Testing for Phenylketonutia After Infancy

Preschool asthma after bronchiolitis in infancy.

Asthma risk is lower after wheezing associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) than with non-RSV infection in infancy. RSV is the main wheezing-associated virus in infants aged <6 months. We evaluated the outcome of children hospitalised for bronchiolitis at <6 months of age, with special focus on viral aetiology and early risk factors. Out of 205 infants hospitalised for bronchiolitis a...

The Occurrence of Foetal Erythropoiesis after Infancy.

Pulmonary hypertension after lung irradiation in infancy.

Neurodevelopmental outcomes after cardiac surgery in infancy.

BACKGROUND Neurodevelopmental disability is the most common complication for survivors of surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD). METHODS We analyzed individual participant data from studies of children evaluated with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, second edition, after cardiac surgery between 1996 and 2009. The primary outcome was Psychomotor Development Index (PDI), and the se...

Genetic testing of epileptic encephalopathies of infancy: an approach.

The epileptic encephalopathies of infancy are a group of disorders characterized by intractable seizures, persistent abnormality of cortical function documented on EEG, and consequently impaired neuro-developmental outcomes. The etiologies vary and include; structural brain malformations, acquired brain insults, and inborn errors of metabolism in the majority of the affected patients. In a prop...