The Journal of pediatrics
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The Journal of pediatrics · Nov 2008
Comparative StudyComparison of the prevalence of shortness, underweight, and overweight among US children aged 0 to 59 months by using the CDC 2000 and the WHO 2006 growth charts.
To compare the prevalence of shortness, underweight, and overweight by using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2000 and the World Health Organization (WHO) 2006 growth charts. These comparisons are undertaken with 2 sets of cutoff values. ⋯ Estimates of the prevalence of key descriptors of growth in children aged 0 to 59 months vary by the chart used and the cutoff values applied. The use of the 5th and 95th percentiles for the CDC growth charts and the 2.3rd and 97.7th percentiles for the WHO growth charts appear comparable in the prevalence of shortness and overweight, but not underweight. If practitioners were to use the WHO growth charts, it might be more appropriate to adopt the WHO recommended cutoff values as well, but this would be a change for office practice.
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The Journal of pediatrics · Oct 2008
The value of routine blood pressure measurement in children presenting to the emergency department with nonurgent problems.
Blood pressure (BP) is measured at triage in most emergency departments (EDs). We aimed to determine the value of triage BP in diagnosing hypotension and true hypertension in children age > or =3 years presenting with nonurgent problems. ⋯ The yield of measuring BP at triage in children with nonurgent problems appears to be extremely low.
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The Journal of pediatrics · Oct 2008
Self-esteem, self-concept, and quality of life in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
To investigate self-esteem, self-concept and quality of life in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP) compared with typically developing peers. ⋯ Children with HCP experience reduced quality of life and self-concept compared with typically developing peers.