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Clinical practice: neonatal resuscitation. A Dutch consensus
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Abstract The updated Dutch guidelines on Neonatal Resuscitation assimilate the latest evidence in neonatal resuscitation. Important
changes with regard to the 2004 guidelines and controversial issues concerning neonatal resuscitation are reviewed, and recommendations
for daily practice are provided and argued in the context of the ILCOR 2005 consensus.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory ReviewDOI 10.1007/s00431-009-1091-0Authors
Frank A. M. van den Dungen, VU University Medical Center Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology De Boelelaan 1117 1081 HV Amsterdam The NetherlandsMariëtte B. van Ve...
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - October 21, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: European Journal of Pediatrics Source Type: journals
Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of 25 patients with melamine-induced kidney stones complicated by acute obstructive renal failure in Beijing Children’s HospitalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract A total of 25 Chinese patients aged 6 to 36 months hospitalised at Beijing Children’s Hospital due to melamine-induced kidney
stones complicated by acute obstructive renal failure in 2008 were included in a study in order to diagnose and treat these
special cases more effectively. Feeding history, clinical presentation, ultrasound findings, treatments and effects were summarised.
Twelve to seventeen months follow-up was reported also. Ultrasound examination showed that calculi were located at the kidney
and ureters. Stones were composed of both uric acid and melamine in a molar ratio of 1.2:1...
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - October 21, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: European Journal of Pediatrics Source Type: journals
Flat Head in Infants or Plagiocephaly - prevent flat spot on head of babiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A pediatrician gives information on how to prevent a flat head in infants, plus other information on plagiocephaly (flat spot on head), torticollis and the need for tummy time in babies.
Source: Blog from a Pediatrician - October 21, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: consumer
Dairy food intake in pregnancy may reduce childhood wheeze riskEmail this article to a colleague.
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A high intake of dairy foods, calcium, and vitamin D in pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk for wheeze in young children, research suggests.
Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics - October 21, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
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PMID: 19853424 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Archives de Pediatrie - October 21, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Autret-Leca E Tags: Arch Pediatr Source Type: journals
[Long standing intestinal disorder as a form of presentation of spondylodiscitis.]Email this article to a colleague.
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PMID: 19853543 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Anales de Pediatria - October 21, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: López Esteban P, Martínez Pérez J, Cabeza Martín B, Pérez Villena A, Alvarez-Coca González J Tags: An Pediatr (Barc) Source Type: journals
Permanent Pediatric Diplomate Awareness of and Perspectives on Maintenance of CertificationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion: A wide range of attitudes and perceptions about MOC exists among holders of permanent certificates. Concerns about the importance of MOC to parents and the usefulness of MOC participation in improving quality of care will need to be addressed.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 21, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Gary L. Freed, Kelly M. Dunham, Kara E. Lamarand, The Research Advisory Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Using diffusion MRI for measuring the temperature of cerebrospinal fluid within the lateral ventriclesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion: Although further improvements are needed, measuring the temperature within the lateral ventricles using diffusion MRI is a viable method that may be useful for clinical applications. We introduced the method, identified sources of error and offered remedies for each.
Source: Acta Paediatrica - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: LR Kozak, M Bango, M Szabo, G Rudas, Z Vidnyanszky, Z Nagy Source Type: journals
Impact of 4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the umbilical cord on mortality and omphalitis among newborns of Sylhet, Bangladesh: design of a community-based cluster randomized trialEmail this article to a colleague.
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DiscussionDue to report in early 2010, the Projahnmo Chlorhexidine Study examines the impact of multiple or single chlorhexidine cleansing of the cord on neonatal mortality and omphalitis among newborns of rural Sylhet District, Bangladesh. The results of this trial will be interpreted in conjunction with a similarly designed trial previously conducted in Nepal, and will have implications for policy guidelines for optimal cord care of newborns in low resource settings in Asia.
Source: BMC Pediatrics - Latest articles - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Luke MullanyShams El ArifeenPeter WinchRasheduzzaman ShahIshtiaq MannanSyed RahmanMohammad RahmanGary DarmstadtSaifuddin AhmedMathuram SantoshamRobert BlackAbdullah Baqui Source Type: journals
The relationship of bottle feeding and other sucking behaviors with speech disorder in Patagonian preschoolersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion:
The results suggest extended use of sucking outside of breast-feeding may have detrimental effects on speech development in young children
Source: BMC Pediatrics - Latest articles - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Clarita BarbosaSandra VasquezMary ParadaJuan Carlos Velez GonzalezChanaye JacksonN. David YanezBizu GelayeAnnette Fitzpatrick Source Type: journals
A gentler breath of fresh air for premature babiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nearly 13 percent of U.S. babies are born prematurely, according to a recent report from the March of Dimes. These babies face a host of health problems – including taking their first breath, which for a premature newborn can be difficult if not impossible. Preemies are frequently placed on ventilators to pump oxygen into their tiny, immature lungs, but this treatment is often part of the problem: the constant air pressure from the ventilators can cause inflammation and lead to chronic lung disease. Now, however, there’s an alternative.
Bernadette Levesque, MD, of Children’s Division of Newborn Medicine has built...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Emmanuel Romero Tags: All posts Research at Children's infants lung disease newborns prematurity Source Type: organizations
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Source: Pediatric Health Associates - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Changes at PHA Source Type: organizations
Mollaret Meningitis Associated with Occipital Dermal SinusEmail this article to a colleague.
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A 1-month-old female infant was referred with vomiting and fever. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed a pleocytosis (291 cells/mm3). Peripheral blood demonstrated leukocytosis (17 000/mm3) and high value of C-reactive protein (1.19 mg/dL). The culture results of CSF were negative. The patient was treated with antibiotics, and the symptoms resolved within 48 hours. One month later, she manifested a second episode of meningitis with pleocytosis in CSF (2506 cells/mm3). She was treated with antibiotics and dexamethasone, resulting in the resolution of meningitis within 24 hours. Staphylococcus aureus was detected by the cult...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Masaki Shimizu, Raita Araki, Yo Niida, Mitsutoshi Nakada, Akihiro Yachie, Tomoya Kamide, Tadafumi Yokoyama, Tomomi Iwasa Tags: Insights Source Type: journals
Cognitive behavioral therapy prevents depression in at-risk adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Garber J, Clarke G, Weersing V, Beardslee W, Brent D, Gladstone T, et al. Prevention of depression in at-risk adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2009;301:2215-24.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sally N. Merry Tags: Current Best Evidence Source Type: journals
Electronic reminder systems increase screening for postpartum depressionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sheeder J, Kabir K, Stafford B. Screening for postpartum depression at well-child visits: Is once enough during the first 6 months of life? Pediatrics 2009;123:e982-8. Is an electronic reminder system effective in promoting detection and referral of postpartum depression at well-child visits? What is the incidence of maternal depression at well-child visits during the first 6 months of life?
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Debra Bogen Tags: Current Best Evidence Source Type: journals
Problems with sleep, eating, and adherence to therapy are common among children with cystic fibrosisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ward C, Massie J, Glazner J, Sheehan J, Canterford L, Armstrong D, et al. Problem behaviors and parenting in preschool children with cystic fibrosis. Arch Dis Child 2009;94:341-7.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jordana K. Bayer, Jan M. Nicholson Tags: Current Best Evidence Source Type: journals
Simple behavioral modification may be effective first-line treatment in resolution of nocturnal enuresisEmail this article to a colleague.
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van Dommelen P, Kamphuis M, van Leerdam F, de Wilde J, Rijpstra A, Campagne A, et al. The short- and long-term effects of simple behavioral interventions for nocturnal enuresis in young children: a randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr 2009;154:662-6.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: W. Robert DeFoor, Nan Tobias Tags: Current Best Evidence Source Type: journals
Don't stop performing voiding cystourethrography in young children after the initial febrile urinary tract infection—at least not yetEmail this article to a colleague.
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Lee M, Lin C, Huang F, Tsai T, Huang C, Tsai J. Screening young children with a first febrile urinary tract infection for high-grade vesicoureteral reflux with renal ultrasound scanning and technetium-99m-labeled dimercaptosuccinic acid scanning. J Pediatr 2009;154:797-802.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Joseph T. Flynn Tags: Current Best Evidence Source Type: journals
Combination of epinephrine and dexamethasone may reduce hospitalization in children with bronchiolitisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Plint A, Johnson D, Patel H, Wiebe N, Correll R, Brant R, et al. Epinephrine and dexamethasone in children with bronchiolitis. N Engl J Med 2009;360:2079-89. Among infants with bronchiolitis, how effective is a combination of nebulized epinephrine and oral corticosteroids at preventing hospitalization?
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: John G. Frohna, Urs Frey Tags: Current Best Evidence Source Type: journals
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This study examines whether the pain response to administration of the diphtheria, polio, and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is affected by the order in which they are given. With the validated Modified Behavioral Pain Scale, videotaped recordings of the procedure (to assess crying), and parental ratings of pain on a visual analog scale, they found that children had less pain (on all 3 measures) when the diphtheria, polio, and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis and diphtheria, polio, and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis an...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Current Best Evidence Source Type: journals
Indomethacin and retinopathy of prematurityEmail this article to a colleague.
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To the Editor: Jegatheesan et al, in a randomized, controlled trial of higher or lower doses of indomethacin for treatment of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in infants
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Brian A. Darlow Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
The search for new diagnostic tests for neonatal sepsisEmail this article to a colleague.
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To the Editors: Chaaban et al report on the use of inter-alpha inhibitor proteins (IaIp), in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. In this and their past work, mean IaIp concentrations were significantly lower in neonates with blood culture–proven bacteremia than in those evaluated for sepsis but with negative blood culture results. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values reported were very high; in fact, we calculate the positive and negative likelihood ratios to be 89.5 and 0.11, respectively, much superior to other available diagnostic tests. However, we are concerned that the control group was not ideally su...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Geoffrey A. Weinberg, Carl T. D'Angio Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
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To the Editor: We thank Weinberg and D'Angio for their interest in our work. They expressed a concern that gestational age (GA) and postnatal age may be significant confounders and thus adversely affect the reliability of inter-alpha inhibitor proteins (IaIp) in the diagnosis of sepsis. In our previous study that first noted decreased IaIp levels in neonates with sepsis, we examined the effect of various patient characteristics, including GA and postnatal age, on IaIp level. We found no difference in IaIp levels between cord blood and postnatal samples from healthy infants. When examining the effect of GA on IaIp level, ...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Hala Chaaban, James F. Padbury Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
Heterogeneity in the clinical manifestations of mannose-binding lectin deficiencyEmail this article to a colleague.
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To the Editors: We read with interest the case report of an 11-month-old girl with mannose-binding lectin (MBL) deficiency presenting with recurrent infections. The infant had a history of bronchiolitis, pneumonia, periorbital cellulitis, and recurrent otitis media. She was found to have a serum MBL of
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Malcolm Brodlie, Terry Flood, David A. Spencer Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals
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Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Supplement Source Type: journals
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Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Supplement Source Type: journals
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Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Supplement Source Type: journals
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Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Supplement Source Type: journals
Potential Roles and Clinical Utility of Prebiotics in Newborns, Infants, and Children: Proceedings from a Global Prebiotic Summit Meeting, New York City, June 27-28, 2008Email this article to a colleague.
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Initial bacterial colonization, including colonization with health-positive bacteria, such as bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, is necessary for the normal development of intestinal innate and adaptive immune defenses. The predominance of beneficial bacteria in the gut microflora of breast-fed infants is thought to be, at least in part, supported by the metabolism of the complex mixture of oligosaccharides present in human breast milk, and a more adult-type intestinal microbiota is found in formula-fed infants. Inadequate gut colonization, dysbiosis, may lead to an increased risk of infectious, allergic, and autoimmune diso...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Philip M. Sherman, Michael Cabana, Glenn R. Gibson, Berthold V. Koletzko, Josef Neu, Gigi Veereman-Wauters, Ekhard E. Ziegler, W. Allan Walker Source Type: journals
High-Molecular-Weight Adiponectin in Children Born Small- or Appropriate-for-Gestational-AgeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Longitudinal data collected from children ages 2 until 6 years, who were born appropriate-for-gestational-age or small-for-gestational-age, indicate that the latter have a normal body fat fraction and normal high-molecular-weight adiponectinemia at age 2 years and that they accumulate excess adipose tissue and have low adiponectin levels by age 4 to 6 years.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lourdes Ibáñez, Abel Lopez-Bermejo, Marta Diaz, Mario Angulo, Giorgia Sebastiani, Francis de Zegher Tags: Clinical and Laboratory Observations Source Type: journals
COL4A1 Mutation in Preterm Intraventricular HemorrhageEmail this article to a colleague.
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We report a rare variant in COL4A1 associated with intraventricular hemorrhage in dizygotic preterm twins. These results expand the spectrum of diseases attributable to mutations in type IV procollagens.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Kaya Bilguvar, Michael L. DiLuna, Matthew J. Bizzarro, Yasar Bayri, Karen C. Schneider, Richard P. Lifton, Murat Gunel, Laura R. Ment, Pacifier and Breastfeeding Trial Group Tags: Clinical and Laboratory Observations Source Type: journals
Chronic Cheek Lesions: An Unusual Manifestation of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Cevicofacial InfectionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacteria cheek lesions in 7 children were reviewed. The lesions usually presented as nontender erythematous nodules and were associated with a positive purified protein derivate tuberculin skin test. Mycobacterium haemophilum was isolated in 4 cases (57%) and Mycobacterium avium complex in 3 (43%). Cytology and imaging were noncontributory. Resolution was prolonged.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Yishai Haimi-Cohen, Jacob Amir, Tal Eidlitz-Markus, David Steier, Dan Ben-Amitai, Avraham Zeharia Tags: Clinical and Laboratory Observations Source Type: journals
Retrospective Diagnosis of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection at a School for the Deaf by Using Preserved Dried Umbilical CordEmail this article to a colleague.
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A retrospective diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection was made for 3 of 26 students (12%) with either bilateral profound or severe sensorineural hearing loss at a School for the Deaf in Japan by detecting viral DNA with real-time polymerase chain reaction from dried umbilical cords that had been preserved at home.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Masato Tagawa, Hideo Tanaka, Masako Moriuchi, Hiroyuki Moriuchi Tags: Clinical and Laboratory Observations Source Type: journals
Long-term Growth Hormone Therapy in an Adolescent Boy with 45,X/46,XidicY(p11)Email this article to a colleague.
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We report long-term use of growth hormone in a male adolescent with isodicentric Yq.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Frances M. Guevarra, Saroj Nimkarn, Maria I. New, Karen Lin-Su Tags: Clinical and Laboratory Observations Source Type: journals
CHAOS in the Delivery Room: A Dire EmergencyEmail this article to a colleague.
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A female infant was born by cesarean delivery at 41 weeks gestation to an 18-year-old primigravida mother, who did not receive prenatal care. After delivery, she had chest retractions without audible breath sounds, and soon hypotonia, apnea, and cyanosis with a heart rate of 60 beats per minute developed. Bag and mask ventilation did not cause perceptible chest movement, but improved the heart rate temporarily. Attempts to orally intubate the infant failed, with inability to pass the tube beyond the well-visualized vocal cords. A laryngeal mask airway was inserted, but actually caused a drop in the heart rate. A tracheotom...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sanjay Chawla, Girija Natarajan, Nitin Chouthai, Deepak Kamat Tags: Insights Source Type: journals
Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs for Understanding and Treating Neonatal Hypoglycemia: Workshop Report from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Maintenance of glucose homeostasis via initiation of glucose production is one of the critical physiological events that results in a smooth transition and adaptation to extrauterine life. A number of neonates have difficulty during transition to the extrauterine environment that result in altered glucose homeostasis and low plasma glucose concentrations. Although much progress has been made over the years in understanding the causes and mechanisms of altered neonatal glucose metabolism, the long-term consequences and the threshold values that may cause injury remain unknown. In 2000, Cornblath et al summarized the contemp...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: William W. Hay, Tonse NK. Raju, Rosemary D. Higgins, Satish C. Kalhan, Sherin U. Devaskar Tags: Commentary Source Type: journals
Parents' preferences for topics discussed during adolescents' healthcare visitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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This sample from a national audience of parents of adolescents shows that parents have specific preferences for content areas that clinicians propose to discuss with their children. Although adolescent healthcare often is focused on preventing high-risk behaviors, Dempsey et al found that parents most often rank as “very important” topics such as diet and nutrition, exercise and sports, and the physical changes of puberty. Investigators also found that although parents valued physician time alone with their adolescents, they were less prepared (46%) to respect the dialogue as a privileged conversation.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sarah S. Long Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: journals
Looking for lead in all the right placesEmail this article to a colleague.
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This issue of The Journal contains a very important and likely controversial article by Lozoff et al from the University of Michigan. The study examines data from three separate studies of lead levels in infants for which data on breast feeding duration was available. The three studies (performed at very different times and in very different areas) all suggested a relationship between infant lead levels and duration of breast feeding.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Thomas R. Welch Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: journals
“That node” (Nontuberculous mycobacterial facial lymphadenitis)Email this article to a colleague.
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Pediatric infectious diseases specialists and pediatric ear-nose-throat specialists are occasionally referred toddlers-to-3-year-olds with a persisting facial lesion that has baffled their experienced pediatricians. After soliciting a history of wellness and confirming an otherwise normal physical examination, we say “Oh, that node.” This lymph node—always in the subcutaneous space anterior to the masseter and lateral to the angle of the mouth—is the drainage site for the lateral buccal mucosa, lips, and skin of the nose and lower face. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are almost always the cause of chronic enlar...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sarah S. Long Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: journals
Maternal asthma and atopic disease in offspringEmail this article to a colleague.
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Few studies have examined the relationship between atopy in children and maternal asthma during pregnancy. Over 26 000 singletons born in Quebec to mothers with and without asthma were studied by Martel et al from the University of Montreal. Maternal asthma during pregnancy was associated with a small increased risk of atopic dermatitis but not of allergic rhinitis. However, maternal allergic rhinitis and intra-nasal corticosteroid use during pregnancy were associated with an increase risk of childhood allergic rhinitis. The authors suggest that children of mothers with asthma or allergic rhinitis during pregnancy should b...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Robert W. Wilmott Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: journals
Apnea and RSV-associated bronchiolitisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although hypoxemia and length of hospital stay have been the focus of RSV-associated morbidity, apnea is a relatively common associated symptom that surprisingly has not been studied carefully, even though apnea has the potential to cause death. Authors of this systematic review point out that although apnea alone or risk of apnea may lead to some RSV hospitalizations because of concern for complications or even death, definition of apnea has not been standardized, apnea has not been studied prospectively, nor has the risk of death been established or prevention of occurrence by administration of monoclonal antibody evalua...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sarah S. Long Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: journals
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A Scientist Track Investigator Program to Support Early Career Outcomes for Clinician ScientistsEmail this article to a colleague.
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We report the elements of this program and associated outcomes.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Norman D. Rosenblum, David P. Bazett-Jones, Hugh O'Brodovich Tags: Notes from the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, Inc. Source Type: journals
Cystic Fibrosis: Refining the Approach to Newborn ScreeningEmail this article to a colleague.
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Newborns have been screened for cystic fibrosis (CF) in Colorado since 1982; 20 years later, only 10% of newborns in the United States were being screened. Now the tide has turned, and screening is done in all states except 3, where it is still in the planning stage. “All screening programs aim at maximizing the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis and minimizing…unnecessary sweat tests, detection of unaffected carriers and the recognition of infants with equivocal diagnoses.” In this issue of The Journal, Sontag et al report on a proposed new protocol for screening, with retrospective Colorado data, that achieves those aims.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Bridget Wilcken Tags: Editorials Source Type: journals
Automated Adjustment of Oxygen in Ventilated Preterm Infants: Turn on, Tune in, ROP out?Email this article to a colleague.
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The death of newborns from respiratory failure has been recognized and noted to occur more frequently in preterm infants for >2000 years. In the mid 20th century, the term respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) was coined to describe the often lethal respiratory distress and episodic apnoea, cyanosis, and bradycardia seen in preterm newborns, which began at or shortly after birth and progressed over 72 hours. Hyaline membrane disease (HMD) described the striking pathological features seen on post-mortem examination of lung tissue of infants who died.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Colm P.F. O'Donnell Tags: Editorials Source Type: journals
Breast-feeding and Child Lead Exposure: A Cause for ConcernEmail this article to a colleague.
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It would be difficult to overstate the benefits that breast-feeding provides to infants, mothers, families, and society. Included are benefits to overall child health, nutrition, immunologic function, development, and psychological adjustment. There are relatively few absolute contraindications to breast-feeding. They include infants with galactosemia and mothers with active untreated tuberculosis or who are positive for human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I or type II, those receiving radioisotopes or who have had exposure to radioactive materials, those who are receiving antimetabolites or certain other chemotherapeutic...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Michael Weitzman, Meredith Kursmark Tags: Editorials Source Type: journals
Listen up: Follow-up of failed neonatal hearing screening is keyEmail this article to a colleague.
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In this issue of The Journal, Holster et al from Sophia Children's Hospital Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam report results of a retrospective cohort study over almost a decade of neonatal hearing screening tests, and follow-up of infants with positive tests with formal auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing, physical examination, and tympanometry. During the study period, the method of screening was changed from a behavioral observation test to otoacoustic emission (OAE) testing for healthy infants, and to automated ABR (AABR) test for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). These screening tests are in ...
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sarah S. Long Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: journals
HTLV-1 neurologic disease can begin in childhoodEmail this article to a colleague.
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This report together with future cohorts from other areas in which HTLV-1 is endemic would lend to meta-analysis in order to validate early findings and risk factors for progression of neurologic disease and to push prevention and development of treatment in childhood.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sarah S. Long Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: journals
