- Review Article
- Cardiology
- Recent advances in pediatric interventional cardiology
- Seong-Ho Kim
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(8):237-244. Published online August 14, 2017
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During the last 10 years, there have been major technological achievements in pediatric interventional cardiology. In addition, there have been several advances in cardiac imaging, especially in 3-dimensional imaging of echocardiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and cineangiography. Therefore, more types of congenital heart diseases can be treated in the cardiac catheter laboratory today than ever before. Furthermore, lesions previously...
- Editorial
- Infection
- Additional corticosteroids or alternative antibiotics for the treatment of macrolide-resistant
Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia - Eun-Ae Yang, Kyung-Yil Lee
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(8):245-247. Published online August 14, 2017
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- Original Articles
- Neonatology (Perinatology)
- Effects of cord blood vitamin D levels on the risk of neonatal sepsis in premature infants
- Birgul Say, Nurdan Uras, Suzan Sahin, Halil Degirmencioglu, Serife Suna Oguz, Fuat Emre Canpolat
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(8):248-253. Published online August 14, 2017
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Purpose Vitamin D plays a key role in immune function. Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in the pathogenesis of infections, and low levels of circulating vitamin D are strongly associated with infectious diseases. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of low vitamin D levels in cord blood on neonatal sepsis in preterm infants.
Methods One hundred seventeen premature...
- Infection
- The impact of an educational intervention on parents' decisions to vaccinate their <60-month-old children against influenza
- Aery Choi, Dong Ho Kim, Yun Kyung Kim, Byung Wook Eun, Dae Sun Jo
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(8):254-260. Published online August 14, 2017
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Purpose Seasonal influenza can be prevented by vaccination. Disease prevention in children aged <60 months is of particular importance because of the associated familial and societal burden. Considering that caretakers make the decision to vaccinate their children, the identification of drivers and barriers to vaccination is essential to increase influenza vaccination coverage.
Methods A total of 639 parents participated in the pre- and...
- Gastroenterology
- Characteristics and prognosis of hepatic cytomegalovirus infection in children: 10 years of experience at a university hospital in Korea
- Chae-Yeon Min, Joo Young Song, Su Jin Jeong
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(8):261-265. Published online August 14, 2017
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Purpose Studies on cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in immunocompetent children are lacking, and minimal information is available in the medical literature on hepatic manifestations and complications of CMV. The aims of this study were to evaluate the clinical characteristics, laboratory data, and prognosis of children with CMV hepatitis, and to investigate its prevalence at a single medical center in Korea over a...
- Neurology
- Clinical characteristics of hypertensive encephalopathy in pediatric patients
- Chang Hoon Ahn, Seung-A Han, Young Hwa Kong, Sun Jun Kim
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(8):266-271. Published online August 14, 2017
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Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the clinical characteristics of hypertensive encephalopathy according to the underlying etiologies in children.
Methods We retrospectively evaluated 33 pediatric patients who were diagnosed as having hypertensive encephalopathy in Chonbuk National University Children's Hospital. Among the patients, 18 were excluded because of incomplete data or because brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was not performed. Finally,...
