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Neonatal glycine encephalopathy: biochemical and neuropathologic findings.

A patient with neonatal glycine encephalopathy who had severe neurologic retardation, spasticity, and seizures died at 17 years of age. Glycine concentration was markedly elevated in brain tissue, especially in the cerebellum. Neuropathologic study…

The natural history of halo nevi: a retrospective case series.

BACKGROUND: The time period between onset of depigmentation around the halo nevus (HN) to complete resolution of the nevus and halo has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE: We sought to better understand the natural history of the HN. METHODS: A…

Calcium channel blocker toxicity.

Calcium channel blockers continue to be used for the management of a wide variety of adult and pediatric conditions including hypertension, angina pectoris, atrial arrhythmias, Raynaud phenomenon, and migraine headaches. With increased use comes…

Benzodiazepine-associated atrioventricular block.

Dysrhythmias, although common in overdose situations, are not often seen after benzodiazepine exposures. We report two cases of transient atrioventricular block after benzodiazepine misuse. Case 1 is a 4-year-old boy who was found unresponsive after…

Defining Success in Pediatric Palliative Care While Tackling the Quadruple Aim.

Tags: *Attitude of Health Personnel, 2017, Adolescence, American Academy of Pediatrics, Bogetz Jori F, Child, Friebert Sarah, Health Personnel/*psychology, Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing/*organization & administration, Humans, Infant, Journal of palliative medicine, Newborn, Organizational Objectives, Palliative Care – In Infancy and Childhood, Pediatric Nursing/*organization & administration, Preschool, Success

Editorial comment.

Tags: 2009, Bladder, Bologna R, Child, Electrotherapy, Neurogenic – Etiology, Neurogenic – Physiopathology, Neurogenic – Therapy, Overactive Bladder – Etiology, Overactive Bladder – Physiopathology, Overactive Bladder – Therapy, Pelvic Floor Muscles, Preschool, Spina Bifida – Complications, Urodynamics, Urology

The consultation and referral process. A report from NEON. Northeastern Ohio Network Research Group.

BACKGROUND: Consultation and referral are essential components of the practice of primary care. Despite this, little is known about the factors that contribute to the success of a referral. We examined the short-term outcomes of communication between…

Unintentional injuries. Risk factors in preschool children.

Successful strategies for preventing childhood injuries require better understanding of injury epidemiology. A case-control study was designed to identify risk factors for injury among preschool patients of a university-affiliated, community-based…

Unexplained fever in infants and young children: how to manage.

If an infant 60 days old or younger who presents with unexplained fever (temperature 38 degrees C [100.4 degrees F] or greater) appears ill, evaluate for sepsis, hospitalize, and give parenteral antibiotics. For well-appearing infants whose…

Tags: 2001, Bacterial Infections – Diagnosis – In Infancy and Childhood, Bower J R, Child, Consultant (00107069), Fever – Therapy – In Infancy and Childhood, Infant, Powell K R, Practice Guidelines, Preschool, Primary Health Care – In Infancy and Childhood

Evaluation of the patient with seizures: an evidence based approach.

Statistics tell us that as many as 1 in 20 members of the population will suffer a seizure at some point in their lifetime, a figure which becomes even more likely if one lives to the age of 80. Thus, a careful evidence based approach to the patient…

Topical corticosteroid-induced acne. Three treatment strategies to break the 'addiction' cycle.

Black-dot tinea capitis. Patchy hair loss is common in pediatric patients.

Tags: 2002, Alopecia – Etiology, Alopecia/*etiology, Antifungal Agents/administration & dosage, Brodell Robert T, Child, Griseofulvin/administration & dosage, Humans, Ketoconazole/administration & dosage, Male, Postgraduate medicine, Preschool, Tinea – Diagnosis, Tinea – Drug Therapy, Tinea Capitis/*complications/*diagnosis/drug therapy, Vescera Giorgio

Pilot Study of Intensive Chemotherapy With Peripheral Hematopoietic Cell Support for Children Less Than 3 Years of Age With Malignant Brain Tumors, the CCG-99703 Phase I/II Study. A Report From the Children's Oncology Group.

BACKGROUND: The primary goals of the Children's Cancer Group 99703 study were to assess the feasibility and tolerability of-as well as the response rate to-a novel dose-intensive chemotherapy regimen. METHODS: Between March 1998 and October 2004, 92…

Tags: *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects, 2015, Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Brain Neoplasms/*therapy, Carboplatin/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Child, Children's Oncology Group, Cisplatin/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Cohen Bruce H, Combined Modality Therapy/adverse effects/methods, Consolidation Chemotherapy, Curran John G, Cyclophosphamide/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Dunkel Ira J, Etoposide/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Feasibility Studies, Female, Finlay Jonathan L, Gajjar Amar, Geyer J Russell, high-dose chemotherapy, Hilden Joanne, Holmes Emi, Humans, Induction Chemotherapy, Infant, infant brain tumor, Ingles Sue Ann, Male, Miller Douglas C, NEOMED College of Medicine, Packer Roger J, Pediatric neurology, Pilot Projects, Pollack Ian F, Preschool, stem-cell support, Thiotepa/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Treatment Outcome, Vincristine/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Zhou Tianni

Efficacy of intravenous lidocaine to reduce pain and distress associated with propofol infusion in pediatric patients during procedural sedation.

BACKGROUND: Research suggests that young children experience an increased incidence and severity of discomfort during propofol infusion. Evaluations of varied interventions to reduce or eliminate this discomfort with adult subjects suggest that…

Effect of a standardized pharyngitis treatment protocol on use of antibiotics in a pediatric emergency department.

BACKGROUND: Pharyngitis is a common complaint in pediatric patients. If clinical parameters are used alone, bacterial pathogens will be wrongly implicated in many cases. A nonstandardized approach to the treatment of children with pharyngitis in an…

Effect of a standardized pharyngitis treatment protocol on use of antibiotics in a pediatric emergency department.

The epidemiology of respiratory tract infections.

Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are the most common, and potentially most severe, of infections treated by health care practitioners. Lower RTIs along with influenza, are the most common cause of death by infection in the United States. Risk…

Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011.

IMPORTANCE: The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria set a goal of reducing inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use by 50% by 2020, but the extent of inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To…

Tags: 2016, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Ambulatory Care – Statistics and Numerical Data, Ambulatory Care/*statistics & numerical data, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*therapeutic use, Antibiotics – Therapeutic Use, Bartoces Monina, Child, Department of Internal Medicine, Enns Eva A, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Finkelstein Jonathan A, Fleming-Dutra Katherine E, Gerber Jeffrey S, Health Care Surveys, Hersh Adam L, Hicks Lauri A, Human, Humans, Hyun David Y, Inappropriate Prescribing – Statistics and Numerical Data, Inappropriate Prescribing/*statistics & numerical data, Infant, JAMA, Linder Jeffrey A, Lynfield Ruth, Male, Margolis David J, May Larissa S, Merenstein Daniel, Metlay Joshua P, Middle Age, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Newborn, Newland Jason G, Otitis Media, Otitis Media – Drug Therapy, Pharyngitis – Drug Therapy, Pharyngitis/drug therapy, Physicians'/*statistics & numerical data, Piccirillo Jay F, Practice Patterns, Preschool, Prevalence, Respiratory Tract Infections – Drug Therapy, Respiratory Tract Infections/drug therapy, Roberts Rebecca M, Sanchez Guillermo V, Shapiro Daniel J, Suda Katie J, Suppurative/*drug therapy, Surveys, Thomas Ann, United States, Woo Teri Moser, Zetts Rachel M

A comparison of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) measurement approach with direct observation of outpatient visits.

BACKGROUND: The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) informs a wide range of important policy and clinical decisions by providing nationally representative data about outpatient practice. However, the validity of the NAMCS methods has not…

Lichen striatus.

Tags: 2016, Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Cutis, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Graham Jacqueline N, Hossler Eric W, Humans, Inflammation/*diagnosis/pathology, Lichenoid Eruptions/*diagnosis/epidemiology/pathology, Male, Preschool, Sex Factors

Direct care staff and parents'/legal guardians' perspectives on end-of-life care in a long-term care facility for medically fragile and intellectually disabled pediatric and young adult residents.

OBJECTIVE: Children and young adults with severe disabilities and their families are faced with enormous challenges throughout the lifespan, including admitting the child to a long-term care facility (LTCF) and making end-of-life (EOL) care…

Longitudinal assessment of bone growth and development in a facility-based population of young adults with cerebral palsy.

AIM: Osteoporosis is a significant clinical problem in persons with moderate to severe cerebral palsy (CP), causing fractures with minimal trauma. Over the past decade, most studies examining osteoporosis and CP have been cross-sectional in nature,…

Exome sequence identified a c.320A \textgreater G ALG13 variant in a female with infantile epileptic encephalopathy with normal glycosylation and random X inactivation: Review of the literature.

Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) are new and rapidly expanding neurometabolic disorders with multisystem involvements, broad phenotypic manifestations, and variable severity. The majority results from a defect of one of the steps involved…

Cutaneous abscesses in children: epidemiology in the era of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric emergency department.

OBJECTIVE: Skin and soft tissue infections are a major public health issue. Previous literature suggests a recurrence rate of 4% in children. The purpose of this study was to examine the epidemiology, body location, and history of previous infections…

Duplicated pelvic floor musculature and diastematomyelia in a cloacal exstrophy patient.

Cloacal exstrophy is the most severe and rare form of the exstrophy-epispadias complex, presenting with exposed bladder halves extruding through an abdominal wall defect and variable genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and neurological…

Congenital syphilis: early- and late-stage findings of rhagades and dental anomalies.

Congenital syphilis occurs via vertical transmission when Treponema pallidum crosses the placenta after the 16th week of gestation. Manifestations of congenital syphilis vary from asymptomatic infection to stillbirth. We present a case of congenital…

Tags: 2011, Child, Cicatrix/microbiology, Congenital/*complications/diagnosis, Department of Internal Medicine, Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption Test, Hearing Disorders/microbiology, Humans, Kempf Ellen, Khetarpal Shilpi, Male, Mostow Eliot, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pediatric dermatology, Preschool, Syphilis, Tooth Abnormalities/*microbiology

Plication augmentation of the modified Hummelsheim procedure for treatment of large-angle esotropia due to abducens nerve palsy and type 1 Duane syndrome.

BACKGROUND: Multiple procedures have been described to treat a large-angle esodeviation with an associated abduction deficit. We report a plication augmentation of the Hummelsheim procedure for the management of esotropia and severe abduction deficit…

Tags: *Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures, 2015, 80 and over, Abducens Nerve Diseases/complications/physiopathology/*surgery, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Binocular/physiology, Botulinum Toxins, Child, Cochran Megan, Duane Retraction Syndrome/complications/physiopathology/*surgery, El Sahn Mahmoud, Esotropia/etiology/physiopathology/*surgery, Eye Movements/physiology, Female, Granet David B, Hertle Richard W, Humans, Injections, Intramuscular, Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Khayali Salma, Kinori Michael, Male, Middle Aged, Miller Kyle E, Neuromuscular Agents/administration & dosage, Oculomotor Muscles/drug effects/physiopathology/*surgery, Patil Preeti A, Preschool, Retrospective Studies, Robbins Shira L, Suture Techniques, Tendon Transfer, Type A/administration & dosage, Vision, Young Adult

Automated identification of antibiotic overdoses and adverse drug events via analysis of prescribing alerts and medication administration records.

Objectives: Electronic trigger detection tools hold promise to reduce Adverse drug event (ADEs) through efficiencies of scale and real-time reporting. We hypothesized that such a tool could automatically detect medication dosing errors as well as…

Tags: *Algorithms, *Medical Order Entry Systems, 2017, Adolescence, Adolescent, adverse drug event, Adverse Drug Event – Prevention and Control, Age Distribution, Algorithms, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*administration & dosage/adverse effects, Antibiotics – Administration and Dosage, Antibiotics – Adverse Effects, Child, Clinical, Computer Assisted, Computer-Assisted, Courter Joshua D, CPOE, Damania Rahul, Decision Support Systems, Demography, Dexheimer Judith W, Drug Overdose/diagnosis/*prevention & control, Drug Therapy, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/*prevention & control, electronic health record, Electronic Health Records, electronic medical record, Electronic Order Entry, Female, Funding Source, Hagedorn Philip, Hospitals, Humans, Infant, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, Kirkendall Eric S, Kouril Michal, Li Dan, Male, medical order entry system, Medication Errors – Prevention and Control, Medication Errors – Statistics and Numerical Data, Medication Errors/*prevention & control/statistics & numerical data, Minich Thomas, Newborn, Overdose – Diagnosis, Overdose – Prevention and Control, Patient Safety, Pediatric, Preschool, Risk Management, Spooner S Andrew, Szczesniak Rhonda, Young Adult

Insulin regulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase expression in human hepatocytes: roles of forkhead box O1 and sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c.

Bile acid synthesis and pool size increases in diabetes, whereas insulin inhibits bile acid synthesis. The objective of this study is to elucidate the mechanism of insulin regulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene expression in human…

Non-health Care Facility Medication Errors Associated with Hormones and Hormone Antagonists in the United States.

INTRODUCTION: Hormones and hormone antagonists are frequently associated with medication errors and may result in important adverse outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate non-health care facility (non-HCF) medication errors associated…

Botulin therapy in pediatric ophthalmology.

Tags: 1989, Adult, Botulinum Toxins/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use, Child, Cooperative Behavior, Eye Movements, Humans, Infant, Informed Consent, International ophthalmology clinics, Ketamine, Magoon E H, Preanesthetic Medication, Preschool, Strabismus/*therapy

Technique for preservation of penile skin in genital reconstruction: free graft to the scrotum.

OBJECTIVE: To describe a new technique to preserve the penile epithelium with good cosmetic results when additional surgery is a significant possibility. Complex genital reconstruction can require multiple procedures. METHODS: Seven patients…

Pediatric airway management in COVID-19 patients: consensus guidelines from the society for pediatric anesthesia's pediatric difficult intubation collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society.

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) pandemic has challenged medical systems and clinicians globally to unforeseen levels. Rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced clinicians to care for patients with a…

Tags: 2020, Adolescent, Airway Management/ methods, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Anesthesia/methods, Anesthesiology/ methods/standards, Asaf S, Ayad I, Bhalla T, Castro P, Chiao F, Child, Consensus, Coronavirus Infections/ therapy, Crockett C, Dalesio N, Denning S, Department of General Surgery, Disma N, Engelhardt T, Evans F, Fiadjoe JE, Galvez I, Gálvez J, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz A, Glover C, Gooden C, Greenberg R, Greenwood E, Guidelines as Topic, Gumaney H, Haydar B, Hervías M, Hsu G, Humans, Hunyady A, Infant, Infection Control, Infectious Disease Transmission, Ingelmo P, Intratracheal/ methods/standards, Intubation, Jagannathan N, Javia L, journalArticle, July 2020 List, Kiss EE, Kovatsis PG, Lardner D, Lau J, Lee JK, Lee LK, Lockman JL, Matava CT, Matuszczak M, McCloskey J, Mireles S, NEOMED College of Medicine, Newborn, Olomu P, Pandemics, Park R, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control, Pediatrics/ methods/standards, Pérez-Pradilla C, Peyton J, Pneumonia, Polaner D, Preschool, Raman VT, Rehman M, Reynolds P, Sabato S, Stein ML, Szmuk P, Szolnoki J, Taicher B, Tan J, Templeton T, Theroux MC, Thompson N, Viral/ therapy, Von Ungern-Sternberg B, Whyte S, Yaster M, Yu J

New recommendations for the treatment of tuberculosis.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this article is to give practicing physicians a practical approach to the treatment of latent and active tuberculosis and to review newer recommendations and common problems encountered in the treatment of patients with…

Tags: 2005, Adult, Antitubercular Agents – Administration and Dosage, Antitubercular Agents – Adverse Effects, Antitubercular Agents – Pharmacodynamics, Antitubercular Agents – Therapeutic Use, Antitubercular Agents/adverse effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use, Bacterial, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Child, Current opinion in infectious diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Drug Resistance, Female, Hepatitis, HIV Infections – Complications, HIV Infections/complications, Humans, Infant, Microbial, Multiple, Myers Joseph P, NEOMED College of Medicine, Practice Guidelines, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Preschool, Prescribing Patterns – Standards, Tuberculin Test, Tuberculosis – Drug Therapy, Tuberculosis – Epidemiology, Tuberculosis – Prevention and Control, Tuberculosis/*drug therapy/epidemiology/prevention & control, United States

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