Risk factors for physical child abuse in infants and toddlers.

Background: We examined the risk factors and injuries in physical child abuse between November 2003 and February 2007.

Patients And Methods: The uptake area of the University Hospital of Turku, Finland, consists of about 700 000 inhabitants. Forty-eight cases of physical child abuse were examined.

Radiographic follow-up of pneumonia in children.

This study assessed the clinical value of routine follow-up chest radiographs in hospitalized children with community-acquired pneumonia. The study population consisted of 196 children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia diagnosed between 1993-1995. Seventeen infective agents (10 viruses and 7 bacteria) were sought.

Burden of influenza in children in the community.

Background: Influenza vaccination of healthy children is encouraged because children are frequently hospitalized for influenza-attributable illnesses. However, most children with influenza are treated as outpatients, and scarce data are available on the burden of influenza in these children.

Methods: We performed a prospective study of respiratory infections in preenrolled cohorts of children < or = 13 years old during 2 consecutive respiratory seasons (2231 child-seasons of follow-up).

Clinical response to antibiotic therapy for community-acquired pneumonia.

Unlabelled: Childhood community-acquired pneumonia is a common and potentially serious problem worldwide. Unless the patient has bacteraemia or pleural empyema, aetiological diagnostics are limited and antibiotic treatment is empirical. Published data on expected response to therapy are scarce.

Incidence of influenza in Finnish children.

Background: Influenza is an important cause of respiratory illness in children, but data on virologically confirmed influenza infections in children treated as outpatients are limited.

Methods: We carried out a prospective cohort study of normal children younger than 13 years (n = 1338) in the winter of 2000 to 2001. During the study period of 32 weeks, the children were examined at the study clinic whenever they had fever or signs of respiratory infection.