Adenovirus Hepatitis in Immunocompetent Adults.

A 35-year-old female with no medical history presented with fever. Laboratory work was normal except for elevated liver function test (LFT): alkaline phosphatase (AP) (296), aspartate transaminase (AST) (343), alanine transaminase (ALT) (378), and international normalized ratio (INR) (1.23).

Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists-induced recurrent seizure in elderly patient.

Abuse of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) has been associated with young individuals. The abuse of SCRAs is very rare in elderly people, but a few cases highlight the SCRAs-induced side effects. These substances lead to a variety of clinical and psychiatric symptoms including seizures.

Persisting behavior problems in extremely low birth weight adolescents.

Objective: To describe behavior problems in extremely low birth weight (ELBW, <1000 g) adolescents born 1992 through 1995 based on parent ratings and adolescent self-ratings at age 14 years and to examine changes in parent ratings from ages 8-14.

Method: Parent ratings of behavior problems and adolescent self-ratings were obtained for 169 ELBW adolescents (mean birth weight 815 g, gestational age 26 wk) and 115 normal birth weight (NBW) controls at 14 years. Parent ratings of behavior at age 8 years were also available.

Trajectory and correlates of growth of extremely-low-birth-weight adolescents.

Background: Catch-up growth may predispose to obesity and metabolic sequelae. We sought to examine the trajectory and correlates of growth and catch up among extremely-low-birth-weight (ELBW) (<1 kg) adolescents.

Methods: A cohort study of 148 neurologically normal ELBW children and 115 normal-birth-weight (NBW) controls born during the period 1992-1995 was conducted.

Bullying of extremely low birth weight children: associated risk factors during adolescence.

Background: Preterm children have many risk factors which may increase their susceptibility to being bullied.

Aims: To examine the prevalence of bullying among extremely low birth weight (ELBW, <1 kg) and normal birth weight (NBW) adolescents and the associated sociodemographic, physical, and psychosocial risk factors and correlates among the ELBW children.

Methods: Cohort study of self-reports of bullying among 172 ELBW adolescents born 1992-1995 compared to 115 NBW adolescents of similar age, sex and sociodemographic status.

Academic achievement of adolescents born with extremely low birth weight.

Aim: To assess academic achievement, rates of learning disabilities (LD) and special education in extremely low birth weight (ELBW <1 kg) adolescents relative to normal birth weight (NBW) controls and to identify cognitive weaknesses.

Methods: Compared 181 ELBW adolescents born from 1992 to 1995 (mean age 14.8 years, mean BW 809 g, mean GA 26.

Self-reported adolescent health status of extremely low birth weight children born 1992-1995.

Objectives: To compare the self-reported health of extremely low birth weight (ELBW, <1 kg) adolescents with that of normal birth weight (NBW) controls and the children's assessments of their general health at ages 8 versus 14 years.

Methods: One hundred sixty-eight ELBW children and 115 NBW controls of similar gender and sociodemographic status completed the Child Health and Illness Profile-Adolescent Edition at age 14 years. It includes 6 domains: Satisfaction, Comfort, Resilience, Risk Avoidance, Achievement, and Disorders.

Health status of extremely low-birth-weight children at 8 years of age: child and parent perspective.

Objectives: To compare the self-reported health of extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW; <1 kg) preterm children with that of normal-birth-weight (NBW) control children and the children's perspective with that of their parents.

Design: We administered questionnaires to the ELBW and NBW children and their parents from March 1, 2000, through February 2003.

Setting: A children's hospital.

Change in prevalence of chronic conditions between childhood and adolescence among extremely low-birth-weight children.

Context: Extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) children have high rates of chronic conditions during childhood. Information on their trajectory of health during adolescence is needed for health care planning.

Objective: To examine changes in the rates of chronic conditions between the ages of 8 and 14 years among ELBW children compared with normal-birth-weight (NBW) controls.

Neighborhood influences on the academic achievement of extremely low birth weight children.

Objective: To examine neighborhood effects on academic achievement of children with extremely low birth weight (ELBW <1000 g) and normal birth weight (NBW) controls.

Methods: The study included 183 8-year-old children with ELBW born during 1992-1995 and 176 sociodemographically similar NBW controls. Academic achievement was measured via The Woodcock-Johnson III Academic Skills Cluster.

Behavioral outcomes of extremely low birth weight children at age 8 years.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of behavioral problems and symptomatology suggestive of Autism and Asperger's disorders at age 8 years among extremely low birth weight (ELBW, <1 kg) children, born 1992 through 1995.

Method: Parent reports of the behavior of 219 ELBW (mean birth weight, 810 g; gestational age 26 weeks) were compared with 176 normal birth weight children of similar maternal sociodemographic status, sex, and age. Behavior was assessed via the Child Symptom Inventory that includes both Symptom Severity Scores and scores meeting DSM-IV criteria for disorders.

Parental protection of extremely low birth weight children at age 8 years.

Objective: To examine parent protection and its correlates among 8-year-old ELBW children compared with normal birth weight (NBW) controls.

Methods: The population included 217 eight-year-old ELBW children born 1992-1995 (92% of the surviving birth cohort; mean birth weight, 811 g; mean gestational age, 26.4 weeks) and 176 NBW controls.

The impact of extremely low birth weight on the families of school-aged children.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to document the impact and burden of extremely low birth weight (<1000 g) and associated problems on the families of school-aged children in a controlled study. The study was also designed to document the salient predictors of individual differences of family impact within the extremely low birth weight group.

Methods: A prospective study was completed at 8 years of a cohort of 219 children with extremely low birth weight born 1992-1995 and 176 children with normal birth weight.

Chronic conditions, functional limitations, and special health care needs of school-aged children born with extremely low-birth-weight in the 1990s.

Context: Information on the school-age functioning and special health care needs of extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW, <1000 g) children is necessary to plan for medical and educational services.

Objective: To examine neurosensory, developmental, and medical conditions together with the associated functional limitations and special health care needs of ELBW children compared with normal-birth-weight (NBW) term-born children (controls).

Design, Setting, And Participants: A follow-up study at age 8 years of a cohort of 219 ELBW children born 1992 to 1995 (92% of survivors) and 176 NBW controls of similar sociodemographic status conducted in Cleveland, Ohio.