- Review Articles
- Endocrinology
- Waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for obesity and cardiometabolic risk
- Eun-Gyong Yoo
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(11):425-431. Published online November 18, 2016
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The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), calculated by dividing the waist circumference (WC) by height, has recently gained attention as an anthropometric index for central adiposity. It is an easy-to-use and less age-dependent index to identify individuals with increased cardiometabolic risk. A WHtR cutoff of 0.5 can be used in different sex and ethnic groups and is generally accepted as a universal...
- Allergy
- Rhinovirus and childhood asthma: an update
- Dae Jin Song
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(11):432-439. Published online November 18, 2016
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Asthma is recognized as a complex disease resulting from interactions between multiple genetic and environmental factors. Accumulating evidence suggests that respiratory viral infections in early life constitute a major environmental risk factor for the development of childhood asthma. Respiratory viral infections have also been recognized as the most common cause of asthma exacerbation. The advent of molecular diagnostics to detect...
- Original Articles
- Neurology
- Prognostic factors of neurological outcomes in late-preterm and term infants with perinatal asphyxia
- Sun Young Seo, Gyu Hong Shim, Myoung Jae Chey, Su Jeong You
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(11):440-445. Published online November 18, 2016
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Purpose This study aimed to identify prognostic factors of neurological outcomes, including developmental delay, cerebral palsy and epilepsy in late-preterm and term infants with perinatal asphyxia.
Methods All late-preterm and term infants with perinatal asphyxia or hypoxic-ischemic insults who admitted the neonatal intensive care unit of Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital between 2006 and 2014 and were followed up for at least 2...
- Cardiology
- Impact of postoperative duration of Aspirin use on longevity of bioprosthetic pulmonary valve in patients who underwent congenital heart disease repair
- Tae-Woong Hwang, Sung-Ook Kim, Sang-Yun Lee, Seong-Ho Kim, Eun-Young Choi, So-Ick Jang, Su-Jin Park, Hye-Won Kwon, Hyo-Bin Lim, Chang-Ha Lee, Eun-Seok Choi
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(11):446-450. Published online November 18, 2016
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Purpose Generally, aspirin is used as a protective agent against thrombogenic phenomenon after pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) using a bioprosthetic valve. However, the appropriate duration of aspirin use is unclear. We analyzed the impact of postoperative duration of aspirin use on the longevity of bioprosthetic pulmonary valves in patients who underwent repair for congenital heart diseases.
Methods We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data...
- P wave dispersion on 12-lead electrocardiography in adolescents with neurocardiogenic syncope
- Dong-Hyuk Lee, Kyung-Min Lee, Jung-Min Yoon, Jae-Woo Lim, Kyung-Ok Kho, Hong-Ryang Kil, Eun-Jung Cheon
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(11):451-455. Published online November 18, 2016
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Purpose Neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS) is the most frequent cause of fainting during adolescence. Inappropriate cardiovascular autonomic control may be responsible for this clinical event. The head-up tilt test has been considered a diagnostic standard, but it is cumbersome and has a high false-positive rate. We performed a study to evaluate whether P-wave dispersion (PWD) could be a useful electrocardiographic parameter of...
- Case Report
- Genetics and Metabolism
- Edentulous child with Allgrove syndrome: a rare case report
- Mohammad Vahedi, Shima Fathi, Hanif Allahbakhshi
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(11):456-459. Published online November 18, 2016
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Triple-A syndrome, also known as Allgrove syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. The 3 features of this syndrome are achalasia, adrenal insufficiency, and alacrima. Achalasia could be the first manifestation of the triple-A syndrome; however, its etiology is unclear. Alacrima is generally asymptomatic but can be detected by obtaining patient history. Although adrenal insufficiency could have manifestations such as...
