abstract：:Previous studies of childhood chest pain have been retrospective or considered only limited age groups or referred patients. In this study, all children who were admitted to the emergency department with chest pain were evaluated prospectively. Patients with ill-defined chest pain had ECGs and echocardiograms performe...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Selbst SM,Ruddy RM,Clark BJ,Henretig FM,Santulli T Jr

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison was made of the mental function and physical growth of 21 children in whom liver disease occurred in the first year of life with 15 patients with late (17 months of age to 12 years of age) manifestation of liver disease. Ages (mean +/- SD) at testing for the two groups was 8 +/- 3 years for the early group ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Stewart SM,Uauy R,Kennard BD,Waller DA,Benser M,Andrews WS

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prenatal and neonatal course of a fetus with cytomegalovirus infection and ascites found on ultrasonographic examination at 27 weeks' gestation is reported. The ascites resolved within 4 weeks and the neonate had evidence only of mild congenital cytomegalovirus infection at birth. The factors predictive of the lon...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Binder ND,Buckmaster JW,Benda GI

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-grade reflux commonly lasts longer than moderate reflux, which disappears with maturation of the ureterovesical junction. It is known that ureteral function is affected by urinary tract infection from studies in experimental animals, as well as through clinical findings in patients with upper tract infection. Whe...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Roberts JA,Kaack MB,Morvant AB

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia have a high incidence of sudden, unexplained death in the postneonatal period, yet the cause of these deaths is unknown. Frequent episodes of clinically unsuspected arterial oxygen desaturation have recently been described in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. We hypothesi...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Garg M,Kurzner SI,Bautista D,Keens TG

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk volume, day of initiation of pumping, duration and frequency of milk expression, and length of night rest interval were evaluated for the first month postpartum in 32 healthy, nonsmoking women (ages 20 to 38 years) who delivered at 28 to 30 weeks' gestation. Early milk volumes were related negatively to the delay...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hopkinson JM,Schanler RJ,Garza C

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the preliminary 3-month outcome of a multicenter randomized trial of cryotherapy for treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Transscleral cryotherapy to the avascular retina was applied to one randomly selected eye when there was threshold disease (defined as five or more contiguous or eight cumulativ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors：

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cat scratch disease is a benign, self-limited illness characterized by regional lymphadenopathy that usually occurs in association with a history of contact with a cat. Cases of cat scratch disease with skin manifestations that included erythema nodosum; erythema multiforme; erythema marginatum; and non-specific macul...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Daye S,McHenry JA,Roscelli JD

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled corticosteroids have become an important therapeutic option in the treatment of childhood asthma. The preparations currently available for pediatric use (beclomethasone dipropionate and triamcinolone acetonide) do not, in general, cause significant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression and physical s...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hollman GA,Allen DB

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of sociodemographic factors on the incidence and duration of breast-feeding was evaluated in 668 black and 511 white women delivering their first child in the metropolitan Washington, DC, area. Breast-feeding rates were 84% among white and 49% among black women. Maternal educational level was strongly as...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kurinij N,Shiono PH,Rhoads GG

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children and parents who attend pediatric oncology clinics often develop close relationships with other patients and may question clinic staff about another child's disease, therapy, or status. To assess parental attitudes concerning the dissemination of information by the clinic staff, questionnaires were mailed to t...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Patno KM,Young PC,Dickerman JD

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire survey of 363 children and young adults with juvenile arthritis was conducted to assess the relations among disease severity, psychosocial functioning, and adjustment in three age groups--primary school, high school, and young adult. Parents were surveyed separately to determine which characteristics o...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ungerer JA,Horgan B,Chaitow J,Champion GD

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1961 the Committee on Nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that prophylactic vitamin K be administered parenterally to all newborn infants, although the exact requirement for vitamin K in the newborn infant is unknown. There is little information about the vitamin K1 (phylloquinone, pr...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Greer FR,Mummah-Schendel LL,Marshall S,Suttie JW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunochemical studies of the enzyme defect in the first reported child with acute hepatic porphyria due to homozygous delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase deficiency are described. This enzyme activity was markedly decreased (approximately 2% of the normal control level) in the proband, a 3-year-old boy, and interme...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fujita H,Sassa S,Lundgren J,Holmberg L,Thunell S,Kappas A

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercially available mouse monoclonal antibodies to human IgG subclass (IgG1 to IgG4) were applied to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to measure IgG subclass-specific antibodies to varicella-zoster virus in children naturally infected with varicella-zoster virus and in varicella vaccine recipients. In children ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Asano Y,Hiroishi Y,Itakura N,Hirose S,Kajita Y,Nagai T,Yazaki T,Takahashi M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary patterns and racial differences in nutrient intake were observed in children 6 months to 4 years of age in the Bogalusa Heart Study. Even in this sample of young children, the composition of the intakes of the majority of children was not compatible with prudent recommendations of less than 35% and 10% of ener...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Nicklas TA,Farris RP,Major C,Frank GC,Webber LS,Cresanta JL,Berenson GS

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of body position (supine v prone) on energy expenditure and behavior of 42 healthy low birth weight (920 to 1,760 g) infants was evaluated in 66 studies. Each infant was randomly assigned to the supine or prone position for the first three-hour epoch; the position was reversed for the second three-hour epoc...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Masterson J,Zucker C,Schulze K

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of taurine supplementation on the absorption of a fat meal was evaluated in patients with cystic fibrosis. In a cross-over design study, five patients with cystic fibrosis (12.1 +/- 2.6 years of age) and three control subjects received either placebo or taurine (30 mg/kg/d) for two 1-week periods, a month a...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Belli DC,Levy E,Darling P,Leroy C,Lepage G,Giguère R,Roy CC

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atlantoaxial instability is a relatively frequent finding in individuals with Down syndrome. We examined 404 patients with this chromosome disorder and observed their atlanto-dens intervals and spinal canal widths to be significantly different from children without Down syndrome. Significant differences were also note...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Pueschel SM,Scola FH

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common practice to use endotracheal continuous positive airway pressure for various time periods up to 24 hours before attempting extubation in infants who are mechanically ventilated. A few studies in newborns have indicated that airway resistance is increased through small endotracheal tubes. This increases th...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kim EH,Boutwell WC

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indications for and results and complications of embolization of lesions of the head and neck were analyzed retrospectively. The procedures were performed since 1980 on an emergent or urgent basis in 30 infants and children by an experienced interventional neuroradiologist in Bicetre, France. Indications for embolizat...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Burrows PE,Lasjaunias PL,Ter Brugge KG,Flodmark O

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between heavy drinking during pregnancy and congenital malformations is well known; however, whether moderate or light drinking is teratogenic is controversial. This prospective birth defects study collected information from 32,870 women about alcohol consumption during the first trimester of pregnanc...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Mills JL,Graubard BI

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with more than 375 cases of possible sexual abuse has taught us that much work still needs to be done in understanding normal prepubertal female anatomy and interpreting findings in sexual abuse cases. Because pediatric clinicians are often called upon to assess possible sexual abuse victims, knowledge of w...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Herman-Giddens ME,Frothingham TE

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the magnitude of bacteremia due to Neisseria meningitidis and the clinical diagnosis was determined for 43 children who had fever in the presence or absence of focal signs of infection. Bacteremia was quantitated by the previously described procedure using heparinized blood (0.2 to 1.0 mL). Ad...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sullivan TD,LaScolea LJ Jr

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective 1-year study of acute febrile exudative tonsillitis in 110 children was carried out. Viral infection was associated with 42% of the cases, beta-hemolytic streptococci with 31% (12% group A), Mycoplasma pneumoniae with 5%, and unknown cause with 35%. More than one agent was implicated in 14% of the cases....

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Putto A

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-week-old girl with congenital melanoma of the skin is reported and the literature is reviewed. We believe this to be the first case of congenital melanoma in a black infant who had no underlying giant melanocytic nevus. Because of the significant relationship between the early treatment and prognosis of malignant ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Prose NS,Laude TA,Heilman ER,Coren C

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of cases of Reye syndrome reported annually to the Centers for Disease Control declined markedly between 1980 and 1985. In this article, we present pharmaceutical marketing research data that suggest sharp decreases in the use and purchase of children's aspirin between 1980 and 1985. These trends appear to ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Arrowsmith JB,Kennedy DL,Kuritsky JN,Faich GA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital cataracts and other ocular media opacities are a leading cause of preventable childhood blindness. Because of the importance of early recognition and treatment of congenital media opacities in newborn infants, we designed a study to determine the ability of relatively inexperienced examiners to detect such ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ruttum MS,Nelson DB,Wamser MJ,Balliff M

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-month-old child who ingested rat poison, according to her parents, was noted to have signs of cholinergic poisoning. In the emergency department, the child was intubated and given atropine via the endotracheal tube until venous access was established. Phytonadione (vitamin K) and pralidoxime (2-PAM) were also adm...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Garber M

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this prospective, longitudinal study, the relative impact of intracranial hemorrhage and prolonged mechanical ventilation on developmental progress during the first 18 months of life of infants weighing 1,200 g or less at birth was examined. A total of 159 surviving infants were divided into two groups: infants wit...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Bozynski ME,Nelson MN,Matalon TA,O'Donnell KJ,Naughton PM,Vasan U,Meier WA,Ploughman L

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the efficacy and safety of vitamin E in preventing retinopathy of prematurity, 287 infants with birth weights of less than 1.5 kg or gestational ages of less than 33 weeks were enrolled within 24 hours of birth in a randomized, double-masked trial of IV, followed by oral, placebo v tocopherol (adjusted to plas...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Phelps DL,Rosenbaum AL,Isenberg SJ,Leake RD,Dorey FJ

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of bone scans of 381 children with unexplained skeletal pain was made. Of these, findings are reported on 358 for whom there were sufficient clinical data. The bone scan results suggested trauma as the cause of pain in 43 patients, inflammatory disease in 73 patients, and neoplasia in ten pati...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： ter Meulen DC,Majd M

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumatic otoscopy was performed on 81 healthy full-term babies during the first 72 hours of life and at routine well-baby follow-up visits. Only 14 of 115 (12%) of the eardrums visualized during the first three days of life moved briskly to insufflation as compared with 29 of 65 (44%) and 50 of 71 (71%) by 3 weeks an...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Cavanaugh RM Jr

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1984, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred at a school with 1,860 students in Brooklyn, NY. In a single-stage cluster sample of 375 students, 129 (34%) had illnesses that met our case definition of vomiting or diarrhea. The mean incubation period was 26 hours, and the mean illness duration was 24 hours. All case...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Guest C,Spitalny KC,Madore HP,Pray K,Dolin R,Herrmann JE,Blacklow NR

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8 1/2-year-old girl presented with a long history of seizures, growth retardation, muscle weakness, gait disturbance, and hearing loss. Her evaluation revealed chronic moderate renal failure (serum creatinine 2.2 mg/dL), severe hypocalcemia (5 mg/dL), hyperphosphatemia (8.1 mg/dL), hypomagnesemia (1.5 mg/dL), incre...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Zelikovic I,Dabbagh S,Friedman AL,Goelzer ML,Chesney RW

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The b-CAPSA I capsular polysaccharide vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type b was given to 87,541 children 2 through 5 years of age in the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, and the children were then followed using a multiple modality surveillance. Phase 1 consisted of 24-hour recall of immediate side effects ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Black SB,Shinefield HR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of a persistently elevated caffeine half-life observed in a breast-fed infant during caffeine maintenance therapy, we conducted this prospective longitudinal study in two groups of infants (five exclusively breast-fed and 12 formula-fed). After 46 weeks' postconceptional age, all five breast-fed infants had a ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Le Guennec JC,Billon B

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on the levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and subfractions in 102 adolescent twin pairs and their parents are presented. Children with a family history of premature cardiovascular death had lower levels of HDL2-C than did those without such a history. White girls reporting a high level of phys...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Bodurtha JN,Schieken R,Segrest J,Nance WE

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Servocontrol of skin temperature for the critically ill premature neonate nursed on a radiant warmer bed has been assumed to be analogous to skin temperature control for infants nursed in convection-warmed incubators. There are significant differences between these two warming techniques, and no definitive data exist ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Malin SW,Baumgart S

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case history of a baby with neonatal pemphigus vulgaris is presented. This is the 13th case of pemphigus vulgaris during pregnancy reported in the literature. The correlations between the clinical, histologic, and immunofluorescent findings are discussed and a review of all previously reported cases is presented. ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Merlob P,Metzker A,Hazaz B,Rogovin H,Reisner SH

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00