Strategies for addressing long-term issues after institutionalization.

abstract：:Vascular malformations are rare but important skin disorders in children, which often require multidisciplinary care. The goal of this article is to orient pediatricians to the various types of vascular malformations. We discuss the clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and management of capillary, venous, ar...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Huang JT,Liang MG

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural tube defects represent some of the most common and serious of the congenital malformations. Although elevation of alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid is not diagnostic, it does indicate an abnormality of the fetus in a very high proportion of cases. A normal level, however, does not exclude the possibility of a...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Crandall BF,Lebherz TB,Freihube R

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic injuries represent the most important threat to the health of children in the United States and are the leading cause of death after the first year of life. More than 20,000 children and young adults will die this year as a result of injury. For every child that dies, another 40 will require hospitalization ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Stylianos S

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article defines short bowel syndrome and reviews the pathophysiology, medical management, and surgical manipulations proposed to improve intestinal absorption. Emphasis is also placed on possible future methods of management. ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Schwartz MZ,Maeda K

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on human resiliency in the face of adversity has gained widespread currency in the study of the developmental outcomes for children exposed to multiple risk factors. This article reviews several of these studies from a multilevel perspective, with a view to documenting their contributions and limitations and ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Edari R,McManus P

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This chapter has reviewed the deficiencies in immune defense that place the neonate, particularly the premature infant, at increased risk of invasive bacterial disease. We also have reviewed the literature on the rationale for exchange transfusion, granulocyte transfusion, intravenous immunoglobulin, and fibronectin a...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Yoder MC,Polin RA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of disorders involving the scalp and hair exist that may be encountered in the pediatric and adolescent population. An approach to the differential diagnosis of many of these conditions can be considered once the patient is found to have either alopecia, scaling, or tumors of the scalp. Certainly other ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Levy ML

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A left-to-right shunt lesions exists when blood from the left atrium, left ventricle, or aorta transits to the right atrium or its tributaries, the right ventricle, or the pulmonary artery. This article discusses: the incidence, types, embryology, clinical presentations, physical examinations, electrocardiographic fea...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Driscoll DJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation and management of adolescents with varicoceles continue to evolve. Current recommendations for repair are based on the findings of impaired testicular growth or spermatogenesis; however, with early evaluation and selective treatment, clinicians should be able to reduce the potential for future fertility...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Kass EJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is clear that previously we were ill-informed and misinformed about children's pain. Recent investigations have led not only to a burgeoning of understanding of pediatric pain, but also an increase in our ability to appropriately measure and treat children's pain. Both pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical treatment...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： McGrath PJ,Craig KD

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits and possible detriment of resistance training have been noted extensively in the literature. Although the benefits of resistance training are well known, many professionals fail to heed scientific advice or follow appropriate recommendations for resistance training in adolescents. When developing a resist...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Miller MG,Cheatham CC,Patel ND

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthmatic children living in low-income families in United States inner city communities continue to have disproportionately high rates of hospitalizations, emergency department visits, disability, and death. Current research implicates a combination of environmental, biologic, and disease mismanagement factors that u...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Federico MJ,Liu AH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although progress had been made in reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, the positive trend has reversed in recent years, and CVD remains the most common cause of mortality in US women and men. Youth represent the future of CVD prevention; emerging evidence suggests exposure to risk factors in children cont...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Clauss SB,de Ferranti SD

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermodilution systems for the measurement of cardiac output constitute a reliable and relatively noninvasive method which is ideal for small patients, particularly infants and small children. Thermodilution is an important new advance in the monitoring of critically ill children in that it measures cardiac output dir...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Moodie DS

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musculoskeletal pain is one of the most common presenting symptoms at the pediatrician's office. Etiology ranges from benign conditions to serious ones requiring prompt attention. This article addresses entities that present as musculoskeletal pain but are not associated with arthritis. The most common nonarthritic co...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Weiser P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the necessary skills required for clinicians to make informed decisions about the use of medications in women who are breastfeeding. Even without specific data on certain medications, this review of kinetic principles, mechanisms of medication entry into breast milk, and important infant factors c...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Rowe H,Baker T,Hale TW

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article outlines the use of alternative agents to TCAs and SSRIs. Features of the more commonly used alternative antidepressant agents are outlined. In addition, antidepressant agents that are currently either under development or used in other countries are indicated for completeness because it seems likely that...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： McConville BJ,Chaney RO,Browne KL,Friedman L,Cottingham E,Nelson D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, much progress has been made in understanding the risk factors and timing of perinatal HIV transmission. Even more impressive have been the successful clinical trials with antiretrovirals, such as ZDV, ZDV-3TC, and nevirapine, that demonstrated significant reductions in the risk for infant infecti...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Fowler MG,Simonds RJ,Roongpisuthipong A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter therapy has gained an important role in the treatment of congenital heart disease. The cumulative experience with vascular and valvular balloon dilations has demonstrated low mortality and morbidity with short-term results similar to surgery. Currently, balloon dilation is an accepted treatment for valvular p...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Radtke W,Lock J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, the authors describe the current information on nutrition modulation of immunity, enumerate the various immunologic tests that are potentially useful in nutritional assessment, examine the reliability of tests predicting disease and complications, and discuss how immunologic evaluation may help in the ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Puri S,Chandra RK

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine disorders are common in infants in the neonatal ICU. They often are associated with prematurity, low birth weight or very low birth weight, and small size for gestational age. They also frequently occur in infants who are critically ill or stressed. This article describes the most common conditions and curre...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Hyman SJ,Novoa Y,Holzman I

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasculitides are defined according to the vessel size involved, and they tend to affect certain organ systems. Pulmonary involvement is rare in the common childhood vasculitides, such as Kawasaki disease, IgA vasculitis (Henoch Schonlein purpura). On the other hand, lung involvement is common in a rare pediatric vascu...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Cuceoglu MK,Ozen S

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately half of children sustain some type of dental injury. Management of injuries to the anterior teeth of preschool children is directed toward minimizing potential damage to the developing permanent teeth; therefore, heroic measures to save primary teeth are not indicated. Crown fractures in the permanent de...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： McTigue DJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tics in children and adolescents are a common occurrence; however, a small proportion of these disorders require pharmacologic interventions. Several limitations exist with the use of pharmacologic interventions, and hence, a more ideal multidisciplinary approach is recommenced, with emphasis on nonpharmacologic manag...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Chadehumbe MA,Greydanus DE,Feucht C,Patel DR

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discussed in this article are the pathophysiology of acute asthma and its differential diagnosis and management, placing special emphasis on rapid assessment, prompt and decisive therapeutic intervention, and on recognition of the severity of the disease. ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Stempel DA,Mellon M

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formulation of a diagnosis in a child who has neurologic impairment should not (except in extreme circumstances) be made on the basis of a single finding. For example, the presence of delayed milestones, primitive or exaggerated reflexes, abnormal muscle tone, abnormal posture, abnormal neurologic examination, and...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Liptak GS

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of feeding skills is an extremely complex process influenced by multiple anatomic, neurophysiologic, environmental, social, and cultural factors. Most children negotiate the necessary developmental sequence without significant difficulties. An understanding of the development of normal feeding abilitie...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Stevenson RD,Allaire JH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Septic shock remains the major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although early sepsis recognition, fluid resuscitation, timely administration of antimicrobials, and vasoactive-inotropic drug infusions are all key to achieving good sepsis outcomes, therapy using various steroid drug classes remains...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Zimmerman JJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Firearm injury is a leading cause of death and injury for children and adolescents, able to cause disability and interfere with normal development. Child developmental stages, variance of behavior, and mental health may all put children at risk for firearm injury or lead to increased morbidity after experiencing firea...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Schaechter J,Alvarez PG

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As adolescents develop their sexual identities they are at risk for acquiring sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and cervical dysplasia. As physical growth and development progress during adolescence, the risk of developing dysmenoorhea or adverse effects from exposure to diethylstilbestrol increase....

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Klein JR

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00