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Volume 56(8); Aug 2013
Review Articles
The current status of the Korean student health examination
Hye-Jung Shin
Korean J Pediatr. 2013;56(8):313-322.   Published online August 27, 2013

Recent trends place an emphasis on school health care, the ultimate goal of which is to protect, maintain, and promote students' health. School health care is a program that integrates health care services, health education, health counseling, and local social health services. The student health examination (SHE) system is a part of school health care and schools and communities must...

Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease
Min Hyun Cho
Korean J Pediatr. 2013;56(8):323-326.   Published online August 27, 2013

Quality of life in addition to various medical problems in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) should be objectively assessed to accomplish normal growth and development during childhood. However, unfortunately, studies of quality of life (QoL) in children with ESRD have been not popular yet and there are only fewer suitable assessment tools compared with adults. Recently, disease-specific modules to...

Lower fat and better quality diet therapy for children with pharmacoresistant epilepsy
Jung-Rim Yoon, Heung Dong Kim, Hoon-Chul Kang
Korean J Pediatr. 2013;56(8):327-331.   Published online August 27, 2013

The ketogenic diet (KD) is an established, effective, nonpharmacologic treatment for children with pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Although the KD is the most well-established dietary therapy for epilepsy, it is too restrictive and is associated with serious complications; therefore, alternative lower-fat diets, including a modified Atkins diet and low-glycemic index diet, have been developed. Recent ongoing clinical evidence suggests that other dietary...

Original Articles
Early-onset sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit in Beni Suef, Egypt: bacterial isolates and antibiotic resistance pattern
Sameh Samir Fahmey
Korean J Pediatr. 2013;56(8):332-337.   Published online August 27, 2013
Purpose

To identify the frequency of bacterial isolates in early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) and their antimicrobial resistance pattern.

Methods

A retrospective study of EONS was conducted at the Beni Suef University Hospital from September 2008 to September 2012. A case of EONS was defined as an infant who had clinical signs of infection or who was born to a mother with risk factors...

Prevalence and comorbidity of allergic diseases in preschool children
Hyeong Yun Kim, Eun Byul Kwon, Ji Hyeon Baek, Youn Ho Shin, Hye Yung Yum, Hye Mi Jee, Jung Won Yoon, Man Yong Han
Korean J Pediatr. 2013;56(8):338-342.   Published online August 27, 2013
Purpose

Allergic disease and its comorbidities significantly influence the quality of life. Although the comorbidities of allergic diseases are well described in adult populations, little is known about them in preschool children. In the present study, we aimed to assess the prevalence and comorbidity of allergic diseases in Korean preschool children.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study comprising 615 Korean children (age, 3...

Efficacy of imatinib mesylate-based front-line therapy in pediatric chronic myelogenous leukemia
Hyun Jin Oh, Mun Sung Cho, Jae Wook Lee, Pil-Sang Jang, Nack-Gyun Chung, Bin Cho, Hack-Ki Kim
Korean J Pediatr. 2013;56(8):343-350.   Published online August 27, 2013
Purpose

Despite the established role of imatinib (IM) in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in adults, there are few reports on its efficacy in children. In this study, we compared the outcomes of children with CML before and after the advent of IM-based treatment.

Methods

The study cohort consisted of 52 patients treated for CML at the Department of Pediatrics, The Catholic University of...

Case Reports
Chronic intermittent form of isovaleric aciduria in a 2-year-old boy
Jin Min Cho, Beom Hee Lee, Gu-Hwan Kim, Yoo-Mi Kim, Jin-Ho Choi, Han-Wook Yoo
Korean J Pediatr. 2013;56(8):351-354.   Published online August 27, 2013

Isovaleric aciduria (IVA) is caused by an autosomal recessive deficiency of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase (IVD). IVA presents either in the neonatal period as an acute episode of fulminant metabolic acidosis, which may lead to coma or death, or later as a "chronic intermittent form" that is associated with developmental delays, with or without recurrent acidotic episodes during periods of stress, such...

A novel MLL2 gene mutation in a Korean patient with Kabuki syndrome
Soo Jin Kim, Sung Yoon Cho, Se Hyun Maeng, Young Bae Sohn, Su-Jin Kim, Chang-Seok Ki, Dong-Kyu Jin
Korean J Pediatr. 2013;56(8):355-358.   Published online August 27, 2013

Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare genetic disease with a distinctive dysmorphic face, intellectual disability, and multiple congenital abnormalities. KS is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. As the primary cause of KS, MLL2 mutations have been identified in 56-76% of affected individuals who have been tested, suggesting that there may be additional genes associated with KS. Recently, a few...

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