Neurological abnormalities in congenital amaurosis of Leber. Review of 30 cases.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite decreasing mortality, functional impairments in children with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) are still a concern. This study analyses health-related physical fitness (HRPF), arterial stiffness and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children with anatomically repaired TGA regarding co...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Häcker AL,Reiner B,Oberhoffer R,Hager A,Ewert P,Müller J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 80 children with proved coeliac disease, 2 presented with an associated disease of the distal portion of the large intestine. In one child the family history and the extension, localisation, and characteristics of intestinal lesions made us suspect ulcerative colitis; in the other we made a diagnosis of milk-induce...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Ansaldi N,Santini B,Dell'olio D,Levis F

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three paediatric pathologists, one perinatal paediatrician, one obstetrician, and one epidemiologist separately used information collected on 239 babies in an attempt to validate the Wigglesworth classification of perinatal deaths. This was first done using clinical data only, then using the combination of clinical an...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Keeling JW,MacGillivray I,Golding J,Wigglesworth J,Berry J,Dunn PM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrotising pneumonia in young, previously healthy patients due to Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) producing Staphylococcus aureus has been increasingly recognised. PVL pneumonia is often associated with influenza co-infection and high mortality. This case report describes the successful management of the first docu...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Obando I,Valderrabanos ES,Millan JA,Neth OW

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast fed infants may be at greater risk of mother to infant hepatitis B virus infection compared with formula fed infants. We studied 85 infants born to 84 hepatitis B surface antigen positive mothers (only two of whom were hepatitis B e positive), and who had received immunisation against hepatitis B virus. Our res...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： de Martino M,Appendino C,Resti M,Rossi ME,Muccioli AT,Vierucci A

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the outcome of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in children with renovascular hypertension (RVH) treated at a single centre over 29 years. METHODS:A retrospective study of the medical charts of all children with RVH who underwent PTA between 1984 and 2012. The primary outcome measurem...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kari JA,Roebuck DJ,McLaren CA,Davis M,Dillon MJ,Hamilton G,Shroff R,Marks SD,Tullus K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse triiodothyronine (rT3), triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) values were measured by radioimmunoassay in 40 children with congenital hypothyroidism who were being given levothyroxine (0.05-0.35 mg/day) and in 14 normal controls. In 15 of the children with hypothyroidism ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Desai M,Irani AJ,Patil K,Pandya CS

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:A previously described difference in newborn blood phenylalanine concentrations between those living in urban and non-urban areas in the south west of England has been confirmed and shown to be independent of the type of feed. Several factors including the place of abode, type of feed, birthweight, and the accuracy of...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Morris AF,Holton JB,Burman D,Colley JR

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey is reported of infant feeding practice at the time of discharge from a single maternity ward. It is shown that a change in the attitude of nursing staff increased the number of mothers breast feeding their infants and eliminated the practice of giving the infants formula feed complements. This change in attit...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： McKean KS,Baum JD,Sloper K

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral palsy comprises an important component of paediatric and obstetric practice and has major medico-legal implications. The prognosis for survival in cerebral palsy determines the financial provision made in cases that come to litigation. Issues of data quality and estimation methods are critical. Estimating the...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hutton JL,Pharoah PO

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A standard acid resistant microsphere pancreatic enzyme preparation was compared with identical capsules half filled with mini-tablets of a new high lipase preparation in a randomised double blind crossover study in children with cystic fibrosis. Each patient received his/her usual number of capsules and the same dose...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bowler IM,Wolfe SP,Owens HM,Sheldon TA,Littlewood JM,Walters MP

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-accidental injury should be suspected and excluded in any infant found to have intracranial and retinal haemorrhage of unknown aetiology. This can be a sensitive issue for both medical staff and parents. We present a case in which the underlying cause of intracranial and retinal haemorrhage was fibromuscular dyspl...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Currie AD,Bentley CR,Bloom PA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critical incidents are common during the inter-hospital transfer of sick patients, and infants are an especially vulnerable group. AIMS:To examine the effect of critical incident review on the number of adverse events during inter-hospital transfer of sick infants. METHODS:Critical incidents over an eight ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Moss SJ,Embleton ND,Fenton AC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The auditory function of 370 infants, drawn from both low and high risk groups, was tested before postnatal discharge using three tests: standard auditory brain stem responses (ABR), automated analysis of ABR, and automated analysis of evoked otoacoustic emissions (OAE). All infants failing any neonatal test had furth...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kennedy CR,Kimm L,Dees DC,Evans PI,Hunter M,Lenton S,Thornton RD

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the clinical efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) in respiratory allergy in children. METHODS:A systematic literature review was conducted. The search was focused on all the double blind (and double dummy if necessary) studies. SEARCH STRATEGY:Medline, Embase, Cochrane Controlled Trial Registe...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sopo SM,Macchiaiolo M,Zorzi G,Tripodi S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three of five children who were born to consanguineous parents developed Guillain-Barré syndrome before they were 3 years old. The syndrome is rare in early childhood and we suggest that there may be a genetic element in the pathogenesis. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bar-Joseph G,Etzioni A,Hemli J,Gershoni-Baruch R

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The output of the drug and the particle size produced by various nebulisers were assessed, and sensible nebulisation times for sodium cromoglycate calculated. Three of the four nebuliser systems tested produced over 80% of total drug output within the first five minutes of nebulisation. We suggest that five minutes is...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： O'Callaghan C,Clark AR,Milner AD

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the nature and causes of reported patient safety incidents relating to care in the community for children dependent on long-term ventilation with the further aim of improving safety. METHODS:We undertook an analysis of patient safety incident data relating to long-term ventilation in the community usin...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Nawaz RF,Page B,Harrop E,Vincent CA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy with the dysmorphic features of Noonan's syndrome and pulmonary valve stenosis who had evidence of hypoparathyroidism and abnormal T lymphocyte numbers in the neonatal period is reported. He had a normal karyotype but molecular analysis revealed a submicroscopic deletion within chromosome 22q11, the region delet...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Wilson DI,Britton SB,McKeown C,Kelly D,Cross IE,Strobel S,Scambler PJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred children with glass injuries were investigated; 48 were injured in falls through architectural glass and 87 by broken bottles. Nine children had serious lacerations--7 of which were sustained at home. Radiographs were important in diagnosing retained fragments but prophylactic antibiotics were unnecessary....

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bell D

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and twenty eight deprived children were compared with a matched sample of more endowed children living in the same urban area. Both groups were served by the same experienced primary health care team. The deprived group had a significantly higher number of general practitioner consultations and admissions ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Marsh GN,Channing DM

更新日期：1987-04-01 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：:The decision to participate in infant screening often rests with parents. Medical ethics require that parental decision is elicited from informed choice. Such a decision is influenced by the parental knowledge and attitude towards screening and a careful evaluation of these factors is essential in seeking informed con...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Olusanya BO,Luxon LM,Wirz SL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the hypothesis that overall intelligence quotient (IQ) is decreased in patients with Aarskog syndrome. METHODS:21 boys under 17 years of age with a confirmed clinical diagnosis of Aarskog syndrome were assessed using the Griffiths mental development scales and the British ability scales. RESULTS:IQ ranged...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Logie LJ,Porteous ME

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether there is evidence of immunological responses in infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis by measuring inflammatory mediators in peripheral blood and, if found, whether these related to the severity of illness. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Blood was taken from 94 children wit...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Smyth RL,Fletcher JN,Thomas HM,Hart CA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fall in body temperature that occurs in babies soon after birth is influenced by the baby's weight and its environmental conditions. The rate of oxygen consumption 1 1/2 hours after birth was unrelated to body temperature and only slightly raised, indicating a limited thermogenic capacity. A radiant heater effecti...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Smales OR,Kime R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of thyroid disease is increased in Down's syndrome. Most available data come from cross sectional studies. AIMS:To study longitudinally thyroid function in patients with Down's syndrome in Uppsala county (85 patients) up to the age of 25 years. METHODS:Observational study based on yearly fol...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Karlsson B,Gustafsson J,Hedov G,Ivarsson SA,Annerén G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 91 offspring of ABO incompatible preganacies and 30 controls resulting from O--O pregnancies to test whether cord bilirubin levels could be used to predict the severity of hyperbilirubinaemia in ABO incompatibility. Blood group, direct Coombs's test, and serum bilirubin estimations were carried out on cord ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Risemberg HM,Mazzi E,MacDonald MG,Peralta M,Heldrich F

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a two year period 100 infants with histories of wheeze were challenged with nebulised water. They were sedated and lung function measured by total body plethysmography. Thirteen of the 53 infants who developed bronchoconstriction after challenge with nebulised water were given nebulised sodium cromoglycate and re...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： O'Callaghan C,Milner AD,Swarbrick A

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00