Rapid diagnosis of glucocorticoid suppressible hyperaldosteronism in infants and adolescents.

abstract：AIMS:To prospectively evaluate sinopulmonary disease in 24 patients with primary humoral immunodeficiency (11 with agammaglobulinaemia, nine with isolated IgA deficiency, and two with common variable immunodeficiency) and chronic productive cough, ascertain the usefulness of chest high resolution computed tomography (H...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rusconi F,Panisi C,Dellepiane RM,Cardinale F,Chini L,Martire B,Bonelli N,Felisati G,Pietrogrande MC

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if administration of oral prednisolone to preschool children with acute wheeze alters respiratory outcomes. DESIGN:Double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled equivalence trial. SETTING:Three hospitals in New Zealand. PATIENTS:477 children aged 24-59 months with acute wheeze associated with r...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wallace A,Sinclair O,Shepherd M,Neutze J,Trenholme A,Tan E,Brabyn C,Bonisch M,Grey N,Johnson DW,McNamara D,Thompson JMD,Asher I,Dalziel SR

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of brain abnormalities determined by magnetic resonance in 30 consecutive children presenting with intractable complex partial seizures is reported. Images were optimised to visualise the hippocampus and cortical grey matter. Abnormalities of the hippocampus or temporal lobe were seen in all 19 children ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cross JH,Jackson GD,Neville BG,Connelly A,Kirkham FJ,Boyd SG,Pitt MC,Gadian DG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proportion of babies colonised with gentamicin resistant Gram negative organisms in a nursery over a 30 month period did not correlate with the quantity or duration of aminoglycosides used, but it did correlate with two indicators of workload: the number of baby days and a score based on the level of nursing care ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Isaacs D,Catterson J,Hope PL,Moxon ER,Wilkinson AR

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine the overnight temperature pattern of babies during the prodromal phase of minor illnesses. The overnight rectal temperature pattern of 123 babies was recorded weekly from about 6 to at least 16 weeks old, while parents maintained detailed records of signs of illness. By analysis of patterns...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Jackson JA,Petersen SA,Wailoo MP

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is reported of an infant with hyperammonaemia secondary to severe distal renal tubular acidosis. A clinical association between increased concentrations of ammonia in serum and renal tubular acidosis has not previously been described. In response to acidosis the infant's kidneys presumably increased ammonia s...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Miller SG,Schwartz GJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:Ninety seven teachers of diabetic pupils in Liverpool completed a questionnaire designed to assess their knowledge of diabetes mellitus and the sources from which they had obtained information. The survey aimed to evaluate their understanding and to aid in planning an alternative policy of teacher education. Only 24 t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bradbury AJ,Smith CS

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：AIMS:To examine the disease burden and epidemiology of community acquired rotavirus gastroenteritis in Austrian children treated in a paediatric practice. METHODS:A prospective, population based, multicentre study in four paediatric practices and two children's hospitals (Innsbruck and Leoben). Children

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Frühwirth M,Karmaus W,Moll-Schüler I,Brösl S,Mutz I

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inconsistencies have been reported in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in postoperative congenital heart disease (CHD). Despite the need for lifelong care due for residual symptoms, only a few studies have explored cardiac-related HRQOL but none in lower middle-income countries (LMIC). This study theref...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ladak LA,Hasan BS,Gullick J,Awais K,Abdullah A,Gallagher R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcutaneous Doppler ultrasound measurements were made of the superior mesenteric artery of 22 preterm infants (mean birth weight 600-2580 g) to investigate the response of intestinal blood flow to feeding. Analysis of the data in relation to milk intake showed a significant change in peak velocity and mean velocity...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Leidig E

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:One hundred and seventy three children, including 93 with biliary atresia, received liver grafts at Addenbrooke's Hospital between 1983 and 1993. Of these, only seven developed cyanosis due to intrapulmonary shunting as a complication of their liver disease, and all seven of these had the biliary atresia/pol...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Fewtrell MS,Noble-Jamieson G,Revell S,Valente J,Friend P,Johnston P,Rasmussen A,Jamieson N,Calne RY,Barnes ND

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute respiratory infections (ARI) cause 3 million deaths in children worldwide each year. Most of these deaths occur from pneumonia in developing countries, and hypoxaemia is the most common fatal complication. Simple and adaptable indications for oxygen therapy are important in the management of ARI. The c...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Subhi R,Smith K,Duke T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monthly increments of length, weight gain, and head circumference were recorded from birth to 4 years of age in 52 children with cystic fibrosis. At birth the children showed stunting. Standard deviation (SD) scores at birth for height, weight, and head circumference were -1.24, -0.72, and -1.82 respectively. Over the...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ghosal S,Taylor CJ,Pickering M,McGaw J,Beckles-Willson N,Wales JK

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent famine in Ethiopia has resulted in the dislocation of millions of people. Many of these individuals have moved to refugee camps in Sudan or to feeding centres within Ethiopia. A total of 1325 children up to the age of 15 years were examined by an ophthalmologist in January 1985 at several sites in these two...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Pizzarello LD

更新日期：1986-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Intensive care patients are susceptible to developing painful corneal epithelial deficits. Provision of eye care to prevent deficits was limited in our paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) population. INTERVENTIONS:A new eye care bundle was introduced, comprising a guideline for eye care, the addition of e...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McCall K,Hussin HM,Gregory ME,Dutton G,Richardson J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the work of one tertiary paediatric palliative care service in facilitating planned withdrawal of ventilatory support outside the intensive care setting, with the purpose of developing local guidance for practice. METHODS:Retrospective 10-year (2003-2012) case note review of intensive care patients...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Laddie J,Craig F,Brierley J,Kelly P,Bluebond-Langner M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mentoring is important for personal and professional development of doctors. Peer mentoring is a core skill in the UK paediatric postgraduate curriculum. However, there is a paucity of peer mentoring programmes aimed at postgraduate doctors in training (postgraduate trainees), and there are no such schemes w...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Eisen S,Sukhani S,Brightwell A,Stoneham S,Long A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When isolated from the female genital tract, diphtheroids are usually regarded as commensal organisms. Corynebacterium kutscheri however is a pathogen in laboratory rodents. We report a case in which C. kutscheri was isolated as a pure culture from the umbilical cord and from other surface sites in an infant. Histolog...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Fitter WF,de Sa DJ,Richardson H

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant folate deficiency in 14 out of 37 preterm infants of birthweights 2.0 kg or less was found to be reliably and most conveniently diagnosed by abnormal morphological changes in peripheral blood and confirmed by the response to folic acid. Deficiency appeared to be more common in light-for-dates infants inclu...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Strelling MK,Blackledge DG,Goodall HB

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children at three inner city child health clinics were offered haemoglobin estimation by fingerprick blood test when attending for immunisation against measles. Of the 98 immunised, 92 (94%) participated in the study, together with 58 other children. Anaemia (haemoglobin concentration less than 110 g/l) was found in 3...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Marder E,Nicoll A,Polnay L,Shulman CE

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine evolution of the physical characteristics of Marfan's syndrome throughout childhood. METHODS:40 children were ascertained during the development of a regional register for Marfan's syndrome. Evolution of the clinical characteristics was determined by repeat evaluation of 10 patients with sporadic Marfan...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lipscomb KJ,Clayton-Smith J,Harris R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the relation between traumatic birth and the development of permanent facial palsy in the newborn. DESIGN:Retrospective case control study of children with 'congenital' facial palsy. SETTING:Two tertiary referral centres for patients with facial palsy. SUBJECTS:61 children with established facial ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Laing JH,Harrison DH,Jones BM,Laing GJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity is considered a polygenic and multifactorial disorder and different single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) are involved. Studies concerning their impact on weight loss in lifestyle intervention are scarce. METHODS:The effect of two different SNP (INSIG2: rs7566605, FTO: rs9939609) was analysed on the ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Reinehr T,Hinney A,Toschke AM,Hebebrand J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with type 1 diabetes should be encouraged to participate in physical activity because exercise can benefit insulin sensitivity and improve known risk factors for atherosclerosis. METHODS:Physical activity patterns of 127 children and adolescents with stable type 1 diabetes were investigated by 24 h...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Massin MM,Lebrethon MC,Rocour D,Gérard P,Bourguignon JP

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To document gastroenteritis hospitalisations of the 1995-96 cohort of infants born in Western Australia to mid-2002, and to assess factors associated with their hospitalisations and readmissions. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of the State's hospitalisation data, Midwives' Notification of Births data, the Austral...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Gracey M,Lee AH,Yau KK

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A volumetric Doppler technique was used to measure net ductus arteriosus shunt during the first 48 hours of life in 30 infants of less than 33 weeks' gestation, and in 10 full term infants. In the full term infants a left to right shunt of 62 ml/kg/minute (95% confidence limits 43-82) shortly after birth decreased rap...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Drayton MR,Skidmore R

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of Hurler's disease in which glaucoma developed in early childhood. We draw attention to the fact that glaucoma may be a commonly unrecognised early complication of this condition. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Nowaczyk MJ,Clarke JT,Morin JD

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00