Illnesses among recently immigrated children

Evaluation of a school-based tuberculosis-screening program and associate investigation targeting recently immigrated children in a low-burden country.

CONTEXT In countries with a low incidence of tuberculosis (TB), screening programs targeting recent immigrants from TB-endemic countries have been shown to be effective in further reducing TB incidence; however, evaluative data on some aspects of these programs remain sparse. OBJECTIVE We sought to retrospectively evaluate a school-based screening program targeting children at high risk for T...

ARSMA-II, Stress, Pregnancy Anxiety, and Infant Birthweight in Recently Immigrated Latinas

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Bacteriuria in Children with Acute Febrile Illnesses.

Proteinuria in children with febrile illnesses.

was noted only in children whose fever was higher than 38 *4 'C. Selectivity studies on the protein excreted showed patterns ranging from poorly to highly selective. Initial screening for proteinuria using a dipstick method revealed a high incidence of false positives, of which only about 30% could be confirmed by the sulphosalicylic acid method. The pathophysiology of transient proteinuria in ...

Viral Respiratory Illnesses of Infants and Children.

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................. 431 PROBLEMS IN THE ETIOLOGICAL STUDY OF VIRAL RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN 431 CLINICALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.433 Rhinitis...................................................................................... 433 Tonsillitis or Pharyngitis 43 Exanthematous Disease 4...