Relation of the Timing of Onset of Rhinitis and Cough to Asthma Attack in Children.

If the risk of progression to asthma could be predicted in patients with rhinitis, prevention of asthma might become possible. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between the duration of rhinitis symptoms and acute asthma attacks in children with a history of asthma who were not on treatment for asthma. In 94 children with a history of asthma who were asymptomatic after completing asthma treatment, we investigated the onset and duration of nasal discharge and cough related to allergic rhinitis.

Impact of transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects on cardiac function.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) on left ventricular function.

Methods: Conventional and three-dimensional echocardiographic methods (3D) were performed in 20 patients who underwent ASD closure. Diastolic and systolic volumes (LVVd and LVVs) and ejection fractions (EF) were determined by 3D methods.

Increase of child car seat temperature in cars parked in the outpatient parking lot.

Background: A guideline for the safe use of child car seats (CS) was published by the Japan Pediatric Society in 2008. There have been few studies of the increase of temperature of a CS in parked cars. The aim of this study was to determine the change in the temperature of the CS in cars parked in full sun.

Effect of oral sodium cromoglycate in 2 children with food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (FDEIA).

Unlabelled: Food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (FDEIA) was prevented from recurring in 2 children by sodium cromoglycate (SCG) before intake of the causative food. CASE 1: A 14-year-old girl who had suffered recurrent symptoms of anaphylaxis when she exercised after lunch. Radioallergosorbent test (RAST) was 1.

Association between the frequency of disposable diaper changing and urinary tract infection in infants.

Background: Often diapers are not changed after infants pass urine.

Aim: To define the association between the frequency of changing diapers and urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants.

Methods: Urine samples were tested in 131 infants (aged from 2 months to 2.

Improved antibody responses in infants less than 1 year old using intradermal influenza vaccination.

Background: Antibody response to influenza vaccine is limited in early. Infants have poorer hemagglutination-inhibiting antibody responses than 12-month-old. Intradermal administration reportedly elicited immune responses similar to or better than a standard intramuscular dose.

Chest wall reconstruction in a patient with Cantrell syndrome.

Cantrell syndrome is a very rare congenital anomaly with up to five features: a midline, upper abdominal wall abnormality, lower sternal defect, anterior diaphragmatic defect, diaphragmatic pericardial defect, and congenital abnormalities of the heart. This report describes our experience of performing a reconstruction of a chest wall defect in a Cantrell syndrome case with herniation of the heart. The patient was a 1-month-old female infant who received surgical patch repair of a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and atrial septal defect (ASD) at the Department of Cardiac Surgery.