Arch Pediat Adol Med
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialEvaluation of a method to reduce over-the-counter medication dosing error.
To introduce a simple method of dosing over-the-counter medication in a home setting using a color-coding concept and to compare dosing deviation from recommended dosage using the color-coded method with dosing deviation using conventional package labeling. ⋯ This study suggests a marked improvement in caregivers' ability to correctly determine and measure an over-the-counter medication for their child using a color-coded method compared with conventional methods.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialGlycemic patterns detected by continuous subcutaneous glucose sensing in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus treated by multiple daily injections vs continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion.
To compare glycemic patterns by mode of therapy in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus using the Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS). ⋯ Intensive treatment with CSII seemed to be associated with slightly better prebreakfast, postprandial, and within-target glucose profiles than MDI, as well as a smaller area under the curve for hypoglycemia. Lower hypoglycemia-related variables in the second sensor reading in each arm indicate that the CGMS may serve as an educational tool to decrease the rate and magnitude of hypoglycemia.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2004
Neighborhood predictors of concealed firearm carrying among children and adolescents: results from the project on human development in Chicago neighborhoods.
Previous studies of concealed firearm carrying among children and adolescents have focused on individual risk factors. ⋯ Youth are less likely to carry concealed firearms in areas where there is less violence and increased safety. Interventions to improve neighborhood conditions such as increasing safety, improving collective efficacy, and reducing social and physical disorder may be efficacious in preventing firearm use and its associated injuries and death among youth.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialRandomized trial of brief office-based interventions to reduce adolescent alcohol use.
To determine whether office-based interventions change adolescents' alcohol beliefs and alcohol use. ⋯ Brief office-based interventions were ineffective in reducing adolescent alcohol use but may increase adolescent reporting of alcohol use.