The Journal of pediatrics
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The Journal of pediatrics · Jan 1999
Malignancies in children who initially present with rheumatic complaints.
Children ultimately diagnosed with malignancy are referred to pediatric rheumatology clinics with provisional rheumatic diagnoses. We aimed to distinguish the features in these patients that lead to the correct diagnosis of malignancy. ⋯ Patients with a diverse group of malignancies, other than leukemia, may present to the pediatric rheumatologist. Pediatric care providers should be familiar with typical features of childhood rheumatic disorders, and rheumatic diagnoses should be reevaluated in the presence of any atypical or discordant clinical features.
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The Journal of pediatrics · Dec 1998
Regional hemodynamic effects of dopamine in the sick preterm neonate.
To study the effects of dopamine on renal, mesenteric, and cerebral blood flow in sick preterm neonates. ⋯ These findings suggest a functionally mature renal, but not mesenteric, vasodilatory dopaminergic response in the preterm neonate. The observations also indicate the lack of an effect of low- to medium-dose dopamine on cerebral hemodynamics in the nonhypotensive preterm neonate.