The essential role of research in community pediatrics.

abstract：:Extracorporeal piezoelectric lithotripsy is an effective method for treating renal pelvic stones in children. Treatment with the Wolf lithotriptor is essentially painless and can be performed without anesthesia on an outpatient basis. Real-time ultrasound is used to localize stones. In a 1-year period at the Universit...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Starr NT,Middleton RG

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test how prevalence estimates and characteristics of children vary by the way that disability is defined. Specifically, to determine 1) the proportions of children identified as disabled by one particular operationalization of disability based on parental reports of three types of consequences (i.e., funct...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Westbrook LE,Silver EJ,Stein RE

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a brief explanation of the immunization policy in the Netherlands, the national immunization program is described, with special attention given to coupling of the municipal population records with a computerized database of individual immunization records at the provincial level. The Dutch program achieves cover...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Verbrugge HP

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the association between type of child care, participation in different types of child care in the year before kindergarten and the likelihood of obesity at the start of kindergarten. METHODS:Using a nationally representative sample of 15 691 first-time kindergartners from the Early Childhood Long...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Maher EJ,Li G,Carter L,Johnson DB

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Child Abuse Recognition Experience Study revealed that primary care clinicians did not always follow the legal mandate to report suspected child abuse to child protective services. National child abuse experts representing different disciplines met in a 2-day conference in January 2007 to discuss and develop new s...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Flaherty EG,Sege RD,Hurley TP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of continuous, around-the-clock sustained-release (S-R) theophylline therapy, adjusted to approximate serum or plasma steady state theophylline concentrations (Tc) of 15 microgram/ml three hours following the last dose, was assessed in 18 children suffering from moderately severe chronic asthma. Two of th...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Bell T,Bigley J

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old Jewish boy presented with dysuria, urinary dribbling, increased urinary frequency, and new onset of diurnal enuresis. An infiltrating solid mass involving the entire bladder wall was found. Biopsy revealed "tumor-forming" eosinophilic cystitis, a rare bladder lesion of unclear cause. Antitoxocariasis trea...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Pomeranz A,Eliakim A,Uziel Y,Gottesman G,Rathaus V,Zehavi T,Wolach B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A physician faces many challenges in making a definitive diagnosis of asthma in young children. Although there are clinical and historical features consistent with asthma, identical features are present in many other diseases. Furthermore, there is no specific test for asthma. Other diseases must always be ruled out b...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Strunk RC

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if giving vaccine-information materials before the 2-month vaccination visit to mothers with concerns about vaccine safety positively changed their attitudes and beliefs about vaccine safety. METHODS:Mothers who indicated concerns about infant vaccinations were recruited from 2 separate sites i...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Vannice KS,Salmon DA,Shui I,Omer SB,Kissner J,Edwards KM,Sparks R,Dekker CL,Klein NP,Gust DA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to document health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impairment and depressive symptomatology in adolescents with extreme obesity considering surgical weight loss. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review of clinical data was conducted for 33 consecutive extremely obese adolescents presenting for evaluati...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Zeller MH,Roehrig HR,Modi AC,Daniels SR,Inge TH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially serious emerging infectious disease. The incidences of CDI in childhood and CDI cases complicated by relapses have increased by 50% or more in North America during the past 2 decades. We report here the case of a 2-year-old child with relapsing CDI caused by the e...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Russell G,Kaplan J,Ferraro M,Michelow IC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Small pilot studies support the appropriateness of engaging adolescents with chronic or life-limiting illnesses in pediatric advance care planning (pACP). We do not yet know if pACP is acceptable, feasible, and worthwhile, even if emotionally intense, in a fully powered randomized controlled tr...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Dallas RH,Kimmel A,Wilkins ML,Rana S,Garcia A,Cheng YI,Wang J,Lyon ME,Adolescent Palliative Care Consortium.

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of skin cancer has increased in the United States, concomitant with increased UV radiation (UVR) exposure among young adults. We examined whether tanning facilities in Missouri, a state without indoor-tanning regulations, acted in accordance with the Food and Drug Administration's recommendatio...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Balaraman B,Biesbroeck LK,Lickerman SH,Cornelius LA,Jeffe DB

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Children with medical complexity have unique needs when facilitating transitions from hospital to home. Defining readiness for discharge is challenging, and preparation requires coordination of family, education, equipment, and medications. Our multidisciplinary team aimed to increase the perce...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Statile AM,Schondelmeyer AC,Thomson JE,Brower LH,Davis B,Redel J,Hausfeld J,Tucker K,White DL,White CM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of girls and boys with attention deficit disorder (ADD) were examined for within-group sex differences and compared with control boys and girls on historical, behavioral, and cognitive characteristics. Profiles of essential and secondary features of ADD support the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Berry CA,Shaywitz SE,Shaywitz BA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of complementary and alternative medical therapies is common and increasing, particularly for children with chronic disease. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this work was to describe the use of complementary and alternative medicine by children and to identify factors that may influence the use of complementa...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Jean D,Cyr C

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral decubitus chest radiograph is a useful procedure in the evaluation of ill-defined pulmonary densities that may stimulate infiltrates. This procedure, although described previously in the radiologic literature, has not been in frequent use. The procedure assists diagnosis in patients who are not able to tak...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Faerber EN,Darling DB,Leonidas JC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All very low-birth-weight infants live-born to residents of an urban southern Ontario county were studied before (1964 to 1969) and after (1973 to 1977) the introduction of neonatal intensive care. Mortality at hospital discharge decreased from 89.4% to 77.6% among infants whose birth weights were 500 to 999 gm and fr...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Horwood SP,Boyle MH,Torrance GW,Sinclair JC

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coexistence in two sisters, born to related parents, of a corticoresistant nephrotic syndrome, lymphopenia, an immune deficit, short stature, and photophobia is described. The immune deficit is mainly cellular; studies of lymphocyte markers demonstrate a pronounced deficiency of T lymphocytes and Fc-mu receptor-be...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Tabin R,Guignard JP,Gautier E,Dubrit M,Jeannet M,Golaz J,Moretta L

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mortality rates in pediatric patients with heart disease have decreased dramatically in recent decades, resulting in an increasing number of survivors with morbidities that impact quality of life. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare how heart disease affects the quality of life of the pediatr...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Marino BS,Tomlinson RS,Drotar D,Claybon ES,Aguirre A,Ittenbach R,Welkom JS,Helfaer MA,Wernovsky G,Shea JA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) is an idiopathic vasculitis confined to the central nervous system. In children with PACNS, small-vessel (SV) involvement is characterized clinically by progressive neurologic symptoms, multifocal lesions on brain imaging, occasional pseudo-tumor presentation, and...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： De Tiège X,Van Bogaert P,Aeby A,Salmon I,Parpal H,Poppe AY,Maris C,Lanthier S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationships between hours of television viewing and adiposity and physical activity among female adolescents, a cohort study with follow-up assessments 7, 14, and 24 months after baseline was conducted. All sixth- and seventh-grade girls (N = 971) attending four northern California middle schools were...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Robinson TN,Hammer LD,Killen JD,Kraemer HC,Wilson DM,Hayward C,Taylor CB

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare perinatal outcomes among the managed care organizations (MCOs) providing care to beneficiaries enrolled in TennCare, Tennessee's capitated Medicaid managed care program. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis. SUBJECTS:Infants born in Tennessee during 1995 to women enrolled in TennCare. PRIMARY OU...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Cooper WO,Hickson GB,Mitchel EF Jr,Ray WA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Kingella kingae, a Gram-negative coccobacillus, is being increasingly recognized as an invasive pathogen in children, causing mainly bacteremia and arthritis; however, there have been only a few studies on K kingae infections to date, mostly small-scale series. The aim of this study was to report our experien...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Dubnov-Raz G,Scheuerman O,Chodick G,Finkelstein Y,Samra Z,Garty BZ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reevaluation process for outpatients recalled for Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia has not been standardized. Children who return ill or with new serious focal infections require admission and parenteral antibiotic therapy. Limited data exist to guide the follow-up management of those patients identif...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Bachur R,Harper MB

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the frequency with which pediatricians provide care coordination services to children, particularly those with special health care needs, in their practices and the barriers to providing these services. METHODS:An 8-page questionnaire was mailed to 1632 randomly selected US members of the American...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Gupta VB,O'Connor KG,Quezada-Gomez C

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Depression in childhood and adolescence is common and often persists into adulthood. This study assessed the population-level cost-effectiveness of a preventive intervention that screens children and adolescents for symptoms of depression in schools and the subsequent provision of a psychologi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Mihalopoulos C,Vos T,Pirkis J,Carter R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe our experience with blowgun dart aspiration via an illustrative case series and review the resources available to teach children how to construct these objects. A 15-year-old boy presented with cough, wheeze, and eventually admitted to aspiration of a homemade blowgun dart. This instance heightened the awa...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Walz PC,Scholes MA,Merz MN,Elmaraghy CA,Jatana KR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Hypertension is highly prevalent in pediatric kidney transplant recipients and contributes to cardiovascular death and graft loss. Improper blood pressure (BP) measurement limits the ability to control hypertension in this population. Here, we report multicenter efforts from the Improving Rena...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Seifert ME,Dahale DS,Kamel M,Winterberg PD,Barletta GM,Belsha CW,Chaudhuri A,Flynn JT,Garro R,George RP,Goebel JW,Kershaw DB,Matossian D,Misurac J,Nailescu C,Nguyen CR,Pearl M,Pollack A,Pruette CS,Singer P,VanSick

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Circumstances surrounding parental availability and decision-making were examined in the setting of a research protocol involving newborn screening (NBS) for fragile X syndrome, in which the institutional review board (IRB) had determined that consent (permission) was required from both parents. METHODS:A su...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Nelson DK,Skinner D,Guarda S,Choudhury S,Sideris J,Barnum L,Ten Haagen K,Heyward Q,Bailey DB Jr

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00