Cry features reflect pain intensity in term newborns: an alarm threshold.

abstract：:To determine whether epidermal growth factor (EGF) or EGF-like transforming growth factors (TGFs) are present in ovine fetal tissues, we have tested acid-ethanol extracts of ovine fetal kidney for the ability to induce anchorage-independent growth of normal rat kidney fibroblasts in soft agar and to compete with 125I-...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Freemark M,Comer M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phytosterols in soybean oil (SO) lipids likely contribute to parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease (PNALD) in infants. No characterization of phytosterol metabolism has been done in infants receiving SO lipids. METHODS:In a prospective cohort study, 45 neonates (36 SO lipid vs. 9 control) underwent ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nghiem-Rao TH,Tunc I,Mavis AM,Cao Y,Polzin EM,Firary MF,Wang X,Simpson PM,Patel SB

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate variability (HRV) is reported increasingly in pediatric research, but different strategies used to identify and manage potential outlier beats impact HRV parameter values in adults and animals. Do they in pediatrics? To compare the impact of different strategies to identifying and managing outliers, we used...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kemper KJ,Hamilton C,Atkinson M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously demonstrated that the proliferative response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMCs) is negatively correlated with the induced expression of interleukin (IL)-4. Our aim, therefore, was to examine whether an impaired cellular response to LPS in infancy is associated w...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Goldberg MR,Elizur A,Luknar-Gabor N,Koch P,Tovbin J,Katz Y

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors cannot explain the recent rapid increase in the incidence of atopic diseases. The phenomenon has been explained by environmental factors, and there are data for and against the hypothesis that a decline in the pressure of microbial stimulation early in life could be behind the allergy epidemic. Changes...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kero J,Gissler M,Grönlund MM,Kero P,Koskinen P,Hemminki E,Isolauri E

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Earlier attempts to deliver effective lung doses of surfactant by aerosolization were unsuccessful, mostly because of technical shortcomings. We aimed at quantifying the lung deposition of poractant alfa with a new supraglottic delivery system for surfactant atomization in an experimental neonatal model. ME...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nord A,Linner R,Milesi I,Zannin E,di Castri M,Bianco F,Dellacá RL,Cunha-Goncalves D,Perez-de-Sa V

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blue and white phototherapy was given to infant (and weanling) homozygous Gunn rats treated with different doses of riboflavin-5-phosphate (ribofl.5'p.) During the first hours after a flavin-injection, the effect of phototherapy with both types of fluorescent lamps was enhanced. With equal radiant power applied, the s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ballowitz L,Bunjamin A,Hanefeld F,Lietz L,Stüttgen G,Wirjadi D

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human infants and newborn rats, white light at the intensity used to treat hyperbilirubinemia lowers serum calcium concentration. Occipital shielding or (in newborn rats) exogenous melatonin prevents this effect. Propranolol, by inhibiting melatonin synthesis, also causes hypocalcemia, which is preventable by melat...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hakanson DO,Bergstrom WH

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Coulter LH780 hematology analyzer can evaluate mean neutrophil volume (MNV), conductivity (MNC), scatter (MNS), and distribution width (DW). We sought to investigate the value of volume, conductivity, and scatter (VCS) parameters in diagnosis and treatment efficacy of neonatal sepsis. RESULTS:We obser...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Celik IH,Demirel G,Aksoy HT,Erdeve O,Tuncer E,Biyikli Z,Dilmen U

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Mother's milk represents a foundational step in the proper development of newborn immunity. This is achieved, in part, through the action of numerous regulatory proteins such as soluble cluster of differentiation 14 (sCD14) found in significant quantities in human milk (~25-50 μg/mL). In adults, CD14 stimulates cytoki...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Spencer WJ,Binette A,Ward TL,Davis LD,Blais DR,Harrold J,Mack DR,Altosaar I

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proposed actions of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) are mediated through specific plasma membrane (R1) receptors coupled to guanylate cyclase. A second receptor, R2, has been characterized by its ability to bind to an acyclic, truncated ANF analog (C-ANF4-23). The ANF-R2 receptor has not been identified in the fet...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Castro R,Ervin MG,Leake RD,Ross MG,Fisher DA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fetal inflammatory response has been suggested as causal in neonatal morbidity. Serial levels of circulating cytokines were evaluated in 74 infants with a mean gestational age (GA) of 27.1 wk. Pro-inflammatory [tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), IL-1 beta, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-1...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hansen-Pupp I,Harling S,Berg AC,Cilio C,Hellström-Westas L,Ley D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We probed possible developmentally related changes in thin filament activity in rat hearts with the aid of calmidazolium (CDZ). CDZ is a calmodulin antagonist that also binds to troponin C and stimulates Ca2+ troponin C-dependent activation of cardiac myofibrillar contractile activity. In paired experiments, we compar...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Murphy AM,Solaro RJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:125I-Tyr insulin (125I-Tyr Ins) was injected into the vitelline vein of rat fetuses in utero after 17, 19, or 21 days of gestation. Three min later, the weight and radioactivity of various organs and of the remaining carcass were measured. A radioactivity concentration index (RCI) was calculated by dividing the specif...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sodoyez-Goffaux FR,Sodoyez JC,De Vos CJ

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal exposure to infection and subsequent inflammatory responses have been implicated in the etiology of schizophrenia and autism. In this review, we summarize current evidence from human and animal studies supporting the hypothesis that the pathogenesis of these two disorders is linked via exposure to inflammatio...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Meyer U,Feldon J,Dammann O

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypoxanthine concentration in plasma was found to be a sensitive parameter of hypoxia of the fetus and the newborn infant. The plasma level of hypoxanthine in the umbilical cord in 29 newborn infants with normal delivery varied between 0 and 11.0 mumol/liter with a mean of 5.8 mumol/liter, SD 3.0 mumol/liter. Comp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Saugstad OD

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) is common in pediatric inpatients and is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and length of stay. Its early identification can reduce severity.MethodsTo create and validate an electronic health record (EHR)-based AKI screening tool, we generated temporally distinct develo...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wang L,McGregor TL,Jones DP,Bridges BC,Fleming GM,Shirey-Rice J,McLemore MF,Chen L,Weitkamp A,Byrne DW,Van Driest SL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) may improve pulmonary outcome in very preterm infants, but the effects on the brain are largely unknown. We hypothesized that early prolonged HFOV compared with low volume positive pressure ventilation (LV-PPV) would not increase the risk of delayed brain growth or injury ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Loeliger M,Inder TE,Shields A,Dalitz P,Cain S,Yoder B,Rees SM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of the lipoprotein complex, surfactant, can lead to respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in the prematurely born infant. The surfactant proteins (SP) play important roles in the function of surfactant. Previously, we have characterized four allelic variants of the SP-A1 gene (6A, 6A2, 6A3, and 6A4) and five ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kala P,Ten Have T,Nielsen H,Dunn M,Floros J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial trifunctional protein (TFP) is a multienzyme complex of the beta-oxidation cycle. Human TFP is an octamer composed of four alpha-subunits harboring long-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase and long-chain L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and four beta-subunits encoding long-chain 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase. Mutat...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Spiekerkoetter U,Khuchua Z,Yue Z,Bennett MJ,Strauss AW

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis of young childhood predominantly affecting the coronary arteries. IgA plasma cells have been found to infiltrate vascular and nonvascular tissues in fatal acute KD. To determine whether IgA B-lymphocytes were increased in the peripheral blood of patients with KD, we perform...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Shingadia D,O'Gorman M,Rowley AH,Shulman ST

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) is a product of arachidonic acid metabolism and a potent chemoattractant for adult polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). LTB4 may be an important inflammatory mediator in neonatal lung disorders such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, but neonatal PMN chemotaxis to LTB4 has not been studied. We compare...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Dos Santos C,Davidson D

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perinatal ontogeny of preprotachykinin-A gene expression was assessed in central respiration-related structures. On the day of birth, there was an enhanced expression of preprotachykinin-A mRNA in the region of the nucleus tractus solitarii, the primary relay station for respiratory and cardiovascular reflexes. Th...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Srinivasan M,Yamamoto Y,Persson H,Lagercrantz H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral propranolol, a nonselective β-blocker, is able to reduce the progression of retinopathy of prematurity in newborns, but it appeared unsafe. This study aimed to find, in rabbits, a propranolol eye drop concentration able to induce lower plasma but higher retinal concentrations than those obtained after o...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Padrini L,Isacchi B,Bilia AR,Pini A,Lanzi C,Masini E,Della Bona ML,Calvani AM,Ceccantini R,la Marca G,Filippi L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the plasma leptin concentrations in twin pregnancies in relation to chorionicity and discordant fetal growth. We studied 53 twin pregnancies of which 26 had growth discordance of > or =20% and 27 were concordant for growth (discordance of < or =10%). Paired maternal and fet...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sooranna SR,Ward S,Bajoria R

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that milk sensitization aggravates intestinal dysfunction in the malnourished guinea pigs, suggesting that it may also impair the recovery from malnutrition. To test this hypothesis, the growing guinea pigs were malnourished by feeding only maize for 7 d and then were refed for 21 d with a bal...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Darmon N,Abdoul E,Roucayrol AM,Blaton MA,Briend A,Desjeux JF,Heyman M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High speed cinemicrographs reveal that the ciliary configuration and beat pattern of rabbit tracheal cilia differ significantly from classid descriptions, although the basic forward and return pattern is still observed. The tracheal cilia are short and stout (about 6 mum in length) and are of a slightly bent original ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cheung AT,Jahn TL

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a study on the effect of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection on apoptosis of neutrophils from both adults and neonates and present evidence showing that HSV-1 enhances apoptosis in neonatal, but not adult, neutrophils. HSV-1 enhanced the expression of both Fas and Fas ligand on the surface of neonatal n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ennaciri J,Menezes J,Proulx F,Toledano BJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is developed for the detection of homozygotes and heterozygote carriers of Niemann-Pick disease type A by employing a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique for the measurement of sphingomyelin (SP) as well as for the assay of the enzyme sphingomyelinase (SPase) in skin fibroblasts and amniot...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Jungalwala FB,Milunsky A

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00