Arch Pediat Adol Med
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDoes telephone triage delay significant medical treatment?: Advice nurse service vs on-call pediatricians.
Advice nurse call centers are used to ensure access to medical advice, thereby potentially reducing the costs of health services. ⋯ The proportions of callers who sought unadvised medical care and who received unadvised significant care were not significantly different in the advice nurse and pediatrician groups. This suggests that advice nurses do not delay significant medical treatment when compared with pediatricians.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2003
Safety of polyethylene glycol 3350 for the treatment of chronic constipation in children.
To assess the clinical and biochemical safety profile of long-term polyethylene glycol 3350 (PEG) therapy in children with chronic constipation and to assess pediatric patient acceptance of PEG therapy. ⋯ Long-term PEG therapy is safe and is well accepted by children with chronic constipation with and without encopresis.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2003
Modifying exposure to smoking depicted in movies: a novel approach to preventing adolescent smoking.
Most behavioral approaches to adolescent smoking address the behavior directly. We explore an indirect approach: modifying exposure to portrayals of smoking in movies. ⋯ Adolescents see thousands of smoking depictions in movies, and this influences their attitudes and behavior. Exposure to movie smoking is reduced when parents limit movie access. Teaching parents to monitor and enforce movie access guidelines could reduce adolescent smoking in an indirect, yet powerful, manner.