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Montreal Children's Hospital
Healthcare•Montreal, Quebec, Canada•
About: Montreal Children's Hospital is a healthcare organization based out in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 3842 authors who have published 4816 publications receiving 200198 citations.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Gene, Medicine, Kidney
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TL;DR: Children with malrotation who are older than 2 years old have a significant risk of volvulus that is difficult to predict radiologically and require surgical attention even if asymptomatic.
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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario1, University of Toronto2, Montreal Children's Hospital3, University of Alberta4, Memorial University of Newfoundland5, Dalhousie University6, McMaster Children's Hospital7, University of Saskatchewan8, University of Western Ontario9, University of Manitoba10, University of British Columbia11, Alberta Children's Hospital12, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine13
TL;DR: Most patients respond well to conventional therapy, diminishing the need for liver transplantation, and AIH is uncommon in children and adolescents in Canada.
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a progressive inflammatory liver disease of unknown etiology, with limited population-based estimates of pediatric incidence. We reported the incidence of pediatric AIH in Canada and described its clinical characteristics. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients aged RESULTS: A total of 159 children with AIH (60.3% female, 13.2% type 2 AIH) were identified. Annual incidence was 0.23 per 100000 children. Median age at presentation for type 1 was 12 years (interquartile range: 11–14) versus 10 years for type 2 (interquartile range: 4.5–13) ( P = .03). Fatigue (58%), jaundice (54%), and abdominal pain (49%) were the most common presenting symptoms. Serum albumin (33 vs 38 g/L; P = .03) and platelet count (187 000 vs 249 000; P P CONCLUSIONS: AIH is uncommon in children and adolescents in Canada. Type 1 AIH was diagnosed 5.5 times more frequently than type 2 AIH. Most patients respond well to conventional therapy, diminishing the need for liver transplantation.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that a short course of prednisone is ineffective in treating pediatric OSAS caused by ATH, and symptom severity and polysomnographic indices of OSAS severity did not improve after corticosteroid treatment.
Abstract: To determine if pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) caused by adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH) could be treated by a short course of systemic corticosteroids, we conducted an open-label pilot study in which standardized assessments of symptomatology, OSAS severity, and adenotonsillar size were performed before and after a 5-day course of oral prednisone, 1.1+/-0.1 (+/-SE) mg/kg per day. Outcome measures included symptom severity, adenotonsillar size, and polysomnographic measures of OSAS. Selection criteria included age from 1 to 12 years, ATH, symptomatology suggesting OSAS, an apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) > or = 3/hour, and intent to perform adenotonsillectomy. Only one of nine children showed enough improvement to avoid adenotonsillectomy. Symptomatology did not improve after corticosteroid treatment but did after removal of tonsils and adenoids. Polysomnographic indices of OSAS severity did not improve after corticosteroid treatment. After corticosteroids, tonsillar size decreased in only two patients, adenoidal size was only marginally reduced, and the size of the nasopharyngeal airway was not significantly increased. These results suggest that a short course of prednisone is ineffective in treating pediatric OSAS caused by ATH.
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Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1, Boston Children's Hospital2, Montreal Children's Hospital3, Hacettepe University4, Hospital for Sick Children5, Lund University6, Children's Memorial Hospital7, Northwestern University8, Innsbruck Medical University9, Radboud University Nijmegen10, Children's of Alabama11
TL;DR: This audit provides a snapshot of the early outcome of a group of children with aHUS in the months prior to more widespread use of eculizumab.
Abstract: Background
In 2009, the European Paediatric Study Group for Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) published a clinical practice guideline for the investigation and initial therapy of diarrhea-negative HUS (now more widely referred to as atypical HUS, aHUS). The therapeutic component of the guideline (comprising early, high-volume plasmapheresis) was derived from anecdotal evidence and expert consensus, and the authors committed to auditing outcome.
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TL;DR: The present review will highlight the different challenges that remain today in the global evaluation of infants afflicted with Pierre Robin sequence through a thorough review of the medical literature, giving the clinician a full scope of the disease and of the various management options.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Paul M. Matthews | 140 | 617 | 88802 |
Joost J. Oppenheim | 130 | 454 | 59601 |
Michael Camilleri | 125 | 1084 | 58867 |
James M. Swanson | 117 | 415 | 47131 |
Rhian M. Touyz | 114 | 620 | 43738 |
Ian Roberts | 112 | 714 | 51933 |
William D. Foulkes | 108 | 682 | 45013 |
Stephen P. Hinshaw | 106 | 330 | 37336 |
Michael S. Kramer | 104 | 568 | 43803 |
Liam Smeeth | 104 | 753 | 53433 |
Eric Fombonne | 100 | 336 | 44447 |
Douglas L. Arnold | 100 | 624 | 37040 |
Erwin W. Gelfand | 99 | 675 | 36059 |
Frederick Andermann | 90 | 365 | 25638 |
Robert W. Platt | 88 | 638 | 31918 |