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- Wennergren, Göran, 1947, et al.
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Characteristics and prognosis of hospital-treated obstructive bronchitis in children aged less than two years.
- 1992
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Ingår i: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). - 0803-5253. ; 81:1, s. 40-5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a prospective study 101 children aged less than 2 years (median age 10 months), were examined the first time they were admitted to a paediatric ward for asthmatic symptoms. Two-thirds were boys and 58 had parents or siblings with allergic symptoms. During winter-spring, respiratory syncytial (RS) virus was verified in 50% of children. Other viral agents were adenovirus, parainfluenza 3, coxsackie B 2, ECHO 6 and rotavirus. At the acute stage, 54% of the children displayed changes on pulmonary X-ray. The total IgE value was greater than or equal to +2 SD score units in 14 children. At reinvestigation after 3-4.5 years, when the children were aged 3.3-6.3 years, 53% were free from asthmatic symptoms; the median age for the last episode was 2 years. A total of 33% had mild asthma, 8% moderate and 6% severe asthma. The factors which correlated significantly with persistent asthma were: (1) The need for daily medication for at least 6 months. (2) A young age in conjunction with the first wheezing episode and on the first admission to a paediatric ward because of asthmatic symptoms. (3) Other past or present atopic symptoms. Heredity, tobacco smoking at home, having a furry pet, RS virus infection, or high total IgE at the time of the first admission did not correlate significantly with the persistence of asthma 3-4.5 years later. The results emphasize the good overall prognosis of wheezing in early childhood, even when the wheezing is severe enough to lead to inpatient treatment.
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- Békássy, Albert, et al.
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Erwinase-induced pancreatitis
- 1992
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Ingår i: The Lancet. - 1474-547X. ; 340:8834-8835, s. 1552-1553
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- Hedlin, Gunilla, et al.
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Astma
- 1992
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Ingår i: Allergi och astma hos barn. - Lund : Draco Läkemedel AB. - 9186058320
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- Kopp, Svenny, 1948, et al.
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Girls with social deficits and learning problems: Autism, atypical Asperger syndrome or a variant of these conditions
- 1992
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Ingår i: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. - 1018-8827 .- 1435-165X. ; 1:2, s. 89-99
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Six girls aged 6--10 years meeting criteria for autistic disorder are presented. They were all high-functioning in that they had IQs ha the 60-100 range and spoke in complicated sentences. Their clinical picture had not led a variety of specialists to consider an autism diagnosis before age 6 years in spite of the fact that they had shown mild motor delays, uncharacteristic developmental deviance and social, communicative and imaginative deficits already before age 2 years in all cases. It is suggested that the autism phenotype might be different in girls as compared with boys. It is further speculated that if female cases such as those described - and others given a whole host of different diagnostic labels - were only considered for an autism diagnosis, the high male:female ratio traditionally encountered in autism might drop considerably.
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- Andersson Gäre, Boel, et al.
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Epidemiology of juvenile chronic arthritis in southwestern Sweden: a 5-year prospective population study.
- 1992
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Ingår i: Pediatrics. - 0031-4005. ; 90:6, s. 950-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous epidemiological studies of juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) report divergent results owing to differences in diagnostic criteria, patient retrieval, and study designs. To investigate incidence and prevalence of JCA in a total population, this prospective survey was performed in southwestern Sweden between 1984 and 1988. Cases were identified using the European League Against Rheumatism criteria for JCA and were reported annually from eight pediatric departments and local pediatricians in the studied area. During the 5 years, 213 new cases of JCA were found, corresponding to an incidence of 54.6 per 100,000 children younger than 16 years of age. The average annual incidence was 10.9 per 100,000. The peak incidence rate, 18.3 per 100,000 was found in girls 0 through 3 years old. The lowest incidence rate, 6.4 per 100,000, was found among boys 12 through 15 years old. In December 1988, 334 cases of JCA were recorded, giving a prevalence of 86.3 per 100,000. When patients in remission were omitted the prevalence was 64.1 per 100,000. The monoarticular+pauciarticular onset type constituted 68.3% of the prevalence cases, while 21.9 were polyarticular and 6.6% had systemic onset. To avoid underestimation of incidence and prevalence, and to get a correct picture of disease patterns, epidemiological surveys of JCA should be population-based rather than referral center-based. Further descriptive studies of JCA in different well-defined geographic areas are important to make valid comparisons. Such comparisons could give clues to etiological factors, both genetic and environmental.
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- Westbom, Lena
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Well-being of children with chronic illness. A population-based study in a Swedish primary care district
- 1992
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Ingår i: Acta Pædiatrica. - : Wiley. - 1651-2227 .- 0803-5253. ; 81:8, s. 625-629
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- According to a previous study, 8% of all children in Dalby primary care district were chronically ill. The impact of the illness on the children's well-being was investigated using parental questionnaires. No difference in socio-demographic variables was found between responders (70%) and non-responders. The study comprised 98 index and 168 control children. Comfort and well-being in school and pre-school were lower among the index than among the control children and lower among the index children in normal compared with special schools. According to the parents many teachers had insufficient knowledge of disorders/handicaps. Children with a physical disability more often had special remedial education compared with healthy children. The chronically ill children were bullied more often, had fewer contacts with peers and more emotional problems than the control group. Improved knowledge of chronic childhood disorders/disabilities and recognition of the psychosocial consequences at school/pre-school and in the child health services is advocated.
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