abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the impact of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in invasive pneumococcal diseases in the United States, and to analyze the potential impact of this vaccine in Brazil. SOURCES OF DATA:MEDLINE, LILACS, Cochrane Database Reviews, as well as the websites of the Centers for Disease Control a...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Bricks LF,Berezin E

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of whole-cell pertussis vaccine has led to a significant decline in incidence of the disease among children. This change in the epidemiological profile led to an increased number of cases among teenagers and adults, as a result of loss of immunity to the disease or vaccine after approximately 10 year...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： de Carvalho AP,Pereira EM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the peak inspiratory pressure, tidal volume and respiratory rate achieved during manual ventilation of premature lambs, using a self-inflating bag. METHODS:In this descriptive, experimental study, five pairs of physicians, selected at random among 35 neonatologists working at a neonatal intensive...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Resende JG,Zaconeta CA,Ferreira AC,Silva CA,Rodrigues MP,Rebello CM,Tavares P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Meningococcal disease continues to be a serious public health concern, being associated with high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide, particularly in Brazil. In addition to discussing recent changes in the global epidemiology of meningococcal disease, we also analyze the development and impact of new con...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Sáfadi MA,Barros AP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the prevalence of children with adequate weight who feel fat and to examine the factors associated with this perception. METHODS:Cross-sectional study with 901 schoolchildren aged 8-11 years selected by cluster sampling. The children had their weight and height measured, and answered a questionnai...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Pinheiro AP,Giugliani ER

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pulmonary function in children and adolescents subjected to correction of rheumatic valve disease in order to quantify changes caused by factors inherent to surgery and rheumatic heart disease. METHODS:This was a longitudinal and quantitative intervention study, undertaken at a children's hospital ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Caséca MB,Andrade LB,Britto MC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to investigate what effect the ingestion of sardines, rich in omega-3 series polyunsaturated fatty acids, has on the composition of breastmilk. METHODS:This was a prospective study of 31 nursing mothers under observation at the Hospital Guilherme Alvaro. Each was given 2 kg of ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Patin RV,Vítolo MR,Valverde MA,Carvalho PO,Pastore GM,Lopez FA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To verify children's acceptance of nasal fiber optic examination in a school setting and to evaluate hypertrophy of adenoid vegetation and to determine its prevalence in this population. METHOD:A survey was performed of a representative (n = 368) sample of school age children at elementary school (aged 6 to ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Santos RS,Cipolotti R,D'Avila JS,Gurgel RQ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Plastic bronchitis is an unusual condition in children, associated with formation of mucofibrinous casts and mucous plugging of the tracheobronchial tree. Given that this illness is part of the differential diagnosis of acute respiratory failure, early treatment is important for improved prognosis. The aim of...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Veras TN,Lannes GM,Piva JP,Stein RT,Jones MH,Silva VD,Garcia PC,Pitrez PM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To warn pediatricians about the high prevalence of bullying among students, to raise their awareness about the importance of their action in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of possible damage to children s health and development, and about the necessity to instruct families and society on how to face...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Lopes Neto AA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study of Terena Indian children less than 10 years old was undertaken in order to compare weight and height in 1995 and 2002 and to evaluate anemia prevalence in 2002. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study of the Limão Verde and Córrego Seco tribes, located in Aquidauana, Mato Gosso do Sul, Brazil. T...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Morais MB,Alves GM,Fagundes-Neto U

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study bone density as a concomitant factor for obesity in post-pubertal adolescents, controlling for other variables that may interfere in such a relation. METHODS:Study comprising 83 overweight and obese adolescents (BMI > or = P85) and 89 non obese ones (P5 < or = BMI < or = P85). Cases and controls wer...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Cobayashi F,Lopes LA,Taddei JA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate compliance in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. METHOD:Compliance was assessed through specific interviews. RESULTS:A total of 73 patients who had concluded the maintenance phase of chemotherapy were enrolled on the study. Eighty-one percent of the interviews were conducted with the pa...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： de Oliveira BM,Viana MB,de Mattos Arruda L,Ybarra MI,Romanha AJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present a wide-ranging review of the literature on broncopulmonary dysplasia, covering new definitions, pathophysiology, prevention, treatment, prognosis and progression. SOURCES OF DATA:The most relevant articles published on the subject since it was first described in 1967 were selected from MEDLINE sea...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Monte LF,Silva Filho LV,Miyoshi MH,Rozov T

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the prevalence of iron deficiency in the population studied, as well as verifying if such deprivation is associated with vitamin A deficiency. METHODS:One hundred seventy-nine children, > or = 24 months and < 72 months of age, with no diarrhea and/or fever at collection were studied. Vitamin A d...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ferraz IS,Daneluzzi JC,Vannucchi H,Jordão AA Jr,Ricco RG,Del Ciampo LA,Martinelli CE Jr,Engelberg AA,Bonilha LR,Custódio VI

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the main causes of new bronchopulmonary dysplasia and the strategies utilized to decrease its incidence in extremely low birth weight infants. SOURCES OF DATA:For this review a MEDLINE search from 1966 to October 2004, the Cochrane Database, abstracts from the Society for Pediatric Research and rec...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Suguihara C,Lessa AC

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present, in an essay form, two distinct views on well-child care. METHODS:Using several different methods of historical analysis, the two most common views on well-child care are presented: the positivist one, whose foundation is essentially based upon historical facts, and that of social criticism, conce...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Bonilha LR,Rivorêdo CR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study epidemiological and clinical aspects of American visceral leishmaniasis in hospitalized children in Ceará, Brazil. METHODS:A retrospective and observational study was carried out with children suffering from American visceral leishmaniasis admitted to Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin in Fortaleza. Med...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Rey LC,Martins CV,Ribeiro HB,Lima AA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze some factors related to injuries and children and adolescents' hospitalization. METHODS:This is a prospective, descriptive and observational research that took place at Marcio Cunha Hospital, Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, in the period of December 1st, 1999 to November 30th, 2000. The sample included 69...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Gaspar VL,Lamounier JA,Cunha FM,Gaspar JC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the characteristics of macrophage activation syndrome associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. DESCRIPTION:This is a retrospective study involving 462 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Seven (1.5%) of those patients suffered from systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis and d...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Silva CA,Silva CH,Robazzi TC,Lotito AP,Mendroni Junior A,Jacob CM,Kiss MH

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To contribute with information about the adequate administration of drugs during breastfeeding. SOURCES OF DATA:MEDLINE articles from 1993 to 2004, and Lilacs articles from 1995 to 2004 were selected in Portuguese, Spanish and English, by including the following keywords: breastfeeding, lactation, drugs and ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Chaves RG,Lamounier JA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe intubation procedures in two pediatric and two neonatal intensive care units in the city of Porto Alegre. METHODS:Cross-sectional study divided into a retrospective and a prospective phase. All intubations performed in these units during a 6-month period were considered. Data were collected by in...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Bonow FP,Piva JP,Garcia PC,Eckert GU

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the case of two siblings with chronic granulomatous disease. Chronic granulomatous disease is a primary immunodeficiency disorder characterized by abnormal microbicidal activity. Mutations in the p47-phox gene (NCF-1) are present in about 30% of the patients with chronic granulomatous disease; this ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Prando-Andrade C,Agudelo-Florez P,Lopez JA,Paiva MA,Costa-Carvalho BT,Condino-Neto A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of pathologic gastroesophageal reflux in a group of regurgitant infants attended at Helena Moura Hospital, Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The clinical criteria employed were based on Rome II criteria. METHOD:The study design was transversal. The patients were all children of...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Costa AJ,Silva GA,Gouveia PA,Pereira Filho EM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effect of soy polysaccharide on fecal weight and humidity in growing rats in relation to cellulose and a Soy formula without dietary fiber. METHODS:Twelve, 21-day-old, Wistar male rats, were distributed into three groups and fed AIN-93G ration with varying amounts of dietary fiber: Polysacchar...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Freitas KC,Motta ME,Amâncio OM,Fagundes Neto U,Morais MB

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this paper is to review existing literature on the subject and to report on and discuss a case of Marcus Gunn Phenomenon. DESCRIPTION:A five year-old female, otherwise a healthy patient, while still a few months old, was seen by a pediatrician who detected a disorder of the right eye, initially be...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Torres MR,Calixto N Jr,Oliveira LR,Steiner SA,Iscold AM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article reviews the clinical and epidemiological aspects of anxiety disorders in youngsters, as well as current medical and psychological treatment strategies. The role of the neurobiological models possibly involved in the etiology of these disorders is also discussed. SOURCES OF DATA:MEDLINE search of...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Asbahr FR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the immune response of preterm infants to hepatitis B vaccination. METHODS:Three doses of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (5 micro g dose) were administered to 35 preterm and 21 full-term infants within 24 hours after birth and at one and six months of postnatal age. RESULTS:A protective anti...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Sadeck LS,Ramos JL

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of zinc on the appetite for salt foods in children aged 8 months to 5 years. METHOD:Double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Two groups of 20 children refusing to eat salt foods were followed during 6 months. The children in the first group received zinc chelate 1 mg/kg daily for 3 mont...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Campos D Jr,Veras Neto MC,Silva Filho VL,Leite MF,Holanda MB,Cunha NF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The main concepts involved in the therapeutic management of intracranial hypertension are revisited, including pathophysiology, monitoring, the traditional approach, and also the presentation of recently proposed therapies. SOURCE OF DATA:The main medical literature data bases (especially Medline and Lilacs)...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Barbosa AP,Cabral SA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the most important aspects of the clinical presentation and treatment of children with cancer in intensive care units. SOURCE OF DATA:Medline (1970 to 2003); search terms: children, cancer, oncology, intensive care, complications. General and pediatric oncology textbooks. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS:P...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Sapolnik R

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To observe the intensity of the inflammatory reaction caused by urine on the intestinal wall of rats. METHODS:Experimental model, using 20 Wistar rats divided into two groups. All the animals were submitted to abdominal puncture at the right inferior quadrant, twice daily for five days. In Group I (control g...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ferreira PR,Amantéa SL,Trindade M,Mota U

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of salbutamol administration by metered-dose inhaler with a home-made spacer versus jet nebulizer in children with moderate wheezing attacks. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A randomized, single-blinded trial was performed with a convenience sample of children presenting wheezing. The child...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Vilarinho LC,Cardeal Mendes CM,de Freitas Souza LS

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study breastfeeding during the first year of life and the kind of complementary food provided at one year of life to children of adolescent mothers. To compare these data with breastfeeding and complementary food received by children of adult mothers. METHOD:A dual cohort was performed. Children were sele...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Vieira ML,Pinto e Silva JL,Barros Filho AA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present an updated review of the most common upper respiratory infections (URI) in children seen by the pediatrician in outpatient clinics, for better diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. SOURCES:References from Medline database were reviewed. The most relevant articles were selected. SUMMARY OF THE FIN...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Pitrez PM,Pitrez JL

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Streptococcus pneumoniae usually colonizes the oropharynx of healthy people. Oropharyngeal carriage is related to the invasion of adjacent structures and to the development of invasive disease. A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed aiming at verifying the prevalence of oropharyngeal colonization b...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Lucarevschi BR,Baldacci ER,Bricks LF,Bertoli CJ,Teixeira LM,Mendes CM,Oplustil C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To emphasize the importance of precocious diagnosis of extrahepatic biliary atresia and its direct relationship with the surgical re-establishment of the biliary flow before the second month of life. To discuss several complementary methods with the aim of selecting the ones that present better evidence, and ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Cauduro SM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare two groups of school age girls from different social strata were compared in terms of their perception and knowledge about breastfeeding. METHODS:A structured questionnaire was applied to all 346 4th to 8th grade girls attending two schools, a private one, whose students belonged to the upper clas...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Nakamura SS,Veiga KF,Ferrarese SR,Martinez FE

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the quality of life of children with stomas according to the children and mothers' point of view; to compare the results related to quality of life in both groups, and to verify the statistical associations between those aspects and children's demographic and clinical data. METHODS:After fulfillin...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Barreire SG,Oliveira OA,Kazama W,Kimura M,Santos VL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article presents a review of the main aspects related to lung transplant in children and shows the experience of the first medical team to perform this procedure in Latin America. SOURCES:Literature review of scientific articles, using the MEDLINE and Lilacs databases. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS:The artic...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Camargo JJ,Grupo de Transplante Pulmonar da Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00