Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition articles from March 2001

Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition archives from March 2001

Chronic musculoskeletal and other idiopathic pain syndromes.(in adolescents and children)
March 1, 2001... Chronic or recurrent pain in children and adolescents, for which no specific cause can be found, is very common with a point prevalence of at least 15%. [1] Such idiopathic pain conditions are usually "benign" in the sense that they are...

Incidence, aetiology, and outcome of non-traumatic coma: a population based study.(coma in children from age 1 month to 16 years)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To determine the incidence, presentation, aetiology, and outcome of non-traumatic coma in children aged between 1 month and 16 years. Methods--In this prospective, population based, epidemiological study in the former...

Oral rehydration therapy.(for gastroenteritis in children)
March 1, 2001... Gastroenteritis is one of the major causes of childhood mortality and morbidity. Oral rehydration therapy is the cornerstone of treatment and has been widely promoted throughout the world. A number of stamps have been produced to increase...

Cognitive and adaptive outcomes and age at insult effects after non-traumatic coma.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Cognitive and adaptive behavioural outcome were studied in the identified survivors of a population based study of non-traumatic coma (NTC) in childhood. Children were assessed early (six weeks) and late (12 months) after NTC. At...

A review of measures of quality of life for children with chronic illness.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To identify currently available generic and disease specific measures of quality of life (QoL) for work with children; and make recommendations about the future development and application of QoL measures. ...

Birth weight, subsequent growth, and cholesterol metabolism in children 8-12 years old born preterm.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To test the hypothesis that plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and markers of cholesterol biosynthesis (lathosterol) and absorption efficiency (campesterol) in children aged 8-12 years are related to birth size and subsequent...

Social class difference in catch up growth in a national British cohort.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To examine the influence of socioeconomic status on growth pattern in height from age 7 to 23 years. Methods--Prospective cohort study. A total of 10 200 white singleton born children from the 1958 British birth cohort...

Maternal fever in labour and neonatal seizures.
March 1, 2001... Maternal fever in labour seems to be associated with an increased risk of unexplained seizures in the neonate. In Boston, USA it was noticed that infants born to mothers with intrapartum fever were more likely to be hypotonic at birth and to...

Influences of ethnicity on perinatal and child mortality in the Netherlands.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To investigate the differences in perinatal death and child mortality between different ethnic groups in the Netherlands. Methods--Retrospective analysis of data collected between 1990 and 1993 in the national obstetric...

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and MMR vaccine.(measles-mumps-rubella vaccine)
March 1, 2001... Abstract A causal association between measles-mumps--rubella (MMR) vaccine and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was confirmed using immunisation/hospital admission record linkage. The absolute risk within six weeks of immunisation...

Renal vein thrombosis.
March 1, 2001... The prognosis for infants with renal vein thrombosis has improved over the past three or four decades. At one time early thrombectomy or nephrectomy were considered necessary but more recently such procedures have been avoided and anticoagulant...

Five year follow up of vertically HIV infected children in a randomised double blind controlled trial of immediate versus deferred zidovudine: the PENTA 1 trial.(Pediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS)
March 1, 2001... Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS (PENTA) Abstract A total of 195 children were randomised to zidovudine (immediate) or matching placebo (deferred) in a multicentre double blind trial in vertically HIV infected children...

Double blind, randomised controlled clinical trial of hypo-osmolar oral rehydration salt solution in dehydrating acute diarrhoea in severely malnourished (marasmic) children.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To compare the clinical efficacy of hypo-osmolar oral rehydration salt (ORS) solution (224 mmol/l) and standard ORS solution (311 mmol/1) in severely malnourished (marasmic) children having less than 60% Harvard standard...

Randomised controlled trial of three day versus 10 day intravenous antibiotics in acute pyelonephritis: effect on renal scarring.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Background-Acute pyelonephritis often leaves children with permanent renal scarring. Aims-To compare the prevalence of scarring following initial treatment with antibiotics administered intravenously for 10 or three days. ...

Shared decision making in pediatrics.(physician and patient cooperation)
March 1, 2001... Both in Great Britain and the United States, shared decision making is a relatively new concept in medicine. [1 2] The term describes a partnership between health care providers and patients, in which each contributes equally to decisions about...

Electroencephalographic and clinical features of cerebral malaria.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Seizures are a prominent feature of childhood cerebral malaria, and are associated with an increased risk of death and neurological sequelae. We present the electroencephalographic (EEG) findings from a detailed...

Exercise induced hypoglycaemic hyperinsulinism.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Hyperinsulinism in childhood is often caused by genetic defects involving the regulation of insulin secretion leading to recurrent episodes of hypoglycaemia. We report two patients with exercise induced hypoglycaemia....

Prognosis of patients with acute renal failure without cardiopathy.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Background--The outcome for children with acute renal failure (ARF) may be poor. However, relatively few published studies have considered prognosis of these patients. Methods--We prospectively studied, from 1978 to 1998, 92...

Pancreatic dysfunction in severe obesity.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To investigate pancreatic function in children attending an obesity clinic. Methods--Thirty six children (of which 34 were white) with severe obesity of prepubertal onset (body mass index more than +2 SDS) were reviewed...

Retinal haemorrhage and fatal stroke in an infant with fibromuscular dysplasia.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Non-accidental injury should be suspected and excluded in any infant found to have intracranial and retinal haemorrhage of unknown aetiology. This can be a sensitive issue for both medical staff and parents. We present a case in...

Identifying futility in a paediatric critical care setting: a prospective observational study.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To determine the extent of futile care provided to critically ill children admitted to a paediatric intensive care setting. Methods--Prospective evaluation of consecutive admissions to a 20 bedded multidisciplinary...

Acute urinary retention: an unusual presentation of acute appendicitis in a 3 year old boy.
March 1, 2001... We report acute appendicitis presenting as acute urinary retention in a 3 1/2 year old boy, admitted with a four day history of central abdominal pain associated with diarrhoea but no urinary symptoms. He was apyrexial, hydrated, with mild...

Parental compliance with home cardiorespiratory monitoring.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To evaluate parental compliance with home cardiorespiratory monitoring of premature infants with apnoea, siblings of infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and infants with an apparent life threatening...

Simultaneous monitoring of gastric and oesophageal pH reveals limitations of conventional oesophageal pH monitoring in milk fed infants.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Monitoring oesophageal pH conventionally detects "acid reflux" (pH less than 4). The pH of the gastric contents determines whether or not reflux can be detected. Aim--To monitor gastric and oesophageal pH...

Ion channels and neurology.(pediatric neurological disorders)
March 1, 2001... Rapid communication between cells is dependent on electrical signals produced by the passage of charged ions through specialised proteins embedded in cell membranes. [1] These ion channels have been essential to the health and survival of...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Imaging the less seriously head injured child)(Spacers and holding chambers: Not the last word, we hope--a reply)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2001... Imaging the less seriously head injured child EDITOR,--I read with interest the recent paper by Glasgow and McGovern which suggested that bruising with a yellow hue suggests that injury occurred at least 48 hours earlier. [1] Unfortunately,...