Lead exposure in children: prevention, detection, and management.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Evaluate safety and efficacy of filtered-sunlight phototherapy (FS-PT). METHODS:Term/late preterm infants #14 days old with clinically significant jaundice, assessed by total bilirubin (TB) levels, were recruited from a maternity hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Sunlight was filtered with commercial window-tinti...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Slusher TM,Vreman HJ,Olusanya BO,Wong RJ,Brearley AM,Vaucher YE,Stevenson DK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was done to compare 2 techniques of pulse oximeter sensor application during neonatal resuscitation for faster signal detection. METHODS:Sensor to infant first (STIF) and then to oximeter was compared with sensor to oximeter first (STOF) and then to infant in ≥28 weeks gestations. The primary outc...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Louis D,Sundaram V,Kumar P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of a mentoring and skills group intervention for preadolescent children in foster care on placement stability and permanence at 1-year postintervention. METHODS:A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 9- to 11-year-old children who were maltreated and placed in foster care (n =...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Taussig HN,Culhane SE,Garrido E,Knudtson MD

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness of a positive youth development (PYD)-based sports mentorship program on the physical and mental well-being of adolescents recruited in a community setting. METHODS:This is a randomized controlled trial in which we recruited students from 12 secondary schools in Hong Kong, China....

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ho FKW,Louie LHT,Wong WH,Chan KL,Tiwari A,Chow CB,Ho W,Wong W,Chan M,Chen EYH,Cheung YF,Ip P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Greater maternal prepregnancy adiposity has been associated with behavioral problems, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and lower intellectual function in offspring. However, few studies of humans have explored this, and it is unclear if intrauterine mechanisms or confounding factors drive the...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Brion MJ,Zeegers M,Jaddoe V,Verhulst F,Tiemeier H,Lawlor DA,Smith GD

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hospitals are being required to report publically their adjusted mortality rates, which are then being used to rank hospitals. Our objectives were to assess the statistical reliability of the determination of a hospital's adjusted mortality rate, of comparisons of that rate with the rates of other hospitals,...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Feudtner C,Berry JG,Parry G,Hain P,Morse RB,Slonim AD,Shah SS,Hall M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our goal was to examine the association between poverty, in the first and fourth years of life and cumulatively in the first and fourth years of life, and the health of children in the fourth year of life in the UK Millennium Cohort Study and in the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD). ME...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Nikiéma B,Spencer N,Séguin L

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Academy of Pediatrics has created recommendations for health appraisal and preparation of young people before participation in day, resident, or family camps and to guide health and safety practices at camp. These recommendations are intended for parents and families, primary health care providers, and ca...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ambrose MJ,Walton EA,COUNCIL ON SCHOOL HEALTH.

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the rate of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) among children who present with their first complex febrile seizure (CFS). DESIGN AND METHODS:This study was a retrospective, cohort review of patients aged 6 to 60 months who were evaluated in a pediatric emergency department (ED) between 1995 and 2008 ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kimia A,Ben-Joseph EP,Rudloe T,Capraro A,Sarco D,Hummel D,Johnston P,Harper MB

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This policy statement identifies the potential value of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) systems in improving quality and reducing harm in pediatric health care. On the basis of limited but positive pediatric data and on the basis of federal statutes that provide incentives for the use of e-prescribing systems, ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Clinical Information Technology Executive Committee, 2011–2012.

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many women whose premature infants are hospitalized in a newborn intensive care unit choose to express breast milk for their babies. Yet anxiety, fatigue, and emotional stress are powerful inhibitors of lactation. To facilitate the breast-feeding experience, intervention mothers were given a 20-minute audio cassette t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Feher SD,Berger LR,Johnson JD,Wilde JB

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective for this study was to characterize the impact and the safety of transporting neonates with known or suspected cardiac abnormalities. METHODS:We reviewed retrospectively the charts and computerized records of 192 admissions to a cardiac ICU in 2002. Patients were included when they were < 28 day...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Yeager SB,Horbar JD,Greco KM,Duff J,Thiagarajan RR,Laussen PC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the large number of asthma patients, relatively little is known about the beliefs of asthmatic children and their parent(s), or the extent to which these beliefs influence management of the disease. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine how medication-taking and the use of health care s...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Van Sickle D,Wright AL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine (9vHPV) was approved for females and males aged 9 to 26 years in 2014. We analyzed postlicensure surveillance reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). METHODS:We searched VAERS data for US reports of adverse events (AEs) after 9vHPV from Decemb...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Shimabukuro TT,Su JR,Marquez PL,Mba-Jonas A,Arana JE,Cano MV

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the fact that 20% of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) deaths occur in child care settings, many child care providers continue to be unaware of the association of SIDS and infant sleep position and/or are misinformed as to the risks and benefits of the various sleep positions. The objective of this ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Moon RY,Oden RP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent improvement in child mortality has taken place in all regions of the world. In developing countries, major remaining causes are neonatal problems, diarrheal diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases, and respiratory diseases. Foreign aid has come in many forms, among them individual persons, nongovernmental organi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Wegman ME

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 720-g premature newborn developed disseminated candidiasis during treatment with systemic antibiotics and total parenteral nutrition through an umbilical arterial catheter. Clinical features were typical for candidal skeletal infection at this age and included warmth and fusiform swelling of the lower extremities to...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ward RM,Sattler FR,Dalton AS Jr

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the correlates of intent to breastfeed and of successful lactation and nursing at the breast in mothers of very low birth weight (VLBW; <1.5 kg) infants. METHODS:We conducted a prospective observational study of 119 mothers of singleton VLBW infants (mean birth weight: 1056 g; mean ges...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Furman L,Minich N,Hack M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This report describes a new fatal syndrome observed in adolescent males at the initial presentation of diabetes mellitus. The features include hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma complicated by a malignant hyperthermia-like picture with fever, rhabdomyolysis, and severe cardiovascular instability. DESIGN:Case se...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hollander AS,Olney RC,Blackett PR,Marshall BA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Academy of Pediatrics and its members recognize the importance of improving the physician's ability to recognize intimate partner violence (IPV) and understand its effects on child health and development and its role in the continuum of family violence. Pediatricians are in a unique position to identify a...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Thackeray JD,Hibbard R,Dowd MD,Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect.,Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention.

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess growth retardation in male adolescent patients who have a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN) and the effect of weight restoration on catch-up growth. METHODS:Medical charts of all male adolescent AN patients (n = 12) who were admitted to the Pediatric Psychosomatic Department at the Sheba Medical C...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Modan-Moses D,Yaroslavsky A,Novikov I,Segev S,Toledano A,Miterany E,Stein D

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenovirus is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the immunocompromised host. The incidence of severe adenovirus disease in pediatrics is increasing in association with growing numbers of immunocompromised children, where case fatality rates as high as 50% to 80% have been reported. There are no...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Gavin PJ,Katz BZ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previous studies, the oral calcium loading and deprivation test has been used to distinguish between children with renal (fasting) hypercalciuria (RH) and absorptive hypercalciuria (AH). OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the long-term clinical course of 30 children with idiopathic hypercalciuria and investigated th...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Aladjem M,Barr J,Lahat E,Bistritzer T

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abusive abdominal trauma (AAT) is the second leading cause of child abuse mortality. Previous outcome studies have been limited to data from trauma centers. OBJECTIVES:The goals of this study were (1) to examine mortality, length of hospitalization, and hospital charges among a national sample of children h...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lane WG,Lotwin I,Dubowitz H,Langenberg P,Dischinger P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with homozygous sickle cell anemia is the youngest known to have died from acute splenic sequestration crisis. A cord blood screening program might have prevented this infant's death. ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Walterspiel JN,Rutledge JC,Bartlett BL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate racial/ethnic differences in acute asthma among children who present to the emergency department (ED). METHOD:We analyzed data from 2 prospective cohort studies performed during 1997-1998 as part of the Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration. Using a standardized protocol, researchers at 40...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Boudreaux ED,Emond SD,Clark S,Camargo CA Jr,Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration Investigators.

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because boxing may result in serious brain and eye injuries, the American Academy of Pediatrics opposes this sport. This policy statement summarizes the reasons. ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors：

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In summary: (1) Colestipol therapy plus diet reduced total cholesterol 19 +/- 3% in 11 hypercholesterolemic children after two months and 13 +/- 5% after two years in five children. (2) Diet therapy did not significantly reduce serum concentration of any of the fat-soluble vitamins or folate. (3) During 24 months of c...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Schwarz KB,Goldstein PD,Witztum JL,Schonfeld G

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The reported increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attendant health and family impact make monitoring of ASD prevalence a public health priority. METHODS:The prevalence of parent-reported diagnosis of ASD among US children aged 3 to 17 years was estimated from the 2007 National Survey ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kogan MD,Blumberg SJ,Schieve LA,Boyle CA,Perrin JM,Ghandour RM,Singh GK,Strickland BB,Trevathan E,van Dyck PC

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parental smoking has been associated with increased rates of sudden infant death syndrome, low birth weight, otitis media, asthma, and decreased lung growth. No prior parent surveys have assessed national rates of screening and counseling for parental tobacco use in the context of their child's visit to prim...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Winickoff JP,McMillen RC,Carroll BC,Klein JD,Rigotti NA,Tanski SE,Weitzman M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00