Blood pressure percentiles by age and height for non-overweight Chinese children and adolescents: analysis of the China Health and Nutrition Surveys 1991-2009.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prompt initiation of empiric therapy is common practice in case of suspected meningitis or encephalitis. However, in children the most common pathogens are viruses that usually do not require and are not covered by the applied anti-infective treatment. Novel multiplex PCR (mPCR) panels provide rapid on-site ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Hagen A,Eichinger A,Meyer-Buehn M,Schober T,Huebner J

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disease seen in Pediatrics Neurology Units in many developing countries. It affects negatively on school attendance and academic performance. This study tries to assess the extent and factors contributing school absenteeism among school-aged children and adole...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Hassen O,Beyene A

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paediatric end-of-life care is challenging and requires a high level of professional expertise. It is important that healthcare teams have a thorough understanding of paediatric subspecialties and related knowledge of disease-specific aspects of paediatric end-of-life care. The aim of this study was to compr...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Zimmermann K,Cignacco E,Engberg S,Ramelet AS,von der Weid N,Eskola K,Bergstraesser E,PELICAN Consortium.,Ansari M,Aebi C,Baer R,Popovic MB,Bernet V,Brazzola P,Bucher HU,Buder R,Cagnazzo S,Dinten B,Dorsaz A,Elmer F,

更新日期：2018-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In preterm infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS), Less Invasive Surfactant Administration (LISA) has been established to reduce the need of mechanical ventilation and might improve survival rates without bronchopulmonary dysplasia. The aim of this study was to investigate whether NICU care has cha...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Bugter IAL,Janssen LCE,Dieleman J,Kramer BW,Andriessen P,Niemarkt HJ

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study evaluates children in schools that participate in the School Health Program in the Northern region of Brazil with the objective of assessing whether their schools interfered in the development of overweight/obesity and how individual and school environment variables behave according to contextual a...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Andrade de Medeiros Moreira R,Ricardo Moreira T,Dias da Costa G,Vidigal Castro LC,Minardi Mitre Cotta R

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even minor abnormalities of early child development may have dramatic long term consequences. Accurate prevalence rates for a range of developmental impairments have been difficult to establish. Since related studies have used different methodological approaches, direct comparisons of the prevalence of devel...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Stich HL,Baune BT,Caniato RN,Mikolajczyk RT,Krämer A

更新日期：2012-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited information is available in Iraq regarding the causes of under-five mortality. The vital registration system is deficient in its coverage, particularly from rural areas where access to health services is limited and most deaths occur at home, i.e. outside the health system, and hence the cause of dea...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Awqati NA,Ali MM,Al-Ward NJ,Majeed FA,Salman K,Al-Alak M,Al-Gasseer N

更新日期：2009-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concepts such as participation and environment may differ across cultures. Consequently, to use a measure like the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY) in other than the original English-speaking contexts, cultural adaptation needs to be assured. The aim of this study was to ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Krieger B,Schulze C,Boyd J,Amann R,Piškur B,Beurskens A,Teplicky R,Moser A

更新日期：2020-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study to develop percentile curves for cardiometabolic disease markers in a population-based sample of Canadian children and youth. METHODS:The analysis used data from 6116 children and adolescents between 6 and 19 years of age who participated in the Canadian Health Measures Survey cy...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Ata N,Maguire B,Hamilton DC,Kuhle S

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing recognition of the value of "real-world evidence" in evaluating health care services. Registry-based, observational studies conducted in clinical settings represent a relevant model to achieve this directive. Starting in 2010, we undertook a longitudinal, observational study (the CANadian...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Morrison KM,Ball GDC,Ho J,Mackie P,Buchholz A,Chanoine JP,Hamilton J,Laberge AM,Legault L,Thabane L,Tremblay M,Zenlea I

更新日期：2018-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Brazil, the prevalence of prematurity has increased in recent years and it is a major cause of death in the neonatal period. Therefore, this study aims at assessing perinatal factors associated with early neonatal deaths in very low birth weight preterm infants born in a region of Brazil with low Human De...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Castro EC,Leite ÁJ,Almeida MF,Guinsburg R

更新日期：2014-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of high blood pressure (HBP) and associated risk factors in school children 8 to 13 years of age. METHODS:Elementary school children (n = 1,066) were examined. Associations between HBP, body mass index (BMI), gender, ethnicity, and acanthosis nigrica...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Urrutia-Rojas X,Egbuchunam CU,Bae S,Menchaca J,Bayona M,Rivers PA,Singh KP

更新日期：2006-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medication Errors (MEs) are considered the most common type of error in pediatric critical care services. Moreover, the ME rate in pediatric patients is up to three times higher than the rate for adults. Nevertheless, information in pediatric population is still limited, particularly in emergency/critical ca...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Brennan-Bourdon LM,Vázquez-Alvarez AO,Gallegos-Llamas J,Koninckx-Cañada M,Marco-Garbayo JL,Huerta-Olvera SG

更新日期：2020-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Robin sequence (RS) is characterized by mandibular micro- and retrognathia, glossoptosis, upper airway obstruction and optionally a cleft palate. With an incidence of 1:8000, it belongs to the so-called rare diseases; 30-50% of patients have RS as part of a syndrome. A comparatively well-studied treatment op...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Müller-Hagedorn S,Arand J,Scholz T,Poets CF,Wiechers C

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modified sport interventions run by physiotherapists have shown potential as cost-effective, engaging, and effective interventions to improve gross motor skills and support transition to real-world sports participation for children with cerebral palsy. At present, this population demonstrates decreased parti...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Clutterbuck GL,Auld ML,Johnston LM

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a serious childhood health problem today. Studies have shown that overweight and obesity tend to be stable (track) from birth, through childhood and adolescence, to adulthood. However, existing studies are heterogeneous; there is still no consensus on the strength of the association between high b...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Evensen E,Wilsgaard T,Furberg AS,Skeie G

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable heterogeneity has been observed in the selection and reporting of disease-specific pediatric outcome measures in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This makes interpretation of results and comparison across trials challenging. Outcome measures in pediatric anaphylaxis trials have never previou...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Rubin T,Clayton J,Adams D,Jou H,Vohra S

更新日期：2014-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common surgical condition in children. Although a higher incidence of AA in summer has been reported, the reason for this observation remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical findings of AA patients who underwent appendectomies during the summ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Hsu YJ,Fu YW,Chin T

更新日期：2019-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In children, the most significant cause of rhabdomyolysis or muscle breakdown is viral infection. However, there are no reports that norovirus, a gastroenteric virus that commonly infects children, specifically causes rhabdomyolysis. Here, we report the first pediatric case of norovirus-associated rhabdomyol...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Nishio T,Yonetani R,Ito E,Yoneta M,Maruo Y,Yoshida T,Sugimoto T

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schoolbags and the consequences of carrying them, particularly those associated with overload, are often studied as a health concern. Modifications in gait and posture were reported when children carried loads that corresponded to more than 10% of their body weight (BW). The aims of this study were to verify...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Barbosa J,Marques MC,Izquierdo M,Neiva HP,Barbosa TM,Ramírez-Vélez R,Alonso-Martínez AM,García-Hermoso A,Aguado-Jimenez R,Marinho DA

更新日期：2019-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The adoption of inappropriate feeding practices is one of the reasons for under nutrition in Nepal and elsewhere. The objective of this study was to describe the rate of and identify the factors associated with providing the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended infant feeding practices of minimum diet...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Khanal V,Sauer K,Zhao Y

更新日期：2013-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent research published in this journal highlighted the issue of the high content of aluminium in infant formulas. The expectation was that the findings would serve as a catalyst for manufacturers to address a significant problem of these, often necessary, components of infant nutrition. It is critically i...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Chuchu N,Patel B,Sebastian B,Exley C

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral treatment means many HIV infected children are surviving with a highly stigmatised condition. There is a paucity of data to inform policies for this growing cohort. Hence we carried out a study on the health, schooling, needs, aspirations, perspectives and knowledge of HIV infected and affecte...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Anabwani G,Karugaba G,Gabaitiri L

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A quarter of all global neonatal deaths occur in India. Congenital anomalies constitute the fifth largest cause of neonatal mortality in the country, but national estimates of the prevalence of these conditions are lacking. The objective of the study was to derive an estimate of the birth prevalence of conge...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Bhide P,Kar A

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a serious, debilitating condition that causes significant physical, emotional, and functional impairment. The condition is characterized by destructive weight loss behaviours and a refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height. AN often deve...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Spettigue W,Buchholz A,Henderson K,Feder S,Moher D,Kourad K,Gaboury I,Norris M,Ledoux S

更新日期：2008-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intussusception decreases blood flow to the bowel, and tissue hypoperfusion results in increased lactic acid levels. We aimed to determine whether lactic acid levels are associated with pediatric intussusception outcomes. METHODS:The electronic medical records of our emergency department pediatric patients ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Lee JY,Byun YH,Park JS,Lee JS,Ryu JM,Choi SJ

更新日期：2020-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease that is relatively frequently diagnosed in term infants with congenital heart disease (CHD), compared with term infants without CHD, in whom NEC is rare. The exact pathogenesis of NEC in term infants with CHD is unknown, but it is hypothesized that isc...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： van der Heide M,Mebius MJ,Bos AF,Roofthooft MTR,Berger RMF,Hulscher JBF,Kooi EMW

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Otitis Media (OM) is the most common disease of childhood. Twenty thousand people die each year from otitis media. It is an important cause of preventable hearing loss, affects children's intellectual performance and language development. There are very small numbers of studies done in Ethiopia concerning th...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Tadesse B,Shimelis T,Worku M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuous monitoring of SpO2 in the neonatal ICU is the standard of care. Changes in SpO2 exposure have been shown to markedly impact outcome, but limiting extreme episodes is an arduous task. Much more complicated than setting alarm policy, it is fraught with balancing alarm fatigue and compliance. Informa...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Bachman TE,Iyer NP,Newth CJL,Ross PA,Khemani RG

更新日期：2020-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Provision of optimal nutrition in children in critical care is often challenging. This study evaluated exclusive enteral nutrition (EN) provision practices and explored predictors of energy intake and delay of EN advancement in critically ill children. METHODS:Data on intake and EN practices were collected ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Mara J,Gentles E,Alfheeaid HA,Diamantidi K,Spenceley N,Davidson M,Young D,Gerasimidis K

更新日期：2014-07-21 00:00:00