Mothers/caregivers healthcare seeking behavior towards childhood illness in selected health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early environmental influences have been linked to child weight status, however further understanding of associations in diverse populations is needed. METHODS:A cross-sectional analysis of household and family factors associated with overweight was conducted on a culturally diverse, urban dwelling sample o...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Hauser SI,Economos CD,Nelson ME,Goldberg JP,Hyatt RR,Naumova EN,Anderson SE,Must A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to describe the predictive factors of severe obesity in children followed in French Guiana. METHODS:In this observational study, the patients from the French Guianese Childhood Obesity Group database were prospectively included, after giving a statement of patient's non opposition. RESULTS:...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Njuieyon F,Cuadro-Alvarez E,Martin E,Lachaume N,Mrsic Y,Henaff F,Maniassom C,Defo A,Elenga N

更新日期：2018-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increased survival of preterm and very low birth weight infants in recent years has been well documented but continued surveillance is required in order to monitor the effects of new therapeutic interventions. Gestation and birth weight specific survival rates most accurately reflect the outcome of perin...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Jones HP,Karuri S,Cronin CM,Ohlsson A,Peliowski A,Synnes A,Lee SK,Canadian Neonatal Network.

更新日期：2005-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children and adolescents with cerebral palsy suffer from higher levels of pain than their peers without disability. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of pain on health-related quality of life and motor function in individuals with cerebral palsy as reported by health professionals. METHODS:Cro...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Badia M,Riquelme I,Orgaz B,Acevedo R,Longo E,Montoya P

更新日期：2014-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis and treatment are improving significantly the quality of life of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). This recessive disease is caused by a great variability of mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance (CFTR) gene, whose spectrum and frequency can be different across populations. METHODS...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Rosa J,Gaspar-Silva P,Pacheco P,Silva C,Branco CC,Vieira BS,Carreiro A,Gonçalves J,Mota-Vieira L

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It has been established that genetic factors play a substantial role in the development of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. The population of Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries has similar, yet different genetic makeup compared to the rest of Asia. Aside from UGT1A1, variants of SLCO1B1 have also been ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Amandito R,Rohsiswatmo R,Halim M,Tirtatjahja V,Malik A

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of the Internet to deliver cognitive behavioural therapy, a frontline treatment for anxiety disorders, is emerging as an option to increase access to treatment among adolescents with anxiety disorders. This study examined the usability of the Internet-based component of Breathe, a CBT program designed fo...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Wozney L,Baxter P,Newton AS

更新日期：2015-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to elicit preference weights from parents for health states corresponding to children with various levels of severity of atopic dermatitis. We also evaluated the hypothesis that parents with children who had been diagnosed with atopic dermatitis would assign different preferences to the health stat...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Friedman JY,Reed SD,Weinfurt KP,Kahler KH,Walter EB,Schulman KA

更新日期：2004-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Indigenous infants and children in Australia, especially in remote communities, experience early and chronic otitis media (OM) which is difficult to treat and has lifelong impacts in health and education. The LiTTLe Program (Learning to Talk, Talking to Learn) aimed to increase infants' access to spoken lang...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Jones C,Sharma M,Harkus S,McMahon C,Taumoepeau M,Demuth K,Mattock K,Rosas L,Wing R,Pawar S,Hampshire A

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maintaining and building healthy bones during the lifetime requires a complicated interaction between a number of physiological and lifestyle factors. Our goal of this study was to analyze the association between hand grip strength and the maximum peak expiratory flow with bone mineral density and content in...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Cossio-Bolaños M,Lee-Andruske C,de Arruda M,Luarte-Rocha C,Almonacid-Fierro A,Gómez-Campos R

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children born at low gestational ages face a range of risks and number of neonates surviving very preterm birth is increasing. We present the objectives and methods of a French national cohort of very and moderately preterm children, the EPIPAGE 2 study. It aims to examine short- and long-term outcomes of ve...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Ancel PY,Goffinet F,EPIPAGE 2 Writing Group.

更新日期：2014-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective was to determine the influence of gestational age, maternal, and neonatal variables on reference intervals for cord blood bone minerals (calcium, phosphate, magnesium) and related laboratory tests (alkaline phosphatase, and albumin-adjusted calcium), and to develop gestational age specific refe...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Fenton TR,Lyon AW,Rose MS

更新日期：2011-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While therapy services may start in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) there is often a gap in therapy after discharge. Supporting Play Exploration and Early Development Intervention (SPEEDI) supports parents, helping them build capacity to provide developmentally supportive opportunities starting in th...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Dusing SC,Tripathi T,Marcinowski EC,Thacker LR,Brown LF,Hendricks-Muñoz KD

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased survival of extremely low birth infants due to advances in antenatal and neonatal care has resulted in a population of infants at high risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Therapeutic interventions include the use of antenatal and postnatal steroids however, their effects on the sev...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Karna P,Muttineni J,Angell L,Karmaus W

更新日期：2005-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paediatric Early Warning Scores (PEWS) are increasingly being used for early identification and management of clinical deterioration in paediatric patients. A PEWS system includes scores, cut-off points and appropriate early intervention. In 2011, The Dutch Ministry of Health advised hospitals to implement a...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： de Groot JF,Damen N,de Loos E,van de Steeg L,Koopmans L,Rosias P,Bruijn M,Goorhuis J,Wagner C

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a common syndrome in children, related to their immune responses, cardiovascular function, and neurocognitive function. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of SDB among children in Wuxi, China, and to evaluate the protective and risk factors of SDB in children. M...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Guo Y,Pan Z,Gao F,Wang Q,Pan S,Xu S,Hui Y,Li L,Qian J

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early introduction of solid foods before 4 months of age has been associated with an increased risk of diarrhoea in infancy and a greater risk of wheeze and increased percentage body fat and weight in childhood. The purpose of this study was to identify the level of compliance with national recommendatio...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Scott JA,Binns CW,Graham KI,Oddy WH

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between hematological parameters at birth and the risk of moderate-severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in a cohort of extremely preterm infants. METHODS:This is a retrospective study of all extremely premature infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, Shenzhen Mate...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Chen X,Li H,Qiu X,Yang C,Walther FJ

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Sub-Saharan Africa over one million newborns die annually. We developed a sustainable and scalable home-based counselling intervention for delivery by community volunteers in rural southern Tanzania to improve newborn care practices and survival. Here we report the effect on newborn care practices one yea...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Penfold S,Manzi F,Mkumbo E,Temu S,Jaribu J,Shamba DD,Mshinda H,Cousens S,Marchant T,Tanner M,Schellenberg D,Schellenberg JA

更新日期：2014-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital malformation associated with life-threatening pulmonary dysfunction and high neonatal mortality. Outcomes are improved with protective ventilation, less severe pulmonary pathology, and the proximity of the treating center to the site of delivery. The majo...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Bojanić K,Pritišanac E,Luetić T,Vuković J,Sprung J,Weingarten TN,Carey WA,Schroeder DR,Grizelj R

更新日期：2015-10-12 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:The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare systems worldwide. In addition to the direct impact of the virus on patient morbidity and mortality, the effect of lockdown strategies on health and healthcare utilization have become apparent. Little is known on the effect of the pandemic on pediatric and adole...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Dopfer C,Wetzke M,Zychlinsky Scharff A,Mueller F,Dressler F,Baumann U,Sasse M,Hansen G,Jablonka A,Happle C

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For treatment of Graf class IIb dysplastic hips at walking onset a treatment concept with abduction splints allowing patterns as walking and crawling under constant abduction control was investigated. However, as the splint still incapacitates child movements the research question remains whether the physiol...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Windhagen H,Thorey F,Kronewid H,Pressel T,Herold D,Stukenborg-Colsman C

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 13% of Canadian mothers report difficulty accessing health care for their infants, yet little is known about the factors associated with difficulty. Therefore, we examined factors associated with difficulty accessing non-routine health care for Canadian infants, from birth to 14 months of age, ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Brandon AD,Costanian C,El Sayed MF,Tamim H

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transgender (TG) individuals experience discordance between their sex at birth and their gender identity. To better understand the health care needs and characteristics of TG youth that contribute to resilience, we conducted a qualitative study with clinical and non-clinical providers. METHODS:In-depth inte...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Torres CG,Renfrew M,Kenst K,Tan-McGrory A,Betancourt JR,López L

更新日期：2015-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal jaundice is a common finding in newborns in Asia, including Indonesia. In some cases, the serum total bilirubin levels exceeds the 95th percentile for hours of life (neonatal hyperbilirubinemia). Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NH) could lead to kernicterus and neonatal death. Glucose-6-Phosphag...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Wisnumurti DA,Sribudiani Y,Porsch RM,Maskoen AM,Rahayuningsih SE,Asni EK,Sleutels F,van Ijcken WFJ,Sukadi A,Achmad TH

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dyslipidemia is reported in 27 - 43% of children and adolescents with overweight/obesity and tracks into adulthood, increasing the risk of cardiovascular morbidity. Cut-off values for fasting plasma lipid concentrations are typically set at fixed levels throughout childhood. The objective of this cross-secti...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Nielsen TRH,Lausten-Thomsen U,Fonvig CE,Bøjsøe C,Pedersen L,Bratholm PS,Hansen T,Pedersen O,Holm JC

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is commonly found among people traveling above 2500 m. We investigated whether the occurrence of AMS is related to differences in individual physical fitness and BMI in subjects 11-13 years of age. METHODS:This study was conducted at Xue Mountain, Taiwan (elevation of 3886 m) b...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Wu SH,Lin YC,Weng YM,Chiu YH,Li WC,Wang SH,Chan CW,Chiu TF,Huang KF,Chen CH

更新日期：2015-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serious thromboembolic events connected with rFVIIa therapy in hemophilia patients are rare. Only three cases are reported in children, all of them with hemophilia A. CASE PRESENTATION:We present unique case of patient with hemophilia B and high titer inhibitors to coagulation FIX, who developed severe rena...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Milošević D,Bilić E,Batinić D,Poropat M,Štern-Padovan R,Galić S,Turudić D

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with heterogeneous communication and other comorbid manifestations. While previous studies have characterized speech deficits associated with CAS, few studies have examined variability in reading and language and/or other developmental comorb...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Stein CM,Benchek P,Miller G,Hall NB,Menon D,Freebairn L,Tag J,Vick J,Taylor HG,Lewis BA,Iyengar SK

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00