OBJECTIVE To compare 3 methods of clinical assessment of jaundice in newborns by home health nurses. DESIGN Prospective clinical trial. SETTING Homes of newborns living within 10 miles of a 340-bed community hospital where they were delivered. PARTICIPANTS Home health nurses and newborn patients (< or =2 weeks old). INTERVENTIONS The nurses examined the newborns and documented whether t...

Hyperbilirubinemia is the commonest morbidity in the neonatal period and 5-10% of all newborns require intervention for pathological jaundice. Neonates on exclusive breast-feeding have a different pattern of physiological jaundice as compared to artificially fed babies. Guidelines from American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for management of jaundice in a normal term newborn have been included in...

Background: Infantile spasm is a type of pediatric seizure often associated with a negative prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in categorization and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with infantile spasm. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of the clinical charts and MRI findings of infants diagnosed with infantile spasm ...

Objective: To update the 2004 American Academy of Neurology/Child Neurology Society practice parameter on treatment of infantile spasms in children. Methods: MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched from 2002 to 2011 and searches of reference lists of retrieved articles were performed. Sixty-eight articles were selected for detailed review; 26 were included in the analysis. Recommendations were based o...

  Background : Hydronephrosis (HN) or calycial dilatation is the most common prenatal urologic abnormality. The aim of this study was to identify the possible changes in demographic and clinical manifestations of infantile HN in previously and recently diagnosed patients.   Methods : 193 children with infantile HN admitted to Ali-asghar Children's Hospital in two different periods (group 1 1997...

A collection of Practice Guidelines published in AFP is available at http:// www.aafp.org/afp/ practguide. Infantile hemangiomas, the most common tumors of childhood, are vascular neoplasms characterized by abnormal proliferation of endothelial cells and aberrant blood vessel architecture. The incidence of infantile hemangiomas is approximately 5%. Congenital hemangiomas are biologically and be...

Ingestion of nitrates in drinking water has long been thought to be a primary cause of acquired infantile methemoglobinemia, often called blue baby syndrome. However, recent research and a review of historical cases offer a more complex picture of the causes of infantile methemoglobinemia. Gastrointestinal infection and inflammation and the ensuing overproduction of nitric oxide may be the caus...

An increasing number of infantile epilepsy syndromes have been recognized. However, a significant number of infants (children aged 1-24 months) do not fit in any of the currently used subcategories. This article reviews the clinical presentation, electroencephalographic findings, evolution, and management of the following entities: early infantile epileptic encephalopathy, early myoclonic epile...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether children with history of infantile colic may be at increased risk of subsequently developing asthma and/or atopy. METHODS We used data collected in a large, prospective study from an unselected population. Infantile colic and concurrent feeding method were determined from the 2-month well-infant visit form completed by the physician for 983 children who were enroll...