Early Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Children: Simultaneous Amplification and Testing (SAT) Is the Key.

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：: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：:Autoimmune Congenital Heart Block (CHB) is an immune-mediated disease due to transplacental passage of circulating anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB autoantibodies. It occurs in 2% of anti-Ro/SSA-exposed pregnancies, and recurrence rate is nine times higher in subsequent pregnancies. Aim of this review is to identify biomar...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： De Carolis S,Garufi C,Garufi E,De Carolis MP,Botta A,Tabacco S,Salvi S

更新日期：2020-12-22 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：:Background: Craniofrontonasal syndrome is a rare, X-linked disorder in which heterozygous females ironically reported the majority of patients and is caused by in the EFNB1 gene located at chromosome Xq13.1. Unlike previous reports, we present a female infant with a de novo EFNB1 missense mutation that was demonstrate...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Han JY,Kim HJ,Jang JH,Lee IG,Park J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatrics, among all the branches of medicine, is a sector not particularly affected by a high number of claims. Nevertheless, the economic value of the compensation is significantly high, for example, in cases of children who suffered multiple disabilities following perinatal lesions with a long life expectancy. In ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Bertozzi G,Maglietta F,Baldari B,Besi L,Torsello A,Di Gioia CRT,Sessa F,Aromatario M,Cipolloni L

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between atopic diseases is well known, and previous research has shown that having one atopic disease can predispose to having another. The link between asthma and food allergy has been well researched, but the exact relationship between the two atopic conditions is not fully understood. Food allergic ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Foong RX,du Toit G,Fox AT

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature births continue to rise globally with a corresponding increase in various morbidities among this population. Rates of respiratory distress syndrome and the consequent development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) are highest among the extremely preterm infants. The majority of extremely low birth weight pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Sammour I,Karnati S

更新日期：2020-05-08 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：:Bronchiectasis is a complex chronic respiratory condition traditionally characterized by chronic infection, airway inflammation, and progressive decline in lung function. Early diagnosis and intensive treatment protocols can stabilize or even improve the clinical prognosis of children with bronchiectasis. However, und...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Pizzutto SJ,Hare KM,Upham JW

更新日期：2017-05-29 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：:Background: Childhood refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia (RMPP) is a lung disease with elevated level of C-reactive protein and severe clinical and radiological deterioration. Whether bacterial co-infection contributes to disease of RMPP and whether inclusion of non-anti-MP antibiotics in treatment regime...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Liu JR,Lu J,Dong F,Li HM,Liu H,Tang XL,Guo YL,Zhao SY

更新日期：2018-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Histological chorioamnionitis (HCA) is an infection/inflammation of fetal membranes and complicates 5.2-28.5% of all live births. Exposure to HCA can have long-term consequences including abnormal neurodevelopment and an increased risk for allergic disorders and asthma later in childhood. HCA may incite ep...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Fong G,Gayen Nee' Betal S,Murthy S,Favara M,Chan JSY,Addya S,Shaffer TH,Greenspan J,Bhandari V,Li D,Rahman I,Aghai ZH

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic strategies for severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) are currently either inconsequent or deficient in evidence. We retrospectively surveyed HFMD outbreaks in Xiangyang from June 2008 to December 2013. HFMD is staged from I to V according to clinical severity. Severe HFMD is defined as a case involvi...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Liu J,Qi J

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal primary and non-primary cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy can result in in utero transmission to the developing fetus. Congenital CMV (cCMV) can result in significant morbidity, mortality or long-term sequelae, including sensorineural hearing loss, the most common sequela. As a leading cause of...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Lazzarotto T,Blázquez-Gamero D,Delforge ML,Foulon I,Luck S,Modrow S,Leruez-Ville M

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) has gained renewed interest, due to its increasing health-care burden. Annual mortality statistics in England and Wales showed that under 1,000 people die from bronchiectasis each year, and this number is increasing by 3% yearly. Unfortunately, there is a severe lack of well-p...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Nathan AM,de Bruyne JA,Eg KP,Thavagnanam S

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress results from excessive reactive oxygen species formation and/or inadequate antioxidant defense. Premature and critically ill infants are especially susceptible due to an immature intrinsic antioxidant system that cannot fully compensate for a free radical load. Oxidative stress is also associated with...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Stefanov G,Briyal S,Pais G,Puppala B,Gulati A

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Airway malacia (AM) is a weakness of the airway's frameworks making them collapsible during the respiratory phases. Although the larynx, trachea, and bronchus are the usual sites for malacia to occur, there is another important type of malacia that involves the pharynx. Pharyngomalacia (PM) or concentric p...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Moslehi MA

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Cystinuria is an inborn error of metabolism that manifests with renal stones due to defective renal epithelial cell transport of cystine which resulted from pathogenic variants in the SLC3A1 and/or SLC7A9 genes. Among nephrolithiasis diseases, cystinuria is potentially treatable, and further stone formatio...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Alghamdi M,Alhasan KA,Taha Elawad A,Salim S,Abdelhakim M,Nashabat M,Raina R,Kari J,Alfadhel M

更新日期：2020-11-11 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：:Fetal sex is associated with striking differences during in utero development, fetal-to-neonatal transition, and postnatal morbidity and mortality. Male sex fetuses are apparently protected while in utero resulting in a higher secondary sex rate for males than for females. However, during fetal-to-neonatal transition ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Lorente-Pozo S,Parra-Llorca A,Torres B,Torres-Cuevas I,Nuñez-Ramiro A,Cernada M,García-Robles A,Vento M

更新日期：2018-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Viral respiratory tract infections (VRTI) may cause severe respiratory and sepsis-like symptoms in infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Little is known about the frequencies of VRTI in relation to visiting policies in the NICU. Objective: Aim of this study was to evaluate the fr...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Kidszun A,Neurohr A,Gröndahl B,Tippmann S,Schreiner D,Winter J,Mahmoudpour SH,Gehring S,Mildenberger E

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Being able to appropriately process different emotional prosodies is an important cognitive ability normally present at birth. In this study, we used event-related potential (ERP) to assess whether brain injury impacts the ability to process different emotional prosodies (happy, fear, and neutral) in neonates; whether...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Sun G,Xie H,Liu Y,Chen Y,Hou X,Zhang D

更新日期：2019-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Anterior lens capsule vascularity (ALCV) is resorbed in the developing fetus from 27 to 35 weeks gestation. In this pilot study, we evaluated the feasibility and validity of combining smartphone ophthalmoscope videos of ALCV and image analysis for gestational age estimation. Methods: ALCV videos were cap...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Patel M,Mukherjee D,Farsiu S,Munoz B,Blood AB,Wilson CG,Griffin JB

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Compared to breast-fed (BF), formula-fed (FF) infants exhibit more rapid weight gain, a different fecal microbial profile, as well as elevated serum insulin, insulin growth factor 1 (IGF-1), and branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). Since infant formula contains more protein and lower free amino acids than b...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： He X,Sotelo-Orozco J,Rudolph C,Lönnerdal B,Slupsky CM

更新日期：2020-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Hospital response to the COVID-19 outbreak has involved the cancellation of elective, deferrable surgeries throughout Europe in order to ensure capacity for emergent surgery and a selection of elective but non-deferrable surgeries. The purpose of this document is to propose technical strategies to assist...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Pini Prato A,Conforti A,Almstrom M,Van Gemert W,Scuderi MG,Khen-Dunlop N,Draghici I,Mendoza-Sagaon M,Giné Prades C,Chiarenza F,Steyaert H

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a potentially curable form of pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) resulting from incomplete resolution of pulmonary thromboemboli. We describe an 11-year-old boy with homozygous sickle cell disease with an indwelling catheter found to have severe PH on routine scr...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Spencer R,Valencia Villeda G,Takeda K,Rosenzweig EB

更新日期：2020-07-24 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：:Recent studies have demonstrated that gut microbiota development is influenced by human biogeographic factors such as race, ethnicity, diet, lifestyle or culture-specific variations, and other environmental influences. However, biogeographic variation in gut microbiota assembly remains largely unexplored in Latin Amer...

journal_title：Frontiers in pediatrics

authors： Chew C,Barros KV,Weffort VRS,Maranhão HS,Laranjeira M,Knol J,Roeselers G,de Morais MB

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00