Clinical Presentations and Outcomes Related to Tuberculosis in Children Younger Than 2 Years of Age in Catalonia.

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) affects 1 in 400 to 1,000 live births, making it the most common monogenic cause of renal failure. Although no definite cure is available yet, it is important to affect disease progression by influencing modifiable factors such as hypertension and proteinuria. Besid...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： De Rechter S,Breysem L,Mekahli D

更新日期：2017-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:During early post-natal life, neonates must adjust to the transition from the sheltered intra-uterine environment to the microbe-laden external world, wherein they encounter a constellation of antigens and the colonization by the microbiome. At this vulnerable stage, neonatal immune responses are considered immature a...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Tsafaras GP,Ntontsi P,Xanthou G

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: 11β-hydroxylase deficiency (11βOHD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the CYP11B1 gene. It is characterized by virilization, hypertension, and significant final height impairment. In this study, we aim to investigate the clinical and molecular characteristics of four unrelated Ch...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Zhou Q,Wang D,Wang C,Zheng B,Liu Q,Zhu Z,Jia Z,Gu W

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Despite advances in technology and clinical experience, the incidence of hemostatic complications, including bleeding and thrombosis, remains high in children supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). These hemostatic complications are important to prevent, since they are associated with i...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Drop JGF,Wildschut ED,Gunput STG,de Hoog M,van Ommen CH

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose of Review: A significant number of pregnancies are complicated by a fetus with a life-limiting diagnosis. As diagnoses are made earlier in the pregnancy, families experience anticipatory grief and are faced with navigating goals of care for a baby that has yet to be born. With the support of the care team, fam...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Cortezzo DE,Ellis K,Schlegel A

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of robotic surgical technology and its application in Pediatric Urology have been rapid and essentially successful. Further development remains limited in three key areas: procedural inefficiencies, cost and integration of surgical and clinical information. By addressing these challenges through technolo...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Chen CJ,Peters CA

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To explore the lung function of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in premature infants to guide clinical prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. Methods: Thirty infants with BPD at 4-36 months of corrected gestational age were enrolled and divided into mild BPD and moderate and severe BPD groups. Thirty ful...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Chen D,Chen J,Cui N,Cui M,Chen X,Zhu X,Zhu X

更新日期：2020-01-10 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

abstract：:Hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets (HVDRR) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by early onset of severe rickets, with a complete triad of clinical, biochemical and skeletal abnormalities. Homozygous or heterozygous mutations in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene leading to complete or partial target or...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Nicolescu RC,Lombet J,Cavalier E

更新日期：2018-11-28 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：:Sarcoidosis (SD) is a systemic granulomatous condition that is especially encountered in young adults and rarely in children, affecting predominantly the lungs and lymph nodes. We report the case of a 14-year-old teenage boy admitted to our clinic for nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. Clinical examination at the time...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Mărginean CO,Meliţ LE,Grigorescu G,Puiac C,Simu I

更新日期：2020-08-26 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：:Background: The MTUS1 gene encodes a microtubule-associated protein involved in multiple processes including cell polarity and microtubule balance during myocardial development. Aims: To investigate the association between a de novo c. 2617A->C mutation in MTUS1 (NM_001001924.2) and non-compaction of ventricular myoca...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Bai X,Zhou Y,Ouyang N,Liu L,Huang X,Tian J,Lv T

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Factors surrounding pediatricians' parenting advice and training on parenting during residency have not been well studied. The Resident Parenting Questionnaire (RPQ) was developed to assess (a) the relationship between pediatric residents' upbringing and their parenting advice style and (b) factors associa...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Bax AC,Shawler PM,Anderson MP,Wolraich ML

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Lactate is often used as a surrogate marker of inappropriate oxygen delivery. It has been shown that hyperlactatemia is associated with worse clinical outcome in children after cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association of hyperlactatemia, low systemic oxygen delivery, and hyp...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Klee P,Rimensberger PC,Karam O

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To investigate the relationship of overnutrition (obese and overweight) with severity of illness in children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs), frequency of viral coinfections and leptin levels. Methods: We studied 124 children <2 years old that were hospitalized for ALRI. Nutriti...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Arias-Bravo G,Valderrama G,Inostroza J,Reyes-Farías M,Garcia-Diaz DF,Zorondo-Rodríguez F,Fuenzalida LF

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Even though in the corporate world psychological science has been widely used, the formal use of evidence-based psychology in important areas of clinical medicine has been scanty at best. It was the aim of this study to determine the efficacy of a psychologist-led 2-week nurse educator training on the infect...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Van Rostenberghe H,Short J,Ramli N,Geok TB,Subramaniam S,Che Yaakob CA,Othman A,Ibrahim NR,Ho J,Mohamed Z,Hasan H

更新日期：2014-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric critical care services in India have grown with leaps and bounds. There has been a growing need of physicians specially trained in pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM) in India. Physicians returning to India after their formal training in PCCM abroad have partly supported this growing need. Development of...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Bhalala U,Khilnani P

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung function is an important tool in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with asthma at all ages. Airway obstruction is a typical feature of asthma and it can be assessed with several lung function techniques. Spirometry, respiratory resistance and reactance, and lung volumes are available to measure it at diffe...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Calogero C,Fenu G,Lombardi E

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) deficiency is an autosomal recessive, combined immunodeficiency within the spectrum of hyper-IgE syndromes. Epstein-Barr virus-positive lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) (EBV + LYG) is a rare diagnosis and a previously unreported presentation of DOCK8 deficiency. A 10-year-old girl w...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Dimitriades VR,Devlin V,Pittaluga S,Su HC,Holland SM,Wilson W,Dunleavy K,Shah NN,Freeman AF

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is frequently associated with an increase in sympathetic tone. This may adversely affect cardiac autonomic control. Knowledge about the clinical impact of autonomic dysfunction in patients with PH is limited. We aimed to assess whether parameters of heart rate variability (HRV) ar...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Latus H,Bandorski D,Rink F,Tiede H,Siaplaouras J,Ghofrani A,Seeger W,Schranz D,Apitz C

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: In 2014 probiotic supplementation (Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis; InfloranⓇ) was introduced as standard of care to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in extremely preterm infants in Norway. We aimed to evaluate the influence of probiotics and antibiotic thera...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Esaiassen E,Hjerde E,Cavanagh JP,Pedersen T,Andresen JH,Rettedal SI,Støen R,Nakstad B,Willassen NP,Klingenberg C

更新日期：2018-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe Combined Immunodeficiencies (SCID) are a heterogeneous group of monogenetic diseases. We describe the typical clinical presentation of patients with SCID as well as basic principles in diagnosis and therapy by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Therapeutic strategies may differ between subtypes and the in...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Haddad E,Hoenig M

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Given the positive influence of responsive caregiving on dietary habits in childhood, to raise awareness of caregivers regarding their behavior is crucial in multidisciplinary care on infant feeding. Objectives:To identify the most common responsive and non-responsive feeding practices in mothers of childre...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Machado RHV,Tosatti AM,Malzyner G,Maximino P,Ramos CC,Bozzini AB,Ribeiro L,Fisberg M

更新日期：2018-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To identify postnatal risk factors for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) development in preterm infants with gestational age ≤32 weeks. Methods: Seventy-two preterm infants(30 with BPD and 42 non-BPD controls) admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Children's Hospital of Soochow Universit...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Ding L,Wang H,Geng H,Cui N,Huang F,Zhu X,Zhu X

更新日期：2020-06-26 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：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：:Objective: To present 8-year follow-up outcomes, treatment of complications, and prognosis in children with congenital tracheal stenosis after metallic airway stent implantation. Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical records of children who had airway stents placed between May 20, 2011 and May ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Wang M,Zhu B,Xu X

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Emergency vascular access is rarely required during neonatal resuscitation. We aimed to analyze frequency of use, success, and complication rates of intraosseous (IO) vascular access in neonates at a single tertiary neonatal intensive care unit. Method: We performed a questionnaire-based survey among ped...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Mileder LP,Urlesberger B,Schwaberger B

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory processing difficulties are common among many special needs children, especially those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The sensory sensitivities often result in interference of daily functioning and can lead to social isolation for both the individual and family unit. A quality improvement (QI) project wa...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Kong M,Pritchard M,Dean L,Talley M,Torbert R,Maha J

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00