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Prevalence of sedentary behavior and its correlates among primary and secondary school students 中小学生久坐行为的流行程度及其相关因素
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.09.002
Rodrigo Wiltgen Ferreira , Airton José Rombaldi , Luiza Isnardi Cardoso Ricardo , Pedro Curi Hallal , Mario Renato Azevedo
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引用次数: 40
In time: averting the legacy of kidney disease – focus on childhood 及时:避免肾脏疾病的遗留问题——关注儿童
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.001
Julie R. Ingelfinger , Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh , Franz Schaefer , on behalf of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee
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引用次数: 14
Leukocytes as risk markers for cardiovascular disease in adolescents: association with birth characteristics, nutritional status and biochemical tests 白细胞作为青少年心血管疾病的危险标志物:与出生特征、营养状况和生化试验的关系
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.003
Pedro Paulo do Prado Junior , Franciane Rocha de Faria , Eliane Rodrigues de Faria , Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini , Silvia Eloiza Priore
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引用次数: 0
In time: vitamin D deficiency: who needs supplementation? 及时:维生素D缺乏:谁需要补充?
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.10.003
Tania Winzenberg , Graeme Jones
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引用次数: 1
Functional performance of school children diagnosed with developmental delay up to two years of age 两岁以下发育迟缓学童的功能表现
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.10.001
Lílian de Fátima Dornelas , Lívia de Castro Magalhães
{"title":"Functional performance of school children diagnosed with developmental delay up to two years of age","authors":"Lílian de Fátima Dornelas ,&nbsp;Lívia de Castro Magalhães","doi":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To compare the functional performance of students diagnosed with developmental delay (DD) up to two years of age with peers exhibiting typical development.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Cross-sectional study with functional performance assessment of children diagnosed with DD up to two years of age compared to those with typical development at seven to eight years of age. Each group consisted of 45 children, selected by non-random sampling, evaluated for motor skills, quality of home environment, school participation and performance. ANOVA and the Binomial test for two proportions were used to assess differences between groups.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The group with DD had lower motor skills when compared to the typical group. While 66.7% of children in the typical group showed adequate school participation, receiving aid in cognitive and behavioral tasks similar to that offered to other children at the same level, only 22.2% of children with DD showed the same performance. Although 53.3% of the children with DD achieved an academic performance expected for the school level, there were limitations in some activities. Only two indicators of family environment, diversity and activities with parents at home, showed statistically significant difference between the groups, with advantage being shown for the typical group.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Children with DD have persistent difficulties at school age, with motor deficit, restrictions in school activity performance and low participation in the school context, as well as significantly lower functional performance when compared to children without DD. A systematic monitoring of this population is recommended to identify needs and minimize future problems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101120,"journal":{"name":"Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition)","volume":"34 1","pages":"Pages 78-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rppede.2015.10.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55270807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 12
Prevalence of Y-chromosome sequences and gonadoblastoma in Turner syndrome 特纳综合征中y染色体序列与性腺母细胞瘤的患病率
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.004
Alessandra Bernadete Trovó de Marqui, Roseane Lopes da Silva-Grecco, Marly Aparecida Spadotto Balarin
{"title":"Prevalence of Y-chromosome sequences and gonadoblastoma in Turner syndrome","authors":"Alessandra Bernadete Trovó de Marqui,&nbsp;Roseane Lopes da Silva-Grecco,&nbsp;Marly Aparecida Spadotto Balarin","doi":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To assess the prevalence of Y-chromosome sequences and gonadoblastoma in patients with Turner syndrome (TS) using molecular techniques.</p></div><div><h3>Data source</h3><p>A literature search was performed in Pubmed, limiting the period of time to the years 2005–2014 and using the descriptors: TS and Y sequences (n=26), and TS and Y-chromosome material (n=27). The inclusion criteria were: articles directly related to the subject and published in English or Portuguese. Articles which did not meet these criteria and review articles were excluded. After applying these criteria, 14 papers were left.</p></div><div><h3>Data synthesis</h3><p>The main results regarding the prevalence of Y-chromosome sequences in TS were: (1) about 60% of the studies were conducted by Brazilian researchers; (2) the prevalence varied from 4.6 to 60%; (3) the most frequently investigated genes were <em>SRY</em>, <em>DYZ3</em> and <em>TSPY</em>; (4) seven studies used only polymerase chain reaction, while in the remaining seven it was associated with FISH. Nine of the 14 studies reported gonadectomy and gonadoblastoma. The highest prevalence of gonadoblastoma (33%) was found in two studies. In five out of the nine papers evaluated the prevalence of gonadoblastoma was 10–25%; in two of them it was zero.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>According to these data, molecular analysis to detect Y-chromosome sequences in TS patients is indicated, regardless of their karyotype. In patients who test positive for these sequences, gonadoblastoma needs to be investigated.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101120,"journal":{"name":"Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition)","volume":"34 1","pages":"Pages 114-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55271134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 14
Frequency of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents with autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder 患有自闭症和注意缺陷/多动障碍的儿童和青少年超重和肥胖的频率
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.006
Arthur Kummer , Izabela Guimarães Barbosa , David Henrique Rodrigues , Natália Pessoa Rocha , Marianna da Silva Rafael , Larissa Pfeilsticker , Ana Cristina Simões e Silva , Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
{"title":"Frequency of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents with autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder","authors":"Arthur Kummer ,&nbsp;Izabela Guimarães Barbosa ,&nbsp;David Henrique Rodrigues ,&nbsp;Natália Pessoa Rocha ,&nbsp;Marianna da Silva Rafael ,&nbsp;Larissa Pfeilsticker ,&nbsp;Ana Cristina Simões e Silva ,&nbsp;Antônio Lúcio Teixeira","doi":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To assess the frequency of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their parents, in comparison with children and adolescents without developmental disorders.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Anthropometric measures were obtained in 69 outpatients with ASD (8.4±4.2 years old), 23 with ADHD (8.5±2.4) and 19 controls without developmental disorders (8.6±2.9) between August and November 2014. Parents of patients with ASD and ADHD also had their anthropometric parameters taken. Overweight was defined as a percentile ≥85; obesity as a percentile ≥95; and underweight as a percentile ≤5. For adults, overweight was defined as a BMI between 25 and 30kg/m<sup>2</sup> and obesity as a BMI higher than 30kg/m<sup>2</sup>.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Children and adolescents with ASD and ADHD had higher BMI percentile (<em>p</em>&lt;0.01) and <em>z</em>-score (<em>p</em>&lt;0.01) than controls, and increased frequency of overweight and obesity (<em>p</em>=0.04). Patients with ASD and ADHD did not differ between them in these variables, nor regarding abdominal circumference. Parents of children with ASD and ADHD did not differ between themselves.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Children and adolescents with ASD and ADHD are at a higher risk of overweight and obesity than children without developmental problems in the community.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101120,"journal":{"name":"Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition)","volume":"34 1","pages":"Pages 71-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55271631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 33
Challenges on off label medicine use 说明书外用药的挑战
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.12.007
Marisa Lima Carvalho
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引用次数: 11
Continuous insulin therapy versus multiple insulin injections in the management of type 1 diabetes: a longitutinal study 持续胰岛素治疗与多次胰岛素注射治疗1型糖尿病:一项纵向研究
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.06.019
Maria Estela Bellini Ribeiro, Raphael Del Roio Liberatore Junior, Rodrigo Custodio, Carlos Eduardo Martinelli Junior
{"title":"Continuous insulin therapy versus multiple insulin injections in the management of type 1 diabetes: a longitutinal study","authors":"Maria Estela Bellini Ribeiro,&nbsp;Raphael Del Roio Liberatore Junior,&nbsp;Rodrigo Custodio,&nbsp;Carlos Eduardo Martinelli Junior","doi":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.06.019","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.06.019","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To compare multiple doses of insulin and continuous insulin infusion therapy as treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>40 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (21 female) with ages between 10 and 20 years (mean=14.2) and mean duration of diabetes of 7 years used multiple doses of insulin for at least 6 months and after that, continuous insulin infusion therapy for at least 6 months. Each one of the patients has used multiple doses of insulin and continuous insulin infusion therapy. For analysis of HbA1c, mean glycated hemoglobin levels (mHbA1c) were obtained during each treatment period (multiple doses of insulin and continuous insulin infusion therapy period).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Although mHbA1c levels were lower during continuous insulin infusion therapy the difference was not statistically significant. During multiple doses of insulin, 14.2% had mHbA1c values below 7.5% <em>vs</em>. 35.71% while on continuous insulin infusion therapy; demonstrating better glycemic control with the use of continuous insulin infusion therapy. During multiple doses of insulin, 15–40 patients have severe hypoglycemic events <em>versus</em> 5–40 continuous insulin infusion therapy. No episodes of ketoacidosis events were recorded.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This is the first study with this design comparing multiple doses of insulin and continuous insulin infusion therapy in Brazil showing no significant difference in HbA1c; hypoglycemic events were less frequent during continuous insulin infusion therapy than during multiple doses of insulin and the percentage of patients who achieved a HbA1c less than 7.5% was greater during continuous insulin infusion therapy than multiple doses of insulin therapy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101120,"journal":{"name":"Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition)","volume":"34 1","pages":"Pages 86-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rppede.2015.06.019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55269179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Neonatal atrial flutter after insertion of an intracardiac umbilical venous catheter 新生儿心房扑动后插入心内脐静脉导管
Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition) Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2015.10.002
Marcos Moura de Almeida, Wládia Gislaynne de Sousa Tavares, Maria Mônica Alencar Araripe Furtado, Maria Marcia Farias Trajano Fontenele
{"title":"Neonatal atrial flutter after insertion of an intracardiac umbilical venous catheter","authors":"Marcos Moura de Almeida,&nbsp;Wládia Gislaynne de Sousa Tavares,&nbsp;Maria Mônica Alencar Araripe Furtado,&nbsp;Maria Marcia Farias Trajano Fontenele","doi":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rppede.2015.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To describe a case of neonatal atrial flutter after the insertion of an intracardiac umbilical venous catheter, reporting the clinical presentation and reviewing the literature on this subject.</p></div><div><h3>Case description</h3><p>A late-preterm newborn, born at 35 weeks of gestational age to a diabetic mother and large for gestational age, with respiratory distress and rule-out sepsis, required an umbilical venous access. After the insertion of the umbilical venous catheter, the patient presented with tachycardia. Chest radiography showed that the catheter was placed in the position that corresponds to the left atrium, and traction was applied. The patient persisted with tachycardia, and an electrocardiogram showed atrial flutter. As the patient was hemodynamically unstable, electric cardioversion was successfully applied.</p></div><div><h3>Comments</h3><p>The association between atrial arrhythmias and misplaced umbilical catheters has been described in the literature, but in this case, it is noteworthy that the patient was an infant born to a diabetic mother, which consists in another risk factor for heart arrhythmias. Isolated atrial flutter is a rare tachyarrhythmia in the neonatal period and its identification is essential to establish early treatment and prevent systemic complications and even death.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101120,"journal":{"name":"Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition)","volume":"34 1","pages":"Pages 132-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rppede.2015.10.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55270948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
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