Decreased serum tuftsin concentrations in sickle cell disease.

abstract：:Many children who present with these acquired impairments of communication have a clear preceding event such as an acquired brain injury from a road traffic accident. Children often respond differently in this situation to adult presentations. They may have a period of mutism when the prognosis might look poor and yet...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： O'Hare A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy with the dysmorphic features of Noonan's syndrome and pulmonary valve stenosis who had evidence of hypoparathyroidism and abnormal T lymphocyte numbers in the neonatal period is reported. He had a normal karyotype but molecular analysis revealed a submicroscopic deletion within chromosome 22q11, the region delet...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wilson DI,Britton SB,McKeown C,Kelly D,Cross IE,Strobel S,Scambler PJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adherence to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication treatment is often suboptimal. This can compromise patient outcomes. We aimed to describe the patterns of ADHD medication use in Australian children, and characteristics associated with patterns of use. DESIGN:Dispensing data were analys...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Efron D,Mulraney M,Sciberras E,Hiscock H,Hearps S,Coghill D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of schoolchildren was followed up over 6 years from 1996 to 2001. In the final year, 315 of 500 targeted children were measured. Body mass index (BMI) increased substantially over time (p<0.001), indicating a further rise in obesity into the secondary school years. Two new indicators of obesity were also meas...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rudolf MC,Greenwood DC,Cole TJ,Levine R,Sahota P,Walker J,Holland P,Cade J,Truscott J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of chest radiography in the detection of chest lymphadenopathy in children with clinically suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. METHODS: DESIGN:Prospective cross sectional study. SETTING:A short stay ward in a children's hospital in South Africa. PATIENTS:Consecutive child...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Swingler GH,du Toit G,Andronikou S,van der Merwe L,Zar HJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellobiose and mannitol absorption were studied in patients with suspected abnormal function of the small bowel mucosa. The urinary cellobiose:mannitol ratio was increased in subtotal villous atrophy, iron deficiency anaemia, and small intestinal Crohn's disease. The test seems a sensitive indicator of the integrity o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hodges S,Ashmore SP,Patel HR,Tanner MS

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults have shown that the requirement for assisted ventilation correlates closely with a poor outcome, and the need for ventilation is now being used as an indication for plasmapheresis. As comparable studies in children have not been performed we reviewed our experience o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cole GF,Matthew DJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven very low birthweight babies being ventilated for respiratory problems during the first week of life developed air leaks on 22 occasions. On 16 out of 19 occasions the infants showed increases in urinary excretion of vasopressin after these events and on 10 occasions out of 13 there was a rise in the plasma argi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McIntosh N,Prakash P,Smith A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postal survey of recently appointed consultant paediatricians was undertaken to determine whether they perceived their training had adequately equipped them for their current job. The response rate was 69% (207/299). After excluding replies from consultants trained outside the UK the analysis was carried out on 167 ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lenton SW,Dison PJ,Haines LC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate gastric emptying and intestinal transit of pelleted pancreatin in relation to food boluses. METHODS:Dual isotope scintigraphy combined with breath hydrogen sampling was used to track the concurrent gastric emptying and intestinal transit of 111indium labelled microspheres and a 99mtechnetium l...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Taylor CJ,Hillel PG,Ghosal S,Frier M,Senior S,Tindale WB,Read N

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is the first described neurotrophin that stimulates the growth and differentiation of nerve cells and promotes skin and peripheral tissue regeneration. Recent studies suggest that NGF influences endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenic activity. In view of these proposed regenerative eff...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Chiaretti A,Piastra M,Caresta E,Nanni L,Aloe L

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and T cell subpopulations were evaluated in children with rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Three groups were included: 13 patients with active RHD, 12 with non-active RHD, and 14 control children. Serum IL-2 and T cell subpopulations were measured by radioimmunoassay and monoclonal antibodies respec...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Zedan MM,el-Shennawy FA,Abou-Bakr HM,al-Basousy AM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of minor congenital anomalies was examined in 36 patients with ataxic cerebral palsy, in unaffected family members, and in 100 unrelated control subjects. None of the control subjects or family members had more than four anomalies, and 25 of 36 (69%) of the patients had more than four. The distribution o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Miller G

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary ciliary dyskinesia was shown in a 12 year old boy with bronchiectasis who had developed hydrocephalus in the neonatal period. The possible relevance of his ciliary abnormality is discussed. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Greenstone MA,Jones RW,Dewar A,Neville BG,Cole PJ

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven children with precocious puberty were treated with cyproterone acetate and their adrenal function studied. In each child the drug caused significant adrenal hypofunction which was secondary to adrenocorticotrophic hormone suppression. None of these children had clinical evidence of adrenal hypofunction and it is...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Savage DC,Swift PG

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether doctors recognise eating disorders in children, in particular anorexia nervosa. A group of paediatricians, general practitioners, and school medical officers was approached to participate in the study. Each was sent a questionnaire including two case vignettes of children...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bryant-Waugh RJ,Lask BD,Shafran RL,Fosson AR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen blind babies who were considered to be showing the characteristics of delayed visual maturation were studied prospectively. The diagnosis was made on clinical grounds, and the criteria for this are discussed. All of these infants developed visual responses between 4 and 6 months of age and had normal or near n...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cole GF,Hungerford J,Jones RB

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal cortical carcinoma in a 4 1/4-month-old girl was treated by surgery in combination with actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide, and 5-fluorouracil given daily for 5 days every third week for 13 1/2 months. Postoperative hypertension and raised 24-hour 17-hydroxy- and 21-oxosteroids suggested residual microscopical tu...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Visconti EB,Peters RW,Cangir A,Zorn GL Jr,Fisher S

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a two year period 100 infants with histories of wheeze were challenged with nebulised water. They were sedated and lung function measured by total body plethysmography. Thirteen of the 53 infants who developed bronchoconstriction after challenge with nebulised water were given nebulised sodium cromoglycate and re...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： O'Callaghan C,Milner AD,Swarbrick A

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and 7 (HHV-7) infections were identified in febrile children by qualitative and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. Diagnosis was based on the differential detection of viral DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), but not in saliva. Six of 41 febrile infa...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Clark DA,Kidd IM,Collingham KE,Tarlow M,Ayeni T,Riordan A,Griffiths PD,Emery VC,Pillay D

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:The role of inflammation in adult asthma is well known, involving a cascade of immunological stimulation in which mast cells and eosinophils play pivotal roles. However, the assessment of airway inflammation in children is more difficult as the invasive methods used in adults cannot ethically be used for this purpose ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Chedevergne F,Le Bourgeois M,de Blic J,Scheinmann P

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop and implement an evidence based guideline for the treatment of acute asthma using a metered dose inhaler and spacer combination. METHODS:Defined strategies were used for the development and implementation of a guideline, assessed by a prospective, descriptive, study using notes review, and patient, nur...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Powell CV,Maskell GR,Marks MK,South M,Robertson CF

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine whether the use of negative pressure ventilation (NPV) was associated with a lower rate of endotracheal intubation in infants with recurrent apnoea secondary to acute bronchiolitis. METHODS:Retrospective review of two paediatric intensive care units (PICU) databases and case notes; one PICU offered N...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Al-balkhi A,Klonin H,Marinaki K,Southall DP,Thomas DA,Jones P,Samuels MP

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile cytopathic toxin was found in the faeces or gut content of five of 39 neonates with necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). Toxin concentrations were uniformly low and did not differ from those found in healthy neonates. C difficile is unlikely to be involved in the pathogenesis of NEC. Stools from 33 b...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Thomas DF,Fernie DS,Bayston R,Spitz L

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fetal anticonvulsant syndrome (FACS) describes the pattern of physical and developmental problems seen in those children exposed to certain antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in utero. The diagnosis of FACS is a clinical one and so excluding alternative diagnoses such as genetic disorders is essential. METHODS:We...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Jackson A,Ward H,Bromley RL,Deshpande C,Vasudevan P,Scurr I,Dean J,Shannon N,Berg J,Holder S,Baralle D,Clayton-Smith J,DDD Study.

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the epidemiology, clinical profile and risk factors of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) in children aged 1-16 years. METHODS:A national prospective population-based cohort study over 25 months. Newly diagnosed PTCS cases notified via British Paediatric Surveillance Unit were ascertained using cla...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Matthews YY,Dean F,Lim MJ,Mclachlan K,Rigby AS,Solanki GA,White CP,Whitehouse WP,Kennedy CR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to compare quality of life (QoL) among children and adolescents with different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and determine factors associated with changes in QoL. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:The Kids with CKD study involved five of eight paediatric nephrology units in Australia and ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Francis A,Didsbury MS,van Zwieten A,Chen K,James LJ,Kim S,Howard K,Williams G,Bahat Treidel O,McTaggart S,Walker A,Mackie F,Kara T,Nassar N,Teixeira-Pinto A,Tong A,Johnson D,Craig JC,Wong G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The provision of positive end expiratory pressure, via a unique portable system, in the long term management of a child with thoracic dystrophy is reported. The system uses low gas flow enabling a reduction in equipment and simplification of the circuit as compared with a standard continuous positive airways pressure ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Edees S,Moulden A,Winter RJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of enteric coated pancreatic enzyme supplements in the early 1980s was undoubtedly one of the major advances in the care of children with cystic fibrosis. Further refinements in the presentation of these preparations inevitably followed, to improve patient acceptability and compliance. The emergence o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Smyth RL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00