Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. A report of successful experience with bilateral diaphragmatic pacing.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some victims of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) are found with their heads covered with bedclothes, but the significance of this is uncertain. The aim of this review is to describe the prevalence of head covering, the magnitude of the risk and how far the suggested causal mechanisms agree with current ep...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Blair PS,Mitchell EA,Heckstall-Smith EM,Fleming PJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:The transport characteristics of the placenta, which favour higher phenylalanine concentrations in the fetus than in the mother, and regression data of head circumference at birth against phenylalanine concentration at conception in maternal phenylketonuria (PKU), suggest that treatment of maternal PKU should ideally ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Thompson GN,Francis DE,Kirby DM,Compton R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one children with a bacteriologically proven urinary tract infection had both an intravenous urogram (IVU) and a micturating cystogram. The IVU was normal in 35. Only 6 of these children showed reflux in the cystogram, affecting 7 of the 70 ureters at risk. Since reflux on its own does not cause renal damage, wh...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Moncrieff MW,Whitelaw R

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 40 hospitalized infants and children with cytomegalovirus infection, 14 (35%) had interstitial pneumonitis, 4 (10%) had wheezing or tachypnoea but without x-ray evidence of classical interstitial pneumonia, the remaining 22 (55%) were free of pulmonary involvement. Most patients had tachypnoea and nonproductive ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Smith SD,Cho CT,Brahmacupta N,Lenahan MF

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the associations between albuminuria, metabolic control, glomerular filtration, blood pressure, and platelet function in children with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. The geometric mean (95% tolerance levels) albumin excretion (expressed as the geometric mean albumin to creatinine ratio on two ove...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Gibb DM,Dunger D,Levin M,Shah V,Smith C,Barratt TM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclosporine A (CsA) has been widely used in children with steroid dependent and steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (NS) because of its efficacy in relieving these patients from systemic side effects of steroids. However, its long term use is controversial, since chronic CsA induced nephropathy (CsAN) may ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Fujinaga S,Kaneko K,Muto T,Ohtomo Y,Murakami H,Yamashiro Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out on the way in which children's beds were used by the specialty of paediatrics in a district general hospital. Five differing ways were found of interpreting the present Department of Health guidelines on health services information (Körner recommendations). These gave bed occupancy figures v...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： MacFaul R,Long R

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine cases of neonatal Haemophilus influenzae septicaemia were recorded in Finland during 1985-9; incidence was 2.8/100,000 live births, and 1.6% of all cases of neonatal septicaemia. The onset of the disease was early in all cases, ranging from 0-6 hours after delivery. Seven of the infants were preterm and three die...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Takala AK,Pekkanen E,Eskola J

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The zinc content of peripheral blood leucocytes from the cord blood of 63 normal and 20 preterm babies, and of 27 babies with evidence of idiopathic intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) was measured. Leucocyte zinc depletion was present in babies with acute IUGR (IUGR babies compared with controls, mean 47.8 v 51.5 ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Meadows N,Ruse W,Keeling PW,Scopes JW,Thompson RP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipofuscin develops in cells when peroxidation damage occurs. Its development in the liver of patients receiving prolonged parenteral nutrition suggests that peroxidation damage by free radicals has occurred. Deficiencies in antioxidants such as vitamin E may be an important contributing factor. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Berger HM,Den Ouden AL,Calame JJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 3-day fat balances, 7 of 8 infants had appreciably more steatorrhoea when they were fed Cow and Gate V formula than when they were fed SMA. The mean fat excretion (+/- SEM) expressed as a percentage of the amount ingested on Cow and Gate V was 28-1 +/- 3-9 compared with 10-5 +/- 2-3 on SMA. Gas-liquid chromatograph...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Milner RD,Deodhar Y,Chard CR,Grout RM

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dubowitz et al. have offered a scoring system for estimating the gestational age of newborn babies. If the system is applied to twin pairs, the heavier twin is generally estimated to have a greater gestational age than the lighter one. Previously this has been interpreted as a flaw in the scoring system. However, it m...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： James WH

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulatory adaptation was studied serially in 11 healthy term neonates on days 1, 3, and 5 by cross sectional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography. Changes in the determinants of blood viscosity (packed cell volume, plasma viscosity, red cell aggregation, and red cell deformability) were studied on day 1 and day 5. Th...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mandelbaum VH,Alverson DC,Kirchgessner A,Linderkamp O

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double blind crossover trial of 20 micrograms intranasal 1-deamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) versus placebo was carried out in 17 children with intractable enuresis aged between 6 and 13 years who had failed to respond to drugs and an enuresis alarm. Fluid intake was not restricted. There was a significant re...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Dimson SB

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few data on the optimal micronutrient composition of paediatric enteral feeds. The recent European Directive on Foods for Special Medical Purposes (1999/21/EC) did not distinguish between the composition of adult and paediatric feeds. AIMS:To evaluate, in an open, observational study, the long ter...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Johnson TE,Janes SJ,MacDonald A,Elia M,Booth IW

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate behavioural outcome and quality of life in children aged 8-14 years after neonatal arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries. METHODS:Sixty children operated as neonates with combined deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and low flow cardiopulmonary bypass were evaluated at age ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hövels-Gürich HH,Konrad K,Wiesner M,Minkenberg R,Herpertz-Dahlmann B,Messmer BJ,Von Bernuth G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation by early repeated cerebrospinal fluid taps was compared with conservative management in a randomised controlled trial of 157 infants in 15 centres. Thirty infants died and six moved abroad before follow up. During the first 14 days after randomisation, the early tre...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors：

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two children with ruptured, multiple hydatid cysts treated with mebendazole. Long term follow up has confirmed the success of this treatment. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Karpathios T,Syriopoulou V,Nicolaidou P,Messaritakis J

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrotising pneumonia in young, previously healthy patients due to Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) producing Staphylococcus aureus has been increasingly recognised. PVL pneumonia is often associated with influenza co-infection and high mortality. This case report describes the successful management of the first docu...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Obando I,Valderrabanos ES,Millan JA,Neth OW

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of four generations of a family had a defect of serum opsonization for yeast phagocytosis consistent with dominant inheritance. 2 were healthy, one had chronic osteomyelitis, and the fourth developed a fatal illness in infancy characterized by exfoliative dermatitis, diarrhoea, multiple bacterial infections, a...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Scott H,Moynahan EJ,Risdon RA,Harvey BA,Soothill JF

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine hydrochloride 2 mg/kg, together with atropine 0.2 mg, has been given intravenously on 100 occasions on a general paediatric ward. No serious side effects occurred. Dreams followed in 4 children but did not reduce acceptability of the drug. In our hands it has greatly reduced the pain and distress of children ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Elliott E,Hanid TK,Arthur LJ,Kay B

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Propylene glycol (PG) is an unintentional frequently administered solvent in neonates despite the fact that PG accumulation potentially results in hyperosmolarity, lactic acidosis and renal/hepatic toxicity. METHODS:Prospective evaluation of renal (diuresis, creatinaemia, sodium), metabolic (base excess, ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Allegaert K,Vanhaesebrouck S,Kulo A,Cosaert K,Verbesselt R,Debeer A,de Hoon J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of indirect indices of infection in the newborn vary because of differences in techniques, including diagnostic cut off levels. We have compared serial neutrophil band cell counts with C reactive protein measured by rate nephelometry. The 'gold standard' was a positive culture and the performance of th...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Russell GA,Smyth A,Cooke RW

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Travel for the purposes of obtaining medical treatment is increasing, but very little is known about the extent or nature of child medical travel. This paper discusses the outcome of a systematic search for academic literature on paediatric medical travel, outlines the potential significance of 'return health migratio...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Culley L,Hudson N,Baldwin K,Lakhanpaul M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Investigate whether hyoscine patch or glycopyrronium liquid is more effective and acceptable to treat drooling in children with neurodisability. DESIGN:Multicentre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Recruitment through neurodisability teams; treatment by parents. PARTICIPANTS:Ninety childr...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Parr JR,Todhunter E,Pennington L,Stocken D,Cadwgan J,O'Hare AE,Tuffrey C,Williams J,Cole M,Colver AF

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how many children are admitted to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with life-limiting conditions (LLCs) and their outcomes. DESIGN:National cohort, data-linkage study. SETTING:PICUs in England. PATIENTS:Children admitted to a UK PICU (1 January 2004 and 31 March 2015) were identified in t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Fraser LK,Parslow R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old boy with Cockayne's syndrome is described. In addition to the recognised clinical features, he presented with severe fixed airways obstruction, and investigations confirmed clinical and physiological emphysema. In a disorder associated with many of the features of aging, it is probably that the presence o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cunningham M,Godfrey S,Moffat WM

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assays based on interferon gamma (IFNgamma) are an exciting new development for screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in adults, but there are limited data on their effectiveness in children. Nevertheless new National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines recommend their ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Taylor RE,Cant AJ,Clark JE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critical incidents are common during the inter-hospital transfer of sick patients, and infants are an especially vulnerable group. AIMS:To examine the effect of critical incident review on the number of adverse events during inter-hospital transfer of sick infants. METHODS:Critical incidents over an eight ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Moss SJ,Embleton ND,Fenton AC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00