{"title":"Children with unrecognized human immunodeficiency virus infection. An emergency department perspective.","authors":"J A Fein, L R Friedland, R Rutstein, L M Bell","doi":"10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340090021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340090021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To provide an approach toward the diagnosis of children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the acute care setting.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Patient reports and review of recent literature.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Emergency departments or acute care clinics.</p><p><strong>Selection procedures: </strong>Analysis of important recent clinical publications.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusions: </strong>The clinical and historical findings associated with pediatric HIV infection are occasionally subtle and differ from those findings in adults. In this article, we have divided the first presentation of HIV in the acute care setting into five categories: recurrent bacterial infections, failure to thrive, unexplained organomegaly, adolescents with HIV, and late presentation of perinatally acquired HIV. Each category is illustrated by a patient treated in the acute care setting. Recognition of these categories of presentation will hopefully assist acute care physicians in the early diagnosis of HIV infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 10","pages":"1104-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340090021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19204203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Picture of the month. Cerebral malaria.","authors":"J E Epstein, B J Dyer, W W Tunnessen","doi":"10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340107025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340107025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 10","pages":"1121-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340107025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19204207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Missed opportunities in preventive pediatric health care. Immunizations or well-child care visits?","authors":"J Brown, P Melinkovich, B Gitterman, S Ricketts","doi":"10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340067016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340067016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the percentage of patients in a large pediatric practice in compliance with national recommendations regarding immunizations and well-child care visits.</p><p><strong>Research design: </strong>Chart review. Point estimates with 95% confidence intervals were determined for reviewed charts in compliance with recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and schedule of well-child care visits, screening, and anticipatory guidance recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>A large, multisite urban public pediatric practice.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Three hundred eighty-six infants and children (aged 0 to 60 months) who had a total of 7595 patient visits.</p><p><strong>Selection procedure: </strong>A random sample of charts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a large discrepancy in compliance for patients aged 0 to 23 months in ACIP-recommended immunizations (90.5% +/- 3.9%) vs AAP-recommended well-child care visits (37.6% +/- 6.4%) and for patients aged 24 to 60 months in ACIP-recommended immunizations (87.8% +/- 5.1%) vs AAP-recommended well-child care visits (31.0% +/- 7.1%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The data suggest that immunization alone does not ensure that children will receive all aspects of preventive care, raising questions about the practicality of the current AAP recommendations for preventive pediatric health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 10","pages":"1081-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340067016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19204199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H S Falciglia, D Kosmetatos, K Brady, T A Wesseler
{"title":"Intrauterine meconium aspiration in an extremely premature infant.","authors":"H S Falciglia, D Kosmetatos, K Brady, T A Wesseler","doi":"10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340021004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340021004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 10","pages":"1035-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340021004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19203598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accidental strangulation of a toddler involving a wall light switch.","authors":"J D Hord, D Anglin","doi":"10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340024006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340024006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 10","pages":"1038-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340024006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19203600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-perception of infertility among female adolescents.","authors":"D Y Rainey, C Stevens-Simon, D W Kaplan","doi":"10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340039010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340039010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the prevalence and correlates of the self-perception of infertility among female adolescents.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional survey.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Urban adolescent clinic in a neighborhood health center in Denver, Colo.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Two hundred sexually active, nulliparous, 14- through 18-year-old female adolescents.</p><p><strong>Measurements/main results: </strong>Concerns about fertility were expressed by 43 (21.5%) of the 200 respondents. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the factors most strongly associated with the self-perception of infertility were as follows (odds ratios; 95% confidence interval): a history of discussing infertility with anyone (4.3; 1.8 to 10.4); desire for pregnancy (3.8; 1.4 to 10.3); boyfriend desiring pregnancy (3.0; 1.1 to 8.3); a history of sexually transmitted disease(s) (3.0; 1.2 to 7.1); and having an older boyfriend (2.6; (1.1 to 6.2). Adolescents who doubted their fertility used contraceptives less frequently than other teens (30% vs 55% of the time; P < .01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The self-perception of infertility is common among sexually active urban female adolescents and may pose another barrier to contraceptive use. Our findings may help clinicians counsel adolescents about contraceptives more effectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 10","pages":"1053-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340039010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19203603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Schoenlebe, J P Buyon, B J Zitelli, D Friedman, M A Greco, A S Knisely
{"title":"Neonatal hemochromatosis associated with maternal autoantibodies against Ro/SS-A and La/SS-B ribonucleoproteins.","authors":"J Schoenlebe, J P Buyon, B J Zitelli, D Friedman, M A Greco, A S Knisely","doi":"10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340058014","DOIUrl":"10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340058014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Liver disease in the fetus and neonate may be associated with maternal Sjögren's syndrome (neonatal lupus erythematosus). The infant of a mother with Sjögren's syndrome and high anti-Ro/SS-A and anti-La/SS-B antibody titers presented at 2 1/2 weeks of age with overwhelming hepatic insufficiency and died at 6 weeks of age. Autopsy confirmed the antemortem diagnosis of neonatal hemochromatosis. We discuss the possibility of a relationship between these two conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 10","pages":"1072-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340058014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19203606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Community response to medical need.","authors":"A W Pruitt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 9","pages":"937"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19349269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dermatitis and nutritional deficiency. Another acrodermatitis enteropathica-like eruption.","authors":"R M Hansen","doi":"10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160330030011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160330030011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 9","pages":"940"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160330030011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19349271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H Yavuz, A Ozel, O Yilmaz, E Ataş, I Erkul, E Gilbert-Barness
{"title":"Pathological case of the month. Benign rheumatoid nodules.","authors":"H Yavuz, A Ozel, O Yilmaz, E Ataş, I Erkul, E Gilbert-Barness","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75474,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children (1960)","volume":"147 9","pages":"1011-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19348593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}