ed with poor feeding, respiratory distress and decreased urine output. He was noted to be in the 1st percentile for weight, and 60th percentile for height. At admission he was hypertensive with systolic blood pressures ranging from 107-124 mmHg and diastolic pressures of 6672 mmHg. Physical exam was remarkable for fussiness and decreased musculoskeletal tone for age. Labs demonstrated hemoglobi...

BACKGROUND 5% to 40% of infants cry excessively, usually accompanied by fussiness and excessive of gas. There are no uniform criteria for treatment of infantile colic. Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 has been used with promising results. The objective of this network-meta-analysis (NMA) is to compare the efficacy of L reuteri DSM 17938 with other interventions for infantile colic. METHODS RCT...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the short- and long-term adverse effects of systemic glucocorticosteroid (GS) therapy in infants with hemangiomas. DESIGN Retrospective chart review of infants treated with GSs for hemangiomas during a 3-year period. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Of 141 patients identified with hemangiomas, 22 were treated with GSs. INTERVENTIONS Minimum of 1-...

contributing cause in 22, allergy in 6; both allergy and family tension together in 9; in 11 there was no apparent cause. Allergy as a cause of the colic on fussing was assigned in the above 6 infants because in these the colic was markedly reduced by the removal of specific foods, either by limiting the mother’s diet in the case of breast fed infants, on by changing the protein fed the artific...

MOVING IN SYNCHRONY WITH OTHERS ENCOURAGES prosocial behavior. Adults who walk, sing, or tap together are later more likely to be cooperative, helpful, and rate each other as likeable. Our previous studies demonstrated that interpersonal synchrony encourages helpfulness even in 14-month-old infants. However, in those studies, infants always experienced interpersonal synchrony in a musical conte...

In the pediatric literature, excessive crying has been reported solely in association with 3-month colic and is described, if at all, as unexplained crying and fussing during the first 3 months of life. The bouts of crying are generally thought to be triggered by abdominal colic (over-inflation of the still immature gastrointestinal tract), and treatment is prescribed accordingly. According to ...

Periconceptional supplementation with Pregnavite Forte F was offered to women who presented consecutively to the Oxford genetic counselling service in the early 1980s who had previously had one or more pregnancies complicated by a neural tube defect. The first 100 children born alive to these women are the subject of this study. Birth weight, gestation, and congenital abnormalities were recorde...

Adults and children are repeatedly exposed to the pairing of food and drink as found in meal deals and "combos". There may arise from this indoctrination, a contingent relationship between drink context and food preference. Our multi-method research examines food and drink combining. A survey-based study examines the food and drink pairing preferences of adults (N=60), while a laboratory study ...

This paper describes the development and validation of a 27-item caregiver-reported questionnaire on toddler feeding. The development of the Toddler Feeding Behavior Questionnaire was based on a theory of interactive feeding that incorporates caregivers' responses to concerns about their children's dietary intake, appetite, size, and behaviors rather than relying exclusively on caregiver action...

A 34-day-old previously healthy boy born full term presented to the emergency department with fever at home (38.1°C), fussiness, and decreased oral intake for 1 day. He was difficult to console at home. He had decreased oral intake without emesis, diarrhea, or a change in urine output. He did not have rhinorrhea, cough, or increased work of breathing noted by parents. He lived at home with his ...