IMPORTANCE Gastrointestinal (GI) comorbidities are frequently described in association with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the prevalence of GI disturbances and the age at which such problems first appear are unclear, and their specificity for ASD compared with other neurodevelopmental disorders is uncertain. OBJECTIVE To compare maternal report of GI symptoms during the first 3 yea...

OBJECTIVE The Paediatric Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (PaedCTAS) stipulates that febrile patients who are 3 to 36 months old should be triaged to the PaedCTAS 3 "urgent" category. To optimize resource use, we implemented a protocol enabling these children to be down-triaged to the PaedCTAS 4 "less urgent" category if there was no sign of toxicity. Our objective was to evaluate the safety of...

Prior research reports that children up to 3-years-old map novel adjectives to object properties only in very limited situations (Gelman & Markman, 1985; Taylor & Gelman, 1988; Hall, Waxman, & Hurwitz, 1993; Klibanoff & Waxman, 1997; Waxman & Markow, 1997). Yet we know by 24-months children use adjectives. In two experiments we provide 36-month-olds (Experiment 1) and 24-month-olds (Experiment ...

A survey of 441 children between the ages of 6 and 36 months who were born and reared in a fluoridated water supply area revealed den tal caries in 0 percent of children 6 to 11 mon ths of age, 4.2 percent of those 12 to 17 months of age, 19. 79 percent of the 24to 29-month group, and 36.4 percent of those 30 to 36 months of age. In 299 Caucasian children, gingivitis was present in 13.2 percent...

Abstract Background Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is the most prevalent cause of thrombocytopenia in children. Despite the importance of ITP in children under 2- years old, only a few publications are available in the literature. ITP usually presents itself as   isolated thrombocytopenia and mucocutaneous bleeding. Materials and Methods T...

abstract background immune thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is the most prevalent cause of thrombocytopenia in children. despite the importance of itp in children under 2- years old, only a few publications are available in the literature. itp usually presents itself as   isolated thrombocytopenia and mucocutaneous bleeding. materials and methods this study was conducted on 187 under 2- year-old ...