- Review Article
- Neurology
- White matter injury following rotavirus infection in neonates: new aspects to a forgotten entity, 'fifth day fits'?
- Jung Sook Yeom, Chan-Hoo Park
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(7):285-291. Published online July 31, 2016
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That rotavirus infection can cause neurological symptoms in young children has been well established. However, it is surprising why rotavirus infection has been overlooked as a cause of neonatal seizures for many years, despite significant research interest in neonatal rotavirus infection. Neonates are the age group most vulnerable to seizures, which are typically attributed to a wide range of causes....
- Original Articles
- Nutrition
- Increment in vitamin D level and bone mineral accrual in children with vitamin D deficiency
- Yashwant Kumar Rao, Tanu Midha, Satyajeet Singh, Anurag Bajpai, Amita Tilak
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(7):292-297. Published online July 31, 2016
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Purpose To compare different regimens of vitamin D with respect to its serum increment levels and bone mineral accrual in vitamin D-deficient children.
Methods Children identified as being vitamin D deficient (serum levels<20 ng/mL) were divided into 3 treatment groups by stratified block randomization (group 1, 4,000 IU/day of vitamin D3 plus 50 mg/kg/day calcium for 12 weeks; group 2, 30,000 IU/wk of...
- Cardiology
- Age-adjusted plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level in Kawasaki disease
- Heul Jun, Kyung Ok Ko, Jae Woo Lim, Jung Min Yoon, Gyung Min Lee, Eun Jung Cheon
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(7):298-302. Published online July 31, 2016
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Purpose Recent reports showed that plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) could be a useful biomarker of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) unresponsiveness and coronary artery lesion (CAL) development in Kawasaki disease (KD). The levels of these peptides are critically influenced by age; hence, the normal range and upper limits for infants and children are different. We performed an age-adjusted analysis of plasma...
- Gastroenterology
- Dietary habits and gastroesophageal reflux disease in preschool children
- You Jin Choi, Eun Kyo Ha, Su Jin Jeong
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(7):303-307. Published online July 31, 2016
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Purpose To identify the relationship between dietary habits and childhood gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in preschool children.
Methods We performed a questionnaire study to analyze the relationship between dietary habits and GERD in 85 preschool children with GERD and 117 healthy children of the same age.
Results Irregular and picky eating were more p–revalent in the GERD group than in the control group (odds ratio...
- Case Report
- Infection
- Distinctive clinical features of HPeV-3 infection in 2 neonates with a sepsis-like illness
- Jung Sook Yeom, Ji Sook Park, Ji-Hyun Seo, Eun Sil Park, Jae-Young Lim, Chan-Hoo Park, Hyang-Ok Woo, Hee-Shang Youn, Ok Jeong Lee, Tae-Hee Han, Ju-Young Chung
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(7):308-311. Published online July 31, 2016
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We report a human parechovirus-3 (HPeV-3) infection in 2 neonates who had prolonged fever (>5 days) with palmar-plantar erythema. This distinctive rash was observed 4–5 days after fever onset, just before defervescence. Elevated aspartate aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, and ferritin levels were characteristic laboratory findings in the 2 cases, suggesting tissue damage caused by hypercytokinemia. Case 1 was treated with intravenous...
