Pediatrics Medical and Health News Headlines

Inequities in the application of newborn screening for cystic fibrosis.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):A1

Authors: Wilmott RW

PMID: 18718242 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Adults with ADHD have increased physical dependence on smoking.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):A1

Authors: Wilmott RW

PMID: 18718243 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Chronic medical conditions and developmental psychopathology in preschool aged children.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):A2

Authors: Long SS

PMID: 18718244 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Another neonatal encephalopathy predictor fails to pass the test.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):A2

Authors: Clyman RI

PMID: 18718245 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Cardiorespiratory events following second dose of DTaP in prematurely born infants.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):A2

Authors: Long SS

PMID: 18718247 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Neonatal dose of DTaP - not likely.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):A2

Authors: Long SS

PMID: 18718248 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Evidence of norovirus causing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in a NICU.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):A2

Authors: Long SS

PMID: 18718249 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Impact of children with Down syndrome on maternal health.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):A3

Authors: Wilmott RW

PMID: 18718250 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Minocycline-associated autoimmunity.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):A3

Authors: Long SS

PMID: 18718252 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Health insurance for all children and youth in the United States: a position statement of the Federation of pediatric organizations.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):301-2

Authors: Szilagyi PG, Cheng T, Simpson L, Berkelhamer JE, Sectish TC,

PMID: 18718253 [PubMed - in process]

Autoimmunity and minocycline.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):303-4

Authors: Moore TL

PMID: 18718254 [PubMed - in process]

Families of children with chronic conditions: opportunities to widen the scope of pediatric practice.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):304-5

Authors: Rosenbaum P

PMID: 18718255 [PubMed - in process]

Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: a lesson in public health disparities.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):308-13

Authors: Ross LF

PMID: 18718257 [PubMed - in process]

50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics Studies on the pH of the respiratory tract, i: endotracheal aspirate of the healthy newborn infants.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):319

Authors: Nielson DW, Bland RD

PMID: 18718258 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics Necrotic arachnidism.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):338

Authors: McDade J, Ware RE

PMID: 18718259 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics Perforated duodenal ulcer in an infant.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):374

Authors: Sherman PM, Gilger MA

PMID: 18718260 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Recurrence of cardiorespiratory events following repeat DTaP-based combined immunization in very low birth weight premature infants.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):429-31

Authors: Flatz-Jequier A, Posfay-Barbe KM, Pfister RE, Siegrist CA

We evaluated the tolerance to immunization of 64 very low birth weight preterm infants. Thirty-three of the infants experienced a cardiorespiratory event after the first vaccination, and 6 of these 33 (18%) had a recurrence after the second vaccination, including 2 infants previously discharged to home. A cardiorespiratory event associated with the first vaccination was the sole risk factor for recurrence identified.

PMID: 18718262 [PubMed - in process]

Treatment of Takayasu's arteritis with tumor necrosis factor antagonists.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):432-4

Authors: Filocamo G, Buoncompagni A, Viola S, Loy A, Malattia C, Ravelli A, Martini A

Four children with Takayasu's arteritis were treated with tumor necrosis factor antagonists because of disease relapse during conventional therapy or as a first-line agent. Two patients went into remission; in the other 2, the response was partial. Anti-tumor necrosis factor agents can have a role in the treatment of Takayasu's arteritis; further controlled studies are required.

PMID: 18718263 [PubMed - in process]

The clinical course and genetic defect in the PCFT gene in a 27-year-old woman with hereditary folate malabsorption.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):435-7

Authors: Min SH, Oh SY, Karp GI, Poncz M, Zhao R, Goldman ID

We report 2 sequential homozygous mutations in the recently cloned proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT) gene, resulting in the absence of this protein, in a 27-year-old woman with hereditary folate malabsorption, normal in all respects having completed higher education, who has been treated with parenteral 5-formyltetrahydrofolate since infancy.

PMID: 18718264 [PubMed - in process]

Neonatal respiratory distress due to bilateral dacrocystoceles.

J Pediatr. 2008 Sep;153(3):438

Authors: Trehan I, Turpin BK

PMID: 18718265 [PubMed - in process]