abstract：:Between December 1980 and November 1984, the acute episode was studied prospectively in 187 children under 14 years presenting with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. The mean annual incidence was 19.5/10(5) children. The disease was mainly pharyngitis-associated and occurred throughout the year but peaked in...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Khuffash FA,Sharda DC,Majeed HA

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty children with acute otitis media (AOM) were prospectively studied to determine the correlation and clinical usefulness of nasopharyngeal (NP), conjunctival (CONJ), and middle ear fluid (MEF) cultures. NP cultures correlated more accurately with MEF (p less than 0.01) than did CONJ cultures (p less than 0.05) fo...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Groothuis JR,Thompson J,Wright PF

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight growth hormone (hGH) deficient adults who had received long-term hGH therapy and their families were contacted to assess their past and current status regarding peer relationships, educational and vocational achievements, and self-concepts. Both heterosexual and same-sex peer relationships were reported as...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Mitchell CM,Joyce S,Johanson AJ,Libber S,Plotnick L,Migeon CJ,Blizzard RM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old girl with sickle cell disease was admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of the acute chest syndrome. The laboratory findings and the radionuclear lung scan supported a diagnosis of pulmonary infarction rather than pneumonia. She improved with intravenous fluids, oxygen, penicillin, and theophylline....

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Babiker MA,Obeid HA,Ashong EF

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of fulminant septicemia and meningitis in children. Only limited reports of mild disease associated with this organism exist. In this study, we describe eight children, ages 2.5-19 months, with mild meningococcal disease and characterize the meningococcal isolates from some...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Edwards KM,Jones LM,Stephens DS

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential to the management of the sick, low birth weight infant is maintenance of a neutral thermal environment by use of convection incubators and radiant warmers. Manipulation of the infant in preparation for transfusion and the transfusion of cold blood could theoretically lower the infant's body temperature, subs...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Luban NL,Mikesell G,Sacher RA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four children with isolated, persistent elevations of serum transaminases were investigated for hepatic disease and followed for 4 to 24 months before serum creatine kinase determinations were obtained and found to be markedly elevated. Evidence of muscle disease was obtained by close questioning, retrospectively, and...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Rutledge J,Andersen J,Fink CW,Cook J,Strickland A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety low socioeconomic adolescent females (aged 16-22 years, means 18.6 years) were screened for rubella immunity using a rubella IgG enzyme immunoassay. Data concerning past immunizations (with documentation, if possible), prior rubella disease, and previous pregnancies were gathered through direct interviews. Resu...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Cohen ZB,Rice LI,Felice ME

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary tract is a common site of infection in the hospitalized, institutionalized, or ambulatory patient population. Ideally, urine should be cultured immediately or refrigerated up to 24 hours for quantitative examination for microorganisms. In the evaluation of patients at their homes or in long-term care facil...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Goodman LJ,Kaplan RL,Landau W,Jung E,Barrett JE,Levin S,Harris AA

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presenting characteristics, long-term outcome, and techniques used in the diagnosis of 143 infants with suspected biliary obstruction are reviewed. Sixty-nine patients had surgically confirmed extrahepatic disease and 74 had intrahepatic disorders. A disproportionate number of infants with intrahepatic disease were bo...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Ferry GD,Selby ML,Udall J,Finegold M,Nichols B

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with Mycobacterium marinum are uncommon in children but should be considered by a physician confronted with chronic, poorly healing skin lesions. A case of such an infection in a 4-year-old child is presented. Presenting signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, and treatment of these infections are discu...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Fragoso MA,Murray DL

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adolescent female with occult cystic medial necrosis died following spontaneous aortic rupture. A large saccular aortic aneurysm that had ruptured into the pericardial space was demonstrated by two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed at surgery. Echocardiographic screening of the patient's family members rev...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Schaffer MS,Nouri S,Chen SC,Waggoner AD,Pennington DG,Monteleone PL

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1979 and 1981, 22 children with osteomyelitis and/or septic arthritis were hospitalized at Soroka University Hospital. Streptococcus pneumoniae was cultured in five of the children, four of whom were under 2 years of age. In four other children under 2 years of age, Haemophilus influenzae was cultured. Staphyl...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Hadari I,Dagan R,Gedalia A,Jeanine N,Moses S

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum IgG, IgM, and IgA were measured in 316 infants younger than 12 months of age. Information including the child's race, sex, age, and past history of infections or atopy was collected. Birth records were also reviewed to ascertain the child's birthweight and gestational age. Serum IgG levels were higher in black i...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Fosarelli P,Winkelstein J,DeAngelis C,Mellits ED

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case report of an accidental automobile carbon monoxide poisoning, we identify the following risk factors: freezing temperature, young passenger age, location in the rear of the auto, smaller patient mass, and auto disrepair. The pathogenesis of carbon monoxide poisoning is reviewed. Emergency treatment and su...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Zeller WP,Miele A,Suarez C,Hannigan J,Hurley RM

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computerized screening system for growth disorders is presented. Its aim is to save time and to facilitate the decision of whether a patient with a suspected growth problem should be referred for specialized evaluation. It uses accepted methods and common sense, and has been shown to be effective. A radiography of t...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Zachmann M,Nessi P

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the years 1976 through 1980, 118 children with osteomyelitis were seen at our hospital, an incidence of almost 24 cases per year. Twenty-eight of these had sickle cell disease. Males were more commonly affected than females, with a ratio of 2.1 to 1, and bones of the lower extremities were more commonly involve...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Okoroma EO,Agbo DC

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and ten full-term newborns were treated with integral phototherapy (IP) in the first week of life for hyperbilirubinemia (peak bilirubin concentration, 19.5 +/- 2.8 mg/dl). IP was provided by an apparatus which irradiated the infants over the entire skin surface with four visible blue light lamps placed ar...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Granati B,Largajolli G,Rubaltelli FF,Pollazzon P,Bottos M,Sartori E

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We administered a questionnaire to determine changes in parental use and administration of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs after cyanide-laced Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules caused the deaths of at least seven people in Illinois in 1982. Three hundred area parents were studied and divided into three equally sized groups...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Dershewitz RA,Levin GS

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-nourished, previously healthy, 9-month-old baby died of herpes simplex virus infection of the lower respiratory tract, without apparent dissemination. The herpetic disease followed bacterial pneumonitis for which the patient had had tracheal intubation. ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Sofer S,Pagtakhan RD,Hoogstratten J

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute splenic sequestration crisis ( ASSC ), a common complication in homozygous sickle cell anemia, has been described infrequently in sickle-hemoglobin C (SC) disease in the absence of high altitude exposure. In this report, we describe three children with hemoglobin SC disease who developed episodes of ASSC that we...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Andrews J,Buchanan GR

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant exposed in utero to valproic acid was born with multiple congenital malformations, including duodenal atresia, lumbar vertebral fusion, thoracolumbar scoliosis, renal abnormalities, diastasis recti abdominis, depigmentation of the eyebrows, and a large hemangioma. The child had neonatal hyperbilirubinemia an...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Bantz EW

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1045 children admitted with gastroenteritis over a 12-month period and studied retrospectively, serum sodium level was tested in 802. Sixty patients (7.5%) had hypernatremic dehydration (HD). The peak incidence of HD, the highest serum sodium levels, and the worst outcome were all encountered in infants under the a...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Khuffash FA,Majeed HA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are relatively common, but isolated chorea as the initial manifestation of SLE is very rare. We report a 10-year-old girl presenting with chorea, who developed clinical and laboratory findings of SLE 10 months after the onset of chorea. In this case, mil...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Arisaka O,Obinata K,Sasaki H,Arisaka M,Kaneko K

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of anorexia nervosa is increasing in adolescents. The pediatrician caring for teenagers is often the first professional confronted with the early signs and symptoms of this disorder. Clinical features and available literature on the psychological, nutritional, and family disorganization found in patients...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Golden N,Sacker IM

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefotaxime, a third generation cephalosporin antibiotic, was evaluated in 26 infants and children for the treatment of documented or suspected bacterial infections, including pneumonia (10 cases), soft tissue skin infection (13 cases), and urinary tract infection (3 cases). An average daily dose of 60 mg/kg in 3 to 4 ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Varghese M,Khan AJ,Kumar K,Schaeffer HA,Pierro M,Evans HE

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants with extracardiac anomalies or malformation syndromes frequently have associated cardiovascular malformations. Knowledge of these predictable patterns of associations allow rapid diagnosis and treatment of these infants. ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Greenwood RD

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 133 asthmatic children in the emergency room who were aged 4 to 17 years and who were not receiving ongoing training in pulmonary function testing, to determine whether spirometry correlated with the outcome of the emergency treatment of the acute attack and with relapse during the next four days. A clinica...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Silver RB,Ginsburg CM

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of calipers to measure skinfolds have been compared in adults, but the same type of comparison has not been done in a pediatric population who generally would have smaller skinfolds. Biceps and triceps skinfold measurements were made in 240 pediatric patients ranging in age from 2 weeks to 18 years. Skinfold...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Jung E,Kaufman JJ,Narins DC,Kaufman GE

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physical and psychological changes of pseudocyesis have bewildered physicians since the time of Hippocrates. We present the case of a 14-year-old girl as a reminder that pseudocyesis needs to be considered in adolescents and that the diagnosis may not be obvious, even with current technologies. We document that ga...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Rosenberg HK,Coleman BG,Croop J,Granowetter L,Evans AE

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1981, we treated 20 infants, less than 24 months old, for nontyphoid Salmonella (NTSal) gastroenteritis (GE). Blood cultures were obtained in 17 cases, and Salmonella bacteremia was demonstrated in 8 (47%). Of the 13 children 3 to 24 months of age, 7 (54%) had positive blood cultures. One child (8 months old) a...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Raucher HS,Eichenfield AH,Hodes HL

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for exchange transfusion was analyzed retrospectively using several different methods (total bilirubin binding capacity, birth weight, plasma protein level, and two published charts). These predictive methods were applied to 175 jaundiced infants for whom all the data were available and to 19 infants who were...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Robertson AF,Karp WB,Davis HC,Catterton WZ,Bunyapen C

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia is a common problem in infancy and childhood. Past treatment has included digitalis and nonselective beta blockers (propranolol). We describe a new mode of therapy with a cardioselective beta blocker (metoprolol) that may be of use in patients resistant to standard therapy. ...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Hepner SI,Davoli E

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common presenting problem of children in pediatric practice is the constellation of symptoms involving difficulty in completing assignments, trouble with written work, and organizational problems. Typically, these children do not have difficulty with reading but show problems with academic achievement. We have recen...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Siegel LS,Feldman W

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric referral is an important aspect of clinical pediatric practice. This paper discusses referral to a family-oriented psychiatrist of difficult families with children who have an acute or chronic psychosomatic complaint. It is the responsibility of primary care physicians to develop facility in making psychia...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Hodas GR,Honig PJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pediatrician must observe and assess a variety of emotional disorders in children, many of which seem related to adverse parental attitudes and actions. It is important for the pediatrician to appreciate the judicial system's constraints in defining psychological abuse so that, when appropriate, legal intervention...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Yates A

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated pediatrician-parent communication by content, analyzing medical encounters in a setting providing continuity of care. Thirty-eight encounters between middle class families and three senior pediatricians were audio-taped, transcribed, and analyzed for content. The categories of medical communica...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Arntson PH,Philipsborn HF

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An eight-year-old boy developed staphylococcal endocarditis. He was treated initially with nafcillin and gentamicin, but he remained febrile. The minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of nafcillin was 130 times the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). Following the addition of rifampin to the antibiotic regimen,...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： McMillan JA,Weiner LB

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children with pyogenic liver abscess were admitted to Institute of Child Health, Kabul during the period 1978 to 1980. All patients were males, and their ages ranged from 4 to 10 years. The clinical picture was characterized by fever, upper abdominal pain, enlarged tender liver with raised right dome of the diaph...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Arya LS,Ghani R,Abdali S,Singh M

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with selective IgA deficiency, the most common primary immunodeficiency, occasionally may undergo spontaneous recovery. In this paper we present three additional children whose IgA levels spontaneously returned to normal. All three presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, and one child also had frequent uppe...

journal_title：Clinical pediatrics

authors： Blum PM,Hong R,Stiehm ER

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00