Validation of the paediatric appropriateness evaluation protocol in British practice.

abstract：:A retrospective study was made of 30 children with Leber's amaurosis (congenital retinal blindness). 24 presented with severe visual impairment, typical ophalmological findings, and absent electroretinograms. 6 other children, though presenting with marked visual loss and absent electroetinograms were later shown to b...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Vaizey MJ,Sanders MD,Wybar KC,Wilson J

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sodium intake of preschool children in their home environment was investigated and the major sources of sodium other than added table salt identified. Thirty five children from a Southampton general practice were studied. Twenty four hour urinary sodium excretion was measured as a reliable indicator of daily total...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Allison ME,Walker V

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of indomethacin treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) on blood pressure was studied in 24 preterm infants. PDA was diagnosed clinically and confirmed by echocardiography; the effect of treatment was monitored echocardiographically. Hourly intra-arterial recordings of systolic, diastolic, and mean bloo...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Evans N,Iyer P

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant with lactose intolerance is described. A breast-fed infant developed vomiting at 3 weeks, and became dehydrated. Lactosuria, aminoaciduria, and liver damage were preesent. A milk-free diet led to rapid recovery. At 6 months a normal diet was well tolerated. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hosková A,Sabacký J,Mrskos A,Pospísil R

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympathetic function was studied in 101 diabetic children and 102 age and sex matched control children, as part of a longitudinal study of the evolution of microvascular disease in the population of diabetic children and adolescents in Avon County. The median (range) age of the diabetic population was 13.5 (6.0-17.2) ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Karavanaki K,Davies AG,Hunt LP,Morgan MH,Baum JD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism and excretion of paracetamol was studied in an infant of 29 weeks' gestation who was exposed to the drug when his mother ingested 32.5 g 16 hours before delivery. We have confirmed that sulphation is the major pathway and that the mixed function oxidase system is sufficiently active at this gestational ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lederman S,Fysh WJ,Tredger M,Gamsu HR

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine long-term seroprotection after serogroup C meningococcal (MenC) vaccination at the age of 9-12 years, with or without booster vaccination at the age of 13-15 years. DESIGN:Observational cohort study; follow-on from randomised study. SETTING:Participants were recruited from English secondary sc...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： de Whalley PC,Snape MD,Plested E,Thompson B,Nuthall E,Omar O,Borrow R,Pollard AJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemics of enterovirus 71 infection have caused the death of many children throughout the world. Rhombencephalitis, brain stem encephalitis, and heart failure were present in all of the fatal cases. However, no evidence of myocarditis was noted in the heart specimens, and the mechanism of heart failure rem...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Fu YC,Chi CS,Chiu YT,Hsu SL,Hwang B,Jan SL,Chen PY,Huang FL,Chang Y

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is among the most common chronic diseases in childhood and is steadily increasing in prevalence. Better characterisation of factors that determine the risk of hospitalisation for atopic asthma in childhood may help design prevention programmes and improve our understanding of disease pathobiology. Thi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kiechl-Kohlendorfer U,Horak E,Mueller W,Strobl R,Haberland C,Fink FM,Schwaiger M,Gutenberger KH,Reich H,Meraner D,Kiechl S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderate and severe malnutrition are endemic in much of the developing world and in association with pockets of deprivation in the developed world. The cost in terms of individual and social development is high. The principles of effective management are clearly documented. A low cost, community based treatment progra...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bredow MT,Jackson AA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown an increased incidence of neurodevelopmental impairment in very preterm survivors at school age compared with controls. AIM:To compare findings in the same cohort at 8 years and 15 years. METHODS:A total of 151 of the 224 eligible infants born before 33 weeks of gestation from 19...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： O'Brien F,Roth S,Stewart A,Rifkin L,Rushe T,Wyatt J

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：AIMS:To describe the clinical features, diagnosis and management of children with tuberculosis in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. METHODS:Cases of culture-confirmed and clinically diagnosed tuberculosis were reported to the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit from December 2003 to January 2005. RESULTS:3...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Teo SS,Riordan A,Alfaham M,Clark J,Evans MR,Sharland M,Novelli V,Watson JM,Sonnenberg P,Hayward A,Moore-Gillon J,Shingadia D,British Paediatric Surveillance Unit Childhood Tuberculosis Study Group.

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the incidence of both neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and neonatal mortality can be reduced by giving corticosteroids to women expected to deliver preterm and by giving surfactant to babies at high risk of developing hyaline membrane disease, we have considered what effects the adoption of one or both o...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mugford M,Piercy J,Chalmers I

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis is a very rare but devastating disorder. Diagnosis is sometimes difficult and the clinical course exceedingly variable, as illustrated by this report of a girl, aged 2 years 4 months, with severe iron deficiency anaemia. There was no response to iron therapy and transfusions. Sustai...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Yao TC,Hung IJ,Jaing TH,Yang CP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Studies suggest that increased breastfeeding rates can provide substantial financial savings, but the scale of such savings in the UK is not known. OBJECTIVE:To calculate potential cost savings attributable to increases in breastfeeding rates from the National Health Service perspective. DESIGN AND SETTINGS...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Pokhrel S,Quigley MA,Fox-Rushby J,McCormick F,Williams A,Trueman P,Dodds R,Renfrew MJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the emotional reactions of registrars following the death of a child. METHODS:A multicentre study to determine the sources of support for registrars and the use of debriefing following a child's death. A questionnaire was sent or given to registrars within the South West Region. RESULTS:There was a...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Baverstock A,Finlay F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether sagittal synostosis (SS) has consequences for children's mental and psychomotor development, and whether surgery has any impact on this. METHODS:The study involved 28 children with SS who underwent corrective surgery at a mean age of 8.0 (SD 7.16) months, and 28 normal controls. All the chi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bellew M,Chumas P,Mueller R,Liddington M,Russell J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the efficacy and safety of polyethylene glycol 3350 plus electrolytes (PEG+E) for the treatment of chronic constipation in children. DESIGN:Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled crossover trial, with two 2-week treatment periods separated by a 2-week placebo washout. SETTING:Six UK paediat...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Thomson MA,Jenkins HR,Bisset WM,Heuschkel R,Kalra DS,Green MR,Wilson DC,Geraint M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adherence to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication treatment is often suboptimal. This can compromise patient outcomes. We aimed to describe the patterns of ADHD medication use in Australian children, and characteristics associated with patterns of use. DESIGN:Dispensing data were analys...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Efron D,Mulraney M,Sciberras E,Hiscock H,Hearps S,Coghill D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six healthy children, born in the UK, travelled to their parental homeland and developed a severe form of traveller's diarrhoea. This was characterised by rapid loss of weight and chronic diarrhoea. On return to this country, investigation in 5 of them showed an abnormal, small intestinal mucosa. There was a high inci...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hutchins P,Hindocha P,Phillips A,Walker-Smith J

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The case fatality rate from meningococcal disease (MD) has remained relatively unchanged in the post antibiotic era, with 20-50% of patients who develop shock still dying. In 1992 a new paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) specialising in MD was opened. Educational information was disseminated to l...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Booy R,Habibi P,Nadel S,de Munter C,Britto J,Morrison A,Levin M,Meningococcal Research Group.

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty seven healthy infants (18 born at full term and 19 preterm) were studied serially with cross sectional and Doppler echocardiography to compare their postnatal circulatory adaptation. Pulmonary artery pressure was assessed by its inverse relationship with the ratio of pulmonary artery time to peak velocity and r...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Evans NJ,Archer LN

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal data were analysed on the lung function of 25 of 29 survivors of childhood leukaemia or lymphoma, who had been conditioned with cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation before allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, to test whether children are particularly vulnerable to pulmonary damage after transpla...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Nysom K,Holm K,Hesse B,Ulrik CS,Jacobsen N,Bisgaard H,Hertz H

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IgG subclass specific immune response against pneumococcal type 3 polysaccharide antigen before and after immunisation in healthy children and children with recurrent bronchitis was studied. Recurrent bronchitis was defined as three or more episodes a year, during at least two consecutive years, of bronchopulmonar...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： de Baets F,Pauwels R,Schramme I,Leroy J

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings were born with congenital heart block, and one suffered from severe hydrops fetalis, although maintaining a higher heart rate than the other. The association of hydrops fetalis with disorders of cardiac rhythm is unlikely to be simply a manifestation of congestive cardiac failure in the fetus. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cooke RW,Mettau JW,Van Cappelle AW,de Villeneuve VH

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of gastric emptying in the preterm infant has been hampered by the absence of a suitable, valid technique. We have evaluated gastric antral clearance using serial ultrasonic measurement of the antral cross sectional area (ACSA). The study was easy to perform, providing successful results in 15 of 17 low birt...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Newell SJ,Chapman S,Booth IW

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growth hormone insufficiency (GHI) is diagnosed conventionally by short stature and slow growth, and is confirmed by diminished peak GH response to a provocation test. Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) have previously been considered individually OBJECTIVE:To test the ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mitchell H,Dattani MT,Nanduri V,Hindmarsh PC,Preece MA,Brook CG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between current micturition habits and previous urinary tract infection was analysed among 3553 school entrants aged 7 years by means of a questionnaire. A high incidence of urinary infection, confirmed by urine culture, was found (145 (8.4%) in the 1719 girls and 32 (1.7%) in the 1834 boys). There was...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hellström A,Hanson E,Hansson S,Hjälmås K,Jodal U

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality before surgery must be taken into account when comparing the surgical mortality of atrial redirection procedures (Mustard's or Senning's operation) and the arterial switch operation for patients with complete transposition. This is because the switch operation is usually performed within the neonatal period ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mok Q,Darvell F,Mattos S,Smith T,Fayers P,Rigby ML,Shinebourne EA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00