OBJECTIVE To determine, in a sample of infants, the prevalence of and risk factors for occasional wheezing (OW) and recurrent wheezing-wheezy baby syndrome (WBS). METHODS Parents of infants (12-15 months of age) completed the International Study of Wheezing in Infants questionnaire. RESULTS We included 1,269 infants residing in the city of Blumenau, Brazil. Of those, 715 (56.34%) had a hist...

Daycare is an organized care facility carried out during working hours to take of children who do not receive complete from their parents. The purpose this study that daycare a complement parental care, but as service comes along with the times can accommodate dynamics lifestyle. This uses qualitative approach. results research are parenting services, education health nutrition and infrastructu...

BACKGROUND We evaluated growth and nutritional status of preschool children between 2 and 6 years old from low income families from 14 daycare centers. METHODS Cross-sectional study with 1544 children from daycare centers of Santo Andre, Brazil. Body weight (W), height (H) and body mass index (BMI) were classified according to the 2000 National Center for Health Statistics (CDC/NCHS). Cutoff ...

Introduction: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures performed by Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeon.  Usually, the procedure is carried out as an inpatient surgery. With the increasing need to reduce healthcare costs, spare precious hospital beds, and shorten elective surgery lists, there is currently a trend towards performing tonsillectomy on a daycare basis.  Materials and Methods: A...

OBJECTIVE To compare the frequency of haemorrhage after tonsillectomy as a day care procedure versus tonsillectomy as a one day procedure. METHODS A comparative study was conducted at the Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad from January 2003 to December 2007. The sample consisted of 400 patients, divided into two groups, One group was kept in t...

OBJECTIVE To investigate factors related to the decision of exclusive breastfeeding, and the planned and the actual duration among working women with free daycare available at workplace. METHODS A qualitative study was conducted comparing a group of 15 women exclusively breastfeeding their babies with a similar group of women whose babies were already being fed with other food besides materna...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and factors associated with anemia in children younger than five years old enrolled in public daycare centers in a city in southwestern Bahia, in the northeast of Brazil. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that included a sample of 677 children enrolled in public daycare centers in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. A portable hemoglobinometer was...

According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the nation, involving more than 6 million children. This is a huge issue not only in the U.S. but also all around the world, specifically in areas with a high children population such as daycare centers. While daycare centers are considered to be relatively safe, these ...

The objective of the present study was to analyze the frequency of oocysts of Cryptosporidium spp in fecal samples from children aged one to fourteen years at a public daycare center located in a needy community in the city of Recife, Pernambuco. The investigation was carried out between June 28, 2006, and April 3, 2007, and involved 182 children. Among the samples analyzed, 59 (32.4%) were pos...