The Internet and the pediatrician: should there be a connection?

abstract：:Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia is a common problem in infancy and childhood. Past treatment has included digitalis and nonselective beta blockers (propranolol). We describe a new mode of therapy with a cardioselective beta blocker (metoprolol) that may be of use in patients resistant to standard therapy. ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Hepner SI,Davoli E

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nationally recommended universal lipid screening (ULS) in children aged 9 to 11 years is low. Little is known about parents' understanding of screening. We conducted a survey exploring parental knowledge and attitudes regarding ULS. Of 91 parent respondents, 81.3% were female, 69.2% were non-Hispanic white, 90.1% had ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Kern L,Eichberger L,Wang H,Lin T,Rhee KE

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of temporal artery thermometry (TAT) as an alternative for temperature assessment of children 1 to 4 years of age in the pediatric emergency department. METHODS:Prospective cross-sectional study conducted at an urban children's hospital emergency department. TAT and rectal temp...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Titus MO,Hulsey T,Heckman J,Losek JD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lead content of paint on wooden handles of kitchen utensils ranged from 0 to 9.7 per cent (97,000 ppm). Yellow paint showed the highest concentration of lead followed by green and red colors. The values of lead often exceeded the legal limit on toys and paint for use indoors. ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Hankin L,Heichel GH,Botsford RA

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on chemotherapy developed neutropenia and acute cellulitis progressing to fulminating septicemia due to Pseudomonas pseudomallei. Septicemic melioidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a febrile illness in children who are susceptible to infecti...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Lin HP,Puthucheary SD,Sinniah D

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between December 1980 and November 1984, the acute episode was studied prospectively in 187 children under 14 years presenting with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. The mean annual incidence was 19.5/10(5) children. The disease was mainly pharyngitis-associated and occurred throughout the year but peaked in...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Khuffash FA,Sharda DC,Majeed HA

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With an incidence of 1 in 3,000, neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), or von Recklinghausen disease, is one of the most common genetic disorders encountered by primary care physicians. NF1 is a multisystem disease that affects more than one million people worldwide (more than 80,000 in the United States). Although most ped...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Goldberg Y,Dibbern K,Klein J,Riccardi VM,Graham JM Jr

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of nonoperative treatment of esophageal perforation (EP) in children. Between 1999 and 2004, 13 episodes in 12 patients were evaluated. The treatment program consisted of broad-spectrum antibiotics, nasopharyngeal aspiration, parenteral and/or enteral nutri...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Demirbag S,Tiryaki T,Atabek C,Surer I,Ozturk H,Cetinkursun S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the pain associated with diagnostic tympanocentesis and to gather preliminary data comparing the efficacy of 3 methods of pain reduction for tympanocentesis. METHODS:In children 6 to 36 months of age undergoing tympanocentesis for acute otitis media, the authors measured pain and distress through...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Shaikh N,Hoberman A,Kurs-Lasky M,Rockette HE,Chandra A,Colborn DK,Hooper EG,Reis EC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of a cognitive-behavioral treatment package on reduction of anticipatory fear of pain during self-administered insulin injections. Two patients diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus participated. An ABAB design was employed; the intervention conditions consisted of cue-controll...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Moore KE,Geffken GR,Royal GP

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis is unusual in pediatric patients, and chronic pancreatitis is even less common. Between 1983 and 1988, we diagnosed 24 patients in late childhood and adolescence with chronic pancreatitis. Our review revealed that chronic pancreatitis presents as recurrent abdominal pain in late childhood and adoles...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Mathew P,Wyllie R,Caulfield M,Steffen R,Kay M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature delivery is common in pregnancies complicated by maternal diabetes. However, the outcome of very-low-birth-weight infants (VLBWI) born to mothers with diabetes is not known. Employing a matched double-cohort design, we investigated the influence of maternal diabetes on the outcome of VLBWI born in Winnipeg f...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Rehan VK,Moddemann D,Casiro OG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-centered medical home (PCMH) transformation has been challenging for pediatric practices, in part because of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) PCMH focus on conditions and processes specific to adult patients. Realizing the potential challenges faced by pediatric practices, Vermont supported ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Harder VS,Long WE,Varni SE,Samuelson J,Shaw JS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES. Cough, pain, and desaturation episodes in infants are often ascribed to gastroesophageal reflux, and many are empirically treated with acid suppression medications. The authors hypothesize that most of these symptoms are not related to gastroesophageal reflux. METHODS. Retrospective review of 186 combined ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Garza JM,Nylund CM,Kaul A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the relative role that academic hospitals (AHs) play in providing neonatal care for low-birth-weight infants within a single state and to determine if there are variations in inpatient costs for neonatal services among AHs. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of hospital costs for low-birth-weight in...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Herrod HG,Chang CF,Steinberg SS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) survey for identifying vaccine-hesitant parents was recently validated in Washington State but did not include all recommended childhood vaccines. The current study compares vaccination rates for all recommended childhood vaccines and PACV scores at one pediatric pr...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Williams SE,Morgan A,Opel D,Edwards K,Weinberg S,Rothman R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between the frequency of otitis media in early childhood and later hyperactivity is reported in this study. The subjects were 67 children referred to a child development clinic for evaluation of school failure. Ranging from 6 to 13 years old, all the children demonstrated specific school learning proble...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Hagerman RJ,Falkenstein AR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study examined how asthma control, demographic, and clinical characteristics are associated with the use of asthma medications in pediatric office visits in the United States. Data from the 2012-2015 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey included patients aged 6 to 17 years, with asthma as a pri...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Rege S,Kavati A,Ortiz B,Mosnaim G,Cabana MD,Murphy K,Aparasu RR

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gynecomastia is defined as excessive development of the breast in boys. It is common in neonates and adolescents. Although in most cases this is a transient phenomenon, it might lead to significant social impediments such as decreased participation in physical education because of embarrassment. A primary care provide...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Cakan N,Kamat D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the magnitude of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) in children. This study describes the prevalence of and patterns of comorbidities in children receiving Medicaid assistance. METHODS:Diagnoses from 5 years of Medicaid claims data were reviewed and identified 128,044 chi...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Clark NM,Lachance L,Benedict MB,Little R,Leo H,Awad DF,Wilkin MK

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) intervention on pediatric distress and pain and family satisfaction during routine peripheral intravenous (PIV) line placement in the emergency department (ED). A convenience sample of 78 children (3-13 years) requiring PIV placement for their ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Sanchez Cristal N,Staab J,Chatham R,Ryan S,Mcnair B,Grubenhoff JA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old boy who presented with signs of virilization had a Leydig cell tumor of the left testis that could not be detected by physical examination or by high resolution ultrasonography. His very small tumor was demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging. The implications of adding this sensitive method of imaging...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Kaufman E,Akiya F,Foucar E,Grambort F,Cartwright KC

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood celiac disease (CD) is considered rare in the United States. Consequently there are few data concerning its clinical presentation. A validated questionnaire was distributed to families of children with CD. One hundred forty-one children with biopsy-proven CD were included in the study. We found significant d...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： D'Amico MA,Holmes J,Stavropoulos SN,Frederick M,Levy J,DeFelice AR,Kazlow PG,Green PH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (CNS) complications of hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) commonly consist of alterations in mental status, seizures, and rarely hemiparesis. The authors report the clinical evolution of left hemiparesis and later choreo-athetoid movements in a patient who sustained a right lacunar infarction as a ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： DiMario FJ Jr,Brönte-Stewart H,Sherbotie J,Turner ME

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with the slipping rib syndrome presenting as chest pain are described, and the appropriate literature is reviewed. In two of the patients the physicians caring for the children were initially concerned that a cardiac condition was the cause of the chest pain, and a cardiac evaluation was done. In one pat...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Taubman B,Vetter VL

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of tepid sponging, in addition to antipyretic medication, in the reduction of temperature in febrile children living in a tropical environment, was assessed in a prospective, randomized, open trial. Seventy-five children aged between 6 and 53 months who attended the casualty department of the Childre...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Mahar AF,Allen SJ,Milligan P,Suthumnirund S,Chotpitayasunondh T,Sabchareon A,Coulter JB

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleventh- and 6th-grade students from an urban public school district were surveyed concerning vaccination outside the traditional medical home. Survey response rates were 50% for 11th- and 73% for 6th-grade students. Seventy-two percent of 11th-grade students reported that public health clinics were definitely or pro...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Pyrzanowski J,Curtis CR,Crane LA,Barrow J,Beaty B,Kempe A,Daley MF

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective. To investigate if parental background affects acceptance of behavior guidance techniques. Background. Behavior guidance techniques are used for the safe and effective treatment of pediatric patients. Acceptance of these techniques may vary by racial and ethnic background. Methods. A total of 142 parents wer...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Martinez Mier EA,Walsh CR,Farah CC,Vinson LA,Soto-Rojas AE,Jones JE

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narcolepsy is a rare neurologic sleep disorder with morbidity associated with functional impairment and frequent delay in diagnosis. Symptoms typically manifest in adolescence or early adulthood, but diagnosis of narcolepsy has been reported in early childhood. Diagnosis rates are as low as 50% of the total population...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Hayes D Jr

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates relations between language and cognitive scores in children with receptive language (RL) delay and suggests guidelines for referral for cognitive testing. This retrospective review of the test scores of 41 children, ages 17 to 76 months (mean = 37.7 months), focuses on examining associations be...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Fagan MK,Montgomery TR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00