- Review Articles
- Early childhood wheezing: various natural courses and their relationship to later asthma
- Dong In Suh, Young Yull Koh
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(8):259-264. Published online August 23, 2012
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Wheezing is one of the most frequent complaints that lead to the use of medical resources in younger children. Generally, wheezing is caused by bronchiolitis and resolves spontaneously without recurrence, but sometimes, wheezing can progress into asthma. Early data on the natural history of childhood wheezing was mostly obtained from retrospective reviews of medical records or from questionnaires, which made...
- Effects of phytoestrogen on sexual development
- Shin Hye Kim, Mi Jung Park
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(8):265-271. Published online August 23, 2012
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Phytoestrogen is an estrogenic compound that occurs naturally in plants. The most common sources of phytoestrogen are soybean products, which contain high levels of isoflavones. This compound, which has structural similarity with estrogen, can act as an estrogen receptor agonist or antagonist. Animal studies provide evidence of the significant effects of phytoestrogen on sexual development, including altered pubertal timing, impaired...
- Original Articles
- Parental concerns about their premature infants' health after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit: a questionnaire survey for anticipated guidance in a neonatal follow-up clinic
- Ji-Yun Cho, Juyoung Lee, Young Ah Youn, Soon Ju Kim, So Young Kim, In Kyung Sung
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(8):272-279. Published online August 23, 2012
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Purpose The aim of this study was to develop an appropriate nursing information guideline according to corrected age, after investigating parents' concerns about the growth, development, and diseases of their premature infants after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Methods The parents of premature infants (birth weight, <2,500 g; gestational age, <37 weeks) who went to a neonatal follow-up clinic after...
- Birth statistics of high birth weight infants (macrosomia) in Korea
- Byung-Ho Kang, Joo-Young Moon, Sung-Hoon Chung, Yong-Sung Choi, Kyung-Suk Lee, Ji-Young Chang, Chong-Woo Bae
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(8):280-285. Published online August 23, 2012
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Purpose The authors analyzed the trend from the birth-related statistics of high birth weight infants (HBWIs) over 50 years in Korea from 1960 to 2010.
Methods We used 2 data sources, namely, the hospital units (1960's to 1990's) and Statistics Korea (1993 to 2010). The analyses include the incidence of HBWIs, birth weight distribution, sex ratio, and the relationship of HBWI to maternal...
- Continuous renal replacement therapy in neonates weighing less than 3 kg
- Young Bae Sohn, Kyung Hoon Paik, Hee Yeon Cho, Su Jin Kim, Sung Won Park, Eun Sun Kim, Yun Sil Chang, Won-Soon Park, Yoon-Ho Choi, Dong-Kyu Jin
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(8):286-292. Published online August 23, 2012
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Purpose Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is becoming the treatment of choice for supporting critically ill pediatric patients. However, a few studies present have reported CRRT use and outcome in neonates weighing less than 3 kg. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical application, outcome, and complications of CRRT in small neonates.
Methods A retrospective review was performed in 8...
- Case Reports
- A case of cytomegalovirus-negative Ménétrier's disease with eosinophilia in a child
- Keun Hyung Son, Jeong Ja Kwak, Jae Ock Park
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(8):293-296. Published online August 23, 2012
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Ménétrier's disease is a rare form of acquired gastropathy characterized by giant rugal folds in the stomach and protein-losing gastropathy. Children with Ménétrier's disease tend to follow a benign self-limited course with symptoms typically completely resolving within 2 to 10 weeks in contrast to the chronic course in adults. A 9-year-old girl presented with a history of gradually worsening abdominal...
- Bronchial compression in an infant with isolated secundum atrial septal defect associated with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Sung-Hee Park, So Young Park, Nam Kyun Kim, Su-Jin Park, Han Ki Park, Young Hwan Park, Jae Young Choi
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(8):297-300. Published online August 23, 2012
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Symptomatic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with isolated atrial septal defect (ASD) is rare during infancy. We report a case of isolated ASD with severe PAH in an infant who developed airway obstruction as cardiomegaly progressed. The patient presented with recurrent severe respiratory insufficiency and failure to thrive before the repair of the ASD. Echocardiography confirmed volume overload on...
- Sequential magnetic resonance spectroscopic changes in a patient with nonketotic hyperglycinemia
- Ji Hun Shin, So Yoon Ahn, Jeong Hee Shin, Se In Sung, Ji Mi Jung, Jin Kyu Kim, Eun Sun Kim, Hyung Doo Park, Ji Hye Kim, Yun Sil Chang, Won Soon Park
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(8):301-305. Published online August 23, 2012
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Nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH) is a rare inborn error of amino acid metabolism. A defect in the glycine cleavage enzyme system results in highly elevated concentrations of glycine in the plasma, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain, resulting in glycine-induced encephalopathy and neuropathy. The prevalence of NKH in Korea is very low, and no reports of surviving patients are available, given the...
