Prevalence of atopic dermatitis in infants during the first six months of life: authors' observations.

Introduction: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a frequent chronic skin disease in infants. It creates great difficulties, both diagnostic and therapeutic.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of atopic dermatitis in infants during the first 6 months of life.

The usefulness of soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) in differentiating anemia occurring in young children.

We evaluated the usefulness of soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) and of the sTfR/log ferritin index(sTfR/logF) in the differentiation of anemia in young children. 96 children, aged 6-36 months, were examined.From these, four groups were distinguished: 1 - (IDA): 33 children with anemia due to iron deficiency; 2 -(IA): 19 children with infectious anemia without iron deficiency; 3 - (IA + ID): 16 children with infectious anemia and iron deficiency; and 4 - a comparator group (CG): 28 healthy children without iron deficiency.

[Food allergy as a cause of constipation in children in the first three years of life - own observations].

Background: Constipation is a frequent cause of seeking paediatric advice and concerns up to 15% of the child population.

Aim Of The Study: Estimation of the role of allergy in the etiology of constipation in children during the fi rst three years of life.

Material And Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed in 9489 children treated in 2nd Department of Pediatrics and Allergology of the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital in Lodz in the years 1998- 2008.

[Soluble transferrin receptor's value in diagnosis infants and small children iron deficiency].

Unlabelled: Iron deficiency is the most frequent deficiency in people, especially in infants and small children. To obtain a correct diagnosis there is need to perform complex hematological and biochemical tests. In recent years studies on soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) as an index of iron deficiency have been carried out, but mainly in adults.

[Prolonged icterus as a difficult diagnostic problem in small children--own observations].

Unlabelled: THE AIM of the study was the retrospective evaluation of causes of prolonged icterus in children treated in the Second Department of Peadiatrics and Allergology in Łódź during the last 16 years.

Material And Methods: 361 children aged 3 weeks to 15 months of 12650 patients hospitalised in our Clinic were analysed. All the examined children were divided into two groups group I consisted of 314 children with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and group II of 47 patients with cholestasis Additionally the cholestatic group was divided into two subgroups: IIa consisted of 41 children with intrahepatic cholestasis and IIb--six children with extrahepatic cholestasis.