Validation of a Nutritional Screening Tool for Ambulatory Use in Pediatrics.

Objectives: To evaluate the use of Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics (STAMP) in a primary health care clinic in the community and to assess the impact of its use on medical staff's awareness of nutritional status.

Methods: STAMP scoring system was tested as is and with modifications in the ambulatory setting. Nutritional risk according to STAMP was compared with a detailed nutritional assessment performed by a registered dietitian.

Anemia associated with acute infection in children.

Background: The pathogenesis of anemia associated with acute infection in children has not been well delineated.

Objectives: To characterize this type of anemia in children with acute infection, mainly in relation to iron status.

Methods: These two cross-sectional studies compared the prevalence and severity of anemia between outpatient febrile children and age-matched non-febrile controls.

Presumptive copper deficiency in hand-reared captive pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) fawns.

Presumptive copper deficiency was diagnosed in hand-reared captive pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) at the Los Angeles Zoo. Clinical signs, which were manifested in growing fawns, included anemia, anorexia, diarrhea, progressive paresis/recumbency, and aortic rupture. The range of serum copper concentrations in fawns born during the 1989 season (0.

Low compliance of iron supplementation in infancy and relation to socioeconomic status in Israel.

Objective: To evaluate the compliance of parents in purchasing iron-containing drugs for their infants. In addition, we looked for possible socioeconomic characteristics of the parents who prevent their infants from accessing these medications.

Design: All infants (4-12 months) whose parents bought (from January to August 1999 and from January to August 2000) the iron-containing drugs as recommended by the Israeli Ministry of Health were retrieved from a database.

2001 Joseph E. and Nancy O. Whitley Award. Teaching noninterpretive skills to radiology residents: a collaborative effort between the American College of Radiology and the Association of Program Directors in Radiology.

Rationale And Objectives: The authors' purpose was to develop, implement, and evaluate a series of videotapes for teaching noninterpretive skills to radiology residents.

Materials And Methods: An Association of Program Directors in Radiology/American College of Radiology working group developed a series of seven videotapes to teach residents job search and contracting skills; business aspects of radiology; American College of Radiology standards, accreditation programs, and appropriateness criteria; critical thinking skills; ethics; service orientation and interpersonal skills; and medical organizational politics. Residents viewed the videotapes, evaluated the learning experience, and completed both pre- and posttests.

Common peroneal neuropathy due to surfing.

Common peroneal neuropathy is uncommon in children and adolescents. In this population, it is usually caused by direct nerve injury at the fibular head level. Most commonly, the nerve is damaged during sports-related blunt trauma.

Myocarditis after triple immunisation.

We describe a 3 month old infant who developed myocarditis several hours after diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccination. The time of occurrence of symptoms, the clinical course, and the negative virological studies suggest a possible cardiogenic adverse reaction to the vaccine.

Lung abscess caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3. The importance of counterimmunoelectrophoresis in laboratory diagnosis.

We are reporting the case of an 18-month-old girl with a post-pneumonic lung abscess. The counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) of the patient's urine during the bacteremic phase of the disease gave a precipitation line with pneumococcal antiserum. Later in the course of the disease, after the diagnosis of lung abscess had been established, the pus drained from the abscess gave positive reactions with pneumococcal omnivalent serum and type 3 pneumococcal antiserum.

Treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia in Uganda.

The hematologic remission rate of 17 black Ugandan children with acute lymphocytic leukemia treated with prednisone and vincristine was 41%. There was no correlation of the remission rate with any clinical or laboratory finding at the time of diagnosis. The frequency of remission approximated that of similarly treated black American children but was significantly less than that achieved in white children.

Red cell autoantibodies in ugandan sera.

A red cell autoantibody in low titre was demonstrated in one-third of Ugandan sera tested by performing the Coombs test on enzyme (bromelin) treated erythrocytes. The autoantibody was found with increased frequency in subjects over 40 years of age and in those with the haemolytic anaemia in pregnancy syndrome, but was not detected in medical students. Two subjects with autoantibodies and normal haemoglobin values had a normal red cell survival.