This article presents a new and simplified continuous height and weight growth chart for boys and girls fro 0 to 11 years. It is designed for routine pediatric use only by consolidating the Iowa University and the Children's Medical Center of Boston infant and children growth charts into a sin...
air displacement plethysmography BC: body composition BW: birth weight FM: fat mass JUSH: Jimma University Specialized Hospital FFM: fat-free mass FFTD: fat-free tissue density TBD: total body density References Ashworth A 1998 Effects of intrauterine growth retardation on mortality and...
a well-organized chart is used. Some countries have adopted a parent-held record, which the family brings to healthcare visits, but, apart from the immunization record, this has not been adopted in the US. Providers should identify and make referrals to resources that might help the family ...
LBW increases the risk of a number of noncommunicable diseases in adulthood. However, birth weight (BW) cannot describe variability in infant body composition (BC). Variability in fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) at birth may be particularly importa
Jeffrey H. Newcorn 149Accesses Abstract Aggressive, dyscontrolled behavior is a highly impairing complication of numerous psychiatric disorders that affect children and adolescents. In clinical practice, aggressive and other destructive behaviors have long been targets for pharmacotherapy. However, the evidenc...
MALAN, is there any way by which one can assess your success in reducing mortality from RDS, by knowing the overall mortality rate ofthe consecutivelydelivered, live-born, low birth weight populations of maternity hospitals which feed your unit? A.F.MALAN: Dr. UsHER, we are not able to ...
Retrospective longitudinal analysis of the effects of postnatal weight gain on the timing and tempo of puberty and menarche in a cohort of Italian girls over the last few decades there has been a progressive decline in the average age of onset of pubertal development stages in both sexes. The...
We started with low molecular weight heparin, prostaglandin E for prevention of thrombisis, and morphin for pain control. She received intravenous immunoglobulin and intravenous steroid. She was improved symptoms after steroid therapy, but still no changes of digital gangrene. We changed anti-...
The best way to evaluate height or weight measurements is to plot the points on a growth chart. A growth chart depicts the child's growth over time, allows comparison of the height or weight to other children, and graphically depicts changes in growth or growth velocity. ...
20 Birth weight z-scores adjusted for gestational age were calculated by PediTools Electronic Growth Chart Calculators based on the Fenton growth chart for preterm infants.21 Corrected birth weight z-scores were used to define appropriate for gestational age (AGA) as scores from −1.645 to 1.645...