abstract：:Clostridium difficile was isolated from the feces of two infants who had developed watery diarrhea with blood-tinged stain. One child suffered from diarrhea after five days of parenteral oxacillin therapy; the diarrhea subsided within three days of cessation of therapy. The other infant developed diarrhea following fo...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Brook I

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of 233 cases of childhood strangulation was made to determine injury epidemiology. Consistent patterns of injury were observed. Crib and playground equipment strangulations are already the subject of Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) preventative regulations. High chair-, playpen mesh-, pacifier cord-...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Feldman KW,Simms RJ

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with cystic fibrosis are known to have pancreatic disorganization with associated pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. Endocrine hormonal secretion is also affected but diminution in insulin secretion is rarely accompanied by overt diabetes. We studied seven patients with cystic fibrosis to determine their carb...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lippe BM,Kaplan SA,Neufeld ND,Smith A,Scott M

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that the parents and siblings of children with nephrotic syndrome are more likely to develop psychosocial problems than those of healthy children was tested. Seventy-nine siblings from 36 such families were compared with 79 healthy children from closely matched families using interviews, parent rating s...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Vance JC,Fazan LE,Satterwhite B,Pless IB

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two instances of metopic craniosynostosis provide dramatic experiments of nature which implicate fetal head constraint as one cause of early sutural fusion. The presumed restriction of growth stretch at the metopic suture in one instance was due to a bicornuate uterus in which the fetal head was markedly constrained. ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Graham JM Jr,Smith DW

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective record review was used to examine utilization of a pediatric walk-in clinic available to an entire urban community and to evaluate the effectiveness of follow-up care for a sample of the users of this facility who receive their regular pediatric care at a local comprehensive child health center. Result...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Weitzman M,Moomaw MS,Messenger KP

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen children with rheumatic diseases refractory to standard treatment were given repeated large "pulses" of corticosteroid therapy. The pulses consisted of four repeated doses of 500 mg of hydrocortisone given intravenously over 20 to 30 minutes at six-hour intervals or of single intravenous injections of 30 mg/k...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Miller JJ 3rd

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperphenylalaninemia due to dihydropteridine reductase deficiency results from the inability to maintain the aromatic amino acid hydroxylase cofactor, tetrahydrobiopterin, in its reduced or active form. Diagnosis of the disease is usually made by direct enzymatic assay on liver biopsies or in cultured skin fibroblast...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Milstien S,Kaufman S,Summer GK

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between maternal hypertensive disease of pregnancy (HDOP) and idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) was analyzed in 2,105 premature infants weighing between 1,000 and 2,199 gm and born between January 1968 and December 1975 at the Kings County Hospital Center and State University Hospital. H...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Yoon JJ,Kohl S,Harper RG

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aldosteronism resulting from an adrenal adenoma is rare in children. An 8 1/2-year-old girl was found to have hypertension and spontaneous hypokalemia, both detected as incidental findings. Subsequent investigations revealed inappropriately elevated levels of plasma and urinary aldosterone with suppressed plas...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Ganguly A,Bergstein J,Grim CE,Yum MN,Weinberger MH

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperammonemia with coma, tachypnea, and respiratory alkalosis developed in a 3-year-old boy with prune"-belly syndrome during a urinary tract infection with Proteus mirabilis. Hyperammonemia is thought to have resulted from the production within the massively dilated urinary tract of excessive amounts of ammonia due ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Samtoy B,DeBeukelaer MM

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cardiomegaly with unilateral pulmonary edema is presented. The predisposing etiologies were severe hypoglycemia and a hypertonic glucose infusion into a branch of the left lower lobe pulmonary vein. Resolution resulted following maintenance of adequate glucose levels, vigorous cardiopulmonary support, and re...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Kerkering KW,Robertson LW,Kodroff MB,Mueller DG,Kirkpatrick BV

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In summary: (1) Colestipol therapy plus diet reduced total cholesterol 19 +/- 3% in 11 hypercholesterolemic children after two months and 13 +/- 5% after two years in five children. (2) Diet therapy did not significantly reduce serum concentration of any of the fat-soluble vitamins or folate. (3) During 24 months of c...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Schwarz KB,Goldstein PD,Witztum JL,Schonfeld G

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localized abscess formation is a rare but previously described manifestation of Haemophilus influenzae infection. A majority of the reported cases were caused by nontypeable strains of H influenzae. We report a case of an extensive subscapular abscess due to beta-lactamase-negative H influenzae type B. This, to our kn...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： San Joaquin VH,Kimball JB

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview is presented of the major methods of contraception available to the sexually active adolescent. Emphasis is given to the combined birth control pill, while the literature describing absolute and relative contraindications to oral contraception is reviewed. It is noted that adolescents with chronic illness ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Greydanus DE,McAnarney ER

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 121 children with vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) grades 1 to 3 managed conservatively were followed-up for a period of six to ten years. In the majority of patients VUR grades 1 and 2 disappeared spontaneously. Prognosis was less favorable in those who were seen initially with grade 3 VUR. A statistically sign...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Aladjem M,Boichis H,Hertz M,Herzfeld S,Raviv U

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about 261 cases of Kawasaki disease (KD) was reported to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) between July 1976 and July 1978. KD occurred at all times of the year in young, previously healthy children throughout the United States. KD was more common in infants and toddlers, males, and Asian and part-Asian...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Morens DM,Anderson LJ,Hurwitz ES

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children with renal disease, hypertension, and the Cockayne syndrome were evaluated. All patients had severe hypertension; peripheral vein renin was elevated in two patients. Renal biopsy specimens from two patients were studied by light microscopy, electron microscopy, and immunofluoresence. Immunohistologic st...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Higginbottom MC,Griswold WR,Jones KL,Vasquez MD,Mendoza SA,Wilson CB

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of antimicrobial drugs was studied among 933 randomly selected infants and children who were hospitalized in 20 short-stay general hospitals in Pennsylvania. Twenty-two percent of pediatric patients received antimicrobial drugs: 5% of neonates and 57% of patients aged 12 to 18 months. Sixty-eight percent of th...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Townsend TR,Shapiro M,Rosner B,Kass EH

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two noninvasive methods of localizing the site of urinary tract infection, urinary lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzymes and antibody coating of bacteria in the urinary sediment, have been prospectively compared with the bladder washout technique in a series of children with urinary tract infection. Fifteen children h...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Lorentz WB Jr,Resnick MI

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system are critical elements in host defense. They are essential to many specific immune processes in addition to their well-recognized role in nonspecific resistance. In this report we describe studies of the influence of the maturation of this system of cells on the capacity of...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Blaese RM,Poplack DG,Muchmore AV

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two premature infants less than 2,000 gm birth weight received parenteral nutrition (PN) during periods of respiratory distress with feeding intolerance. Intrahepatic cholestasis (direct bilirubin greater than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl) associated with PN developed in 14 or 23% of these infants. The mean time on PN ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Beale EF,Nelson RM,Bucciarelli RL,Donnelly WH,Eitzman DV

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve infants with severe perinatal asphyxia were found to have elevated blood ammonia levels (302 to 960 microgram/100 ml). In the seven survivors, hyperammonemia was associated with CNS irritability, hyperthermia, hypertension, and wide neonatal heart rate oscillations. Follow-up examinations revealed severe neurol...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Goldberg RN,Cabal LA,Sinatra FR,Plajstek CE,Hodgman JE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital with Haemophilus influenzae meningitis. On the second hospital day a heart murmur heard on admission seemed louder. No signs of congestive heart failure were present. An echocardiogram demonstrated a persistent echo-dense mass behind the anterior leaflet of the mitral valv...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Laird WP,Nelson JD,Weinberg AG,Huffines FD

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight consecutive children with recurrent abdominal pain underwent lactose tolerance tests; 28 of these were also given sucrose tolerance tests. Abdominal pain and abnormal lactose tolerance tests were noted in 11 of 38, while none of the 28 had an abnormal sucrose tolerance test; however, 1 had abdominal pain....

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Liebman WM

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the literature on possible growth-suppressing effects of stimulant medications in the long-term treatment of children with the hyperkinetic behavior syndrome. The evidence clearly indicates a temporary retardation in the rate of growth in weight and suggests a temporary slowing of growth in statur...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Roche AF,Lipman RS,Overall JE,Hung W

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Height, weight, and head circumference data up to age 4 years are reported for 124 children with phenylketonuria (PKU) who had been started on diet management before 4 months (121 days) of age and who were participating in the Collaborative Study of Children Treated for Phenylketonuria. Growth measurements of both the...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Holm VA,Kronmal RA,Williamson M,Roche AF

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular arrhythmia in the perinatal period is observed with greater frequency than reported in the literature. Four cases from the authors' experience and an analysis of the literature are presented. Of the total of 45 cases, nine were detected in utero, three persisted beyond the neonatal period, and two resulted...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Stevens DC,Schreiner RL,Hurwitz RA,Gresham EL

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11-year-old boy had clinical signs of an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction. On echocardiography, a left atrial myxoma was demonstrated. Coronary artery embolization from myxoma was confirmed by selective coronary arteriography. The tumor was removed 12 days after acute coronary embolization. The clinical va...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Tanabe J,Williams RL,Diethrich EB

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study examined adaptive trends in cognitive development among individuals with familial dysautonomia and sought to establish new base rates of intelligence for the dysautonomic population. Fifty-two subjects, aged 6 to 28 years, were administered the Wechsler scales of intelligence. The results indicate that there...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Welton W,Clayson D,Axelrod FB,Levine DB

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The courses of 18 children born to 13 chronic hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier mothers were followed prospectively for serological and biochemical evidence of type B hepatitis. Three children developed transient HBsAg positivity accompanied by the appearance of antibody to the hepatitis B core antigen. Two ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Papaevangelou G,Hoofnagle JH

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ganglioneuroblastoma developed in a 35-month-old boy with both the fetal hydantoin and fetal alcohol syndromes. Our case, plus two recent reports in the literature, would very likely establish the relationship between fetal hydantoin syndrome and the development of neural crest tumors. Infants exposed in utero to hy...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Seeler RA,Israel JN,Royal JE,Kaye CI,Rao S,Abulaban M

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human breast milk samples were collected from lactating mothers, and aliquots were maintained at room temperature, frozen, and pasteurized. Samples were inoculated with 10 to 50 colony-forming units per milliliter (cfu/ml) of Escherichia coli or group B streptococcus, and incubated at 37 C. Quantitative growth was mea...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Hernandez J,Lemons P,Lemons J,Todd J

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of a system of primary pediatric care on emergency room use in a municipal hospital was measured by comparing that use in two randomly selected populations. The population that was offered participation in a primary care program consistently used the emergency room less than did the control group. Analysis ...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Paneth N,Bell D,Stein RE

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three groups of 30 Greek neonates each (an adoptive group from the Metera orphanage, a lower-class group, and a middle-class group) were evaluated at days 1, 5, and 10 after birth using a behavioral scale of 21 items and a neurologic evaluation of 16 items. Behaviors were examined for group differences and group-by-ag...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Brazelton TB,Tryphonopoulou Y,Lester BM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence polarization of 116 amniotic fluid specimens obtained from 22 isoimmunized pregnant women was determined. The degree of fluorescence polarization of amniotic fluid provides an index of microvisocity in lipid aggregates that is dependent on the lecithin-to-sphingomyelin ratio and the degree of saturati...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Stark RI,Blumenfeld TA,George JD,Freda VJ,James LS

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of persistent blood pressure elevations in an eighth-grade population composed of three ethnic groups, and to determine the feasibility of using school health facilities for hypertension screening. Blood pressure was recorded in 10,641 subjects (90% of the tota...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Fixler DE,Laird WP,Fitzgerald V,Stead S,Adams R

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hypercalcemia with decreased renal function, hypertension, and renal calcifications developed in a 14-year-old boy who required prolonged immobilization for multiple fractures. Parathyroid hormone was not detectable in the serum. Urinary calcium excretion was high. Initially, mobilization was impossible and the...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Conley SB,Shackelford GD,Robson AM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-month-old boy with juvenile chronic granulocytic leukemia was treated intensively with hydroxyurea, dimethyl myleran, cyclophosphamide, and total body irradiation. He then received a marrow transplant from an HL-A matched brother. Thirty-two months after the transplantation, he is hematologically normal and remai...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Sanders JE,Buckner CD,Stewart P,Thomas ED

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute acetaminophen intoxication was studied in the dog to characterize pathogenesis and in the mouse as a model for antidotal research. In the dog, overt toxicity was manifested principally by cyanosis, facial and paw edema, gastrointestinal disturbance, and coma. Typical laboratory findings were methemoglobinemia, h...

journal_title：Pediatrics

authors： Piperno E,Mosher AH,Berssenbruegge DA,Winkler JD,Smith RB

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00