Maternally administered dexamethasone at 0.7 of gestation suppresses maternal and fetal pituitary and adrenal responses to hypoxemia in sheep.

abstract：:Compliant immature airways sustain significant deformation following positive pressure ventilation. To evaluate the structural changes induced by in vivo positive pressure ventilation, tracheae of preterm lambs (107-116 d gestational age) were studied histologically. Nonventilated (group I: n = 7) and ventilated (grou...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Deoras KS,Wolfson MR,Bhutani VK,Shaffer TH

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine is an essential amino acid during fetal life and appears to be vital for the growth of the fetus and for the development of the CNS. In intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), fetal plasma concentrations of taurine are reduced, and we tested the hypothesis that this is caused by altered placental transport of ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Norberg S,Powell TL,Jansson T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical analysis and morphologic observation of the iliac crest cartilage from 8-year-old girl with I-cell disease were performed. Instead of hypertrophic change of chondrocytes in the zone of cartilage-bone junction, there were small atrophic cells having many inclusion bodies accumulated with lamellar materials....

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nogami H,Oohira A,Suzuki F,Tsuda K

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gluconeogenesis decreases during septic shock, but its mechanism is not well known. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), which is a key cytokine in septic shock, can increase GLUT1 gene expression and glucose uptake in muscles and fatty tissues. TNF-alpha does not alter the metabolism of hepatocytes in which GLUT2...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Goto M,Yoshioka T,Battelino T,Ravindranath T,Zeller WP

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors are implicated in pathogenesis of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. In this nested case-control study, we determined 1) frequency of thymine-adenine (TA)n promoter polymorphism and Gly71Arg mutation in uridine diphosphoglucuronate-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) gene in neonates > or =35-wk gestation p...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Agrawal SK,Kumar P,Rathi R,Sharma N,DAS R,Prasad R,Narang A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Infection is a risk factor for adverse neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm newborns. Our objective was to characterize the association of postnatal infection with adverse microstructural and metabolic brain development in premature newborns. RESULTS:In 34/117 newborns studied, clinical signs were accomp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chau V,Brant R,Poskitt KJ,Tam EW,Synnes A,Miller SP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postnatal glucocorticoid therapy in the treatment of chronic lung disease benefits lung function, however it adversely affects brain development. We hypothesized that combined postnatal glucocorticoid and statin therapy diminishes adverse effects of glucocorticoids on the developing brain. METHODS:On postna...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Tijsseling D,Camm EJ,Richter HG,Herrera EA,Kane AD,Niu Y,Cross CM,de Vries WB,Derks JB,Giussani DA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential magnitude and the rate of change in tracheal mechanics after application of intermittent positive pressure (IPP), and the time constant, tau, of this deformation were determined in fetal (21 and 27 days gestation), neonatal (term, 31 days gestation) and adult rabbits. In vitro tracheal mechanics were determ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bhutani VK,Shaffer TH

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gitelman disease was diagnosed in two unrelated children with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and growth failure (a boy and a girl aged 7 mo and 9.5 y, respectively, at clinical presentation) on the basis of mutations detected in the gene encoding the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter of the distal convoluted tubu...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bettinelli A,Rusconi R,Ciarmatori S,Righini V,Zammarchi E,Donati MA,Isimbaldi C,Bevilacqua M,Cesareo L,Tedeschi S,Garavaglia R,Casari G

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung infections are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates. To evaluate neonatal lung defenses against pneumococci, we challenged rats with aerosols of encapsulated pneumococci in an airborne infection apparatus. Whereas adult rats cleared greater than 95% of inhaled type 1 or type 25 pneumococci within...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Coonrod JD,Jarrells MC,Bridges RB

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy, ketone body concentrations are abnormally low at times of hypoglycemia, depriving the brain of its most important alternative fuel. The neuroprotective effect of endogenous ketone bodies is evidenced by animal and human studies, but knowledge about exogenous supp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Plecko B,Stoeckler-Ipsiroglu S,Schober E,Harrer G,Mlynarik V,Gruber S,Moser E,Moeslinger D,Silgoner H,Ipsiroglu O

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective was to determine the association between perioperative risk factors and brain imaging abnormalities on neurologic outcome in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) or d-Transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) who underwent cardiac surgery including cardiopulmonary bypass. MET...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kuhn VA,Carpenter JL,Zurakowski D,Reitz JG,Tague L,Donofrio MT,Murnick J,Axt-Fliedner R,Limperopoulos C,Yerebakan C

更新日期：2020-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied choline uptake by slices of adult and 10-day-old rat intestine which were exposed on their mucosal surface to radiolabeled choline. Both neonatal and adult intestine transported choline. Choline uptake was observed in duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and colon of the adult rat. In the small intestine, choline upta...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sheard NF,Zeisel SH

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that vitamin A (VA) and retinoic acid (RA) synergistically increase lung retinyl ester content in neonatal rats. To confirm whether this biochemical synergism attenuates early neonatal hyperoxic lung injury in mice, we exposed newborn C57BL/6 mice to 95% O2 or air from birth to 4 d. The agent [vehicle, V...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： James ML,Ross AC,Bulger A,Philips JB 3rd,Ambalavanan N

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral blood flow (CBF) measurement by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) using oxyhemoglobin (HbO2) as a tracer (CBF-HbO2) needs rapid changes in arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) which often cannot be achieved in many sick infants. An alternative method based on the same adaptation of the Fick principle using i.v. ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Patel J,Marks K,Roberts I,Azzopardi D,Edwards AD

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have performed clinical, in vitro biochemical, and genetic studies of a patient with severe insulin resistance, considerable growth restriction, and Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome (patient RM-3). The blood IGF-I level was undetectable in this patient, although the GH level was moderately decreased. During the postprand...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Desbois-Mouthon C,Magré J,Duprey J,Caron M,Blivet-Van Eggelpoel MJ,Daubas C,Gourmelen M,Chevallier B,Rizkalla S,Robert JJ,Capeau J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To delineate the role of growth hormone (GH) in the development and function of the immune system, immunological parameters including quantitative immunoglobulins, T and B lymphocytes, phytohemagglutinin lymphoproliferative response and delayed hypersensitivity skin tests were studied in nine GH-deficient children pri...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Abbassi V,Bellanti JA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protein intake may modulate cardiac structure and function in pathological conditions, but there is a lack of knowledge on potential effects in healthy infants. METHODS:Secondary analysis of an ongoing randomized clinical trial comparing two groups of infants receiving a higher (HP) or lower (LP) protein co...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Collell R,Closa-Monasterolo R,Ferré N,Luque V,Koletzko B,Grote V,Janas R,Verduci E,Escribano J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUNDLow birth weight is associated with childhood stunting, but equivalent associations for birth body composition (BC) remain unknown. The aim of this study was to assess associations between birth BC and height-for-age z-score (HAZ) at 2 years of age.METHODSIn a prospective cohort study, fat mass (FM) and fat-...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Admassu B,Wells JCK,Girma T,Andersen GS,Owino V,Belachew T,Michaelsen KF,Abera M,Wibaek R,Friis H,Kæstel P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanshinone IIA is a compound purified from the Chinese herb Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhiza Bge). The neuroprotective effect of tanshinone IIA was investigated in a neonatal rat model of hypoxia-ischemia brain damage. Hypoxia-ischemia encephalopathy was induced in rats at day 7 of postnatal age by ligation of the ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Xia WJ,Yang M,Fok TF,Li K,Chan WY,Ng PC,Ng HK,Chik KW,Wang CC,Gu GJ,Woo KS,Fung KP

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress has been made in the reduction of morbidity and mortality from neonatal sepsis. However, diagnosis continues to rely primarily on conventional microbiologic techniques, which can be inaccurate. The objective of this review is to provide the clinician with an overview of the current information available on di...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Iroh Tam PY,Bendel CM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature rabbits delivered by cesarean section at 28 d of gestation were each given intratracheally 75 mg/kg of radiolabeled preparation of either natural rabbit surfactant, natural calf surfactant, or surfactant-TA. Each newborn rabbit was ventilated for up to 6 h in a ventilator-plethysmograph with individual adjus...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Seidner SR,Jobe AH,Ruffini L,Ikegami M,Pettenazzo A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial oxygen demand may be increased in chronically hypoxemic lambs because of their increased heart rate. Therefore, we determined whether left ventricular (LV) oxygen supply, oxygen uptake and oxygen demand were proportionally increased in 6-wk-old lambs, after 4 wk of hypoxemia (n = 15), as compared with contr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Dalinghaus M,Willem J,Gratama C,Koers JH,Gerding AM,Zijlstra WG,Kuipers JR

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental disability, intrauterine growth retardation, renal anomalies, and dysmorphic features have been described in offspring of women who abuse toluene during pregnancy. A Sprague-Dawley rat model was developed to study this clinical syndrome. During d 6-19 of gestation, 11 treated dams received daily gavage d...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gospe SM Jr,Saeed DB,Zhou SS,Zeman FJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal (GI) barrier function is immature in the preterm neonate and might thus facilitate translocation of enteric bacteria and gut-derived septicemia. Circumstantial evidence suggests that bacterial uptake from the intestine may be further enhanced by an alteration of the host nutritional status. To tes...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Steinwender G,Schimpl G,Sixl B,Kerbler S,Ratschek M,Kilzer S,Hollwarth ME,Wenzl HH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor-mediated modulation of leukocyte proliferation, differentiation, and function. We examined the phagocytosis and killing of microorganisms by neutrophils and monocytes from five patients of three families with hereditary resistance to 1,25(OH)2D3. Phagocytosis of microorga...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Etzioni A,Hochberg Z,Pollak S,Meshulam T,Zakut V,Tzehoval E,Keisari Y,Aviram I,Spirer Z,Benderly A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the human fetus, liver macrophages appear to be the primary source of erythropoietin (Epo). Epo production shifts from the liver to peritubular cells in the kidney sometime during the 3rd trimester. Some preterm infants experience a hyporegenerative anemia that appears to be caused by inadequate Epo production. It ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ohls RK,Li Y,Trautman MS,Christensen RD

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a serious diagnosis with the prospect of grave short- and long-term complications and even death if poorly managed. An attempt has been made to describe how clinical and immunological deviations might influence each other close to the diagnosis of T1D. METHODS:Sixty-nine newly diagn...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Rydén A,Ludvigsson J,Fredrikson M,Faresjö M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have reported marked pulmonary inflammation in infants who develop chronic lung disease of prematurity. We revisited these infants who did not have clinical or laboratory evidence of infection and searched for Ureaplasma urealyticum, group B streptococci, and other microbes by reverse transcription-PCR ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kotecha S,Hodge R,Schaber JA,Miralles R,Silverman M,Grant WD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is increasingly recognized that the abnormal physiologic consequences of pulmonary hypertension (PH) may contribute to poor cardiopulmonary health in premature babies. Conflicting literature has led to clinical uncertainty, pathological misinterpretation, and variability in treatment approaches among practitioners....

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Giesinger RE,More K,Odame J,Jain A,Jankov RP,McNamara PJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00