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  1. This paper reports the findings of a South Australian qualitative, exploratory study of children and young people living with a chronic disease, and their perceptions and experiences of physical activity. The ...

    Authors: Jennifer Fereday, Colin MacDougall, Marianne Spizzo, Philip Darbyshire and Wendy Schiller
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2009 9:1
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  2. Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a well accepted neurosurgical procedure performed for the relief of spasticity interfering with motor function in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). The goal is to i...

    Authors: Eva Nordmark, Annika Lundkvist Josenby, Jan Lagergren, Gert Andersson, Lars-Göran Strömblad and Lena Westbom
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:54
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  3. The introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in striking reductions in HIV-related mortality. Despite increased availability of ART, children remain a neglected population. This ma...

    Authors: Sibhatu Biadgilign, Amare Deribew, Alemayehu Amberbir and Kebede Deribe
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:53
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  4. To achieve good clinical outcomes with HAART, patient adherence to treatment and care is a key factor. Since the literature on how to care for pediatric HIV patients is limited, we describe here adherence inte...

    Authors: Joelle Van Winghem, Barbara Telfer, Tony Reid, Judith Ouko, Angela Mutunga, Zaina Jama and Shobha Vakil
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:52
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  5. Kangaroo care (KC) has been widely using to improve the care of low birth weight infants. However, very little is known about cerebral hemodynamics responses in low birth weight infants during KC intervention....

    Authors: Esmot Ara Begum, Motoki Bonno, Noriko Ohtani, Shigeko Yamashita, Shigeki Tanaka, Hatsumi Yamamoto, Masatoshi Kawai and Yoshihiro Komada
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:51
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  6. Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of physical disability in children but its impact on quality of life is not well understood. This study examined participation in everyday activities among children...

    Authors: Vicki Mc Manus, Paul Corcoran and Ivan J Perry
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:50
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  7. There is a controversy regarding the existence of a socio-economic gradient for cerebral palsy. Perinatal emergencies and preterm birth increase the risk for the offspring to develop cerebral palsy. The aim of...

    Authors: Anders Hjern and Kristina Thorngren-Jerneck
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:49
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  8. Methamphetamine (MA) is a potent stimulant that is readily available. Its effects are similar to cocaine, but the drug has a profile associated with increased acute and chronic toxicities. The objective of thi...

    Authors: Kelly Russell, Donna M Dryden, Yuanyuan Liang, Carol Friesen, Kathleen O'Gorman, Tamara Durec, T Cameron Wild and Terry P Klassen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:48
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  9. Life at altitude depends on adaptation to ambient hypoxia. In the Andes, susceptibility to chronic mountain sickness (CMS), a clinical condition that occurs to native highlanders or to sea level natives with p...

    Authors: Luis Huicho, Guoqiang Xing, Clifford Qualls, María Rivera-Ch, Jorge L Gamboa, Ajay Verma and Otto Appenzeller
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:47
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  10. Prevention of serious infections in preterm infants is a challenge, since prematurity and low birth weight often requires many interventions and high utility of devices. Furthermore, the possibility to adminis...

    Authors: Elisabeth AM Westerbeek, Ruurd M van Elburg, Anemone van den Berg, Jolice van den Berg, Jos WR Twisk, Willem PF Fetter and Harrie N Lafeber
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:46
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  11. Osteomyelitis can be difficult to diagnose and there has previously not been a prospective approach to identify all children in a defined geographic area. The aim of this study was to assess the annual inciden...

    Authors: Øystein Rolandsen Riise, Eva Kirkhus, Kai Samson Handeland, Berit Flatø, Tor Reiseter, Milada Cvancarova, Britt Nakstad and Karl-Olaf Wathne
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:45
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  12. An increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity has been documented in preschool children in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. However, little is known about what preschool children in HCMC eat or how well ...

    Authors: Dieu TT Huynh, Michael J Dibley, David W Sibbritt and Hanh TM Tran
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:44
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  13. The hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome (HSES) is a devastating disease that affects young children. The outcomes of HSES patients are often fatal or manifesting severe neurological sequelae. We revi...

    Authors: Hiroshi Rinka, Takeshi Yoshida, Tetsushi Kubota, Miho Tsuruwa, Akihiro Fuke, Akira Yoshimoto, Masanori Kan, Dai Miyazaki, Hideki Arimoto, Toshinori Miyaichi, Arito Kaji, Satoru Miyamoto, Ichiro Kuki and Masashi Shiomi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:43
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  14. Overweight and obesity are increasing among children all over the world. Socio-economic factors may influence the development of overweight and obesity in childhood, and it has been proposed that breastfeeding...

    Authors: Karina Huus, Jonas F Ludvigsson, Karin Enskär and Johnny Ludvigsson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:42
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  15. Until recently, strength training in children with cerebral palsy (CP) was considered to be inappropriate, because it could lead to increased spasticity or abnormal movement patterns. However, the results of r...

    Authors: Vanessa A Scholtes, Annet J Dallmeijer, Eugene A Rameckers, Olaf Verschuren, Els Tempelaars, Maartje Hensen and Jules G Becher
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:41
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  17. Although a number of studies have shown good results in treating children with antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in hospital settings, there is limited published information on results in pediatric programs that are...

    Authors: Johan van Griensven, Ludwig De Naeyer, Jeanine Uwera, Anita Asiimwe, Claire Gazille and Tony Reid
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:39
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  18. Very low birthweight infants are at risk for deficits in cognitive and language development, as well as attention and behaviour problems. Maternal sensitive behaviour (i.e. awareness of infant cues and appropr...

    Authors: Phyllis Zelkowitz, Nancy Feeley, Ian Shrier, Robyn Stremler, Ruta Westreich, David Dunkley, Russell Steele, Zeev Rosberger, Francine Lefebvre and Apostolos Papageorgiou
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:38
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  19. The diagnosis of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS), although traditionally clinical, is now increasingly dependent on radiological corroboration. The rate of negative exploration in IHPS has been ...

    Authors: Dhanya Mullassery, Sreelakshmi Mallappa, Raheel Shariff, Ross J Craigie, Paul D Losty, Simon E Kenny, David Pilling and Colin T Baillie
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:37
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  20. Food allergy prevalence is increasing in US children. Presently, the primary means of preventing potentially fatal reactions are avoidance of allergens, prompt recognition of food allergy reactions, and knowle...

    Authors: Ruchi S Gupta, Jennifer S Kim, Julia A Barnathan, Laura B Amsden, Lakshmi S Tummala and Jane L Holl
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:36
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  21. It is generally assumed that most patients with celiac disease (CD) have a slowed growth in terms of length (or height) and weight. However, the effectiveness of slowed growth as a tool for identifying childre...

    Authors: Paula van Dommelen, Floor K Grote, Wilma Oostdijk, Sabine MPF de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Bart Boersma, Gerard M Damen, Cassandra G Csizmadia, Paul H Verkerk, Jan M Wit and Stef van Buuren
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:35
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  22. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) dramatically improves outcomes for children in Africa; however excellent adherence is required for treatment success. This study describes the utility of different measures of adhe...

    Authors: Mary-Ann Davies, Andrew Boulle, Tanzeem Fakir, James Nuttall and Brian Eley
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:34
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  23. Henoch Schonlein purpura (HSP) is a common vasculitis of small vessels whereas endothelin-1 (ET-1) is usually reported elevated in vasculities and systematic inflammation. The aim of the present study was to i...

    Authors: S Fessatou, P Nicolaidou, D Gourgiotis, H Georgouli, K Douros, M Moustaki and A Fretzayas
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:33
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  24. Otitis media (OM) is the most common paediatric illness for which antibiotics are prescribed. In Australian Aboriginal children OM is frequently asymptomatic and starts at a younger age, is more common and mor...

    Authors: Deborah Lehmann, Sharon Weeks, Peter Jacoby, Dimity Elsbury, Janine Finucane, Annette Stokes, Ruth Monck and Harvey Coates
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:32
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  25. Obesity is a one of the most common nutritional disorder worldwide, clearly associated with the metabolic syndrome, condition with implications for the development of many chronic diseases.

    Authors: Margoth Caceres, Carlos G Teran, Susana Rodriguez and Marcos Medina
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:31
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  26. Assessment of 'potential intellectual ability' of children with severe intellectual disability (ID) is limited, as current tests designed for normal children do not maintain their interest. Thus a manual puzzle v...

    Authors: Katrina D Bello, Nahal Goharpey, Sheila G Crewther and David P Crewther
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:30
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  27. Numerous short-statured children are evaluated for growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD). In most patients, GH provocative tests are normal and are thus in retrospect unnecessary.

    Authors: Laëtitia Duché, Christine Trivin, Wassim Chemaitilly, Jean Claude Souberbielle, Gérard Bréart, Raja Brauner and Martin Chalumeau
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:29
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  29. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between premature thelarche and precocious puberty in girls who develop breasts before the age of 8 years. We evaluated the frequencies of the signs associated with bre...

    Authors: Géraldine Prété, Ana-Claudia Couto-Silva, Christine Trivin and Raja Brauner
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:27
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  30. Infants born at extreme prematurity are at high risk of developmental disability. A major risk factor for disability is having a low level of thyroid hormone described as hypothyroxinaemia, which is recognised...

    Authors: Sze M Ng, Mark A Turner, Carrol Gamble, Mohammed Didi, Suresh Victor, Christina Malamateniou, Laura M Parkes, Anna Tietze, Lloyd Gregory, Vanessa Sluming, Laurence Abernethy and Alan M Weindling
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:26
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  31. To reduce the risk of brain damage children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) are nowadays mainly treated with intrathecal chemotherapy (ITC) instead of central nervous system (CNS) radiation therapy (C...

    Authors: Jaap Huisman, Eline J Aukema, Jan Berend Deijen, Silvia CCM van Coeverden, Gertjan JL Kaspers, Heleen JH van der Pal and Henriette A Delemarre-van de Waal
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:25
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  32. Changes and relationships of components of the cytokine and IGF systems have been shown in placenta and cord serum of fetal growth restricted (FGR) compared with normal newborns (AGA). This study aimed to anal...

    Authors: Maria E Street, Enzo Grossi, Cecilia Volta, Elena Faleschini and Sergio Bernasconi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:24
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  33. For children at high risk of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), strategies to prevent acute otitis media with perforation (AOMwiP) may reduce progression to CSOM.

    Authors: Amanda J Leach, Peter S Morris and John D Mathews
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:23
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  34. Severe malnutrition in childhood associated with HIV infection presents a serious humanitarian and public health challenge in Southern Africa. The aim of this study was to collect country wide data on HIV infe...

    Authors: Susan Thurstans, Marko Kerac, Kenneth Maleta, Theresa Banda and Anne Nesbitt
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:22
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  35. As abnormal growth might be the first manifestation of undetected diseases, it is important to have accurate referral criteria and a proper diagnostic work-up. In the present paper we evaluate the diagnostic w...

    Authors: Floor K Grote, Wilma Oostdijk, Sabine MPF De Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Paula van Dommelen, Stef van Buuren, Friedo W Dekker, Arnoldus G Ketel, Henriette A Moll and Jan M Wit
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:21
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  36. Persistent arterial dysfunction in patients with a history of Kawasaki disease (KD) and an integral role of oxidative stress in the development of cardiovascular disease are increasingly recognized. We sought ...

    Authors: Yiu-fai Cheung, Karmin O, Connie WH Woo, Stephanie Armstrong, Yaw L Siow, Pak-cheong Chow and Eddie WY Cheung
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:20
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  37. The child growth standards released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006 have several technical advantages over the previous 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO reference and are re...

    Authors: Hong Yang and Mercedes de Onis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:19
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  38. Procalcitonin (PCT) and C reactive protein (CRP) have been used as infection parameters. PCT increase correlates with the infection's severity, course, and mortality. Post-cardiocirculatory arrest syndrome may...

    Authors: Marta Los Arcos, Corsino Rey, Andrés Concha, Alberto Medina and Belen Prieto
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:18
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  39. A hypoxic-ischaemic insult occurring around the time of birth may result in an encephalopathic state characterised by the need for resuscitation at birth, neurological depression, seizures and electroencephalo...

    Authors: Dennis Azzopardi, Peter Brocklehurst, David Edwards, Henry Halliday, Malcolm Levene, Marianne Thoresen and Andrew Whitelaw
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:17
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  40. In Nepal, more than 90% of the deliveries take place at home where birth weight is often not recorded. In developing countries, low birth weight (LBW, <2500 grams) accounts for 60–80% of neonatal deaths. Early...

    Authors: Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Neena Chuni, Rajkumar Patil, Dela Singh and Brishna Shakya
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:16
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  41. Little is known about how pediatricians or internists manage influenza symptoms. Recent guidelines on antiviral prescribing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) make almost no distinction be...

    Authors: Michael B Rothberg, Aleta B Bonner, MH Rajab, Barbara W Stechenberg and David N Rose
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:15
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  43. Skin-to-skin contact, or kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been shown to be efficacious in diminishing pain response to heel lance in full term and moderately preterm neonates. The purpose of this study was to de...

    Authors: C Celeste Johnston, Francoise Filion, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Celine Goulet, Linda Bell, Kathryn McNaughton, Jasmine Byron, Marilyn Aita, G Allen Finley and Claire-Dominique Walker
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:13
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  44. Early diagnosis and intervention for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) reduces the risk of developing a range of secondary social, emotional and behavioural problems and provides an opportun...

    Authors: Elizabeth Peadon, Emily Fremantle, Carol Bower and Elizabeth J Elliott
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:12
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  45. Gastroesophageal reflux is a common diagnosis in infants. Yet, there is no information on the demographics of those hospitalized with reflux. The aim of this study is to describe the demographics of children w...

    Authors: Susan S Baker, Christine M Roach, Michael S Leonard and Robert D Baker
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:11
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  46. Obesity is now a global epidemic. In this study, we aimed to assess the rates of obesity using several major diagnostic criteria in Chinese school adolescents in Hong Kong.

    Authors: Gary TC Ko, Risa Ozaki, Gary WK Wong, Alice PS Kong, Wing-Yee So, Peter CY Tong, Michael HM Chan, Chung-Shun Ho, Christopher WK Lam and Juliana CN Chan
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:10
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  47. Weight screening in schools has been proposed as one strategy to address childhood obesity. Students' response to such screening is unexplored, however. In this study we evaluated the perceived comfort, utilit...

    Authors: Karrie A Kalich, Virginia Chomitz, Karen E Peterson, Robert McGowan, Robert F Houser and Aviva Must
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:9
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  49. Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer. With the exception of Down syndrome, prenatal radiation exposure, and higher birth weight, particularly for acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL), few risk factors have be...

    Authors: Kimberly J Johnson, John T Soler, Susan E Puumala, Julie A Ross and Logan G Spector
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:7
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  50. HIV is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Zambia. Like many other African nations with high HIV burden, heterosexual intercourse is the commonest mode of HIV spread. The estimation of prevalence and...

    Authors: Seter Siziya, Adamson S Muula, Lawrence N Kazembe and Emmanuel Rudatsikira
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:6
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