Arch Pediat Adol Med
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jan 1996
Content analysis of prime-time television medical news. A pediatric perspective.
To assess child health news broadcasts by a major regional television station and to evaluate the attitudes of parents and pediatricians about the context and value of television news reports. ⋯ Television news reports are important sources of child health information. Pediatric topics on local and national news programs often do not focus on topics considered of highest priority by parents and pediatricians. Greater awareness by pediatricians of the potential value of television news as a tool for public health education is warranted.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jan 1996
Comparative Study Clinical TrialComparison of rectal, axillary, and forehead temperatures.
To assess whether axillary and forehead temperatures accurately reflect the rectal temperature (the criterion standard) ⋯ Previous studies that have suggested that axillary and forehead temperatures do not provide a reliable guide to the rectal temperature have all used inappropriate methods of analysis (correlation coefficients or sensitivity and specificity); previous studies that have based their conclusions on the correct method of analysis (paired differences and their SDs) have all found that the axillary temperature gives a good indication of the rectal temperature. The axillary temperature can be measured safely at any age, and the axillary temperature plus 1 degree C is a good guide to the rectal temperature in patients older than 1 month. Forehead strip thermometers are easy to use, but they do not estimate the rectal temperature as accurately as the axillary temperature does.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Oct 1995
Malnutrition in hospitalized pediatric patients. Current prevalence.
To document the current prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition compared with that reported from the same institution in 1976. ⋯ Acute and chronic protein-energy malnutrition remains common in hospitalized pediatric patients in the United States. Important risk factors may be underlying chronic disease, periods of normally rapid growth, and recognized need for nutrition intervention.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Oct 1995
Overweight prevalence and trends for children and adolescents. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1963 to 1991.
To examine prevalence of overweight and trends in overweight for children and adolescents in the US population. ⋯ Increasing overweight among youths implies a need to focus on primary prevention. Attempts to increase physical activity may provide a means to address this important public health problem.