Abstract:
:Analysis of the response to corticosteroid therapy in a personal series of 8 consecutive cases of dermatomyositis in childhood shows that there are advantages in a moderate dosage, short-term treatment schedule, with gradual tapering of the dosage as soon as there is clinical improvement without waiting for full remission, and in trying to stop steroid therapy within six months rather than following the more prolonged regimen currently still in vogue. Clinical response is a more reliable guide to progress than serum enzyme levels. Review of published reports suggests that overtreatment with corticosteroids may be a factor in chronicity of the disease and failure of adequate long-term response.
journal_name
Arch Dis Childjournal_title
Archives of disease in childhoodauthors
Dubowitz Vdoi
10.1136/adc.51.7.494subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1976-07-01 00:00:00pages
494-500issue
7eissn
0003-9888issn
1468-2044journal_volume
51pub_type
杂志文章abstract::In a cohort of 14 children with identical cardiac xenografts, two boys developed acute myeloid leukaemia 11 and 16 months respectively after the operation. A dedicated working group designed a scheme intending to take care of all aspects of the situation. This article focuses on preferred strategies towards patients, ...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.88.5.435
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage of pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) and describe the antibiotic resistance patterns and serotypes in young children attending group day care in London. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS:Cross-sectional survey of attendees at a sample of registered child day...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2007.126359
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The outcome of 12 children with classical maple syrup urine disease is reviewed. All patients presented in the neonatal period at ages varying from 5 to 21 (median 8) days. The time taken to make the diagnosis ranged from 1 day to longer than 9 months (median 7 days). Each survived his initial illness but 3 died later...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.57.12.918
更新日期:1982-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::To test whether early treatment could postpone the chronic colonisation of the respiratory tract with mucoid strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with cystic fibrosis, we performed a pilot study in 28 patients aged 2 to 18 years. A two week course of azlocillin (150 mg/kg/day) and tobramycin (10 to 15 mg/kg/d...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.7.1022
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In 1973 a survey was conducted among 12 year old children living in a defined area of South Wales. In 1988 the survey was repeated in the same area, again among 12 year old children. Questionnaires were completed for all 965 children in the population sample; peak expiratory flow rates were performed on them all, and ...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.10.1452
更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The association between measurements of lateral ventricle area (determined by serial ultrasound scans) and outcome was studied in 70 preterm neonates of 33 weeks' gestation or less. The study group was subdivided into four groups according to cranial ultrasonographic findings at 2 weeks postnatal age: group A (n = 15)...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.65.10_spec_no.1033
更新日期:1990-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thyroid function was studied in 54 low birthweight infants during a 3-week period. Each infant was placed in one of three groups. Group 1 (n = 21), infants who were well and appropriately grown fro gestational age; group 2 (n = 23), infants who were appropriately grown but who had hyaline membrane disease; group 3 (n ...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.56.3.214
更新日期:1981-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a study of 256 families, among whom were twins, midparent-adult son correlations for height, weight, and combined skinfold measurements were 0.67, 0.47, and 0.23 respectively. The corresponding midparent-adult daughter correlations were 0.63, 0.42, and 0.24. Midparent-growing offspring correlations were highest for...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.54.11.877
更新日期:1979-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To provide the first estimate of the cost-effectiveness of financial incentive for breastfeeding intervention compared with usual care. DESIGN:Within-cluster ('ward'-level) randomised controlled trial cost-effectiveness analysis (trial registration number ISRCTN44898617). SETTING:Five local authority distri...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2018-316741
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:To characterise prescribing patterns of antidepressants (ATDs) to children and adolescents aged < or =18 years in the UK. METHODS:Subjects issued at least one ATD prescription between 1 January 1992 and 31 December 2001 were identified from the UK General Practice Research Database. Prescribing patterns, annual p...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2004.064956
更新日期:2004-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-300604
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::When isolated from the female genital tract, diphtheroids are usually regarded as commensal organisms. Corynebacterium kutscheri however is a pathogen in laboratory rodents. We report a case in which C. kutscheri was isolated as a pure culture from the umbilical cord and from other surface sites in an infant. Histolog...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.54.9.710
更新日期:1979-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Over a 25 year period, 31 asthmatic children received artificial ventilation for acute asthma at Alder Hey Children's Hospital on 48 occasions. Altogether 47 episodes occurred from 1971-89, with no decline in the number of episodes per year (mean 2.5) over this period. Eight children died during intermittent positive ...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.65.12.1324
更新日期:1990-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Intestinal D-fructose absorption in 31 children was investigated using measurements of breath hydrogen. Twenty five children had no abdominal symptoms and six had functional bowel disorders. After ingestion of fructose (2 g/kg bodyweight), 22 children (71%) showed a breath hydrogen increase of more than 10 ppm over ba...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.59.8.735
更新日期:1984-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the relationship between prelacteal feeding, early formula feeding and adverse health outcomes, especially hospitalisation during the first year of life. DESIGN:Multicentre prospective cohort study. SETTING:Six hospitals across three cities in Vietnam. PATIENTS:A total of 2030 pregnant women w...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2019-316937
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Early postnatal malnutrition produces delay in growth and developmental processes, and children from a low socioeconomical level where undernutrition is prevalent are shorter than those from higher socioeconomic levels. We examined the effects of severe and early protein energy malnutrition on growth and bone maturati...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.61.3.257
更新日期:1986-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To document the impact that rapid increases in HIV infection in hospitalised children at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital has had on in-hospital mortality. METHODS:Hospital discharge summaries from January 1992 to the end of 1996 were reviewed. RESULTS:There were 20 733 admissions in the five year period; 7985 (39...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.83.3.227
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The age distribution of anginose infectious mononucleosis in children was analysed retrospectively for the years 1966-85. During that period the disease became significantly more common in children of a young age and less common in older children. This shift could not be attributed either to socioeconomic conditions o...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.62.6.617
更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Twenty two babies under 1 year old were referred for evaluation of suspected epileptic seizures. Nine were found to have epilepsy. In the other 13--all developing normally, aged up to 10 months--the spells were non-epileptic paroxysmal events (NEPE). They consisted of five patterns of movement: (1) eye blinking; (2) '...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.73.4.342
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 9 year old girl presented with clinical manifestations of Henoch-Schönlein syndrome and macroscopic haematuria. Laboratory investigations showed selective IgA deficiency and renal biopsy showed mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis with diffuse granular deposits of C3 on immunofluorescence. IgA deposits were ab...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.60.2.160
更新日期:1985-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Doppler ultrasound was used to measure blood flow velocity in the anterior cerebral artery of six premature infants with posthaemorrhagic hydrocephalus, before and after intermittent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage, on 23 occasions. There was a significant increase in mean blood flow velocity after the drainage pro...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.69.1_spec_no.74
更新日期:1993-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate possible renal toxicity of long-term gentamicin inhalation in patients with cystic fibrosis. METHODS:Urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) activity was measured during routine respiratory clinic visits. Outpatient records were reviewed for data on long-term gentamicin inhalation, and p...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.78.6.540
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Administration of 1 alpha-OH-D3 to hypocalcaemic neonates (mean +/- SD, serum calcium 1.50 +/- 0.13 mmol/l) significantly increased serum calcium in all 24 infants within 48 hours after starting therapy (mean +/- SD 1.83 +/- 0.23 mmol/1). The time required to correct hypocalcaemia was significantly shorter (2.04 +/- 0...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.54.8.642
更新日期:1979-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Circulating erythroid progenitors (BFU-E) in five anaemic preterm infants (haemoglobin less than 100 g/l) were about 2 and 4.4 times as abundant as in 10 preterm infants who were not anaemic and five healthy adults, respectively, and were significantly more responsive to low concentrations of recombinant human erythro...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.7_spec_no.810
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The role of inflammation in adult asthma is well known, involving a cascade of immunological stimulation in which mast cells and eosinophils play pivotal roles. However, the assessment of airway inflammation in children is more difficult as the invasive methods used in adults cannot ethically be used for this purpose ...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/adc.82.suppl_2.ii6
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The development, delivery and evaluation of a training programme for medical and nursing professionals on best practice for informing families of their child's disability. DESIGN:A 2 h training course on 'Best practice guidelines for informing families of their child's disability' was designed based on the f...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2012-303037
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::An indirect fluorescent antibody test for Bartonella henselae, B quintana, and B elizabethae was performed in all 18 children who presented to our paediatric outpatient clinic with cat scratch disease over a six year period. Serum samples were taken on admission, after 15 days, and after six months. Diagnosis was conf...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.78.1.64
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Eighteen children with pneumocystis carinii pneumonia diagnosed over a period of 16 years at a children's hospital are reviewed. All had an underlying disease, either congenital immunodeficiency or a malignancy. 15 patients were treated, 10 with pentamidine isethionate alone, 2 with both pentamidine and co-trimoxazole...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.52.4.314
更新日期:1977-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The clinical patterns of adverse reactions to cows' milk were examined in 72 children with cows' milk hypersensitivity. Two main groups were found, according to the time of onset of the adverse reaction--immediate onset, within one hour of milk ingestion and delayed onset, after one hour. Children with immediate onset...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.58.11.856
更新日期:1983-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.10_spec_no.1124
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00