abstract background: the efficacy of anticonvulsants after a first seizure is uncertain the more predictable the time and the type of recunent seizure, the more preventable the probable events. this study was conducted to evaluate sirnilmity of type and time of a first seizure and its recuttence in children. methods: 174 children with at least two separate seizures were taken into account. resu...

(2005). How chi ldren learn the meaning of words and how LSA does it (too).

A survey o f the recent increase in f requency o f p h o c o m e l i a based on the number o f cases obse rved at the Univers i ty Cl in ic and Po lyc l i n i c , Muenter, up to the end o f 1961 , is conta ined in this report . A d v i c e to b e given to the parents of afflicted chi ldren is out l ined; and steps necessary for the prosthetic care o f these chi ldren in o rde r to prepare them,...

Head injury is a p r imary cause of death and disabil i ty a mong chi ldren and adolescents. In 1985 approximately 78,000 children under the age of 15 were hospitalized for treatment of head injury. 1 On the basis of pilot data f rom s ta tewide survei l lance systems in Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Utah, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent ion (CDC) est imates the incidence of tra...

Objective: The object ive of this trial was to determine the ef f icacy of frequent nebul ized ipratropium added to high-dose albuterol therapy in chi ldren with severe asthma. Methods: One hundred twenty chi ldren (5 to 17 years) of age) with severe acute asthma ( forced expiratory volume in I second [FEV1], <50% of the predicted value) were enrol led into a randomized double-b l ind three-arm...

This paper describes the technical and aesthetic approach util ized for the development of an interactive audiovisual performance system designed specifically for use by chi ldren with multiple learning difficulties, including deafness and autism. Sound is transformed in real-time through the implementation of a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and translated into a moving image. This image is adap...

Wearing spectacles was a province of adults over 40 years age till half century earlier. Now we find more children and adolescents wearing spectacles. There have been dramatic rise both in prevalence as well as progression of refractive errors especially myopia in children and adolescents. Various studies in Asian population demonstrate a rise in refractive error (RE) among school and college s...