likely bacterial causes of meningitis in children

... sensitivity in discriminating between bacterial meningitis and aseptic meningitis In a recent study of 16 diagnostic markers of meningitis [4], only granulocytes, lactate, IL-6 and IL-1β in CSF exhibited ... valuable biomarker of the severity of bacterial meningitis Moreover, CSF cortisol may help to discriminate bacterial meningitis from aseptic meningitis reliably Finally, our findings support the ... guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis Clin Infect Dis 2004, 39:1267-1284 Kleine TO, Zwerenz P, Zofel P, Shiratori K: New and old diagnostic markers of meningitis in cerebrospinal...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... lacking in co-operation for instrumented gait analysis using current techniques Managing spasticity in children In our preliminary open label study into the use of BoNT-A in the lower limbs of children ... These type of blocks produce muscular relaxation in the target area, providing a ‘window of opportunity’ for a focused programme of splinting, casting, gait training and strengthening of antagonist ... Brouwer et al., 2000) In a randomized clinical trial, Corry and colleagues compared serial casting with injection of botulinum toxin in the management of dynamic equinus in children with cerebral...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 10:20

... to diagnose TB in children Careful history (including history of TB contact and symptoms consistent with TB) Clinical examination (including growth assessment) Tuberculin skin testing (TST) Bacteriological ... formulations and dosing of first- and second-line TB drugs in children DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN The diagnosis of TB in children relies on careful and thorough assessment of all the evidence ... need to be incorporated into existing guidelines and strategies that have been developed by NTPs Reducing the burden of TB in children will require changing and improving many existing practices,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... rate of increase in rice cropping frequency The rate of increase in paddy yields was associated with an increase in planted forests but this effect was weaker in mountain areas The rate of increase ... profitability of slash-and-burn cultivation in the uplands therefore declined compared to the valleys The increase in cropping frequency in mountain paddies was one of the main factors contributing to ... period of the study In densely populated regions such as in many parts of southeast Asia, depopulation and the decline of agriculture in marginal regions are unlikely to drive the initial steps of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/03/2014, 13:47

... Distribution of the sample- study according to the causes of infertility Causes of infertility N Disorders of menstruation Problems in the fallopian tubes Problems in the uterus Problems in the cervix ... disorders of menstruation in the 20% of the cases, following infertility due to problems in the uterus in the 9.1% of the cases Finally, in 2.7% of the participants infertility 71 22 13 39 30 15 26 ... facing the problem of getting an integrated family In the USA, approximately million people have infertility problems, while in Europe the incidence is estimated around 14% 1-4 The incidence of...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 16:20

Ngày tải lên: 12/06/2014, 11:37

... The findings of the current study underline the importance of combining self- and proxy rating, not only in Germany Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life ... centres participating in the Benchmarking Project, which has been described in detail by Stern et al [2] The number of children of this age who participated in the Benchmarking Project in 2005 was ... genders in perception of HRQoL need further investigation Both self-rating and proxy rating provide important complementary sources of information, and these should be assessed in combination Use of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... certain items during the second, less intensive year of treatment, might be related to an increasing cumulative dose of corticosteroids This underscores the importance of continuing close monitoring ... counselling of both child and family during the whole of treatment In HR children, reported scores on cognitive functioning were considerable lower than in NHR children, regardless of the use of dexamethasone ... drafting of manuscript RL: coordination of the study, gathering and processing of data (questionnaires), performed the statistical analyses, drafting and revising of manuscript JH: participated in...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... in measuring QoL in children, including (1) lack of consensus on suitable instruments, (2) the need for different instruments in different age groups and (3) the need of proxy reporting by parents ... essential in order to meet basic needs, to fulfill usual roles, and to maintain health and wellbeing [5]Quality of life (QoL) is defined as an individual's perception of their position in life, in the ... internal standard of patients, resulting in changes in the meaning of self-evaluation and hence in a possibly different experience of problems and values, such as HRQoL HRQoL studies are influenced...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... time index of the digital recording of the vibration signal Methods Representation of swallowing activity Based on the clinical appeal of cervical auscultation and the recent success of swallowing ... frequently in rehabilitation engineering, for example, in the control of neural prostheses [49] and in the design of an intelligent wheelchair guidance system [50] For our experiments, the number of inputs ... (FEES) of swallowing in determining the risk of aspiration in acute stroke patients Dysphagia 2001, 16:1-6 Sellars C, Dunnet C, Carter R: A preliminary comparison of videofluoroscopy of swallow and...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... added to a domain if it correlated with a domain, it loaded only on one domain, and it generally made sense to include the item in the domain [29] The reliability of the domain, including the added ... losing additional data Various sources of data were systematically considered in the selection of items for domains Some of the data were qualitative in nature, for example the clinical opinion ... typically resulted in the grouping of similar items that could be formed into possible new domains (not necessarily those identified in the card sorting procedure) If a domain contained too many items...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... status In order to increase interrater reliability, the different degrees of functional impairment were defined in the questionnaire This measure has successfully been used in an earlier study in children ... better quality of life with regard to cognitive and emotional domains Interestingly, treatment-related variables, such as intensity of therapy and presence of medical complications mainly influenced ... be used for Swiss children Finally, there may be some concerns regarding our correlational findings, since the chance of falsely significant results increases with the number of comparisons performed...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... measurement of HRQoL, encompassing all three components of children s well-being, is still in its infancy in children with SCD [11] For example, compared to over 400 studies on HRQoL in children ... and need specific care in the hospital Therefore, we argue for routine monitoring of HRQoL in children with SCD Incorporating patient reported outcomes of HRQoL in daily clinical practice will ... subjective HRQoL of children with SCD While interpreting the results of this study, strengths and limitations should be taken into account Findings of this study are strengthened by the use of a well-standardized...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... sleepiness and night wakenings Similar results have been found in children with chronic pain [13] and children referred to a sleep disorder clinic [20], but was not yet demonstrated in children ... D: Health-related quality of life during post-induction chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission: An influence of corticosteroid therapy Int J Oncol 1997, 11(2):333-339 ... during ALL maintenance treatment because of the repetitive setup of the assessments For these questions (number and 8), mean scores as found in a previous study in Dutch children halfway ALL maintenance...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Measuring health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic ... The findings support the feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese Mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module in children with cancer living in mainland ... The investigation was performed by research students majoring in Pediatrics and nurses All of them were trained in interviewing and administering questionnaires On-treatment status was defined...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... certain items during the second, less intensive year of treatment, might be related to an increasing cumulative dose of corticosteroids This underscores the importance of continuing close monitoring ... counselling of both child and family during the whole of treatment In HR children, reported scores on cognitive functioning were considerable lower than in NHR children, regardless of the use of dexamethasone ... drafting of manuscript RL: coordination of the study, gathering and processing of data (questionnaires), performed the statistical analyses, drafting and revising of manuscript JH: participated in...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... flock of one laying hen hybrid prior to the start of the study Cannibalism was one of the main causes of death in laying hens housed in indoor litter-based systems and in free range systems in this ... indicative of vent pecking (cannibalism) Cannibalism was observed in all housing systems and was the main cause of mortality in five of 129 flocks housed in litter based systems indoors and in ... [8,19-22] Our finding concur with reports from Germany indicating that there is a higher risk of erysipelas in laying hens housed in litter-based housing systems (including free-range) than in caged...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... King J, Soldin SJ: IMMULITE 2000 age and sex-specific reference intervals for alpha fetoprotein, homocysteine, insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3, ... children HOMA showed a predominance of insulin resistance in hyperglycemic children, although b-cell insufficiency or a combination of insulin resistance and b-cell insufficiency was also seen ... that, in critically ill children with impaired glucose tolerance, b-cells can be dysfunctional, resulting in an inadequate compensatory increase in insulin release to the decreased insulin sensitivity...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... courses, including “content structure, number of subjects, duration of training, time proportion between studying and practicing [35] The Education Law also reinforces the centrist nature of managing ... cultural profile and thus a predictor of pattern of learning is too restricted It is interesting to consider who is defining the difference and how that understanding is applied The above findings ... resolutions, instructions, stipulations, and plans for renovation of teaching methods in the HES, the teaching method in Vietnam is still considered quite traditional with rote learning dominating in most...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2015, 16:52

... within 10min in more children • Does not appear to increase the risk of respiratory depression • Few have given intravenous lorazepam 2008 Jan, Uganda • Single-blind, randomized clinical trial in ... treatment of seizures in children: a randomised controlled trial, Thelancet, vol 366, Luly 16, 2005 Knudsen FU Rectal administration of diazepam in solution in the acute treatment of convulsions in infants ... years • Cessation of seizures within 10mins, without recurrence in 1hr Results • 114 (69.1%) seizures terminated within 10 minutes in the diazepam arm compared with 125 (75.8%) in the midazolam...

Ngày tải lên: 14/11/2016, 06:19