OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess neuromotor function at school age in children who had cerebral infarction on neonatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). DESIGN Twenty-two children with evidence of cerebral infarction on neonatal brain MRI (18 with arterial infarction and 4 with border-zone lesions) were assessed at school age with a structured neurologic examination and the Movem...

In 2001, a publicly funded 7 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV) program commenced for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged less than 2 years. This study updates early estimates of 7vPCV coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children using Australian Childhood Immunisation Register data between 31 December 2004 and 30 September 2007. We chose four 3-month bi...

Background: Beginning with the 2004–05 influenza season, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) strengthened their existing encouragement that children aged 6–23 months receive influenza vaccination by creating a formal recommendation. Methods: Well-functioning sentinel project immunization information systems (IIS) in Arizona (AIIS) and Michigan (MIIS) were used to calculate v...

To assess diversity of rotavirus strains in Lilongwe, Malawi, we conducted a cross-sectional study of children with acute gastroenteritis, July 2005-June 2007. Serotype G12 was identified in 30 (5%) of 546 rotavirus-positive fecal specimens. The G12 strain possessed multiple electropherotypes and P-types, but their viral protein 7 sequences were closely related, indicating that reassortment has...

OBJECTIVE To compare daily atropine to weekend atropine as prescribed treatments for moderate amblyopia in children younger than 7 years. DESIGN Prospective, randomized multicenter clinical trial (30 sites). PARTICIPANTS One hundred sixty-eight children younger than 7 years with amblyopia in the range of 20/40 to 20/80 associated with strabismus, anisometropia, or both. INTERVENTION Rando...

BACKGROUND The present study investigated the annual prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) among children aged <7 years in Taiwan and the association between socioeconomic status and CP prevalence. METHODS Data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database for the 2002-2008 period were used in this population-based study. Severe and total CP were defined according to catastrophic il...

We investigated the relationship between glucose tolerance and birth weight in a group of 7-year-old black South Africans on whom longitudinal anthropometric data were available. Oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT’s) were carried out on 152 subjects and inverse correlations were found between birth weight and the total amount of insulin secreted during the first 30 minutes (r= -0.19, p=0.04) an...

Four cases of cardioauditory-syndromc arc reported in the adults, 3 males and one female, age range 16-45 years (mean 28 years). Two cases required permanent pacemaker implantation for resistant syncopal attacks. Fourteen close relatives of these two cases were studied for electrocardiographic abnormalities and one female, 45 years old, showed prolonged Q-T interval without deafness. The other ...