Summary Aim. To determine whether food allergy affects overall dietary intake and food choices in Cypriot primary school children. Methods. As part of the first epidemiological study in Cyprus on food allergy in primary school children, two 24-hour recalls (one from a week and one from a weekend day) of twenty-eight food allergic children (21 girls) and thirty healthy children (20 girls) aged 6...

BACKGROUND pragmatic abilities in children. AIM to analyze the pragmatic abilities profile in normal preschool children and to verify if significant differences exist regarding the children's different socioeconomic levels. METHOD participants of this study were 30 children, with ages between 36 and 47 months, who attended public and private elementary schools - low and medium/high socioeco...

BACKGROUND Regarding the fact that halitosis has social and personal aspects which can lead to social embarrassment and consequently low self-esteem and self-confidence in subjects suffering from the problem, especially children, its proper treatment is an important issue. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of metronidazole as a nonspecific antimicrobial agent in the ...

Patient expectations regarding complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interventions have important implications for treatment adherence, attrition and clinical outcome. Little is known, however, about parent and child treatment expectations regarding CAM approaches for pediatric chronic pain problems. The present study examined ratings of the expected benefits of CAM (i.e. hypnosis, massa...

  Objective: Several medications have been used for sedation in children in dentistry and intra-nasal route has been reported to be an efficient way regarding patient cooperation. The aim of the present study was to compare the changes in physiologic parameters following intra-nasal midazolam and ketamine administration.   Methods: In this randomized cross-over double-blind trial, 17 uncooperat...

Objective: To classify children with cerebral palsy (CP) using classifi cation systems for mobility and manual function; to compare groups of children with CP regarding gross motor function and functional performance outcomes; and to evaluate associations between the functional classifi cations and the scores obtained in the outcomes that were investigated. Methods: Thirty children with CP were...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of gender and parental status of dog owners on knowledge of and attitudes toward factors associated with dog aggression directed toward children. DESIGN Prevalence survey. POPULATION 804 dog owners. PROCEDURES A questionnaire was distributed to owners of all dogs examined at a university veterinary hospital between January and April 2007. Respondents were a...