... type, and combined type, according to the predominant clinical manifestations of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity The validity of DSM-IV ADHD predominantly inattentive and combined ... sustainable improvements in ADHD clinical symptoms and neurocognitive function in realistic clinical settings Second, whether the differences in ADHD clinical symptoms and neurocognitive functions ... impulsivity, andclinical inattention, there was no significant difference between the subtypes and no significant interaction between subtypes and visits in these factors For clinical hyperactivity,...
... patients with sepsis and reported an incidence of AF of 31% [15] With respect to the incidence of new- onset AF in septic shock, Seguin and colleagues included a subgroup of 23 patients and observed new- onset ... anesthesiologist from our clinic In case of clinicalsigns for coronary artery disease (e.g angina pectoris) or heart failure, patients were routinely examined by a cardiologist andin the first step an ... concentrations before, during and after onset of new AF (a) Patients with new- onset atrial fibrillation (AF) and septic shock (b) Patients with new- onset AF without septic shock The median, interquartile...
... surgery/interventions (including ablations) 1.1 Without remaining findings (complete correction) 1.2 With minimal findings 1.3 With clinically significant findings 1.4 After palliative interventions: ... Cardiac function and hemodynamic findings under exertion BOX Findings after cardiac surgery and/ or interventions Minor remaining findings (1.2) – Scar after ventriculotomy – Incomplete right ... forms of exercise and games in childhood Types of exercise with a high dynamic/low static component Running, skipping, jumping, cycling, swimming, inline skating, skateboarding, running games, ball...
... epileptogenesis in the developing brain In order to determine whether active inflammation, including HMGB1 and pro-inflammatory cytokines, occurs inchildrenwith febrile seizures and pediatric epilepsy, ... of cytokines in epileptogenesis remains to be elucidated Cytokines may contribute initially to incite seizures in the developing brain after being induced by seizure or tissue injury, and they ... CSF [42], or high in CSF but not in serum [43] or increase in neither serum nor CSF [35] These results potentially reflect difficulties in obtaining clinical samples and measuring free IL-1b The...
... tachykinins and neurokinins Trends Pharmacol Sci 2000;21: 173–175 6- Almeida TA, Rojo J, Nieto PM, Pinto FM, Hernandez M, Martin JD, et al Tachykinins and tachykinin receptors: structure and activity ... autoimmune diseases and neural dysfunction points to an involvement linking the nervous and the immune system In this context, neuropeptides, including tackykinins and neurotrophins have been recognized ... allergens, infectious agents and heavy metals), with a subequent increase in the release of this tachykinin from these cells Neuroendocrine hormones, including tackykinins, triggered during stress...
... the Institute of Genomic Medicine, UMDNJ-NJMS He has been involved inclinical studies of CGH, transcription profiling, and microRNA profiling in patients with various medical conditions including ... Conclusions In summary, our results revealed distinct clinicaland immunological findings in ASD/SPAD children who reveal worsening behavioral symptoms/cognitive skills with immune insults These ... ASD/SPAD childrenwith fluctuating behavioral symptoms/cognitive skills, by analyzing their clinical features and immunological findings in comparison with three control groups: ASD/non-SPAD children, ...
... discriminant validity in Chinese children [11,12] Here, the total problems scale and all narrow band subscales were used Children received scores in the clinical range are considered clinical ... of 24013 Chinese childrenand adolescents between the age of and 16 years The cutting points for clinical designation are based on raw scores 12.9% of the children had scores in the clinical range ... Meanwhile, we found that childrenwith PE did not have more behavioural problems than control group This finding is also in line with studies of psychosocial functioning inchildrenwith PE [8,19], but...
... Measuring health-related quality of life inchildrenwith cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and ... 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 inchildrenwith cancer living in mainland ... majoring in Pediatrics and nurses All of them were trained in interviewing and administering questionnaires On-treatment status was defined as patients who were receiving medical treatment to induce...
... often occur in infants and young children [7] As such, in the clinical setting active range of movement of the child's affected limb is infrequently measured with a goniometer or inclinometer Rather ... with age [13,18] and the symptoms of OBPP are exacerbated with age and produce increasing disability [20], our results provide a justification to monitor and maintain upper limb movement in children, ... joint movements, such as shoulder flexion and elbow extension, in positions where gravity is eliminated and against gravity Movement is quantified on an eight-point ordinal scale, with equating...
... distally, crossing above the humerus From the other incision, in line with the respected conjoined tendon, the tunnel is completed moving over the humerus, to join the dissecting finger(s) from ... 60A:691-695 In a continous series from July 2005 to March 2009, we performed the tmm transfer in 17 children aged to 17 years, and obtained improvements both in shoulder abduction (between 15 and 70°) and ... technique and wrote the manuscript; COP participated in the surgeries andin the clinical follow-up of patients Both authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript Publish with Bio...
... Polymorphism of the insertion/ deletion ACE and M235T AGT genes and hypertension: surprising new finding and meta-analysis of data BMC Nephrol 2005, 6:1 10 Vaughan C: The role of rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone ... CT, and Ca channel blockers in twenty-nine MHD and ten CT Subjects were taking their medication when ACE activity was measured and no influence of medication on the measurement In 1967, Ng and ... defined as indexed SBP or DBP ≥ 1.0 None of CKD patients had cardiovascular events on the basis of examinationand detailed clinical history All control subjects (n = 70) were healthy with no clinical...
... Polymorphism of the insertion/ deletion ACE and M235T AGT genes and hypertension: surprising new finding and meta-analysis of data BMC Nephrol 2005, 6:1 10 Vaughan C: The role of rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone ... CT, and Ca channel blockers in twenty-nine MHD and ten CT Subjects were taking their medication when ACE activity was measured and no influence of medication on the measurement In 1967, Ng and ... defined as indexed SBP or DBP ≥ 1.0 None of CKD patients had cardiovascular events on the basis of examinationand detailed clinical history All control subjects (n = 70) were healthy with no clinical...
... following acoustic cues There is a particular interest in analysing inhibition deficits following auditory cues inchildrenwith ADHD as a high number of childrenwith ADHD have difficulties with ... was to investigate how childrenwithand without ADHD differ in brain activation during an antisaccade task The second aim was to investigate, whether childrenwith ADHD have comparable inhibition ... checklist [39] and a routine questionnaire while children completed the Edinburgh-Handedness-Inventory [40] To ensure within-normal hearing levels, children s hearing thresholds were determined for...
... detected in individual patients The incidence of coinfection decreased with the number of pathogens in past-infected and uninfected childrenIn the primary-infection group, the most frequent combination ... children than in the other groups In the primary-infection and uninfected groups, the proportion infected with PIV was the same and was significantly higher than inchildrenwith past EBV/CMV infection ... higher in the primary- and pastinfected groups than in the uninfected group and the frequency of C-reactive protein (CRP) > 10 mg/L was significantly lower in the primary-infection group Clinical...
... [27] and chronic lung disease of infancy [25] Ranganathan et al demonstrated tracking between parameters of airway function and growth in infants and young children [25] Childrenwith CF and better ... pulmonary hyperinflation and gas trapping in addition to ventilation inhomogeneities andin conjunction with CFTR genotyping provides a means for monitoring functional progression in CF disease ... 2006, 174(11):1211-1220 Hamutcu R, Rowland JM, Horn MV, Kaminsky C, MacLaughlin EF, Starnes VA, Woo MS: Clinical findings and lung pathology inchildrenwith cystic fibrosis Am J Respir Crit Care...
... analgesia and received pancuronium bromide for relaxation Veno-arterial ECMO was initiated using neck cannulation in two childrenand through median sternotomy in four childrenIn these latter children, ... pulmonary status and the recovery from lung injury compared with the conventional assessment by chest radiographs and blood gases [15] Chest radiograph findings lag behind the clinicaland physiological ... application (baseline), 24 and 48 h thereafter, and for group C at baseline (mid-time of the ECMO course), and 24 and 48 h thereafter Childrenin group S received 50 to 80 mg/kg body weight porcine surfactant...
... vasopressin levels inchildrenwith meningococcal septic shock Intensive Care Med 2003, 29:1339-1344 Vasudevan A, Lodha R, Kabra SK: Vasopressin infusion inchildrenwith catecholamine-resistant ... other catecholamines In these patients TP therapy induced a rapid and sustained improvement in MAP, which allowed the lessening or even withdrawal of noradrenaline infusion, without related adverse ... with hyperdynamic septic shock indicates that both drugs are effective in raising the MAP and improving renal function [16] To our knowledge, results of randomized clinical trials to ascertain...
... CXC and CC chemokines during the initial phase of meningococcal sepsis inchildrenand to determine their relationship with disease severity and outcome Materials and methods Patients Childrenwith ... chemokines as well as CXC chemokines are found in sera from childrenin the initial phase of meningococcal sepsis • Chemokine levels inchildrenin the initial phase of meningococcal sepsis accurately ... leukocytes in infectious meningitis J Neuroimmunol 1998, 85:33-43 Halstensen A, Ceska M, Brandtzaeg P, Redl H, Naess A, Waage A: Interleukin-8 in serum and cerebrospinal fluid from patients with meningococcal...
... Interleukin-1alpha, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels inchildrenwith sepsis and meningitis Pediatr Int 2006, 48:118-124 Du B, Pan J, Chen D, Li Y: Serum procalcitonin and interleukin6 levels ... novel sight of inflammatory markers and pointed out the need for considering these findings in designing studies comparing the usefulness of the markers 10 11 12 13 14 Competing interests The ... online http://ccforum.com/content/11/3/R70 Figure Individual C-reactive protein curves Individual level (thin lines) and model level (bold lines) C-reactive protein (CRP) curves of the noninfectious...
... (21 males and 27 females) consisted of 42 childrenwith HgbSS andwith HgbSC The control group (17 males and 31 females) included 41 childrenwith HgbSS andwith HgbSC The age of the children ... paucity of research investigating patients with concomitant asthma and sickle cell disease Table 2: Results inchildrenwith sickle cell disease withand without asthma Patients with Sickle Cell ... patients with sickle cell disease without asthma in those presenting with vaso-occlusive pain crises Methods We performed a 5-year retrospective chart review of 48 childrenwith asthma and sickle...