... manifestations of GERD inchildren are similar to those found in adults These include chronic sore throat and cough, hoarseness, wheezing and asthma, and specific to the infant population, apnea and bradycardia ... Gastroenterology and Nutrition clinical practice guidelines for GERD.)11 The management approach taken in older children with GERD is slightly different than in younger childrenand infants Often, older children ... Caregivers may report feeding difficulties such as the child refusing to eat, arching and inconsolable crying, hemateme- Vol (3A) s March 2003 PRO CEEDINGS sis, and water-brash (spitting up) Other significant...
... boys and girls) from nine elementary schools in Western Vojvodina to participate in the study They informed all childrenandadolescents about the purpose of the study, as well as their parents and ... assess the main components of childrenandadolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy childrenand adolescents, but also for ... negative findings it is advised to replicate the study to ensure whether the current KINDL measurement model is appropriate or not for QOL assessments in healthy childrenandadolescentsin Serbia In...
... administered repeatedly and easy to score and analyze, be acceptable to patients by being inoffensive, and be usable in a busy, clinical setting Patients who are ill become tired after 15–20 minutes ... goodness of fit indices should be considered The CFI [23] and TLI [24] both are incremental fit indices, ranging from (indicating poor fit) to 1.00 (indicating a perfect fit) and are derived ... for healthy populations [47] and inclusion of emotional well-being, positive affect, vitality, and health perceptions aid in discriminating and measuring change in well populations [48] Even...
... boys and girls) from nine elementary schools in Western Vojvodina to participate in the study They informed all childrenandadolescents about the purpose of the study, as well as their parents and ... assess the main components of childrenandadolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy childrenand adolescents, but also for ... negative findings it is advised to replicate the study to ensure whether the current KINDL measurement model is appropriate or not for QOL assessments in healthy childrenandadolescentsin Serbia In...
... Signs and symptoms Occasional abdominal pain, difficulty gaining weight and height Prior history of anemia Difficulty gaining weight and height Prior history of anemia Frequent abdominal pain, ... carried out between April and September 2004 at the General Pediatrics Clinic at Instituto Materno-Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP) and at the Growthand Development Clinic at Hospital das ... villi in the small intestine, causing an inadequate absorption of nutrients The disease has a varied spectrum of presentations, ranging from the classic form (chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain and...
... How childrenandadolescents use home computers and the Internet? Where childrenandadolescents use computers? Where they use the Internet? How many users use the Internet in only one place, and ... differences between childrenin single-parent households andchildrenin other family situations and between those living in poverty and those not in poverty, these results are not observed in the regression ... Inequalities in computer and Internet use manifest themselves in the locations where childrenandadolescents log in to the Internet Given the role of computers in accessing the Internet, it...
... marketing method for reaching childrenandadolescentsand include cross-selling, tie-ins, premiums, and sweepstakes prizes Cross-selling and tie-ins combine promotional efforts to sell a product In ... decade in the US, use of public schools as advertising and marketing venues has grown Reasons for the increase in in-school marketing to childrenandadolescents include the desire to increase ... organizations and youth advocacy groups are concerned about the growing influx of inschool marketing and advertising and have advocated limiting commercial activities in schools, arguing that children' s...
... gluten and related prolamines in genetically (mainly HLA) susceptible individuals characterized by a combination of: • gluten dependent clinical manifestations • anti-tissue transglutaminase ... Towards a new definition of coeliac disease Chronic Multi-organ Small intestinal inflammation Transglutaminase-related ESPGHAN working group, 2011 Suggestion: New definition an immune-mediated ... Agenda • • • • Change in clinical paradigm Definitions of coeliac disease New diagnostic guidelines Algorithms Interlaken ESPGHAN criteria (1979) Small intestinal biopsy: villous atrophy...
... challenges to integrating child injury prevention education and training into existing educational systems In addition, child injury prevention may compete with other existing training and education ... that information to the client (skill training) Identifying educational gaps and developing training capacity are current challenges Priorities include integrating injury prevention education into ... issues, injury prevention includes strategies on many levels, such as preventing the injury event in the first place (e.g., avoiding drinking and driving, removing hazards in the home), preventing...
... the test Clinical Interview of ChildrenandAdolescents Clinical interviewing should be initially facilitated through both informal questions and observation Engaging childrenin the interview ... factors and facilitates 16 PTSD INCHILDRENANDADOLESCENTS greater understanding and identification of disorders that often accompany PTSD Specific aspects of interviewing children, adolescents, and ... developments in Advances in Brain Imaging, and the shift toward xiv PTSD INCHILDRENANDADOLESCENTS greater clinical utility is clear in their descriptions of these methods Perhaps most intriguing is...
... for screening purposes as well as in clinical assessment and cross-cultural comparisons [23] Finally, the SDQ and the KIDSCREEN-52 were originally intended for use in age groups - 16 and - 18, ... changes in mental health status were associated with changes in HRQOL inchildrenandadolescents aged 18 years The potential mediating effect of gender and socio-economic status was also examined ... study group and the BELLA study group: The mental health module (BELLA study) within the German Health interview and examination survey of childrenandadolescents (KIGGS): study design and methods...
... cognitive interviews was carried out in 30 childrenand parents and confirmed that the final Argentinean Spanish PedsQL™ was understandable and conceptually equivalent to the original instrument ... that met inclusion criteria Families were then approached in the clinic before seeing their doctor and invited to enroll in the study After enrolling, childrenand proxies were asked to independently ... Cardiopathies 6Poverty line is calculated according to total income, and number and age of people in the household, as per National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) guidelines ical and psychosocial...
... for testing in clinical settings In clinical settings the PLA could be used to lead discussions designed to motivate behavioral change in child and adolescent management of asthma Having children ... author resulted in questions about completion rates, appropriateness, usefulness, and applicability for children The instrument was long and for children not interested in participating in strenuous ... Using a sample of 52 childrenandadolescents with asthma, ages 7–17 years, clinimetrics based on t-tests and correlations were used to examine evaluative and discriminative capabilities [24] In...
... participating in normal everyday activities such as laughing with friends, swimming in chlorinated pools, riding horses, playing with pets, going to camp, eating certain foods, being indoor or ... vary as children increase in complexity, differentiation, and specialization; while increasing in hierarchical integration and organization [5] The activities serve as anchors for responding to ... (defined by continuous indicators), and SIRS (defined by categorical/ordinal indicators) and a path from SIRS to PLA was carried out using weighted least squares method appropriate for ordinal...
... nonresponse, ceiling and floor effects Childrenandadolescents between and 16 years of age and their parents were asked to participate in the DISABKIDS pilot and field study, completing the instrument ... group were included in each step taken in the European project and contributed in meetings and by testing the DISABKIDS instrument in their country All members have received the manuscript and have ... 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...
... differences in physical functioning in comparison to healthy children These findings are consistent with PedsQL™ ADHD findings from The Netherlands [22] and Thailand [44] These multinational consistencies ... of administration was paper -and- pencil self-administration for parents andchildren ages to 16, and parent-assisted administration for children ages to Since we were primarily interested in child ... problems, in determining the burden of a particular disease or disability, andin informing efforts aimed at prevention and intervention at the local community, state, and national level [3-5] In addition,...
... conceived and designed the study, analysed and interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript SS and ID collected the data ID, CE and SM were involved in guiding the study including the design and ... using clinical samples that demonstrate impaired school functioning in obese childrenand adolescents, perhaps suggesting that individuals seeking treatment may experience more impairment [9] In ... physical and psychological functioning in a mixed-ethnic clinical sample of obese childrenandadolescents Additionally, as there are reports of increasing levels of obesity in very young children...
... Ellert U: Pain among ChildrenandAdolescentsin Germany: Results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for ChildrenandAdolescents (KiGGS) European Journal of Pain 2010, in press ... German Health Interview and Examination Survey for ChildrenandAdolescents included the KINDL-R questionnaire on health-related quality of life 6388 childrenandadolescents filled in the questionnaire ... Ellert U, Neuhauser H: [Children andadolescentsin Germany with a migration background Methodical aspects in the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for ChildrenandAdolescents (KiGGS).]...
... radiation oncology Randomizing children or adults in two different radiotherapy regimens knowing that one will definitely inactivate the parotid glands, one kidney or affect bonegrowth is simply ... present and the fear of increased secondary malignancy induction by changes in low dose spillage or integral dose [17-21] This study describes experience and outcome of IMRT for childrenandadolescents ... indications and more predefined collectives They specially deal with intracranial or head -and- neck tumors since the sensitive structures like eyes, brain stem, parotid glands or inner ears represent...