Publications by authors named "R Quiroga-Gonzalez"
Background And Objective: Turner syndrome (TS) is characterized by short stature, gonadal dysgenesis, and total or partial loss of X chromosome.
Patients And Methods: A historical cohorts study of patients with TS≤18 years old followed up in public hospitals in Castilla y Leon was undertaken.
Results: Forty-two female patients were included (prenatal diagnosis 11.
Introduction: It is common for pediatricians to provide parents with information on how to look after their newborn baby at the time of discharge from the hospital. The objectives of this study are to determine the level of satisfaction regarding such information, to be aware of what additional information parents would have liked to receive, and to establish which factors may impact any additional information request.
Population And Methods: Descriptive study evaluating the opinion of women at 5-15 days post- partum regarding such information.
Introduction: Parental obesity is a risk factor for childhood obesity. The aim of this study was to determine if parental obesity influences the adherence and success of obesity treatment in a hospital paediatric endocrinology clinic.
Material And Methods: An analytical, prospective, longitudinal study was conducted on obese children aged 4-14.
Reducing errors in the management of hyperbilirubinaemia: validating a software application.
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
January 2009
Objective: To verify the usefulness and reliability of a software tool we developed to help to apply the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Guidelines 2004 on hyperbilirubinaemia according to the infant's age in hours and their clinical risk factors.
Design: Randomised, cross-over, controlled trial with 20 simulated clinical cases comparing the "manual" application of the guidelines with our software application.
Participants: Fifteen doctors (eight final-year residents and seven consultants) from two hospitals in Spain.