Diagnosis and management of folate deficiency in low birthweight infants.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if administration of oral prednisolone to preschool children with acute wheeze alters respiratory outcomes. DESIGN:Double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled equivalence trial. SETTING:Three hospitals in New Zealand. PATIENTS:477 children aged 24-59 months with acute wheeze associated with r...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wallace A,Sinclair O,Shepherd M,Neutze J,Trenholme A,Tan E,Brabyn C,Bonisch M,Grey N,Johnson DW,McNamara D,Thompson JMD,Asher I,Dalziel SR

更新日期：2020-10-16 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：PURPOSE:To prospectively examine relations between maternal DSM-IV-TR anxiety and depressive disorders and excessive infant crying. METHODS:Based on the prospective longitudinal Maternal Anxiety in Relation to Infant Development Study, n=306 expectant mothers were enrolled during early pregnancy and repeatedly intervi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Petzoldt J,Wittchen HU,Wittich J,Einsle F,Höfler M,Martini J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of albumin/creatinine ratios and simple albumin concentrations in early morning urine specimens were evaluated to establish which was the best screening test for those likely to have microalbuminuria by the reference standard analysis of timed overnight urine specimens. The measurement of an albumin/cr...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Shield JP,Hunt LP,Baum JD,Pennock CA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumocystis carinii is an important pathogen in immunodeficiency but may be an unrecognised cause of respiratory compromise. OBJECTIVES:To ascertain the incidence of P carinii pneumonia (PCP) at presentation of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), whether it had been diagnosed, and the effect of treatm...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Berrington JE,Flood TJ,Abinun M,Galloway A,Cant AJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroxine (T4) screening values in infants of low birthweight in relation to birthweight and gestational age are reported. There were 86 healthy infants of low birthweight (group 1), and 29 preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (group 2). All the group 2 infants and 36% of those in group 1 had a T4 screen...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kok JH,Hart G,Endert E,Koppe JG,de Vijlder JJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A children's hospital nutritional care team prospectively monitored the frequency of sepsis in central venous catheters used for administering parenteral nutrition. During an initial study period of 12 months, 26/58 (45%) of catheters were removed because of proved sepsis. The possible causes of this alarmingly high r...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Puntis JW,Holden CE,Smallman S,Finkel Y,George RH,Booth IW

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings were born with congenital heart block, and one suffered from severe hydrops fetalis, although maintaining a higher heart rate than the other. The association of hydrops fetalis with disorders of cardiac rhythm is unlikely to be simply a manifestation of congestive cardiac failure in the fetus. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cooke RW,Mettau JW,Van Cappelle AW,de Villeneuve VH

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred consecutive cases of boys with foreskin problems referred to local paediatric surgeons in the Edinburgh area were studied. Fifty five underwent circumcision and the remainder were managed more conservatively with or without the use of local or general anaesthetic. Although sometimes avoiding general anaest...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lafferty PM,MacGregor FB,Scobie WG

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its first description optic nerve hypoplasia has been identified with increasing frequency, and a range of associated problems have been described. The major neurological and endocrine associations are well established, but those factors that predispose to the development of optic nerve hypoplasia remain unclear...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Roberts-Harry J,Green SH,Willshaw HE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years photopheresis, an extracorporeal form of photochemotherapy using psoralen and ultraviolet A irradiation of leucocytes, has been claimed to be an effective form of immunomodulation. AIM:To evaluate its effect in type 1 diabetes we performed a double blind, controlled study using placebo table...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ludvigsson J,Samuelsson U,Ernerudh J,Johansson C,Stenhammar L,Berlin G

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pear shaped non-electrostatic spacer, composed of steel with a volume of 250 ml and equipped with a facemask containing integrated inlet and outlet valves for inspiration and expiration, was compared with three plastic spacers. The plastic spacers were primed with repeated puffs from a budesonide pressurised metered...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bisgaard H,Anhøj J,Klug B,Berg E

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relevance of providing a rapid anticonvulsant monitoring service was assessed over a five year period at a paediatric epilepsy outpatient clinic. Altogether 481 drug assays were performed on 144 patients when considered clinically indicated. Drugs most frequently assayed were carbamazepine and sodium valproate, si...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Houtman PN,Hall SK,Green A,Rylance GW

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess bone and collagen turnover in asthmatic children treated with dry powder budesonide from the Turbuhaler and dry powder beclomethasone dipropionate from the Diskhaler in a dose of 800 micrograms/day. SUBJECTS:Thirteen prepubertal children with asthma. DESIGN:Open crossover study with two treatment...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Birkebaek NH,Esberg G,Andersen K,Wolthers O,Hassager C

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) raises issues of considerable importance to medical practitioners and paediatricians in particular. The case concerns the parental right to withhold consent to medical intervention that doctors believe to be necessary in a child's best interests. The dram...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Elias-Jones AC,Samanta J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：SITUATION:Patient I is a 15 year old female with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency prescribed L-arginine 1.5 g three times daily and sodium benzoate 4.2 g three times daily. By taking her medication and controlling her diet she is able to lead a normal life and does well at school. However she struggles with the pa...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Gaskell C

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty six children with hypoglycaemia were diagnosed and followed between 1975 and 1995. Diagnosis was confirmed by a high insulin:glucose ratio, and low free fatty acid and 3-hydroxybutyrate on fasting. All patients were treated with diazoxide at a maximum dose of 20 mg/kg/day. Requirement of a higher dose was consi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cresto JC,Abdenur JP,Bergada I,Martino R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases are reported of spontaneous remission of chronic childhood thrombocytopenia four or more years after diagnosis. Other than typical features of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura there were no obvious markers predictive of late remission, although a slow progressive recovery was common to four of th...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Tait RC,Evans DI

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the outcome and identify predictive factors in children with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). METHOD:The biographies of 35 children with PNES, attending a tertiary paediatric neurology centre, were reviewed. RESULTS:Thirty five children attending the department between 1987 and 1997 were ev...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Irwin K,Edwards M,Robinson R

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples from the pharynx, stomach, duodenum or jejunum, and faeces were collected on 7 days between 1st and 28th day from neonates weighing less than 1.5 kg at birth who were fed by transpyloric tube. These were cultured on selective and non-selective media, and the results were expressed in a semi-quantitative manner...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Dellagrammaticas HD,Duerden BI,Milner RD

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Foot pathology is a major source of morbidity in adults with diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine if children with insulin dependent diabetes have an increased incidence of foot pathology compared with non-diabetic children. DESIGN:Questionnaire, clinical examination, and biomechanical assessmen...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Barnett SJ,Shield JP,Potter MJ,Baum JD

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9 year old girl presenting with multiple glomus tumours is reported. Multiple glomus tumours are rare, often asymptomatic lesions, with a familial tendency and found in a more proximal location than their solitary counterparts. In our report four close relatives had similar lesions. Indications for surgical excision...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Beasley SW,Mel J,Chow CW,Jones PG

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis GB virus-C (HGBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection was investigated in 106 children with liver disease (54 boys and 52 girls, mean age 7.3 years); 12 with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, 29 with positive hepatitis B surface antigen, nine with idiopathic fulminant hepatic failure, seven with graft dys...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Nagata I,Tzampouras N,Chokshi S,Naoumov NV,Cheeseman P,Smith HM,Baker AJ,Williams R,Mieli-Vergani G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9 year old girl presented with clinical manifestations of Henoch-Schönlein syndrome and macroscopic haematuria. Laboratory investigations showed selective IgA deficiency and renal biopsy showed mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis with diffuse granular deposits of C3 on immunofluorescence. IgA deposits were ab...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Martini A,Ravelli A,Notarangelo LD,Burgio VL,Plebani A

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we survey some significant advances in the medical care of babies <1000 g and we highlight the development of care pathways that ensure optimal antenatal care, which is a prerequisite for good neonatal outcomes. We also suggest that the long overdue development of family integrated care will in the end...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Berrington J,Ward Platt M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The development, delivery and evaluation of a training programme for medical and nursing professionals on best practice for informing families of their child's disability. DESIGN:A 2 h training course on 'Best practice guidelines for informing families of their child's disability' was designed based on the f...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Harnett A,Bettendorf E,Tierney E,Guerin S,O'Rourke M,Hourihane JO

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide the first estimate of the cost-effectiveness of financial incentive for breastfeeding intervention compared with usual care. DESIGN:Within-cluster ('ward'-level) randomised controlled trial cost-effectiveness analysis (trial registration number ISRCTN44898617). SETTING:Five local authority distri...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Anokye N,Coyle K,Relton C,Walters S,Strong M,Fox-Rushby J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty three infants were assigned randomly to a ready-to-feed infant formula or a standard formula that required reconstitution from powder. Despite similar nutrient composition of the two formulas those fed the powdered formula had significantly increased body weight and skinfold thickness gains, and became significa...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lucas A,Lockton S,Davies PS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the efficacy and safety of torasemide in children with chronic heart failure (HF). METHODS:102 children with chronic HF who had received oral torasemide were analysed. Of these, 62 (de novo group) were newly diagnosed as having HF and were given torasemide as a diuretic. The remaining 40 (replacem...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Senzaki H,Kamiyama M,Masutani S,Ishido H,Taketazu M,Kobayashi T,Katogi T,Kyo S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sodium intake of preschool children in their home environment was investigated and the major sources of sodium other than added table salt identified. Thirty five children from a Southampton general practice were studied. Twenty four hour urinary sodium excretion was measured as a reliable indicator of daily total...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Allison ME,Walker V

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00