIONALE: Asthma therapy should be stepped up or stepped down in response to changes in asthma control. However, there is little evidence available on the optimal timing, sequence, and degree of medication reductions. In this study we analyzed clinically stable asthmatic children who underwent a med...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Kersten ET,Driessen JM,van Leeuwen JC,Thio BJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is a disease with reversible bronchoconstriction; however, some patients develop fixed airflow obstruction (FAO). Previous studies have reported the incidence and risk factors of FAO in adults; however, the corresponding factors in children remain poorly understood. AIM:To evaluate the incidence and ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Sousa AW,Barros Cabral AL,Arruda Martins M,Carvalho CRF

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of empyema complicating community-acquired pneumonia is increasing and causes significant childhood morbidity. Pneumococcal infection remains the most common isolated cause in developed countries, with Staphylococcus aureus the predominant pathogen in the developing world. Newer molecular techniques util...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Jaffé A,Balfour-Lynn IM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used an in vitro model system to examine the sites of deposition of aqueous therapeutic aerosols administered through 3-mm, 6-mm, and 9-mm endotracheal tubes (commonly used in infants, children, and adults) at clinically relevant inspiratory flow rates. Aerosol was delivered to the endotracheal tube via a "T" piece...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Ahrens RC,Ries RA,Popendorf W,Wiese JA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In hospitalized and nonhospitalized children with asthma exacerbations, we evaluated the determinants of (a) prolonged cough on day-14 and (b) asthma quality of life (QoL) questionnaires for parents (PACQLQ) on day-21. We hypothesized that children with more severe acute asthma are more likely to have prolon...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Teoh L,Chatfield MD,Acworth JP,McCallum GB,Chang AB

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Vascular rings (VR) may produce extrinsic compression of trachea and/or esophagus. Diagnosis relies on nonspecific clinical data from resulting compression and image studies, mainly angiography, computed tomography, and cardiovascular MRI. Because of their low incidence, diagnosis is often missed. The role o...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Furuya ME,Vargas MH,Ramírez-Figueroa JL,Félix-Heredia JL,González-Ortíz B,Rodríguez-Hernández L,Vera-Canelo JM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with cystic fibrosis [CF] colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) had serial lung function, peripheral blood inflammatory markers, and serum IgG antibodies to Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia) lipopolysaccharide measured in the months preceding and following colonisation with B. cepacia. O...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Hendry J,Nixon L,Dodd M,Elborn JS,Govan J,Shale DJ,Webb AK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Better growth and nutritional status is strongly associated with better pulmonary function and survival in children with CF. Behavioral intervention is an efficacious treatment approach for improving calorie intake and weight gain in children with CF; and recently has been shown to facilitate maintenance of daily ener...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Opipari-Arrigan L,Powers SW,Quittner AL,Stark LJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal duration of therapy for acute exacerbations of cystic fibrosis (CF) has not been defined, and the utility of serial pulmonary function testing in predicting the duration of therapy has yet to be established. In a review of 90 pulmonary exacerbations of 39 patients with CF requiring hospitalization, we foun...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Rosenberg SM,Schramm CM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent respiratory symptoms are common in preterm infants in the first 2 years of life. The aim of this study was to determine the lung function abnormalities associated with such symptoms. Forty preterm infants, with a median gestational age of 29 weeks were studied at a median postnatal age of 12 months. Twenty-t...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Yuksel B,Greenough A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the effects of an immediately antecedent viral lower respiratory tract infection (LRI) on the severity of clinical illness, changes in lung function and airway histamine responsiveness produced by a subsequent LRI in 9-12 week old beagle puppies inoculated with canine adenovirus 2, followed in 2 weeks by...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Quan SF,Witten ML,Grad R,Ray CG,Lemen RJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) have important roles in regulating neutrophil migration and the inflammatory response. To determine whether the concentration of these cytokines and soluble ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) in sputum was increas...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Salva PS,Doyle NA,Graham L,Eigen H,Doerschuk CM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the last thirty years, oral chloral hydrate has been used for sedation of infants for lung function testing. Recently, however, availability of chloral hydrate became severely limited in the United States after two manufacturers discontinued manufacturing in 2012. Due to these limitations and the recent and ongoin...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Callahan P,Pinto SJ,Kurland G,Cain JG,Motoyama EK,Weiner DJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and tolerability of high-dose salmeterol (100 mcg, BID) and albuterol (2.5 mg, BID) were compared with those of albuterol (2.5 mg, BID) in outpatients with cystic fibrosis in a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled, crossover study with both short- (4 weeks of each) and long-term (24 ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Hordvik NL,Sammut PH,Judy CG,Colombo JL

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) has known natriuretic, diuretic, and vasodilatatory effects. It is synthesized and stored in the atrial cells. Stretching of the atrial muscle fibers during an increase in venous return sets a response of ANP release into the blood stream. High levels of ANP were measured in a number o...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Haviv M,Haver E,Lichtstein D,Hurvitz H,Klar A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized trials of ribavirin therapy have used clinical scores to assess illness severity. Little information on agreement for these findings between observers has been published. We decided to determine interobserver agreement for (1) a history for apnea or respiratory failure; (2) assessment of cyanosis, respirato...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Wang EE,Law BJ,Stephens D,Langley JM,MacDonald NE,Robinson JL,Dobson S,McDonald J,Boucher FD,de Carvalho V,Mitchell I

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) represents a spectrum of breathing disorders, ranging from snoring to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), that disrupt nocturnal respiration and sleep architecture. OSAS is a common disorder in children, with a prevalence of 2-3%. It is associated with neurobehavioral, cognitive, ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Goldbart AD,Tal A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein report a case of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) primarily presenting with asthma-like symptoms that had been misdiagnosed as severe asthma. Patients presenting with severe asthma symptoms along with systemic thrombosis should be systematically evaluated for APS. ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Veskitkul J,Ruangchira-urai R,Charuvanij S,Pongtanakul B,Udomittipong K,Vichyanond P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspiration is common in the intubated human neonate. Thus, the ventilatory and blood gas responses to citric acid and saline instillation into different airway sites were studied in ten awake, unanesthetised lambs, breathing spontaneously via a tracheostomy tube. With a system of balloons, 1 ml of saline or citric aci...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Hutchison AA,Caton D,Thomas RG,Bucciarelli RL

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Most methods used for the assessment of severe steatorrhea in cystic fibrosis (CF) are sensitive. In fact, the tests show their usefulness in a borderline zone of the results. Yet, the existing data related to acid steatocrit (AS) are still contradictory. Therefore, in the present study we have aimed to asse...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Walkowiak J,Lisowska A,Blask-Osipa A,Drzymała-Czyz S,Sobkowiak P,Cichy W,Breborowicz A,Herzig KH,Radzikowski A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00