abstract：BACKGROUND:Deficiencies in phagocytosis may contribute to the increased susceptibility of infants to early life infections. Data on phagocytosis of the major neonatal pathogens Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE), Staphylococcus aureus (SA), and Escherichia coli (EC) by preterm infant leukocytes are inconsistent. METHODS:...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Prosser A,Hibbert J,Strunk T,Kok CH,Simmer K,Richmond P,Burgner D,Currie A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heterozygous ATP-binding-cassette subfamily A member 3 (ABCA3) mutations are associated with neonatal respiratory complications. In an adult murine model, we investigated whether Abca3 haploinsufficiency is a predisposing factor for lung injury induced by hyperoxia or mechanical ventilation. METHODS:Abca3 h...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Herber-Jonat S,Mittal R,Huppmann M,Hammel M,Liebisch G,Yildirim AÖ,Eickelberg O,Schmitz G,Hrabé de Angelis M,Flemmer AW,Holzinger A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to examine in detail levels and patterns of physical activity in preschool children and the effects of gender and BMI on this activity. METHODS:Two hundred and fifty-three children aged 5 y participating in the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood wore an accelerom...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Brasholt M,Chawes B,Kreiner-Møller E,Vahlkvist S,Sinding M,Bisgaard H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using a large population-based sample, this study aims to verify whether televiewing at 29 mo, a common early childhood pastime, is prospectively associated with school readiness at 65 mo. METHODS:Participants are a prospective longitudinal cohort of 991 girls and 1,006 boys from the Quebec Longitudinal Stu...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Pagani LS,Fitzpatrick C,Barnett TA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is a rare genetic autoinflammatory disease caused by blocking of the enzyme mevalonate kinase in the pathway of cholesterol and isoprenoids. The pathogenic mechanism originating an immune response in MKD patients has not been clearly understood. METHODS:We investigated the...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Marcuzzi A,Zanin V,Kleiner G,Monasta L,Crovella S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuous and intermittent bolus orogastric feedings are strategies used in infants unable to tolerate normal feeds. METHODS:To determine the effects of feeding modality on protein synthesis in different tissues, neonatal pigs received a balanced formula by orogastric tube as an intermittent bolus feed eve...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： El-Kadi SW,Gazzaneo MC,Suryawan A,Orellana RA,Torrazza RM,Srivastava N,Kimball SR,Nguyen HV,Fiorotto ML,Davis TA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously demonstrated that the proliferative response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMCs) is negatively correlated with the induced expression of interleukin (IL)-4. Our aim, therefore, was to examine whether an impaired cellular response to LPS in infancy is associated w...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Goldberg MR,Elizur A,Luknar-Gabor N,Koch P,Tovbin J,Katz Y

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Animal models have shown that insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) may mediate protein-induced kidney growth. Our aim was to analyze the effect of IGF-I on protein-induced kidney growth in healthy infants. METHODS:This is a secondary analysis of a randomized trial that compared growth of infants fed with a ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Luque V,Escribano J,Grote V,Ferre N,Koletzko B,Gruszfeld D,Socha P,Langhendries JP,Goyens P,Closa-Monasterolo R,European Childhood Obesity Project.

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrauterine inflammation adversely affects cardiopulmonary, systemic, and cerebral hemodynamics in preterm neonates, but its impact on responses to endotracheal tube (ETT) suction, known to affect hemodynamics, is unknown. We hypothesized that intrauterine inflammation would alter the cardiopulmonary and ce...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Galinsky R,Moss TJ,Polglase GR,Hooper SB

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is an important cause of morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the preventive effect of cytidine 5'-diphosphocholine (CDP-choline) treatment on hyperoxic lung injury in a neonatal rat model. METHODS:A total of 30 newborn pups were divided into control, hyperoxia, ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cetinkaya M,Cansev M,Kafa IM,Tayman C,Cekmez F,Canpolat FE,Tunc T,Sarici SU

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-bowel syndrome (SBS) is the most common cause of neonatal intestinal failure. Recovery requires intestinal adaptation, dependent on enteral nutrition (EN) and growth factors such as glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2), which is secreted from L cells in the ileum. Neonatal SBS often results in loss of ileum...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hua Z,Turner JM,Sigalet DL,Wizzard PR,Nation PN,Mager DR,Ball RO,Pencharz PB,Wales PW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aminoglycoside exposure is a common cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). Delay in the diagnosis of AKI using conventional biomarkers has been one of the important obstacles in applying early effective interventions. We tested the hypothesis that urinary metabolomics could identify novel early biomarkers for t...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hanna MH,Segar JL,Teesch LM,Kasper DC,Schaefer FS,Brophy PD

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive impairment has been documented in adult diabetes but is unclear in pediatric diabetes. No study had been conducted to explore the relationship between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and diabetes. Using a population-based data set, we aimed to examine the association between ADHD an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chen HJ,Lee YJ,Yeh GC,Lin HC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine whether small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants born very prematurely had increased respiratory morbidity in the neonatal period and at follow-up. METHODS:Data were examined from infants recruited into the United Kingdom Oscillation Study (UKOS). Of the 797 infants who...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Peacock JL,Lo JW,D'Costa W,Calvert S,Marlow N,Greenough A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infantile hemangioma (IH) is the most frequent vascular tumor of early childhood. Recently, propranolol, a nonselective β1- and β2-adrenoceptor inhibitor, was introduced into the therapy of severe proliferating IH with excellent results. However, the underlying mechanism of action of propranolol is still unc...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Rössler J,Haubold M,Gilsbach R,Jüttner E,Schmitt D,Niemeyer CM,Hein L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined the extent of fetal lung hypoplasia and lung maturation using the amniotic lamellar body count (LBC) in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). METHODS:We obtained 30 amniotic fluid samples from human CDH cases during cesarean section. We assessed LBC, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultras...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Watanabe Y,Tsuda H,Kotani T,Sumigama S,Mano Y,Hayakawa M,Sato Y,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to determine the prevalence of respiratory pathogens among newborns admitted to a neonatal medium care unit (NMCU) and to identify clinical predictors. METHODS:A 1-y observational study was performed of neonates admitted to an NMCU in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Nasopharyngeal samples were ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Smit PM,Pronk SM,Kaandorp JC,Weijer O,Lauw FN,Smits PH,Claas EC,Mulder JW,Beijnen JH,Brandjes DP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) is an important cause of late-onset sepsis in neonates. SE frequently produces a polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) biofilm, important in the pathogenesis of these infections. Little is known about how the neonatal innate immune system reacts to SE biofilm-associated i...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Granslo HN,Klingenberg C,Fredheim EA,Acharya G,Mollnes TE,Flægstad T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current tools to predict the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection might be improved by including immunological parameters. We hypothesized that a combination of inflammatory markers would differentiate between severe and mild disease in RSV-infected children. METHODS:Blood and nasopharyng...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Brand HK,Ferwerda G,Preijers F,de Groot R,Neeleman C,Staal FJ,Warris A,Hermans PW

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal seizures can result in chronic epilepsy and long-term behavioral and cognitive deficits. Levetiracetam (LEV), an antiepileptic drug that binds to the synaptic vesicle protein 2A (SV2A), has been increasingly used off-label for the therapy of neonatal seizures. Preclinical data regarding the acute or...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Talos DM,Chang M,Kosaras B,Fitzgerald E,Murphy A,Folkerth RD,Jensen FE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term prefrontal cortex (PFC)- and hippocampus-based cognitive deficits are the sequelae of perinatal iron deficiency, despite iron supplementation starting in the newborn period. Whether high-dose iron supplementation prevents these deficits is yet to be determined. METHODS:Perinatal iron deficiency wa...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Rao R,Tkac I,Unger EL,Ennis K,Hurst A,Schallert T,Connor J,Felt B,Georgieff MK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk factors for diastolic dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are poorly understood. We investigated the association of variants in hypoxia-response genes with phenotype severity in pediatric HCM. METHODS:A total of 80 unrelated patients <21 y and 14 related members from eight families with HC...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Alkon J,Friedberg MK,Manlhiot C,Manickaraj AK,Kinnear C,McCrindle BW,Benson LN,Addonizio LJ,Colan SD,Mital S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) has been linked to heart disease in adulthood. Hence the IUGR heart is likely to be vulnerable to diabetic heart disease. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of induction of type 1 diabetes on myocardial collagen deposition and cardiac function in adult rats...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lim K,Lombardo P,Schneider-Kolsky M,Black MJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of birth location on hypothermia-related outcomes has not been rigorously examined in the literature. In this study, we determined whether birth location had an impact on the benefits of whole-body cooling to 33.5 °C for 72 h in term infants (n = 208) with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) who...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Natarajan G,Pappas A,Shankaran S,Laptook AR,Walsh M,McDonald SA,Ehrenkranz RA,Tyson JE,Goldberg RN,Bara R,Higgins RD,Das A,Munoz B

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fetal hypoxia-ischemia (H-I) results in significant morbidity and mortality. Little is known about the timing of death in human stillbirths. The vulnerability of the fetus varies with age at the time of insult, but it is unknown what happens to the timing of fetal death in relation to a fetal insult. We aske...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Derrick M,Englof I,Drobyshevsky A,Luo K,Yu L,Tan S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dietary fish oil (FO) was reported to lower fecal fat excretion in a weanling rat model of short bowel syndrome (SBS) after ileocecal resection (ICR), and to induce changes in secretion and synthesis of bile acid (BA) in adults. We hypothesized that dietary FO, as compared with corn oil (CO), increases int...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Yang Q,Lan T,Chen Y,Dawson PA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In preterm neonates, peroxides contaminating total parenteral nutrition (TPN) contribute to oxidative stress, which is suspected to be a strong inducer of hepatic complications related to prematurity. Recently, others reported that hexapeptides derived from human milk (HM) exerted free radical-scavenging a...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Miloudi K,Tsopmo A,Friel JK,Rouleau T,Comte B,Lavoie JC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Current advances in neonatology have improved survival among preterm and low-birth-weight infants. However, the risk of neonatal death in preterm infants is much greater than in full-term neonates and is frequently associated with infections. METHODS:Little is known about the immune status of preterm neon...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Correa-Rocha R,Pérez A,Lorente R,Ferrando-Martínez S,Leal M,Gurbindo D,Muñoz-Fernández MÁ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many trials of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been published in the past 5-6 y. MSCs inhibit T-cell alloreactivity in vitro by soluble factors and direct cell-to-cell contact. They are safe to infuse in humans with no acute toxicity and no ectopic tissue formation. Promising results of MSC infusion for graft-vs.-h...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Dalal J,Gandy K,Domen J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Very early preterm infants (VPIs) are exposed to unpredictable noise in neonatal intensive care units. Their ability to perceive moderate acoustic environmental changes has not been fully investigated. RESULTS:Physiological values of the 598 isolated sound peaks (SPs) that were 5-10 and 10-15 dB slow-resp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kuhn P,Zores C,Pebayle T,Hoeft A,Langlet C,Escande B,Astruc D,Dufour A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Corticosteroids have been widely used in clinical medicine as a first-line therapy to modify the inflammatory response in many pulmonary and systemic diseases. Inhaled and intratracheally administered corticosteroids have a particular interest in that their use allows the clinician to circumvent systemic s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zhang H,Wang YE,Neal CR,Zuo YY

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves 50% of infants and 25% of preschool-aged children in the United States and collects height and weight measurements from eligible children every 6 mo, making WIC data a valuable resource for studying childhood growth an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Crespi CM,Alfonso VH,Whaley SE,Wang MC

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Infection is a risk factor for adverse neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm newborns. Our objective was to characterize the association of postnatal infection with adverse microstructural and metabolic brain development in premature newborns. RESULTS:In 34/117 newborns studied, clinical signs were accomp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chau V,Brant R,Poskitt KJ,Tam EW,Synnes A,Miller SP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebral white-matter (WM) abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) correlate with neurodevelopmental disability in infants born prematurely. RESULTS:Quantitative histological measures of WM and ventricular volumes correlated with qualitative MRI scores of WM volume loss and ventriculomegaly. Dif...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Griffith JL,Shimony JS,Cousins SA,Rees SE,McCurnin DC,Inder TE,Neil JJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Coulter LH780 hematology analyzer can evaluate mean neutrophil volume (MNV), conductivity (MNC), scatter (MNS), and distribution width (DW). We sought to investigate the value of volume, conductivity, and scatter (VCS) parameters in diagnosis and treatment efficacy of neonatal sepsis. RESULTS:We obser...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Celik IH,Demirel G,Aksoy HT,Erdeve O,Tuncer E,Biyikli Z,Dilmen U

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To examine the immune-modulatory effects of probiotics during early infancy, Bifidobacterium breve M-16V (B. breve) was administered to rat pups during the newborn or weaning period, and the expression of inflammatory genes was investigated using a cDNA microarray and real-time PCR. RESULTS:After B. breve...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ohtsuka Y,Ikegami T,Izumi H,Namura M,Ikeda T,Ikuse T,Baba Y,Kudo T,Suzuki R,Shimizu T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LBW infants are at risk of iron deficiency (ID), which is associated with impaired nervous system development and may lead to prolonged auditory brainstem response (ABR) latencies. We hypothesized that iron supplementation shortens ABR latencies in marginally LBW (MLBW, 2000-2500 g) infants. In a randomized, controlle...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Berglund SK,Westrup B,Haraldsson E,Engström B,Domellöf M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies analyzing the immune responses in patients with cow's milk allergy (CMA) have used T-cell lines or T-cell clones that require prolonged in vitro cell culturing and may result in a switched cell phenotype and function. We investigated immune responses to beta-lactoglobulin (b-LG) in peripheral blood mon...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Vocca I,Canani RB,Camarca A,Ruotolo S,Nocerino R,Radano G,Del Mastro A,Troncone R,Gianfrani C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in infants associated with breast milk feeding is a common pediatric problem known as breast milk jaundice (BMJ). A polymorphic mutation (G71R) of bilirubin UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT1A1) is a known cause of BMJ on the infantile side, but the responsible components of br...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ota Y,Maruo Y,Matsui K,Mimura Y,Sato H,Takeuchi Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Near-infrared spectroscopy is a noninvasive method for monitoring brain oxygenation. The aim of the study was to investigate differences between cerebral oxygenation in different brain regions in newborns. In a prospective study, we monitored simultaneously left and right frontoparietal and temporo-occipital regional ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wijbenga RG,Lemmers PM,van Bel F

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00