Immunoglobulin M profile of viral and atypical pathogens among children with community acquired lower respiratory tract infections in Luzhou, China.

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:Early developmental interventions to prevent the high rate of neurodevelopmental problems in very preterm children, including cognitive, motor and behavioral impairments, are urgently needed. These interventions should be multi-faceted and include modules for caregivers given their high rates of mental healt...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Spittle AJ,Ferretti C,Anderson PJ,Orton J,Eeles A,Bates L,Boyd RN,Inder TE,Doyle LW

更新日期：2009-12-03 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:Childhood obesity is rising in developed and developing countries, while childhood underweight is rising mainly in developing countries. Childhood underweight has been shown to increase a child's risk of rapid weight gain. Overweight and obese children are more likely to become obese adults, which increases ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Al-Lahham S,Jaradat N,Altamimi M,Anabtawi O,Irshid A,AlQub M,Dwikat M,Nafaa F,Badran L,Mohareb R,Haji R,Aqqad T,Jayyab S,Ghosh BA,Taher R,Al Zabadi H

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections in newborns remain one of the most significant problems in modern medicine. Escherichia coli is an important cause of neonatal bloodstream and respiratory tract infections and is associated with high mortality. The aim of our study was to investigate the epidemiology of E. coli infection in Polish...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Chmielarczyk A,Wójkowska-Mach J,Romaniszyn D,Adamski P,Helwich E,Lauterbach R,Pobiega M,Borszewska-Kornacka M,Gulczyńska E,Kordek A,Heczko PB

更新日期：2014-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Birthweight remains one of the strongest predictors of perinatal mortality and disability. Birthweight percentiles form a reference that allows the detection of neonates at higher risk of neonatal and postneonatal morbidity. The aim of the study is to present updated national birthweight percentiles by gesta...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Li Z,Umstad MP,Hilder L,Xu F,Sullivan EA

更新日期：2015-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This systematic review aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and clinical utility of all condition specific outcome measures used to assess quality of life (QOL) in school aged children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS:Relevant outcome measures were identified by searching 8 electronic databases, s...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Carlon S,Shields N,Yong K,Gilmore R,Sakzewski L,Boyd R

更新日期：2010-11-09 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:Childhood undernutrition causes significant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Tanzania, the in-hospital prevalence of undernutrition in children under five years of age is approximated to be 30% with a case fatality rate of 8.8%. In Tanzania, the burden of undernourished...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Bashaka PJ,Sawe HR,Mwafongo V,Mfinanga JA,Runyon MS,Murray BL

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure of red blood cells to oxidants increases production of methemoglobin (MHb) resulting in impaired oxygen delivery to tissues. There are no reliable estimates of methemoglobinemia in low resource clinical settings. Our objectives were to: i) evaluate risk factors for methemoglobinemia in Ugandan child...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Conroy AL,Hawkes M,Hayford K,Hermann L,McDonald CR,Sharma S,Namasopo S,Opoka RO,John CC,Liles WC,Miller C,Kain KC

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Passive smoking unfavorably affects pregnancy, child birth and child health. Passive smoking associates with still-birth, premature birth as well as acute respiratory infection, asthma, disorder in red blood cell metabolism in children. This study examined the effects of passive smoking on anemia in young ch...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Hong R,Betancourt JA,Ruiz-Beltran M

更新日期：2007-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reference values for hematological and biochemical assays in pregnant women and in newborn infants are based primarily on Caucasian populations. Normative data are limited for populations in sub-Saharan Africa, especially comparing women with and without HIV infection, and comparing infants with and without ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Mwinga K,Vermund SH,Chen YQ,Mwatha A,Read JS,Urassa W,Carpenetti N,Valentine M,Goldenberg RL

更新日期：2009-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:After publication of our article [1] it was brought to our attention that we did not have permission to reproduce the questionnaire in Additional File 1. ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Bucher HU,Klein SD,Hendriks MJ,Baumann-Hölzle R,Berger TM,Streuli JC,Fauchère JC,Swiss Neonatal End-of-Life Study Group.

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Newborn screening (NBS) occupies a unique space at the intersection of translational science and public health. As the only truly population-based public health program in the United States, NBS offers the promise of making the successes of translational medicine available to every infant with a rare disorde...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Bailey DB Jr,Gehtland LM,Lewis MA,Peay H,Raspa M,Shone SM,Taylor JL,Wheeler AC,Cotten M,King NMP,Powell CM,Biesecker B,Bishop CE,Boyea BL,Duparc M,Harper BA,Kemper AR,Lee SN,Moultrie R,Okoniewski KC,Paquin RS,Pe

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to study the feasibility, efficacy and safety of using laryngeal mask (LM) ventilation compared with endotracheal intubation (ETI) during neonatal resuscitation. METHODS:Neonates with a heart rate below 60 beats per minute despite 30 s of face mask ventilation were assigned quasi-randomly (...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Yang C,Zhu X,Lin W,Zhang Q,Su J,Lin B,Ye H,Yu R

更新日期：2016-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are frequently at risk of long-term impairments of attention and executive functioning but these problems are difficult to predict. Although deficits have been reported to vary with injury severity, age at injury and sex, prognostication of outcome remains imperfect...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Wilkinson AA,Dennis M,Simic N,Taylor MJ,Morgan BR,Frndova H,Choong K,Campbell C,Fraser D,Anderson V,Guerguerian AM,Schachar R,Hutchison J,Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG).,Canadian Critical Care Translational Biolo

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visible congenital malformations (VCMs) are one of the principal causes of disability in the world. Prenatal diagnosis is a paramount mandatory integral part of the follow up of pregnancies with VCM of the foetus in high-income setting. We aimed to determine the incidence of prenatal diagnosis of VCMs in a l...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Kamla I,Kamgaing N,Billong S,Tochie JN,Tolefac P,de Paul Djientcheu V

更新日期：2019-11-25 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: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:Several maternal health determinants during the first period of life of the child, as feeding practice, smoking habit and socio-economic level, are involved in early childhood health problems, as caries development. The potential associations among early childhood caries, feeding practices, maternal and envi...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Majorana A,Cagetti MG,Bardellini E,Amadori F,Conti G,Strohmenger L,Campus G

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is highly prevalent in Kuwait with incidence of around 40.1/100,000 individuals. Evidence indicate that vitamin D plays an important role in modulating the immune system and could thus impact the onset and high prevalence of T1DM. We report serum vitamin D levels in Kuwaiti ch...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Rasoul MA,Al-Mahdi M,Al-Kandari H,Dhaunsi GS,Haider MZ

更新日期：2016-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the need to identify the causes of disparities in childhood obesity, the existing epidemiologic studies of early life risk factors have several limitations. We report on the construction of the Linked CENTURY database, incorporating CENTURY (Collecting Electronic Nutrition Trajectory Data Using Recor...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Hawkins SS,Gillman MW,Rifas-Shiman SL,Kleinman KP,Mariotti M,Taveras EM

更新日期：2016-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Newborn resuscitation is a life-saving intervention for birth asphyxia, a leading cause of neonatal mortality. Improving provider newborn resuscitation skills is critical for delivering quality care, but the retention of these skills has been a challenge. Tanzania implemented a national newborn resuscitation...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Drake M,Bishanga DR,Temu A,Njozi M,Thomas E,Mponzi V,Arlington L,Msemo G,Azayo M,Kairuki A,Meda AR,Isangula KG,Nelson BD

更新日期：2019-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium perfringens forms part of the human gut microbiota and has been associated with life-threatening necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in premature infants. Whether specific toxigenic strains are responsible is unknown, as is the extent of diversity of strains in healthy premature babies. We investigat...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Shaw AG,Cornwell E,Sim K,Thrower H,Scott H,Brown JCS,Dixon RA,Kroll JS

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Cochrane Neonatal Review Group (CNRG) has achieved a lot with limited resources in producing high quality systematic reviews to assist clinicians in evidence-based decision-making. A formal assessment of published CNRG systematic reviews has not been undertaken; we sought to provide a comprehensive asses...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Al Faleh K,Al-Omran M

更新日期：2009-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The studies on dietary intake in Polish children are sparse and the information about dietary intake in 6-year-olds in Europe is limited. The published studies on dietary intake in children rarely provide information on the intake of animal protein, plant protein and water. The purpose of the study was to an...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Merkiel S

更新日期：2014-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Today, approximately one in five United States adolescents age 12 to 19 years is obese and just over a third are either overweight or obese. This study examines how parents and peers influence diet and physical activity behaviors of older adolescents (14-18 years) with overweight or obesity to inform weight ...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Azar KMJ,Halley M,Lv N,Wulfovich S,Gillespie K,Liang L,Goldman Rosas L

更新日期：2020-03-27 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: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:Lifestyle modifications represent the first line of treatment in obesity management; however, many adolescents with obesity do not meet lifestyle recommendations. Given that adolescents are rarely consulted during health policy development and in the design of lifestyle interventions, their first-hand experi...

journal_title：BMC pediatrics

authors： Kebbe M,Perez A,Buchholz A,McHugh TF,Scott SD,Richard C,Dyson MP,Ball GDC

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00