Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo
October 1998
Fifty nine asthmatic children and adolescents, clinically stable, aged 6 to 15 years, 37 boys and 22 girls, from Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP, were studied from September to November, 1994. The patients were classified by the clinical score of the International Consensus for Asthma Diagnosis and Management. They performed baseline spirometry and peak expiratory flow rates (PEFR), before and after bronchodilator, and measured PEFR three times a day (6 pm, at bedtime and on waking), for one day, at home.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose And Methods: Thirty-nine consecutive children (age, 2 to 11 years) with nonlymphoblastic (NL) lymphomas were treated uniformly with chemotherapy based on the LNH-II-85 protocol. The protocol consisted of a remission-induction phase that lasted 30 days and started with cyclophosphamide (CTX) 1.2 g/m2 on day 1, followed by vincristine (VCR) 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacterial meningitis has special clinical features in the newborn infant. Major complications and sequelae result from the infectious involvement of the CNS in the majority of these children. We studied 109 newborn infants with bacterial meningitis accompanied from January 1977 to April 1987.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArq Neuropsiquiatr
September 1992
The etiology of purulent meningitis was investigated in 109 newborn infants admitted in a neonatal intensive care unit throughout a ten year period. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from the CSF in 57 (52.2%) neonates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Investig Allergol Clin Immunol
June 1991
To select simple and low-cost laboratory tests that contribute to the diagnosis of primary immunodeficiencies (PID) in children, the medical records of 98 patients with PID were analyzed. White blood cell counts, serum IgG, IgM and IgA determinations, Shick test, isohemagglutinin titers, delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity tests, nitro blue tetrazolium test and hemolytic complement (CH50) determination associated with clinical data led to the diagnosis in 95% of cases. Applying this laboratory screening to patient series studies in other countries, the diagnosis was suggested in at least 92% of the cases.
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