OBJECTIVE To compare the motor recovery following transverse myelitis in pediatric patients with and without spinal cord atrophy. METHOD From January 1995 through December 2009, twenty children (8 boys and 12 girls with an onset at 5.7±3.8 years) that were diagnosed with transverse myelitis at a Children's Hospital in Korea, and undertaken an initial and follow-up spine magnetic resonance ima...

Concerns about possible early pubertal development are a common cause for referral to pediatric medical subspecialists. Several recent studies have suggested that onset of breast and/or pubic hair development may be occurring earlier than in the past. Although there is a chance of finding pathology in girls with signs of puberty before 8 years of age and in boys before 9 years of age, the vast ...

Background Due in part to medical complications, adults with a pediatric onset spinal cord injury (SCI) are at higher risk of experiencing dissatisfaction life and lower perceived physical health when compared their peers no disability. To support the prevention young people SCI must successfully transition adult care. Health care (HCT) interventions can chronic conditions move Objectives evalu...

populations. Paradoxically, this is the same socio-demographic group that is affected by food insecurity (Crawford, Townsend, et al. 2004). The prevalence of food insecurity is highest for Hispanic and African-American households (22%) and households living below the federal poverty level (38%). In 2002, twice as many households with children under 18 years old experienced food insecurity compa...

Physician health and wellness is a critical issue gaining national attention because of the high prevalence of physician burnout. Pediatricians and pediatric trainees experience burnout at levels equivalent to other medical specialties, highlighting a need for more effective efforts to promote health and well-being in the pediatric community. This report will provide an overview of physician bu...

BACKGROUND Inpatient utilization associated with incidence of geriatric new-onset epilepsy has not been characterized in any large study, despite recognized high levels of risk factors (comorbidity). METHODS Retrospective study using administrative data (Oct '01-Sep '05) from the Veterans Health Administration from a nationwide sample of 824,483 patients over age 66 in the retrospective obser...

Purpose: This study evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of cannabidiol (CBD) as an add-on therapy for childhood-onset Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS).Methods: retrospective enrolled patients who visited Department Pediatric Neurology at Asan Medical Center from March 2019 to February 2022 were treated with CBD. Electronic medical records clinically relevant factors (including type epilepsy se...

Abstract Despite significant evidence that the expression of several microRNA’s (miRNA) impacts on disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), it remains unknown if more severe phenotype seen pediatric-onset UC can be explained by altered miRNA expression. In this study, we aimed to assess relationship between expression, age, and severity pediatric adult UC. Using RT-qPCR, analy...

late life depression is both underdiagnosed and undertreated. the impact of medical conditions may mask depressive symptoms. untreated depressive disorder in older people impair their quality of life and leads to decreased ability for self care and diminish in social interaction and increase in health care use. this article provides an update and current evidence in relation to old age depressi...

Children and adolescents with acute and chronic medical conditions such as asthma, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and sickle cell disease (SCD) are reported to have more frequent and severe problems with sleep than their healthy peers (Passarelli et al., 2006; Yuksel et al., 2007). Multiple factors, including both acute and chronic pain (Palermo, 2000), underlying disease processes, concurrent ...