Antihistamine therapy in pediatric practice

Trial of a new antihistamine (mebrophenhydramine) in general practice.

Von Pirquet, in 1906, invented the word "allergy" to describe an altered reaction of the body to foreign proteins. Since then the term has been used to include more and more conditions in which a reaction develops to agents where none existed previously. These include such diverse conditions as asthma, perennial rhinitis, contact dermatitis, eczema, migraine, and colitis, although these do not ...

Stem Cell Therapy in Pediatric Neurological Disorders

Pediatric neurological disorders including muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury are defined as a heterogenous group of diseases, of which some are known to be genetic. The two significant features represented for stem cells, leading to distinguish them from other cell types are addressed as below: they can renew themselves besides the ability to differentiate into cells wi...

Foundations of pediatric practice for the occupational therapy assistant (2005).

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Neutropenia in pediatric practice.

Antihistamine use in children.

This review provides an overview of the use of antihistamines in children. We discuss types of histamine receptors and their mechanism of action, absorption, onset and duration of action of first-generation and second-generation H(1)-antihistamines, as well as elimination of H(1)-antihistamines which has important implications for dosing in children. The rationale for the use of H(1)-antihistam...