Factors influencing colonisation with gentamicin resistant gram negative organisms in the neonatal unit.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of adenoidectomy on nasopharyngeal colonisation of pathogens has not previously been evaluated. The authors studied the effect of adenoidectomy on nasopharyngeal colonisation by bacteria causing otitis media and the effect of adenoidectomy on the development of pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mattila PS,Hammarén-Malmi S,Saxen H,Kaijalainen T,Käyhty H,Tarkkanen J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence, demography and prognosis of vitamin D deficiency dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in Scotland over the last decade. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review of cases of vitamin D deficiency DCM presenting to a national paediatric cardiac centre between 1 January 2008 and 1 January 2018. Th...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hunter L,Ferguson R,McDevitt H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the utility of a novel Paediatric Consultation Assessment Tool (PCAT). DESIGN:Developed to measure clinicians' communication behaviour with children and their parents/guardian, PCAT was designed according to consensus guidelines and refined at a number of stages. Volunteer clinicians provided vi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Howells RJ,Davies HA,Silverman JD,Archer JC,Mellon AF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects on the family of childhood chronic renal failure by contrasting children with varying degrees of severity of illness with healthy controls. Disruption of family life was most common in families with the more severely ill children (on hospital haemodialysis) and there was a tendency for more ment...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Reynolds JM,Garralda ME,Jameson RA,Postlethwaite RJ

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary school children in low-income countries are at risk of many diseases and poor health affects attendance, cognition and ability to learn. Developing school health and nutrition strategies has been extensively highlighted as a global priority, with a particular focus on complex programme design. Howeve...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bogie J,Eder B,Magnus D,Amonje OD,Gant M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Most babies receive at least some formula milk. Variations in formula-feeding practices can have both short- and long-term health consequences. The literature on parents' experiences of bottle-feeding was systematically reviewed to understand how formula-feeding decisions are made. METHODS:Relevant English-l...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lakshman R,Ogilvie D,Ong KK

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The passage of hard stools is significantly more common in formula fed infants than breast fed infants and this might be the result of differences in fat absorption between breast and formula fed infants. Experimental studies indicate that long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) might influence fat ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Forsyth JS,Varma S,Colvin M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect fluorescent antibody test for Bartonella henselae, B quintana, and B elizabethae was performed in all 18 children who presented to our paediatric outpatient clinic with cat scratch disease over a six year period. Serum samples were taken on admission, after 15 days, and after six months. Diagnosis was conf...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Karpathios T,Golphinos C,Psychou P,Garoufi A,Papadimitriou A,Nicolaidou P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus retinitis is common in adults with AIDS but has been reported infrequently in children with perinatally acquired HIV infection. The cases are presented of two infants with vertically acquired HIV infection who developed disseminated cytomegalovirus infection and retinitis, and who posed difficult manag...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Peters MJ,Moeller HU,Russell-Eggitt I,Novelli V

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social inequalities in a variety of indicators of child health were measured using a 'small area' geographical method of social classification. Cross sectional analyses of routine child health information and of a population survey of the height of primary school children were used. Social classification was by census...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Reading R,Jarvis S,Openshaw S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid function was studied in 54 low birthweight infants during a 3-week period. Each infant was placed in one of three groups. Group 1 (n = 21), infants who were well and appropriately grown fro gestational age; group 2 (n = 23), infants who were appropriately grown but who had hyaline membrane disease; group 3 (n ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Uhrmann S,Marks KH,Maisels MJ,Kulin HE,Kaplan M,Utiger R

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this overview, I have attempted to highlight the problems of medical care, particularly paediatric care, in Hungary and to describe the changing nature of its organisation and financing. We hope that through our efforts we can surmount these difficulties, improve the quality of medical care in our country, and crea...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Schuler D

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A term female infant was admitted to the intensive care unit with the diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot with critical pulmonary stenosis. On the seventh day of life a long saphenous line was inserted that remained without complications until seven days later when the infant appeared septic. A lumbar puncture demonstrat...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Odaibo F,Fajardo CA,Cronin C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fasting serum cholecystokinin-like activity was measured in 21 infants with pyloric stenosis and in 13 normal controls. No significant difference was found between the two groups. The basal acid secretion was measured by continuously aspirating the previously emptied stomach for one hour. The basal gastric volume ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rogers IM,Drainer IK,Dougal AJ,Black J,Logan R

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether meningococcal C conjugate vaccine (MCCV) caused relapse in children with steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome. DESIGN:A population-based study was conducted using an active surveillance system, developed to assess adverse events following vaccination, which linked hospital record inf...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Taylor B,Andrews N,Stowe J,Hamidi-Manesh L,Miller E

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon is becoming the standard treatment in adults for chronic hepatitis C. Twenty one children with histologically proved chronic hepatitis C (10 boys, range 2.5-13 years), who were otherwise healthy, were enrolled in a randomised controlled study to test their response to interferon alfa. Eleven children were t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Iorio R,Pensati P,Porzio S,Fariello I,Guida S,Vegnente A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of thyroid disease in 134 children, adolescents, and young adults with diabetes mellitus beginning in childhood is described. Clustering of a family history of thyroid disease and the presence of thyrogastric antibodies in some patients supports the concept of familial autoimmunity. In 4 children a diag...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Court S,Parkin JM

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that because of vascular interchange between the monozygous twins vascular disruptions from a deceased cotwin with disseminated intravascular coagulation causes embolisation in the surviving twin. This study reports six cases in which all the surviving monozygous twins had central nervous system ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Szymonowicz W,Preston H,Yu VY

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In acute paediatrics, overtreatment and overdiagnosis is encountered in threshold and developed countries. The reason for overtreatment may be similar in the two settings, namely the mere availability of invasive procedures, which may lead to their inappropriate use. Physiological healing processes should be integrate...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Frey B

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infections with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) such as Gram-negative bacteria have high morbidity and mortality with limited treatment options. Colistin, an antibiotic active against MDRO, was rarely used due to frequent adverse effects, but its use has now been recommended among adults. In this study,...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ambreen G,Salat MS,Hussain K,Raza SS,Ali U,Azam I,Iqbal J,Fatmi Z

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 256 families, among whom were twins, midparent-adult son correlations for height, weight, and combined skinfold measurements were 0.67, 0.47, and 0.23 respectively. The corresponding midparent-adult daughter correlations were 0.63, 0.42, and 0.24. Midparent-growing offspring correlations were highest for...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hawk LJ,Brook CG

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cohort of 14 children with identical cardiac xenografts, two boys developed acute myeloid leukaemia 11 and 16 months respectively after the operation. A dedicated working group designed a scheme intending to take care of all aspects of the situation. This article focuses on preferred strategies towards patients, ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ruud E,Thaulow E,Früh A,Lindberg H,Lie SO

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pilot study investigated the feasibility of surveying, anonymously, HCV infection among healthy children using an oral fluid specimen. Seventy seven per cent of children provided their assent, or where appropriate, consent to participate; 2.8% were anti-HCV positive. Oral fluid collection is acceptable to childre...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Chatzipantazi P,Roy KM,Cameron SO,Goldberg D,Welbury R,Bagg J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skinfold standards provide a useful indication of subcutaneous fat. To evaluate skinfold thickness of 252 Cambridge infants over the first 2 years of age, SD scores relative to the Tanner standards were calculated, taking account of skewness in the standards. Cambridge SD scores were low, varying according to age from...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Paul AA,Cole TJ,Ahmed EA,Whitehead RG

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adult woman with pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism had a child with normal calcium and parathyroid hormone concentrations and cyclic AMP response to injected parathyroid hormone in infancy. By 2.5 years he had features of pseudohypoparathyroidism with raised parathyroid hormone and 'flat' cyclic AMP response. This is ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Barr DG,Stirling HF,Darling JA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The range of thermal control and the thermoneutral range of preterm infants under 30 weeks' gestation was calculated by extrapolation of data from studies on more mature infants. Even assuming some thermoregulatory capacity, the range of control is less than 3 degrees C, the thermoneutral range is less than 0.5 degree...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wheldon AE,Hull D

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy with fatal I-cell disease is reported. Defective ganglioside and glycoprotein metabolism is due to deficient neuraminidase activity. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Milla PJ

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the risk of disability from unintentional injury in teenagers and young adults. METHODS:Analyses of data from the National Child Development Study, a follow up study of 98% of all children born in England, Scotland, and Wales in one week in March, 1958. In 1981, 12,537 study participants, 76% of t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Barker M,Power C,Roberts I

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicentre study on perinatal HIV-I infection including 1493 children born from 1471 pregnancies to 1415 infected mothers, 22 twin pairs and 56 sibships (115 children) were recorded. The frequency of twin pregnancies was 1.5 (22/1471) and 3.9% (56/1415) seropositive women had more than one at risk pregnancy. In ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： de Martino M,Tovo PA,Galli L,Caselli D,Gabiano C,Mazzoni PL,Giacomelli A,Duse M,Fundarò C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lungs of 482 liveborn infants were examined at necropsy for the presence of intravascular lipid. Forty one patients had received parenteral feeding (including lipid emulsion in 30), and 441 had died before starting feeds or had received enteral feeds alone. Tissue was processed into wax and then stained with Sudan...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Puntis JW,Rushton DI

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00