- Review Articles
- The role of the pediatrician in youth violence prevention
- Soon Ki Kim, Nam Su Kim
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(1):1-7. Published online January 29, 2013
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School bullying has become a major social problem in Korea after the emergence of media reports on children who committed suicide after being victimized by bullies. In this article, we review the characteristics of bullying, and investigate the role of the pediatrician in the prevention of and intervention against bullying and school violence. Bullying can take on many forms such...
- Eosinophil-derived neurotoxin: a novel biomarker for diagnosis and monitoring of asthma
- Chang-Keun Kim
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(1):8-12. Published online January 29, 2013
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Asthma is associated with increased levels of eosinophils in tissues, body fluids, and bone marrow. Elevated levels of eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) and eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) have been noted in asthma patients. Higher levels of EDN and ECP are also associated with exacerbated asthmatic conditions. Thus, EDN, along with ECP, may aid the diagnosis and monitoring of asthma. Several groups...
- Original Articles
- Clinical characteristics of Kawasaki disease with sterile pyuria
- Ja Yun Choi, Sun Young Park, Kwang Hae Choi, Yong Hoon Park, Young Hwan Lee
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(1):13-18. Published online January 29, 2013
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Purpose Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis and affects many organ systems. It often presents sterile pyuria, microscopic hematuria, and proteinuria due to renal involvement. The aims of this study were to define clinical characteristics of acute KD patients with pyuria and to analyze meaning of pyuria in KD.
Methods The medical records and laboratory findings including serum and urine test of...
- The efficacy of aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index for assessing hepatic fibrosis in childhood nonalcoholic steatohepatitis for medical practice
- Earl Kim, Yunkoo Kang, Seungmin Hahn, Mi Jung Lee, Young Nyun Park, Hong Koh
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(1):19-25. Published online January 29, 2013
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Purpose Childhood obesity is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and it has become one of the most common causes of childhood chronic liver diseases which significant as a cause of liver related mortality and morbidity in children in the United States. The development of simpler and easier clinical indices for medical practice is needed to identify advanced hepatic fibrosis...
- Immune reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children: a single institution study of 59 patients
- Hyun O Kim, Hyun Jin Oh, Jae Wook Lee, Pil-Sang Jang, Nack-Gyun Chung, Bin Cho, Hack-Ki Kim
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(1):26-31. Published online January 29, 2013
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Purpose Lymphocyte subset recovery is an important factor that determines the success of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Temporal differences in the recovery of lymphocyte subsets and the factors influencing this recovery are important variables that affect a patient's post-transplant immune reconstitution, and therefore require investigation.
Methods The time taken to achieve lymphocyte subset recovery and the factors influencing this recovery were investigated...
- Orthostatic symptoms does not always manifest during tilt-table test in pediatric postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome patients
- Tae-Eon Huh, Jung Sook Yeom, Young-Soo Kim, Hyang-Ok Woo, Ji Sook Park, Eun Sil Park, Ji-Hyun Seo, Jae-Young Lim, Chan-Hoo Park, Ki-Jong Park, Hee-Shang Youn
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(1):32-36. Published online January 29, 2013
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Purpose Chronic day-to-day symptoms of orthostatic intolerance are the most notable features of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). However, we have encountered patients with such symptoms and excessive tachycardia but with no symptoms during the tilt-table test (TTT). We aimed to investigate whether POTS patients with chronic orthostatic intolerance always present orthostatic symptoms during the TTT and analyze the factors underlying...
- Case Reports
- Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia in a 14-month-old girl
- Ha Neul Park, Bo Hyun Chung, Jung Eun Pyun, Kwang Chul Lee, Ji Tae Choung, Choon Hak Lim, Young Yoo
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(1):37-41. Published online January 29, 2013
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Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia (IAEP), characterized by acute febrile respiratory failure associated with diffuse radiographic infiltrates and pulmonary eosinophilia, is rarely reported in children. Diagnosis is based on an association of characteristic features including acute respiratory failure with fever, bilateral infiltrates on the chest X-ray, severe hypoxemia and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid >25% eosinophils or a predominant eosinophilic infiltrate in lung...
- Secondary paroxysmal dyskinesia associated with 2009 H1N1 infection
- Yun Jung Hur, Taegyu Hwang
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(1):42-44. Published online January 29, 2013
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Neurological complications associated with 2009 H1N1 infection in children have been reported and recognized worldwide. The most commonly reported neurological complications are seizures and encephalopathy. Secondary movement disorders are also associated with the infection, but such cases are rarely reported. Here, we describe the case of a 14-year-old boy with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia secondary to 2009 H1N1 infection, who presented...
