BACKGROUND A depressed Apgar score at 5 minutes is a marker for perinatal insults, including neurologic damage. We examined the association between 5-minute Apgar score and the risk of epilepsy hospitalization in childhood. METHODS Using records linked from population registries, we conducted a cohort study among singleton children born alive in the period 1978-2001 in North Jutland County, D...

Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes with Buprenorphine Treatment By Arthur Falek, Ph.D. A paper in the June issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence (63:97-103, 2001) Rolley E. Johnson at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and thirteen co-authors reported an apparent effective treatment for opioid dependent, pregnant women that seems to safeguard the health of both the mother and her child. It is estimate...

The effects of a habilitative hospital admission for the multidisciplinary teaching of activities of daily living were investigated with 3 children with spina bifida and 1 child with juvenile arthritis. Specific evaluation tools included analysis of individualized goals, the Klein-Bell Activity of Daily Living Scale (Klein & Bell, 1979), the Physical Child Care Record (Johnson & Dietz, 1985), a...

OBJECTIVE The study objective is to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a web-based intervention for parents (AfterTheInjury.org [ATI]) in promoting emotional recovery following pediatric injury. METHODS 100 children with injuries requiring medical attention and their parents were randomly assigned to the intervention or usual care. Efficacy outcomes included parent knowledge and child a...

Universal access to quality newborn health services will be essential to meeting specific Sustainable Development Goals to reduce neonatal and overall child mortality. Data for decision making are crucial for planning services and monitoring progress in these endeavours. However, gaps in local population-level and facility-based data hinder estimation of health service requirements for effectiv...

The present study aimed to examine the associations between pain experiences in children with respect to selfperceptions and mother perceptions and stress indicators. The study sample included 30 hospitalized children of 6-12 years of age and the children’s mothers. The Faces Scale-Revised, Child Stress Scale, and Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults instruments were used. A data analysis is...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated how improved community mental health services for youths affect public expenditures in other sectors, including inpatient hospitalization, the juvenile justice system, the child welfare system, and the special education system. METHODS Participants were youths aged six to 17 years who received services through a mental health agency in one of a matched pair of c...

BACKGROUND In high income countries, injuries account for 40 % of all child deaths, representing the leading cause of child mortality and a major source of morbidity. The need for studies across age groups, and use of health related quality of life measures that assess functional limitations in multiple health domains, with sampling at specific post-injury time points has been identified. The o...

UNLABELLED Both rifaximin and lactulose have been reported to be effective for maintenance of remission from hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in patients with cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of different treatment strategies for preventing recurrences and HE-related hospitalizations. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-eight cirrhotic patients who recovered from HE were grou...

INTRODUCTION The ability to conduct community-level asthma surveillance is increasingly crucial for public health programming and child health advocacy. We explored the potential and limitations of health care use records from both public and private sources for asthma surveillance in a California county. METHODS We combined administrative patient record data from Kaiser Permanente of Norther...