abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review well-known aspects of exogenous surfactant therapy, and to discuss controversial points regarding the current state of research. SOURCES:Review of the literature, using Medline and Cochrane Database Library, in association with the authors' experience in relation to exogenous surfactant replacement...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Rebello CM,Proença RS,Troster EJ,Jobe AH

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the evolution of nutritional status in children admitted to the Teaching Hospital of Universidade Federal de Alagoas. METHODS:A retrospective study was performed on 52 children (0-10 yrs) whose length of hospital stay exceeded 10 days (from February to July/2001). We compared their nutritional stat...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ferreira HS,França AO

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study reviews clinical features, evolution, comorbidity and suicidal behavior in childhood and adolescence depression. Its objective is to provide clear information on this common, severe and not very easily recognized pathology. SOURCES:Literature searches were performed through Medline (1991-2000), wi...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Bahls SC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the alterations of heart rate, blood pressure, psychological aspects and oxygen saturation after continuous fenoterol inhalation (0.5 mg/Kg) by children with severe acute asthma. METHODS:We studied 30 patients with severe acute asthma who were treated at the pediatric ward of Hospital Universitár...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Zanoni LZ,Palhares DB

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to review and update the knowledge about sleep disorders in childhood. SOURCES: Normal sleep ontogenesis and therapeutics for the most prevalent sleep disorders were reviewed. The text was based on classical articles and books and on Medline (publications from 2000 and 2001) using...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Nunes ML

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) secretion in children with Down syndrome (DS), who do not present clinical and laboratory evidence of classical hypothyroidism and concomitant undetectable antibodies. METHODS:Fourteen children with DS with a mean age of 3.4 (+/- 1.8) years were studied. Pat...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Oliveira AT,Longui CA,Calliari EP,Ferone Ede A,Kawaguti FS,Monte O

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the linear growth and growth velocity of preterm infants born small for gestational age according to variables such as weight, length and head circumference, from birth to three months of corrected age. METHODS:Prospective study of one hundred preterm infants born small for gestational age from 2...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ornelas SL,Xavier CC,Colosimo EA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the main risk factors associated with the occurrence of accidental injuries in children aged 4-5 years. METHODS:The study included a prospective cohort of children whose parents filled in a diary recording accidents and injuries during a period of one-month. The children represented a systematic s...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Fonseca SS,Victora CG,Halpern R,Barros AJ,Lima RC,Monteiro LA,Barros F

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a case of an infant with endstage renal failure caused by primary hyperoxaluria. METHODS:The review of the literature showed the rarity of the disease. In France, the prevalence is about 1.05/million and the incidence rate is 0.12/million/year. A survey, performed in international specialized cente...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Macedo CS,Yoshida EM,Viero RM,Riyuzo MC,Bastos HD

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To verify the effects of malnutrition and nutritional rehabilitation regarding seizure threshold, body weight and brain weight in rats. METHODS: Pregnant Wistar rats and their pups were used. Part of the rat pups were submitted to a malnutrition protocol and the rest served as nourished controls. At P15, ma...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Nunes ML,Batista BB,Micheli F,Batistella V

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To review and discuss different contraceptive methods currently used by adolescents, and also discuss adolescent pregnancy, including the associated risks and the importance of prenatal care. METHODS: Review of literature and clinical experience with different contraceptive methods and with adolescent pregn...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Herter LD,Accetta SG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To determine the presence of antimeasles antibodies in children perinatally infected with HIV and properly immunized. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study conducted in Belo Horizonte by the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, between 1995 and 1996. Twenty one children perinatally infected with HIV and 29...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Lindgren-Alves CR,Freire LM,Oliveira RC,Guerra HL,Da-Silva EE,Siqueira MM,Horta IM,Queiroz CC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of prenatal exposure to cocaine in a sample of newborns using two methods: fluorescence polarization immunoassay and interview with the mother. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out in a university teaching hospital. The population included all live births between Marc...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Cunha GB,Rotta NT,Silva AR,Dieder AL,Wolf AL,Moser C,Silva FF,Socal MP,Silva PF,Margis R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To report four cases of myositis ossificans progressiva, its form of presentation, in addition to new control and treatment options. DESCRIPTION: The authors describe four cases of myositis ossificans progressiva, presenting its clinical manifestations, evolution, and available forms of control and treatmen...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Palhares DB,Leme LM

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To review the use of corticosteroids in the treatment of newborns with chronic lung disease, adrenal insufficiency and upper airway edema. SOURCES: Review of the available medical literature on the use of corticosteroids in newborns. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS: Although there is evidence of short-term clinical...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Antunes M,Belik J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To establish the nutritional diagnosis of children living in a low-income community through anthropometric evaluation, detecting insufficient nutrition (low weight-for-age, wasting and stunting) and excessive nutrition (overweight and obesity). METHODS: A community-based survey identified children below 11 ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Motta ME,Silva GA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: Growth curves can be used to assess intrauterine growth, to predict diseases in newborns, and to characterize different populations. The objective of this study was to obtain intrauterine growth curves of newborns from the maternity ward of the Hospital Albert Einstein (MAE) and compare them with intrauteri...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Segre CA,Colletto GM,Bertagnon JR

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: To present the clinical outcome of a newborn with severe respiratory distress secondary to meconium aspiration syndrome and treated by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); and to present the effect of the use of exogenous surfactant in this case and the cost of the procedure. METHODS: Case report of...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Maksoud-Filho JG,Diniz EM,Ceccon ME,Galvani AL,Chamelian MD,Pinho ML,Vaz FA

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To determine ASO titer profile by establishing ARF differential diagnoses of other diseases with high levels of ASO antibodies. METHODS: We investigated 78 patients with ARF at onset and follow-up, 22 with isolated chorea at onset, 45 with recurrent oropharyngeal tonsillitis, and 23 with recent flare of juv...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Machado CS,Ortiz K,Martins Ade L,Martins RS,Machado NC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: To characterize primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney as a differential diagnosis for Wilms tumor, and to emphasize the severity of the disease. METHODS: We report the case of a patient with a diagnosis of primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney who underwent nephrectomy and complete tumor re...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Kuczynski AP,Gugelmin ES,Netto RA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: This paper is a review on the topic of adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa. According to the literature, this disorder presents high morbidity and mortality, with increasing incidence over the last decades, thus enhancing the importance of scientific investigation on the subject. METHODS: The authors performe...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Feitlich BW,Larino MA,Cobelo A,Cordás TA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: To describe the characteristics of the patients not resuscitated in a university affiliated pediatric hospital. To characterize the data registered in the chart regarding the resuscitation and evaluate ethical and legal aspects of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). METHODS: Retrospective study of 176 dea...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Torreão LA,Reis AG,Troster EJ,Oselka G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: Neonatal tetanus is an infection with high mortality, constituting a problem in underdeveloped countries, where there is faulty prenatal attendance. In spite of this and of the decreasing incidence of the disease in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, we report a case of neonatal tetanus identified in 1997. MET...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Guardiola A,Teixeira AM,Silva CA,Grisólia JR,Prates LZ,Schermann MT,Mohrdieck R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To present current concepts about the diagnosis of recurrent abdominal pain and to review the basis of the therapeutic approach for this disease in children and adolescents. METHODS: References were obtained from the Medline, from recent review articles, and from personal files. Books and dissertations were...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Duarte MA,Mota JA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of rotavirus in the etiology of acute diarrhea in children from Natal city, RN, Brazil and investigate the existence or not of a seasonal distribution of this pathogen in our environment.METHODS: Fecal samples from 1,903 children (boys and girls) with ages ranging from 1 month to...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Fernandes JV,Fonseca SM,Azevedo JC,Maranhão Hde S,Fonseca MH,Dantas MT,Meissner Rde V

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: To establish the profile of neonates in Caxias do Sul city, and to study early neonatal mortality, its causes and related variables.METHODS: This cohort study enrolled 5,545 newborns, which were followed up to 7 days after birth. The probability of early neonatal mortality was calculated and multiple logis...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Araújo BF,Bozzetti MC,Tanaka AC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: Describe the hemodynamic response with rebound of pulmonary hypertension after withdrawal of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) in a pediatric patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). METHODS: Case report of a child with ARDS and pulmonary hypertension evaluated through ecocardiografic with dopller, ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Carvalho WB,Matsumoto T,Horita SM,Almeida NM,Martins FR

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of recurrent episodes of pneumonia in patients referred to the pulmonology outpatient unit at "Serviço de Pneumologia Pediatrica" of the Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira/UFRJ and to review the recurrent concept in accordance to medical refe...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Mello MD,David JS,Cunha AJ,March MD,Ferreira S,Sant'Anna CC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: Review the theoretical bases on the maintenance of the acid-basic balance, the pathophysiology of the disturbances and its therapeutics in the child.METHODS: References were obtained from computerized searches on the National Library of Medicine (Medline), recent review articles and personal files.RESULTS: ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Piva JP,Garcia PC,Martha VF

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: This study is the result of an inquiry into the grandmother's role in the decision as well as the duration of her daughter's choice to breast-feed. METHOD: This project uses a phenomenological theoretical background which leads one to understand breast-feeding based on the view of the grandmother. Thus, thi...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Primo CC,Caetano LC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: This paper examines the main causes of mortality among adolescents ages 10 to 19 in the city of Rio de Janeiro with a focus on mortality prevention. METHODS: Mortality data from 1981 to 1995 were taken from the Mortality Information System of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Age and sex specific mortality ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ruzany MH,Szwarcwald CL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To review current information about congenital and perinatal infections, mainly related to their epidemiology in Brazil, mother-to-infant transmission, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Particular aspects related to the agents T. pallidum, hepatitis B virus, human immunodeficiency virus, cytomegalovirus ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Mussi-Pinhata MM,Yamamoto AY

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To present, in practical form and updated terms, the clinical aspects of the varicella and its prevention using either vaccination or isolation precautions. METHOD: Review of the literature using MEDLINE and LILACS referring to the last 10 years; presentation of the most recent aspects in the literature as ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Carvalho ES,Martins RM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: Describe the morbidity associated with a rare disease due to an embryological defect. METHODS: Retrospective revision of medical and necropsy reports. Bibliographic research using MEDLINE, LILACS and Index Medicus databases. RESULTS: 1 year-old male patient, admitted with generalized tonic-clonic seizures, ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Noronha L,Sampaio G,Netto MR,Reis-Filho JS,Faoro LN,Raskin S,Bleggi-Torres LF

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features of Plasmodium vivax malaria in children and adolescents. METHODS: This study was carried out in the Malaria Program of the Evandro Chagas Institute (Belém, Pará), from January 1995 to November 1996. 100 children and adolescents with the diagnos...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ventura AM,Pinto AY,Silva RS,Calvosa VS,Silva Filho MG,Souza JM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: To assess the implementation and the impact of the Breastfeeding Counselling Course WHO/UNICEF on knowledge and skills of health workers. METHODOLOGY: The implementation of the course was assessed by participant observation; the impact on participants was assessed with an experimental controlled study wher...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Rea MF,Venancio SI

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To study plasma levels of IL-1beta and IL-6 in order to distinguish the presence of bacterial infection in newborn infants with fever. METHODS: A cohort of 117 newborn infants with postnatal age equal to or less than 5 days, with no previous use of antibiotic therapy, and with clinical suspicion of bacteria...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Silveira RC,Procianoy RS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: To identify rubella prevalence in different ages and population groups and rubella susceptibility of pregnant and postpartum women according to age, number of children and spontaneous abortion. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of sero-survey type. Children and students were selected in day-care centers and s...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Rey LC,Barbosa LM,Osterno CL,Ramalho IL,Vilar DC,Memória AM,Vieira LC,Gonçalves VF

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: Morbidity and mortality of premature infants have decreased considerably over the last decades, therefore, adequate nutrition of the premature is a major concern. Enteral feeding is the route of choice, but when it is not possible the parenteral route, which contains glucose as one of its main components, i...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Falcão MC,Ramos JL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: Air pollution has been a significant worldwide problem with repercussions in the respiratory tract, along the years. The main objectives of this review are to present results from studies on the harmful effects of allergens as well as of pollutants over the respiratory tract.METHOD: Published studies were ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Rizzo MC

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00