Left-to-right shunt lesions.

abstract：:This article focuses on creating an orderly approach to history taking, examination, and ordering appropriate investigations when caring for a child with joint complaints. It classifies complaints as those with and without pain, swelling, or fever and of short or long duration. It recommends an approach to the physica...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Haines KA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has now evolved into standard therapy for patients unresponsive to conventional ventilatory and pharmacological support. This article presents a clinical review of extracorporeal life support and its application to neonatal and pediatric patients as well as children requiring circul...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Klein MD,Whittlesey GC

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventing relapse into substance use means first helping the teenager to develop a state of recovery. This involves completing a First Step of a 12-Step program, whereby the teenager accepts that drugs and alcohol have been destructive in his or her life and that moderate use is impossible. Thus, abstinence is necess...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Jaffe SL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important first steps have been taken towards establishing how some nutrients interact with genes and affect intestinal adaptation. These mechanisms may be typical of how other nutrients influence cell function and turnover and help to maintain intestinal integrity. The dietary effects of nucleotides on intestinal cel...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： LeLeiko NS,Walsh MJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic injuries represent the most important threat to the health of children in the United States and are the leading cause of death after the first year of life. More than 20,000 children and young adults will die this year as a result of injury. For every child that dies, another 40 will require hospitalization ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Stylianos S

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presentation, etiology, diagnostic examination, and management of pediatric cataracts are discussed in this article. If untreated, cataracts result in significant visual deprivation. Evaluation of the pupillary light reflex should become an integral part of every pediatrician's physical examination. Patients shoul...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Potter WS

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auricular reconstruction of microtia is available and is extremely satisfying for the patient, family, and care givers. The patient can look forward to a realistic pinna. With current research activity, auricular reconstruction could evolve even further. The pediatrician is an extremely important member of this effort...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Eavey RD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms associated with menstruation during the teenage and young adult years may represent a spectrum of possibilities varying from a relatively benign deviation from normal to a serious life-threatening disease. Nevertheless, even for the young woman found to be without serious disease, menstrual problems have spec...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Comerci GD

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, much progress has been made in understanding the risk factors and timing of perinatal HIV transmission. Even more impressive have been the successful clinical trials with antiretrovirals, such as ZDV, ZDV-3TC, and nevirapine, that demonstrated significant reductions in the risk for infant infecti...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Fowler MG,Simonds RJ,Roongpisuthipong A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatricians, as well as other health care professionals, must always consider psychoactive drug use by adolescents as possible causes of general health or emotional problems, such as poor appetite, insomnia, problem behavior, academic underachievement, and loss of energy and motivation. Early diagnosis and intervent...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Morrison MA,Smith QT

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding of the types and frequency of errors among children in the outpatient setting is paramount. The most commonly described errors involve medical treatment, communication failures, patient identification, laboratory, and diagnostic errors. Research suggests that adverse events and near misses are frequent o...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Neuspiel DR,Stubbs EH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits and possible detriment of resistance training have been noted extensively in the literature. Although the benefits of resistance training are well known, many professionals fail to heed scientific advice or follow appropriate recommendations for resistance training in adolescents. When developing a resist...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Miller MG,Cheatham CC,Patel ND

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether providing anticipatory guidance to the young adolescent patient, conducting a preparticipation examination on a young athlete, or treating a sick user of anabolic androgenic steroids (AASs), the primary care physician must be familiar with the adverse consequences of the use of these compounds. This article re...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Casavant MJ,Blake K,Griffith J,Yates A,Copley LM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adoptive process can produce unusual stresses on the child, and biologic and adoptive parents, from prenatal to postnatal life, and through the various phases of physical and pscyhological development. Because of the possibility of these children and their families falling into the "at risk" category with greater ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Schechter MD,Holter FR

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, I have attempted to summarize the concept of intestinal permeability to antigens such as ingested food proteins, bacterial breakdown products, endotoxins, and enzymes. The mature gut retains the capacity to absorb macromolecules by a pinocytotic mechanism which is more pronounced during the neonatal p...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Walker WA

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A palpable mass in the abdomen of a child is a serious finding. In this article the authors present their single-institution experience of how these malignancies present and their distribution by age and diagnosis. The most common abdominal malignancies diagnosed in the pediatric population include neuroblastoma, Wilm...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Golden CB,Feusner JH

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we reviewed some of the important concepts and techniques of molecular biology applied to the study of lymphoid malignancies. Molecular biology is a tool for addressing certain basic research and clinical questions. It is also a key to the development of a new perspective in biology and medicine. For t...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Kirsch IR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ingestion of caustic chemical agents, usually accidentally by children, produces a wide range of injuries from minor mouth burns to necrosis of the esophagus and stomach. The type of agent, amount, concentration, and duration of exposure are the determining factors. The treatment for the average burn is fairly wel...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Rothstein FC

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lacrimal system comprises of a series of anatomical structures with specific physiologic properties. Tearing from a nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) is the most common lacrimal system abnormality encountered by pediatric ophthalmologists. Most NLDOs spontaneously improve with conservative management by 12 mont...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Örge FH,Boente CS

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, great progress has been made in the development of vaccines against Hib. Four polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines are actively being tested. Three of these (PRP-D, HbOC, and PRP-OMP) are currently licensed for use in children at 15-18 months of age. Clinical trials of these vaccines in infants are curr...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Shapiro ED

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of hypertension in children and adolescents is varied; however, the prevalence of pediatric primary hypertension is increasing. Early identification and appropriate management of hypertension in children and adolescents is important to prevent the development of hypertensive end organ disease. The 2017 Am...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Guzman-Limon M,Samuels J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal infections continue to cause morbidity and mortality in infants. Among approximately 400,000 infants followed nationally, the incidence rates of early-onset sepsis infection within 3 days of life are 0.98 cases per 1000 live births. Newborn infants are at increased risk for infections because they have relati...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Santos RP,Tristram D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) is a service delivery approach that seeks to improve health care outcomes and the patient experience while simultaneously decreasing health care costs. The current article reviews the core competencies and current trends associated with IPCP, including challenges faced b...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Golom FD,Schreck JS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tools of biotechnology have enormous potential to develop new, safe, and nutritious foods and food products that could benefit the immediate and long-term nutritional and health needs of the pediatric population. This is especially true as more emphasis is placed on the prevention, rather than the treatment, of ch...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Young AL,Lewis CG

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system plays multiple roles in the maintenance of normal blood pressure and renal function. The balance and integration of these roles change during development in ways that we do not yet fully understand. This article reviews the ways in which the renin-angiotensin system maintains normal cardio...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Guillery EN,Robillard JE

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that the circadian timing system is a fundamental hemostatic system that potently influences human behavior and physiology throughout development. Circadian clock function begins during fetal life, and photic regulation of circadian phase is present at birth in primates. After birth, ther...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Rivkees SA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, if broadly implemented, has the potential to significantly reduce global rates of morbidity and mortality associated with cervical and other HPV-related cancers. More than 100 countries around the world hav...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Wigle J,Fontenot HB,Zimet GD

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blind infants need early and accurate diagnosis. The spectrum of etiologies, from ocular globes and optic nerves to cerebral lesions, is reviewed. A strategy of investigation and principles of management is summarized. ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Buncic JR

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of syncopal children or adolescents relies heavily on a thorough, detailed history and physical examination. All syncope associated with exercise or exertion must be considered dangerous. The ECG is mandatory, but other laboratory tests are generally of limited value unless guided by pertinent positives...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Lewis DA,Dhala A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the studies that show that asthma in children is strongly associated with sensitization to dust mite and other indoor allergens. In addition, the recent evidence that this association reflects a causal relationship between allergen exposure and asthma is reviewed. The relevance of quantitative me...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Duff AL,Platts-Mills TA

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00