- Review Article
- General Pediatrics
- The 2017 Korean National Growth Charts for children and adolescents: development, improvement, and prospects
- Jae Hyun Kim, Sungha Yun, Seung-sik Hwang, Jung Ok Shim, Hyun Wook Chae, Yeoun Joo Lee, Ji Hyuk Lee, Soon Chul Kim, Dohee Lim, Sei Won Yang, Kyungwon Oh, Jin Soo Moon; for the Committee for the Development of Growth Standards for Korean Children and Adolescents, the Committee for School Health and Public Health Statistics; the Committee for School Health and Public Health Statistics; the Korean Pediatric Society, and Division of Health and Nutrition Survey; Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2018;61(5):135-149. Published online May 28, 2018
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Growth charts are curves or tables that facilitate the visualization of anthropometric parameters, and are widely used as an important indicator when evaluating the growth status of children and adolescents. The latest version of the Korean National Growth Charts released in 2007 has raised concerns regarding the inclusion of data from both breastfed and formula-fed infants, higher body mass index...
- Original Articles
- Neurology
- Long-term prenatal stress increases susceptibility of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid-induced spasms in infant rats
- Hyeok Hee Kwon, Taekwan Lee, Jinpyo Hong, Dong Woon Kim, Joon Won Kang
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2018;61(5):150-155. Published online May 28, 2018
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Purpose Infantile spasms, also known as West syndrome, is an age-specific epileptic seizure. Most patients with this condition also exhibit delayed development. This study aimed to determine the effect of long-term prenatal stress on susceptibility to infantile spasms.
Methods We subjected pregnant rats to acute or chronic immobilization stress. Resulting offspring received N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (15 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) on postnatal day 15, and their...
- Neonatology (Perinatology)
- Diagnostic and prognostic value of proadrenomedullin in neonatal sepsis
- Sameh Samir Fahmey, Heba Mostafa, Noha Abd Elhafeez, Heba Hussain
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2018;61(5):156-159. Published online May 28, 2018
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Purpose Sepsis is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis is a major problem because of the lack of specific clinical signs. Therefore, a reliable diagnostic marker is needed to guide the use of antimicrobial agents. The objective of our study was to assess the value of proadrenomedullin (pro-ADM) in establishing the diagnosis and evaluating the prognosis of...
- Cardiology
- Clinical implications in laboratory parameter values in acute Kawasaki disease for early diagnosis and proper treatment
- Yu-Mi Seo, Hyun-Mi Kang, Sung-Churl Lee, Jae-Won Yu, Hong-Ryang Kil, Jung-Woo Rhim, Ji-Whan Han, Kyung-Yil Lee
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2018;61(5):160-166. Published online May 28, 2018
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Purpose This study aimed to analyse laboratory values according to fever duration, and evaluate the relationship across these values during the acute phase of Kawasaki disease (KD) to aid in the early diagnosis for early-presenting KD and incomplete KD patients.
Methods Clinical and laboratory data of patients with KD (n=615) were evaluated according to duration of fever at presentation, and were compared between...
- Differentiation between incomplete Kawasaki disease and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following Kawasaki disease using N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide
- Jung Eun Choi, Yujin Kwak, Jung Won Huh, Eun-Sun Yoo, Kyung-Ha Ryu, Sejung Sohn, Young Mi Hong
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2018;61(5):167-173. Published online May 28, 2018
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Purpose Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a hyperinflammatory syndrome with many causes, including Kawasaki disease (KD). The purpose of this study was to identify the laboratory tests needed to easily differentiate KD with HLH from incomplete KD alone.
Methods We performed a retrospective study on patients diagnosed with incomplete KD and incomplete KD with HLH (HLH-KD) between January 2012 and March 2015. We compared...
