Exercise-induced bronchospasm in nonasthmatic obese children.

The frequency, degree, and pattern of bronchial reactivity to exercise were compared in 13 obese and 14 control children, ages 6 to 10 years, with no history of asthma. Spirometry was performed before and every three minutes after a seven-minute exercise challenge on a treadmill. There were 11 obese children and 6 controls who had at least a 15% fall in at least one of three monitored pulmonary function parameters (P < .

Effects of acute inhalation of the bronchodilator, albuterol, on power output.

This study was designed to examine the effects of acute inhalation of the bronchodilator, albuterol (Proventil, Schering Corp.), on high intensity power output. Fifteen healthy nonasthmatic subjects (eight male, seven female, 18-33 yr) performed four supramaximal 15-s rides on a bicycle ergometer.

Plasma lipid levels in active and sedentary premenopausal females.

Cross-sectional data on 19 long-distance runners (LD), 17 aerobic dancers (AD), 19 recreational joggers (RJ), and 15 inactive controls (IC) were examined for cardiovascular endurance and determination of plasma lipoproteins. Subjects included premenopausal eumenorrheic females who were non-smokers and presently not using oral contraceptives. Results indicated that all groups were similar in age, height and weight.

Obesity in a high school football candidate: a case presentation.

A 14-yr-old male presented for medical clearance to play fall football for his high school team. He had stayed out of the prior spring football practice sessions after a shoulder injury on the first day of practice, but indicated no other positive responses to the standard medical questionnaire. He was severely overweight with height of 180 cm, weight 133.

Impact of CF summer camp.

In two consecutive years, patients with cystic fibrosis were studied at the beginning and end of a nine-day summer camp program to assess the program's effects on weight gain and pulmonary function. The camp experience includes daily exercise and a high-protein and high-fat diet. There were a total of 58 children between 6 and 12 years of age (42 different patients) and 10 adult counselors from 19 to 30 years of age (eight different patients).

Father kills mother: post-traumatic stress disorder in the children.

Results of a study of over 100 children whose father killed their mother have been summarized and principles for practice have been formulated. All children orphaned by the death of one parent at the other's hands should be seen as soon as possible in a child psychiatry department and assessed. An immediate crisis intervention will probably be needed if they witnessed the killing to prevent PTSD.

Death of an institution.

The impact on an institution of the death of its leader is examined. The vulnerability to loss and change that was engendered and the decline and eventual demise of the organization is described. A way of understanding the process of grief in institutions, drawing on psychoanalytic, attachment and systems theory, is proposed.

Use of exercise in the management of cystic fibrosis: short communication about a survey of cystic fibrosis referral centers.

A survey of 47 cystic fibrosis referral centers was conducted to study the use of exercise in the management of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). A questionnaire with 5 brief questions concerning the prescription and application of exercise therapy was sent to the first 47 centers (38.5%) listed in the 1988 CF Foundation Directory, and 46 (97.

Elevated Blood Pressure in a High School Football Player: Case Presentation and Discussion.

A case is presented of an adolescent high school athlete found to have mildly elevated systolic blood pressure (BP) at the preseason group physical examination. As part of the evaluation to clear him for participation, a graded exercise stress test was performed. The test revealed a systolic BP at peak exercise of 260 mm Hg.

A controlled family history study of prepubertal major depressive disorder.

First-degree (N = 195) and second-degree (N = 785) adult relatives of prepubertal children with major depression (N = 48), children with nonaffective psychiatric disorders (N = 20), and normal children (N = 27) were assessed by the Family History-Research Diagnostic Criteria method (FH-RDC), except for the adult informant (usually the mother), who was directly interviewed. Compared with normal controls, prepubertal children with major depressive disorder (MDD) had significantly higher familial rates of psychiatric disorders in both first- and second-degree relatives, especially MDD, alcoholism, and "other" (mostly anxiety) diagnoses. Relatives of children in the nonaffective psychiatric control (PC) group had low rates of alcoholism, high rates of other (anxiety) disorder diagnoses, and intermediate rates of MDD (accounted for by those children with separation anxiety).

Lesions of excitatory pathways reduce hippocampal cell death after transient forebrain ischemia in the gerbil.

Transient forebrain ischemia produces a spatially and temporally selective pattern of neuronal degeneration in the hippocampal formation of the Mongolian gerbil. Ischemic neuronal death has been suggested to depend on the activation of excitatory hippocampal pathways that project to the vulnerable neurons. This idea was tested by examining the effect of a unilateral entorhinal cortical lesion or a unilateral knife cut lesion of intrahippocampal pathways on the neuropathology produced by 5 min of complete forebrain ischemia.

Father kills mother. Issues and problems encountered by a child psychiatric team.

The child whose mother is killed by his or her father has to cope with the trauma of violence, the grief associated with the loss of both parents simultaneously, dislocation and insecurity regarding where and with whom they will live, stigma, secrecy, and often massive conflicts of loyalty. These issues and how they affected the 28 children of 14 families in which the father had killed the mother are examined. Recommendations for practice based on this clinical experience are proposed.