abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To make a brief review about mechanical ventilation in Pediatrics.METHODS: Review of the classification of types of mechanical ventilation, characteristics of pression and flow waves and indications for its installation. In a sequential way we discuss the various modes of ventilation (control ventilation, a...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Carvalho WB

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: Aiming a better understanding of the distribution of enteropathogens in Brazil, we have investigated the prevalence of enteropathogens in acute infantile diarrhea in children of low economic level from São José do Rio Preto, SP.METHODS: A prospective study with 196 children under age five, all with diarrhea...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Almeida MT,Silva RM,Donaire LM,Moreira LE,Martinez MB

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: The aims of this review are to present research data about aerosoltherapy and to discuss the optimization of this form of drug administration.METHOD: Review of the literature, covering some of the most important studies about aerosoltherapy, inhaler devices, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of inhaled...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Souza LS

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: The association between cryptosporidiosis and persistent diarrhea has been studied in many countries. The aim of this study was to verify the incidence of this parasite in children with persistent diarrhea. Children infected or not with protozoan cryptosporidium were compared in relation to laboratory and c...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Cantalice Neto AF,Zim Mdo C,Machado RS,Fratini FG,Silva AP

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To present and discuss the indications, the endoscopic and histologic findings and the complications of upper digestive endoscopies carried out in children and adolescents.METHODS: We have done 228 endoscopies in pediatric patients with ages between 3 months to 19 years (x=5.7 y) during a period of 8 months...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ferreira CT,Berti MR,Pires AL,Wieczorek C,Alves J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate the prevalence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in very low birthweight infants (birthweight<1500 g). METHOD:A prospective examination was conducted on 102 neonates with very low birthweight admitted to the BAM-HC (FMUSP) between 01/01/92 and 12/31/93. The mapping of the retina with scleral depre...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Graziano RM,Leone CR,Cunha SL,Pinheiro AC

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the parents' perception of their infants hospitalization in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and suggest a more humane and individualized care in this highly stressful environment. METHODS:We recorded and analyzed the interview of 20 young, low socioeconomic class couples having their first b...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Lamy ZC,Gomes R,de Carvalho M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate bone mineral density and bone mineral content of skeleton and lumbar spine of pre-pubertal children and to correlate results thus found with sex, bone age, body weight, height and insulin-like growth factor 1 serum level. METHODS:26 boys and 12 girls aged between 7 and 8 years old, students from ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Pessoa JH,Lewin S,Longui CA,Mendonça BB,Bianco AC

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of infection versus the prevalence of contamination in infants less than 60 days old who had blood cultures positive for CoNS. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Between February and June - 1993, a number of 45 blood cultures positive for CoNS from 41 patients were stu...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Silbert S,Rosa DD,Matte U,Goldim JR,Barcellos SH,Procianoy RS

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the evolution of pediatric patients chosen for hepatic transplantation. METHODS:A review was made of the clinical charts of the first 65 children and adolescents with chronic liver disease, aged 5 months to 19 years (X = 6.8%), chosen for liver transplantation during the period of August 1994 to M...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ferreira CT,Vieira SM,Kieling C,Mello ED,Santos CM,Silveira C,Grossini MG,Silveira AE,Almeida H,Zanotelli ML,Cantisani G,Silveira TR

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this review is to offer updating on recent changes in the schedule of active immunization routine in adolescence. METHODS:This review covers specialized medical literature between 1985 and 1996, and follows the recommendations of American Academy of Pediatrics and Advisory Committee on Immuniz...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Chipkevitch E

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatic cord torsion is an urologic emergency that requires urgent evaluation and possibly emergency surgical management. In a neonate it occurs during testicular descent and is usually due to an extravaginal torsion, where the testis and sperinatic cord twist. We present a case of intravaginal testicular torsion in...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Tucci S Jr,Beduschi MC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence of innocent murmur among adolescents, and to evaluate the clinical features in comparison with echocardiogram (two-dimensional, M-mode, Doppler, and color-Doppler) in the assessment of heart murmurs. METHODS:The study was carried out from March to December, 1992, and involved high s...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Meira ZM,Barros MV,Capanema FD,Castilho SR,Vitarelli AM,Mota CC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immediate skin test reactions are the hallmark of atopic diseases. EMLA (eutectic mixture of local anesthetics) is a local anesthetic that reduces the pain and apprehension for skin testing. We studied EMLA effects on the skin prick test with allergen and histamine. Reactions were evaluated by means of wheal and flare...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ferrari FP,Rosário Filho NA,Schmidt AV

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms of psoas muscular abscess in children are nonspecific and differential diagnosis is made among diseases included in childreńs acute hip pain syndrome, imaging tests being necessary for diagnostic confirmation. During the first semester of 1995, 48,550 children were examined in Pronto Socorro do Instituto da C...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Pires AM,Reis AG,Grisi SJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the authors in this article was to evaluate the effects of supplementing maternal milk with two different caloric formulas on the growth of premature newborns until they reached 40 weeks of post-conceptional age. Seventy premature infants weighing < 1750g at birth were randomized: 35 adequate for gestat...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Costa HP,Kopelman BI,de Almeida AC,Polycarpo AC,Giaccio CD

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of acute otitis media (AOM) is made on clinical basis. The gold-standard tests are invasive. There are few studies quantifying the diagnostic power of the signs and symptoms. A sample of 300 children were analyzed to establish the diagnostic power of isolated and combinated signs and symptoms in AOM. The...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Saffer M,Lubianca Neto JF

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) might have a severe presentation but a good prognosis in children. It is an immune-mediated and inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system. This retrospective study observed that GBS is frequently complicated by hypertension and ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Santana JC,Garcia PC,Einloft PR,Kipper DJ,Chiapin ML,Skrsypcsak F

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors interviewed 76.2% of the pediatricians from the Pediatric Department-School of Medical Sciences-Campinas University-UNICAMP, to analyse the difficulties of this professional group in the evaluation of the domestic violence against children. From the group of professionals, 86.7% had already attended a situ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Marmo DB,Davoli A,Ogido R

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes television as a factor of influence in the sexual (mis)education in adolescence. He considers the role of eroticism in television as a dysfunctional factor in the sexual education of youth. In accordance with its pervasion, accessibility and attractive and seductive contents TV may be considered a...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Pinto LF

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phototherapy is a common procedure in the neonatal period. However there is great controversy in the literature about when and at which serum bilirubin levels phototherapy and exchange transfusion should be indicated. The aim of this paper is to review the literature and to suggest guidelines to help pediatricians in ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： de Carvalho M,Lopes JM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic principles and methods have been widely employed in clinical research. The purpose of this paper is to discuss basic epidemiological concepts applied to the investigation of the determinants of infant diseases. The theoretical framework outlines the hypothesis of the investigation. The design of the stud...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Fuchs SC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron deficiency is the most frequent form of nutritional anemia, and infants represent one of the major risk groups. The present study was meant to evaluate the iron content of infant diets cooked in iron utensils and in aluminum utensils prepared by volunteer mothers at home. The iron content was analyzed by atomic a...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Borigato EV,Martinez FE

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Having the purpose of identifying those newborn who have suffered from abnormal intrauterine growth, a standard of intrauterine growth has been drawn at the maternity ward of Hospital Regional da Asa Sul (HRAS-FHDF-Brasília), by studying the variables of weight, length, cephalic perimeter, weight of the placenta (with...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Margotto PR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BCG-test reaction was carried out in 91 non-tuberculous children between 2 and 11 years old, who had received BCG vaccination during the first six months of life to critically evaluate the usefulness of this test in Pediatric practice. The BCG-test profile of the vaccinated group was shown to have a unimodal distribut...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： de Oliveira CF,Farhat CK

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the natural history of chronic functional constipation, a questionnaire was applied to 163 children and infants, before beginning standardized treatment. Median age (range) at start was 3 mo(0-108 mo) but age at arrival at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit was 53 mo(2-146 mo). In 62.4% ...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Maffei HV,Moreira FL,Kissimoto M,Chaves SM,Faro SE,Aleixo AM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of acute diarrhoeal diseases was carried out from April 1990 to September 1992 with the purpose of assessing the immunogenicity, safety and efficacy of a Rhesus-human reassortant rotavirus ("RRV-TV") vaccine, involving 540 children living in Belém, Pará, Brazil. As half of the children received pla...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Linhares AC,Gabbay YB,Mascarenhas JD,de Freitas RB,Oliveira CS,Bellesi N,Monteiro TF,Lins-Lainson Z,Ramos FL,Valente SA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is evaluate the pulmonary function in full term newborn infants, comparing classic with non-invasive techniques. We describe the pulmonary function laboratory and software developed at Instituto Fernandes Figueira. We studied 10 healthy full-term newborn infants (birthweight 3.260 g + - 460...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Ramos JR,Odeh CS,Lopes JM

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective trial was realized in 371 children previously vaccinated with BCG in the first month of life in whom the Mantoux tuberculin test was done and read 48-72 hours afterwards. Among 371 BCG-vaccinated children, 106 (28.57%) were Mantoux reactive, 10 of whom with clinical tuberculosis. There was no statisti...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Sarinho ES,Aguiar Filho AS,Silva AM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a qualitative study, preliminary considered, whose objective is listening to children's parents who have carried out the cancer treatment trying insights about the meanings which relate to lived experiences by and with their children. From the question: "How is your kid, since he became free from the disease a...

journal_title：Jornal de pediatria

authors： Valle ER

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00