The costs of early hearing screening in England and Wales.

abstract：:We have measured total work of breathing before and after the inhalation of water, salbutamol, and ipratropium bromide, given as nebulised solutions, in 39 studies on 25 infants with acute, severe bronchiolitis. Twenty minutes after nebulised water, mean work of breathing per minute was increased by 4% and work per li...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Stokes GM,Milner AD,Hodges IG,Henry RL,Elphick MC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To measure drug adherence in children with mild asthma receiving long term prophylactic treatment. METHODS:Double blind randomised placebo controlled trial. Patients received inhaled budesonide 100 microg or 200 microg daily, or placebo for 27 months. All participants were asked to inhale medication or placebo fro...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Jónasson G,Carlsen KH,Mowinckel P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital clowning is a programme in healthcare facilities involving visits from specially trained actors. In the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), clowning may appear inappropriate and less intuitive. The patient could appear too ill and/or sedated, the environment too crowded or chaotic and the parents too stres...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Mortamet G,Roumeliotis N,Vinit F,Simonds C,Dupic L,Hubert P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cross sectional surveys, 24 years apart, using the same respiratory questionnaire, were carried out to examine changes in prevalence rates of cough, phlegm, and wheeze and to relate changes in wheeze to objective peak expiratory flow rates (PEFRs). The surveys were done in towns in southern and northern England an...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Whincup PH,Cook DG,Strachan DP,Papacosta O

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether infants who died of SIDS were more likely to have higher acute and lifetime average exposures to outdoor carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) than comparison healthy infants. METHODS:A total of 169 case and 169 matched control infants born between 1988 and 1992, were studied. CO ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Klonoff-Cohen H,Lam PK,Lewis A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty four children with acute bronchiolitis were given twice daily chest physiotherapy in addition to standard supportive measures and were compared with 46 controls who were not given physiotherapy. There was no clinically discernable benefit on the course of their illness. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Webb MS,Martin JA,Cartlidge PH,Ng YK,Wright NA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on recent advances of topical interest regarding the diagnosis and treatment of common causes of bacterial meningitis occurring in children beyond the neonatal period. Tuberculous meningitis is beyond the scope of this review. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： El Bashir H,Laundy M,Booy R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one children with a bacteriologically proven urinary tract infection had both an intravenous urogram (IVU) and a micturating cystogram. The IVU was normal in 35. Only 6 of these children showed reflux in the cystogram, affecting 7 of the 70 ureters at risk. Since reflux on its own does not cause renal damage, wh...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Moncrieff MW,Whitelaw R

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty nine preterm infants of between 1.0 and 2.0 kg birthweight who were fed 250 ml/kg/day of breast milk or standard formulas gained weight at the intrauterine rate without complications. It is suggested that high volume feeding is a satisfactory alternative to low birthweight formula milks and is more desirable in ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Lewis MA,Smith BA

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial splenectomy was performed on 30 patients with homozygous beta thalassaemia to reduce blood requirements and to avoid the risk of overwhelming postsplenectomy infections; 24 patients had thalassaemia major and six thalassaemia intermedia. Five patients received a high transfusion regimen before and after surger...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： de Montalembert M,Girot R,Revillon Y,Jan D,Adjrad L,Ardjoun FZ,Belhani M,Najean Y

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate gastric emptying and intestinal transit of pelleted pancreatin in relation to food boluses. METHODS:Dual isotope scintigraphy combined with breath hydrogen sampling was used to track the concurrent gastric emptying and intestinal transit of 111indium labelled microspheres and a 99mtechnetium l...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Taylor CJ,Hillel PG,Ghosal S,Frier M,Senior S,Tindale WB,Read N

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative morphological assessment was carried out of the cellularity and staining properties of the cells of the layers of the human cerebellar cortex, both in the normal child and in 41 children suffering from a series of disorders including mental retardation. A computerized image analyser and highly standardi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Gadson DR,Emery JL

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 6-year period from 1 October 1971 to 30 September 1977, 13 (about 1%) of 1225 admissions to hospital with asthma developed severe ventilatory failure (peak arterial PCO 2 greater than 8 kPa). Mean age was 4.1 years (2.3--7.9), and on average each patient had been admitted to hospital on 5 occasions during t...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Simpson H,Mitchell I,Inglis JM,Grubb DJ

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To test the hypothesis that oxygen free radicals are mediators of excessive protein permeability in steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome. DESIGN:Case control study. SUBJECTS: PATIENTS:20 children with steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome; controls: 20 children admitted for elective surgery. SETTING:The paedi...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kinra S,Rath B,Kabi BC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing evidence-based interventions for infants and children is important in paediatric intensive care, where decision making impacts most acutely on morbidity and mortality. However, despite the major progress of medicine in the 21st century, we still lack this evidence for majority of the decisions we make. In th...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Kanthimathinathan HK,Scholefield BR

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Several studies have suggested a beneficial effect of infant breastfeeding on childhood cognitive function. The main objective was to examine whether duration of breastfeeding and age at introduction of complementary foods are related to cognitive performance in 9- to 10-year-old school-aged children in South India...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Veena SR,Krishnaveni GV,Srinivasan K,Wills AK,Hill JC,Kurpad AV,Muthayya S,Karat SC,Nalinakshi M,Fall CH

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Seventy-three low birthweight babies were independently assessed for gestational age using the scoring system of Dubowitz et al. (1970) and 5 neurological reflexes described by Robinson (1966). The results obtained by the 5 reflexes were compared with those obtained by the scoring system and were found to be accurate ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Serfontein GL,Jaroszewicz AM

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4 year old boy developed a profound motor neuropathy after repeated deliberate inhalation of petroleum vapour. The condition was characterised by extreme slowing of the nerve conduction velocity. He made a gradual recovery over six months. The neuropathy was attributed to the N-hexane component of petroleum. ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Hall DM,Ramsey J,Schwartz MS,Dookun D

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the Birmingham Maternity Hospital the mean cost of caring for surviving infants who require neonatal intensive care ranges from approximately pounds 2500 (for infants above 1500 g birthweight), to pounds 5500 (for infants 1000 to 1499 g birthweight), to pounds 10 000 (for infants less than 1000 g birthweight). The ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Newns B,Drummond MF,Durbin GM,Culley P

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although antibiotics are recommended for the primary care management of community-acquired pneumonia, a recent UK study reported that most children admitted to hospital had not received antibiotics. OBJECTIVE:To describe primary care antibiotic use for children subsequently hospitalised with community-acqui...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Grant CC,Harnden A,Mant D,Emery D,Coster G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The numbers of children under 5 years in South Glamorgan admitted to hospital because of accidental poisoning have been analysed for 1980-4. There has been no significant fall in those taking solid dose, prescribable medications since the voluntary agreement between the government and the pharmaceutical profession in ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Sibert JR,Clarke AJ,Mitchell MP

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of immunoglobulins (Ig) G.A.M. and E were determined in paired umbilical cord and maternal sera in 50 twin pregnancies. Mean IgG levels were higher in cord than maternal sera and in most cases the cord IgG level related more closely to that of the other twin than to either maternal level or birthwei...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Bryan EM,Slavin B,Nicholson E

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of brain abnormalities determined by magnetic resonance in 30 consecutive children presenting with intractable complex partial seizures is reported. Images were optimised to visualise the hippocampus and cortical grey matter. Abnormalities of the hippocampus or temporal lobe were seen in all 19 children ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Cross JH,Jackson GD,Neville BG,Connelly A,Kirkham FJ,Boyd SG,Pitt MC,Gadian DG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Poor condition at birth may impact on IQ, although its effect on other measures of neurodevelopment is unclear. The authors' aim was to determine whether infants receiving resuscitation after birth have reduced scores in measures of attention, memory and language skills or the need for educational support at ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Odd DE,Whitelaw A,Gunnell D,Lewis G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of schoolchildren was followed up over 6 years from 1996 to 2001. In the final year, 315 of 500 targeted children were measured. Body mass index (BMI) increased substantially over time (p<0.001), indicating a further rise in obesity into the secondary school years. Two new indicators of obesity were also meas...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Rudolf MC,Greenwood DC,Cole TJ,Levine R,Sahota P,Walker J,Holland P,Cade J,Truscott J

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:Safe and effective paediatric pharmacotherapy requires careful evaluation of the type of drug substance, the necessary dose and the age-appropriateness of the formulation. Generally, the younger the child, the more the attention that is required. For decades, there has been a general lack of (authorised) formulations ...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： van Riet-Nales DA,Schobben AF,Vromans H,Egberts TC,Rademaker CM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An usually high rate of both tuberculosis infection and active disease is reported in 11 of 38 nursery children in contact with a case of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis, emphasising the susceptibility of young children to this disease. This report also underlines some important principles in case finding and di...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Milburn HJ,Gibilaro J,Atkinson H,Heathcock R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) raises issues of considerable importance to medical practitioners and paediatricians in particular. The case concerns the parental right to withhold consent to medical intervention that doctors believe to be necessary in a child's best interests. The dram...

journal_title：Archives of disease in childhood

authors： Elias-Jones AC,Samanta J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00