abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate child and parent perceptions of treatment with stimulant medication in a sample of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODOLOGY:Child and parent perceptions questionnaires were completed for 102 subjects participating in a double-blind, crossover trial of methylpheni...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Efron D,Jarman FC,Barker MJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although enormous effort has been focused over the past two decades on examining the potential adverse effects of exposure to environmental lead on human health, there has been a debate over the persistence and dynamic pattern of these effects. METHODOLOGY:Articles relevant to this issue which were publishe...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tong S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the demographic and clinical features, short-term outcomes, microbiology and renal tract abnormalities of a cohort of young Australian children with symptomatic urinary tract infection. METHODOLOGY:A total of 304 children < 5 years with their first documented symptomatic urinary tract infection w...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Craig JC,Irwig LM,Knight JF,Sureshkumar P,Roy LP

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial virus infection is the most common cause of hospital admissions in children under 1 year of age. Various cardiac dysrrhythmias have been reported to be associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection. We report a case where both tachyarrhythmia and bradyarrhythmia occurred within the same i...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Olesch CA,Bullock AM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors studied 75 male infants with meningomyelocele (MMC) to analyse the association with cryptorchidism. METHODS:All infants were diagnosed at birth and surgically corrected after 24-48 h. Testes were classified undescended in accordance with Kaplan. The associated malformations, the exact levels of t...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ferrara P,Rossodivita A,Ruggiero A,Pulitanò S,Tortorolo L,Salvaggio E

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes dual infection with Citrobacter freundii and Haemophilus influenzae type b causing septic arthritis and osteomyelitis of the elbow in a previously healthy 5-year-old boy. The patient was treated successfully with intravenous fosfomycin for 4 weeks. Infections with Citrobacter beyond the neonatal ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Stricker T,Fröhlich S,Nadal D

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify whether obstetric and perinatal factors are independent predictors of child behaviour at 5 years. METHODOLOGY:The Mater University Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) is a prospective cohort study of 8556 mothers enrolled in early pregnancy. The relationship of obstetric and perinatal factors, maternal lif...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： O'Callaghan MJ,Williams GM,Andersen MJ,Bor W,Najman JM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign body ingestion is seen commonly in paediatric surgical practice and the vast majority of ingested foreign bodies will pass spontaneously once they have made their way into the stomach. Lead foreign body ingestion in children represents a special case in view of the potential for acute lead intoxication seconda...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Fergusson JA,Malecky G,Simpson E

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the earliest age at which histological changes can be used to diagnose oesophagitis and to determine the relationships between clinical, endoscopic and histological features of oesophagitis in infants. METHODOLOGY:The case records and biopsies of 113 infants aged 2-18 months with clinically signifi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chadwick LM,Kurinczuk JJ,Hallam LA,Brennan BA,Forbes D

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the health burden of urinary tract infection in children less than 15 years of age in Australia and to ascertain whether any significant change has occurred during the past decade. METHODOLOGY:The number of children less than 15 years of age who were admitted in New South Wales for urinary tract ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Craig JC,Irwig LM,Knight JF,Roy LP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between infant and parental characteristics and parental report of infant cyanosis and also hospital admission for apnoea/cyanosis. METHODS:A prospective cohort study was conducted. It involved the one-fifth of Tasmanian live births who were assessed, using a perinatal score, as ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ponsonby AL,Dwyer T,Couper D

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence of hepatitis C in 200 patients with paediatric malignancies, surviving in remission more than 5 years from diagnosis, who had received blood product transfusions before 1990 when routine screening of blood products for hepatitis C began. METHOD:The second and third generation Abbott ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Carter TL,Cole CH,Mews CF,Price PJ,Baker DL

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence, clinical spectrum and outcome of very low birthweight (VLBW) infants with chronic lung disease (CLD), and evaluate associated factors. METHODOLOGY:Retrospective review of 265 VLBW infants managed in the NICU from January 1988 to December 1992. RESULTS:The overall neonatal surviv...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yeo CL,Choo S,Ho LY

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in South Australia (SA) in 1991, the proportion of cases detected in the neonatal period and the perinatal risk factors for DDH. METHODOLOGY:Cases of DDH born in SA in 1991 were identified from multiple sources and their clinical data li...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yiv BC,Saidin R,Cundy PJ,Tgetgel JD,Aguilar J,McCaul KA,Keane RJ,Chan A,Scott H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the aetiology, symptoms and outcome of extreme sodium derangement in a paediatric inpatient population. METHODOLOGY:A retrospective study of children with extreme disturbance of their plasma sodium (> or = 165 mmol/L or < or = 115 mmol/L) admitted to a tertiary referral centre during a 72-month ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dunn K,Butt W

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of familial Cushing's disease occurring in a 7-year-old boy, and 19 years of follow up. Our patient first presented soon after his maternal aunt had been treated for Cushing's disease. The clinical presentation was made complicated by the development of an intercurrent eating disorder resemblin...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Cameron FJ,Warne GL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the bowel habits of healthy Australian children aged up to 2 years. METHODOLOGY:One hundred and forty children were recruited in six age categories with a minimum of 20 children per category. Data on bowel habit was recorded by parents daily for 1 week. RESULTS:Stool frequency decreased with age. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tham EB,Nathan R,Davidson GP,Moore DJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians practising in different regions of the world are often impressed at marked differences in disease patterns witnessed. The bases of most obvious differences are usually socio-economic and genetic, but culture and environment can be equally important. Documenting and assessing such differences is more than ju...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ng PC,Fok TF,Nelson E

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the applicability of the published clinical cut-off scores of the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) for the classification of behaviour disorders. METHODOLOGY:Child Behaviour Checklists were obtained for 1342 subjects newly referred to the six major mental health centres...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Nolan TM,Bond L,Adler R,Littlefield L,Birleson P,Marriage K,Mawdsley A,Salo R,Tonge BJ

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify risk factors for adverse outcomes from bacterial meningitis. METHODOLOGY:From a cohort of 166 children with bacterial meningitis who were studied prospectively, 130/158 (82%) survivors underwent neurological, neuropsychological, audiological and behaviour assessments 5-9 years following their ill...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Grimwood K,Nolan TM,Bond L,Anderson VA,Catroppa C,Keir EH

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumcision has been the traditional treatment for phimosis, but now is not the only management option, the best of which appears to be topical steroid application. Importantly, the literature suggests that phimosis probably is over-diagnosed, indicating that a prospective, randomized controlled study is needed to co...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dewan PA,Tieu HC,Chieng BS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify postnatal changes in urinary uric acid (UA) excretion in normal term infants and to examine the effects of prematurity or illness on the UA excretion. METHODOLOGY:Measurements of urinary UA were performed in term and premature infants at the ages of 1 and 7 days and at 1 and 4 months, as well as 7...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tsukahara H,Hiraoka M,Hori C,Tsuchida S,Uchida H,Fujisawa K,Konishi Y,Sudo M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the obstetric and perinatal factors, in particular the method of delivery, associated with development of a subgaleal haematoma (SGH) and to determine the outcome of survivors with this type of birth trauma. METHODOLOGY:Perinatal and obstetric data were retrospectively reviewed for 37 infants adm...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chadwick LM,Pemberton PJ,Kurinczuk JJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Angelman syndrome (AS) is a rare congenital neurodevelopmental disorder with complex genetic aetiology. Diagnosis may be difficult and there is severe life-long disability. An AS clinic was commenced in Sydney, Australia, in 1993 with the aim of gathering information about the natural history of AS, managemen...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Leitner RP,Smith A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of North Queensland adolescents about weight, weight loss and body shape, and to examine the influence of gender. METHODOLOGY:A questionnaire was used to survey 791 year 8 adolescents from private schools in north Queensland. RESULTS:Only 41% of the girls an...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Nowak M,Speare R,Crawford D

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the type and outcome of early post-traumatic seizures in children and the factors associated with it. METHODOLOGY:A prospective observational study on all consecutive children with head injuries at the General Hospital Kuala Lumpur between November 1993 and December 1994. The onset, type and fre...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ong LC,Dhillon MK,Selladurai BM,Maimunah A,Lye MS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study injuries in young people associated with the use of rollerblades, draw comparisons with skateboarding and rollerskating injuries, and suggest strategies for injury prevention. METHODOLOGY:Injuries associated with the use of rollerblades, skateboards and rollerskates in young people aged < or = 14 ye...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Heller DR,Routley V,Chambers S

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to detect subclinical signs of the microvascular complications of diabetes during adolescence and our increased understanding of risk factors for their development provide an opportunity to prevent irreversible organ damage. Glycaemic control makes a major contribution to the risk and progression of microv...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Couper J

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify neonatal seizures and evaluate the efficiency of clinical observations and short duration electroencephalograms (EEG). METHODOLOGY:Sixty-three neonates were investigated using prolonged video/EEG monitoring. Patients with confirmed seizures were treated with sequential doses of phenobarbitone and...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bye A,Flanagan D

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of low-dose aspirin in high-risk pregnancies, and assess its impact on fetal growth, as well as on perinatal mortality and morbidity. METHODOLOGY:One hundred and eight women with singleton pregnancies were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 100 mg/day a...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Leslie GI,Gallery ED,Arnold JD,Ross MR,Gyory AZ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how changes in the rates of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) have varied in different income groups during a 25 year period. METHODOLOGY:Census data were obtained for five census periods (1971, 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991) on the number of SIDS cases and inevitable deaths. Census area units (CAU)...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ford RP,Nelson KP

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of an intravenous loading dose of aminophylline (6 mg/kg) on Doppler time-averaged mean velocity in the middle cerebral artery in ventilated preterm neonates. METHODOLOGY:Twenty infants were studied by colour/duplex Doppler technique prior to and at 5, 10, 3...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Govan JJ,Ohlsson A,Ryan ML,Myhr T,Fong K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the ways asthma may be defined in childhood and consider the current evidence to support these possible definitions. METHODOLOGY:The relationship of symptoms, atopy, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and airway inflammation in defining childhood asthma is reviewed. RESULTS:While none of the fou...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Van Asperen PP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the pattern and sequelae of invasive pneumococcal infection in hospitalized children. METHODOLOGY:Retrospective review of Streptococcus pneumoniae (Sp) isolates from normally sterile sites from 1981 to 1992 at three paediatric centres in Sydney for demographic data, spectrum of disease, predispos...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Davis CW,McIntyre PB

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A study was conducted to determine whether the prevalence of risk factors among pre-adolescent children is associated with their parents' risk factor status and what influence family history of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and socio-economic status (SES) had. METHODOLOGY:This was a cross-sectional study of ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Boulton TJ,Cockington RA,Hamilton-Craig I,Magarey AM,Mazumdar J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a family in which congenital fibre type disproportion (CFTD) and minicore disease have been observed in members of the same family, and raise the question of the relationship between CFTD and minicores. METHODOLOGY:A follow-up clinical and biopsy study of a girl who presented to hospital because of...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Jongpiputvanich S,Walsh PJ,Kakulas BA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to ascertain the prevalence of respiratory symptoms in South Australian preschool children and to investigate the relationship between prevalence rates and geographic location. METHODOLOGY:Data were collected from 14,124 families with a child aged 4 years 3 months to 5 years of age. T...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Volkmer RE,Ruffin RE,Wigg NR,Davies N

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：METHODOLOGY:A cross-sectional study of growth, puberty and endocrine function was performed on 35 girls and 33 boys with thalassaemia major. RESULTS:Despite regular transfusion and chelation therapy, 75% of the girls and 62% of the boys over the age of 12 years were below the third percentile for height. Hypogonadotro...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kwan EY,Lee AC,Li AM,Tam SC,Chan CF,Lau YL,Low LC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study compares the use of standard overhead fluorescent phototherapy units with the BiliBlanket a woven fibreoptic pad which delivers high intensity light with no ultraviolet or infrared irradiation in the treatment of jaundice in preterm infants. METHODOLOGY:We chose to study infants between 800 and 25...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Costello SA,Nyikal J,Yu VY,McCloud P

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the degree of severity of enzyme deficiency in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient Malaysian neonates as part of an effort to identify risk factors associated with severe hyperbilirubinaemia in G6PD-deficient infants. METHODOLOGY:During this study, ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Boo NY,Ainoon O,Arif ZA,Cheong SK,Haliza MS

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00