Dating of bruises in children: an assessment of physician accuracy.

abstract：:Intestinal lymphangiectasia is a well-recognized complication of the Fontan procedure, occurring in up to 24% of patients. Because of the loss of chylous fluid into the gut lumen, protein-losing enteropathy results as well as lymphopenia and hypogammaglobulinaemia. In some cases, dilated lymphatics in the intestinal s...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Connor FL,Angelides S,Gibson M,Larden DW,Roman MR,Jones O,Currie BG,Day AS,Bohane TD

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free running test has been successfully carried out in patients from 5 to 21 years old. It has the following advantages: (1) it simulates normal exercise pattern; (2) it is readily performed in any health care setting; (3) it is simple to perform and noninvasive in nature; and (4) it reveals a maximum decrease in ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Pierson WE,Bierman CW

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of performing computed tomography (CT) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in children with chronic headaches. BACKGROUND:Headache is a common complaint in children. With the proliferation of brain imaging centers and the increasing patient demand for CT or MRI studies, brain i...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Maytal J,Bienkowski RS,Patel M,Eviatar L

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tuberculosis (TB) control programs have been less successful among children than among adults in the United States. Between 1992 and 1997, the rate of decline of TB cases among 0- to 14-year-old children was less than the rate of decline among any other age group of US-born persons. Because of the higher prev...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Heymann SJ,Brewer TF,Wilson ME,Colditz GA,Fineberg HV

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Provision of high-quality care to acutely ill and injured children is a challenge to US hospitals because many have low pediatric volume. Delineating national trends in definitive pediatric acute care would inform improvements in care. METHODS:We analyzed emergency department (ED) visits by children between...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Michelson KA,Hudgins JD,Lyons TW,Monuteaux MC,Bachur RG,Finkelstein JA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection occurred in the summer of 1978 in a boys' camp in northern Wisconsin and affected 139 of 196 persons (71%); 115 (59%) had laboratory evidence of infection. In 77% of the cases, onset of disease occurred within three weeks after arrival at camp, in contrast to the usually ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Broome CV,LaVenture M,Kaye HS,Davis AT,White H,Plikaytis BD,Fraser DW

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 life-threatening cases of Burkholderia cepacia sepsis caused by infusate contamination during compounding. Bacterial isolates from the patients' blood cultures and the infusate were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Proper quality controls at a local and national level are important fo...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Held MR,Begier EM,Beardsley DS,Browne FA,Martinello RA,Baltimore RS,McDonald LC,Jensen B,Hadler JL,Dembry LM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease is a childhood vasculitis of medium-sized vessels, affecting the coronary arteries in particular. We have treated a therapy-resistant child who met all diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki disease. After the boy was given intravenous immunoglobulins and salicylates, as well as several courses of pulsed me...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kuijpers TW,Biezeveld M,Achterhuis A,Kuipers I,Lam J,Hack CE,Becker AE,van der Wal AC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite concerted policy efforts, a sizeable percentage of children lack health insurance coverage. This article examines the impact of the health care safety net and health care market structure on the use of health care by uninsured children. METHODS:We used the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey linked with...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Gresenz CR,Rogowski J,Escarce JJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Haemophilus influenzae vaccine consisting of purified type b capsular polysaccharide (polyribosylribitol-phosphate [PRP]) was shown in Finland to be protective, with 90% efficacy in children older than 18 to 23 months of age. However, a wide range of estimates of vaccine efficacy has been reported in the United St...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Yogev R,Arditi M,Chadwick EG,Amer MD,Sroka PA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A summary of the author's experience with 1,000 hyperactive children treated in a private practice over a period of 10 years is presented. Of 1,000 children entering the office, 872 were treated with stimulants for more than 6 months. Of these 872 children, 137 (16%) were considered as treatment failures; 735 (84%) ha...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Eichlseder W

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increasing numbers of parents use alternative vaccination schedules that differ from the recommended childhood vaccination schedule for their children. We sought to describe national patterns of alternative vaccination schedule use and the potential "malleability" of parents' current vaccination schedule choi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Dempsey AF,Schaffer S,Singer D,Butchart A,Davis M,Freed GL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 12-month period 80 children greater than 3 months of age seen at an emergency room with acute fevers greater than or equal to 39.7 C (103.5 F) and no localizing signs of infection were studied using blood and buffy coat cultures to isolate bacteria and viruses. Bacteremia was identified in three children (3.8...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Murray DL,Zonana J,Seidel JS,Yoshimori RN,Imagawa DT,St Geme JW Jr

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine parents' knowledge and attitudes of medicolegal issues affecting adolescent medical care. DESIGN:An anonymous, mailed survey with 16 questions concerning Minnesota consent and confidentiality laws that affect adolescents' medical care. SETTING:A community of >70 000 in rural, southeastern Minne...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Cutler EM,Bateman MD,Wollan PC,Simmons PS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than a decade there has been considerable interest in the role of QT interval prolongation in the pathogenesis of sudden infant death syndrome. It has been proposed that the QT interval is a surrogate marker for autonomic instability and can be used to identify infants at risk for significant morbidity and mo...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ellsworth MA,Ulrich TJ,Carey WA,Colby CE,Ackerman MJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Language barriers affect health care interactions. Large, randomized studies of the relative efficacy of interpreter modalities have not been conducted. OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of telephonic and in-person medical interpretation to visits with verified bilingual physicians. METHODS:This was a prospec...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Crossman KL,Wiener E,Roosevelt G,Bajaj L,Hampers LC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound was used to evaluate 100 pediatric patients suspected of having a mass. This technique was found to be useful in several ways: (1) differentiation of cystic, solid, and complex masses, which is not usually possible with routine roentgenographic evaluation; (2) delineation of free fluid collections from thos...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Goldberg BB,Pollack HM,Capitanio MA,Kirkpatrick JA

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical effectiveness of botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT) to reduce drooling in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS:A controlled clinical trial was performed in which the results of single-dose BoNT injections in the submandibular glands were compared with treatment with scopolam...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Jongerius PH,van den Hoogen FJ,van Limbeek J,Gabreëls FJ,van Hulst K,Rotteveel JJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pediatric victims of blunt trauma have developmental and anatomic characteristics that can make it difficult to assess their risk of cervical spine injury (CSI). Previous reports, all retrospective in nature, have not identified any cases of CSI in either children or adults in the absence of neck pain, neurol...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Viccellio P,Simon H,Pressman BD,Shah MN,Mower WR,Hoffman JR,NEXUS Group.

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 6-year-old boy who presented with massive hemolysis, shock, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and acute renal failure after loxosceles envenomation. In this patient, plasma exchange therapy (PEX) successfully cleared the plasma from an initial hemolytic index of 2000 (equivalent to 2 g/dL hemoglob...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Said A,Hmiel P,Goldsmith M,Dietzen D,Hartman ME

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The place of causal inference in clinical practice is considered. One function relates to the validation of existing knowledge, as in the evaluation of the medical literature, and is exemplified by the process of editorial selection. A second function relates to the validation of potential knowledge, as in the testing...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Susser M

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) project is a collaborative project between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 8 managed care organizations (MCOs) in the United States. Established in 1990 to conduct postmarketing evaluations of vaccine safety, the project has created an infrastructure that allows for...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Baggs J,Gee J,Lewis E,Fowler G,Benson P,Lieu T,Naleway A,Klein NP,Baxter R,Belongia E,Glanz J,Hambidge SJ,Jacobsen SJ,Jackson L,Nordin J,Weintraub E

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Pulse oximetry (POX) has been confirmed as a specific screening modality for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD), with moderate sensitivity. However, POX is not able to detect most serious and critical cardiac lesions (major congenital heart disease [CHD]) without hypoxemia. In this study, we investigat...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hu XJ,Ma XJ,Zhao QM,Yan WL,Ge XL,Jia B,Liu F,Wu L,Ye M,Liang XC,Zhang J,Gao Y,Zhai XW,Huang GY

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Adenosine infusion causes selective pulmonary vasodilation in fetal and neonatal lambs with pulmonary hypertension. We investigated the effects of a continuous infusion of adenosine on oxygenation in term infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn (PPHN). DESIGN:A randomized, placebo-controll...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Konduri GG,Garcia DC,Kazzi NJ,Shankaran S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinical report defines common terms of use and provides information on current practice, research, and limitations of assistive technology that can be used in systems for communication. The assessment process to determine the best devices for use with a particular child (ie, the best fit of a device) is also rev...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Desch LW,Gaebler-Spira D,Council on Children With Disabilities.

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about 261 cases of Kawasaki disease (KD) was reported to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) between July 1976 and July 1978. KD occurred at all times of the year in young, previously healthy children throughout the United States. KD was more common in infants and toddlers, males, and Asian and part-Asian...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Morens DM,Anderson LJ,Hurwitz ES

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To systematically review the evidence to determine whether the routine use of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) as compared with conventional ventilation (CV) is beneficial or harmful in preterm infants requiring mechanical ventilation for pulmonary failure principally due to respiratory distress...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Bhuta T,Henderson-Smart DJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010, Care Considerations for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was published in Lancet Neurology, and in 2018, these guidelines were updated. Since the publication of the first set of guidelines, survival of individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has in...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sheehan DW,Birnkrant DJ,Benditt JO,Eagle M,Finder JD,Kissel J,Kravitz RM,Sawnani H,Shell R,Sussman MD,Wolfe LF

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine whether patients' families' violence-prevention behaviors would be affected by their primary care practitioner's use of a violence-prevention clinical intervention during the routine well-child examination. METHODS:In this cluster-randomized, controlled trial (200...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Barkin SL,Finch SA,Ip EH,Scheindlin B,Craig JA,Steffes J,Weiley V,Slora E,Altman D,Wasserman RC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00