Brain Lesions among Orally Fed and Gastrostomy-Fed Dysphagic Preterm Infants: Can Routine Qualitative or Volumetric Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predict Feeding Outcomes?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the relationship between influenza seasonality and outcome of very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) in a large observational cohort study of the German Neonatal Network. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Within the observational period (July 2009 until December 2014), five influenza seasons occurred (mea...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Härtel C,Humberg A,Viemann D,Stein A,Orlikowsky T,Rupp J,Kopp MV,Herting E,Göpel W

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation and treatment of the heterogeneous group of kidney diseases poses a challenging field in pediatrics. Many of the pediatric disorders resulting in severe renal affection are exceedingly rare and therapeutic approaches have remained symptomatic for most of these disease entities. The insights obtained fro...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Liebau MC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a rare condition in childhood, but even more in the neonatal age. Most neonatal cases are considered a passively acquired autoimmune disease, due to a transplacental passage of maternal antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) from mothers with primary or secondary APS or, more often, from ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Giani T,Mauro A,Ferrara G,Cimaz R

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Empirical assessment of parental needs and affecting factors for counseling success after prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD). Methods:Counseling success after fetal diagnosis of CHD was assessed by a validated standardized questionnaire. The dependent variable "Effective Counseling" was m...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Kovacevic A,Simmelbauer A,Starystach S,Elsässer M,Müller A,Bär S,Gorenflo M

更新日期：2020-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (Microcephaly Primary Hereditary, MCPH) is a rare disorder, affecting 1 in 10,000 children in areas where consanguineous marriages are common. WDR62 gene mutations are the second most common cause of MCPH. Herein, we report a case of primary microcephaly caused by t...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Yi YG,Lee DW,Kim J,Jang JH,Lee SM,Jang DH

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Puberty is a sensitive period of life characterized by the appearance of secondary sex characteristics which leads to a complete sexual maturation. It physiologically starts between the age of 8 and 13 years in girls and 9 and 14 years in boys. In the last two decades, several studies have showed that start of puberty...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Farello G,Altieri C,Cutini M,Pozzobon G,Verrotti A

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood asthma is actually defined as a heterogeneous disease, including different clinical variants and partially sharing similar immune mechanisms. Asthma management is mainly focused on maintaining the control of the disease and reducing the risk of adverse outcomes. Most children achieve good control with standa...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Licari A,Manti S,Castagnoli R,Marseglia A,Foiadelli T,Brambilla I,Marseglia GL

更新日期：2019-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing awareness of the role that increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) plays in many pathologies; therefore, assessment of pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is an increasingly requested investigation in the critical care environment. This article will go through the basic concepts regarding PAP and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Skinner GJ

更新日期：2017-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe invasive infections such as brain abscess in a child should prompt an immune evaluation. Specific granule deficiency (SGD) is a rare morphologic neutrophil granular defect characterized by reduced granules within neutrophils, absence of granule proteins, and bilobed nuclei. Patients are susceptible to invasive ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Leszcynska M,Patel B,Morrow M,Chamizo W,Tuite G,Berman DM,Potthast K,Hsu AP,Holland SM,Leiding JW

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Factors predisposing to NE can be antenatal, perinatal, or a combination of both. Antenatal maternal factors, familial factors, genetic predisposition, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, infections, placental abnormalities, thrombophilia, coag...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Aslam S,Strickland T,Molloy EJ

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Survival of very-low-birth-weight infants is improving in neonatology and family-centered-care might contribute to premature infants' clinical outcomes. Aim: To evaluate a family-centered care intervention on clinical outcomes of very-low-birth-weight infants. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conduc...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Lv B,Gao XR,Sun J,Li TT,Liu ZY,Zhu LH,Latour JM

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Pediatric sports-induced concussions have become a topic of interest and concern in the scientific community. Already, the literature is rich with studies that have identified numerous short-term and long-term consequences of childhood sports-induced concussions. However, there are very few studies that ha...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Subramaniam A,Tan RMR,Chan D,Ng ZM,Dong CY,Feng JXY,Chong SL

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cardiac catheterization are diagnostic tools for right ventricle dysfunction (RVD), but those are expensive and often unavailable techniques. Thus, our objective was to identify clinical and/or echocardiographic variables capable of predicting a catheterization-based dia...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Márquez-González H,Vargas MH,Yáñez-Gutiérrez L,Almeida-Gutiérrez E,Garduño-Espinosa J

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A subset of patients with Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) have dramatically reduced levels of IgG, IgA, and IgE with retained or elevated IgM levels. Several reports suggest that these A-T patients with a "hyper-IgM phenotype" (HIgM) suffer more clinical immunologic consequences than other A-T patients. The immunopatholog...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Meyer AK,Banks M,Nadasdy T,Clark JJ,Zheng R,Gelfand EW,Abbott JK

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Oral health is important for overall health of youth, although dental service utilization is lower than national goals. The purpose of the study was to identify sociodemographic and health behavioral characteristics of youth in the United States who reported having at least one dental visit in the past 12 ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Chertok IRA,Chertok N,Haile ZT,Chavan B

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) is a primary immunodeficiency disease characterized by the early onset of recurrent infections and persistent severe neutropenia, with or without genetic defect. We aimed to study the different clinical features and hematological and bone marrow characteristics of patien...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Gong RL,Wu J,Chen TX

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a severe hepatorenal disorder of childhood. Early renal disease in ARPKD may require renal replacement therapy and is associated with failure to thrive resulting in a need for nasogastric tube feeding or gastrostomy. In ARPKD patients, the benefit ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Burgmaier K,Brandt J,Shroff R,Witters P,Weber LT,Dötsch J,Schaefer F,Mekahli D,Liebau MC

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Eye exam for Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a painful procedure and pharmacological analgesia might be ineffective. We hypothesized that magnetic auricular acupuncture (MAA) compared to placebo will decrease pain during ROP exam in preterm infants. Methods: Multicentre randomized controlled trial cond...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Gan KML,Oei JL,Quah-Smith I,Kamar AA,Lordudass AAD,Liem KD,Lindrea KB,Daly M,Gaunker N,Mangat AK,Yaskina M,Schmölzer GM

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Hepatic arteriovenous fistula (HAVF) is an abnormal communication between the hepatic arteries and hepatic veins. This condition is treated mainly using interventional closure and surgery. However, these procedures are associated with many postoperative complications and high mortality. Propranolol and o...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Ba H,Xu L,Peng H,Lin Y,Li X,Qin Y,Wang H

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children. As suggested by international guidelines, the main goals of asthma treatment are symptoms control and lung function preservation, through a stepwise and control-based approach. The first line therapy based on inhaled corticosteroids may fail to reach control in mo...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Maglione M,Poeta M,Santamaria F

更新日期：2019-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Urolithiasis can affect all children even preschool ones. Diagnostic difficulties in the youngest children are due to the problems in locating pain and determining its character and severity. In keeping with the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) protocol, the number of imaging tests possible to perform is very l...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Halinski A,Halinski A,Zaniew M,Kudliński B,Soltysiak J,Sobolewski B,Steyaert H

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The term osteopetrosis describes a group of rare hereditary diseases of the skeleton, characterized by an increase in bone density, caused by a defect in the development or function of osteoclasts. It comprises a clinically and genetically heterogeneous conditions ranging from infantile onset life-threatening forms to...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： di Palmo E,Gallucci M,Tronconi E,Bergamaschi R,Cazzato S,La Scola C,Ricci G,Pession A

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bloodstream infection (BSI) is one of the significant causes of morbidity and mortality encountered in a neonatal intensive care unit, especially in developing countries. Despite the implementation of infection control practices, such as strict hand hygiene, the BSI rate in our hospital is still high. The us...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Rundjan L,Rohsiswatmo R,Paramita TN,Oeswadi CA

更新日期：2015-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Clinical practice guidelines recommended that hypertension in children and adolescents should be defined based on elevated blood pressure (BP) on at least three separate occasions. Therefore, in the present study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of hypertension based on three separate visits among Chin...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Zhang Q,Yang L,Zhang Y,Zhao M,Liang Y,Xi B

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging literature suggests that delayed identification of childhood asthma results in an increased risk of long-term and various morbidities compared to those with timely diagnosis and intervention, and yet this risk is still overlooked. Even when children and adolescents have a history of recurrent asthma-like symp...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Seol HY,Sohn S,Liu H,Wi CI,Ryu E,Park MA,Juhn YJ

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, there has been a growing awareness of the vital role of the microbiome in the function of the immune system. Recently, several studies have demonstrated a relationship between the composition of the microbiome and the vaccine-specific immune response. As a result of these findings, the administra...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Ruck CE,Odumade OA,Smolen KK

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited, genetically heterogeneous disease characterized by defective phagocytic cell microbicidal function, leading to increased susceptibility to bacterial and fungal infections. CGD is caused by mutations in components of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (N...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： de Albuquerque JAT,Lima AM,de Oliveira Junior EB,Ishizuka EK,Aragão-Filho WC,Bengala Zurro N,Mayumi Chiba S,Fernandes FR,Condino-Neto A

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of surgical techniques exist for the management of urolithiasis. Minimally invasive techniques have replaced open surgery in the last few decades. For complex stone management, robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) has emerged as a safe and feasible alternative in adults. The literature for RALS for u...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Ballesteros N,Snow ZA,Moscardi PRM,Ransford GA,Gomez P,Castellan M

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a common systemic vasculitis affecting children. It is managed in the outpatient setting and rarely associated with malignancy. We present a case of neuroblastoma in a 7-year-old boy diagnosed after suspected HSP. Our case highlights the importance of maintaining a broad differential ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Alfath Z,Ferdjallah A,Greengard E,Askari SK,Sadak KT,Correll CK

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor kappa-B subunit 2 (NF-κB2/p100/p52), encoded by NFKB2 (MIM: 164012) belongs to the NF-κB family of transcription factors that play a critical role in inflammation, immunity, cell proliferation, differentiation and survival. Heterozygous C-terminal mutations in NFKB2 have been associated with early-onset...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Aird A,Lagos M,Vargas-Hernández A,Posey JE,Coban-Akdemir Z,Jhangiani S,Mace EM,Reyes A,King A,Cavagnaro F,Forbes LR,Chinn IK,Lupski JR,Orange JS,Poli MC

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00