Prospective study of a recurrent radial head subluxation
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A recurrence of elbow dislocation appears to be more common in younger children. Follow-up information was available over the 12 to 20 months on 93 children after they were cared for at a pediatric emergency room who received a diagnosis of definite or probable dislocated elbow. Nearly one-quarter of the total group had a recurrence within the follow-up period, amounting to one-third of children under 24 months old and 13% of children 24 months old or more. Children less than 24 months old were 2.6 times more likely than older children to experience a recurrence. The second dislocation occurred in the same elbow 82% of the time, suggesting an underlying weak ligament. As has been found in other studies, girls are more likely to experience elbow dislocations and the left arm is the more likely site.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1996
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Bacterial Infections in Infants 60 Days and Younger: Epidemiology, Resistance, and Implications for Treatment
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It may be unnecessary and unwise to use ampicillin for a suspected bacterial infection in very young infants. This antibiotic is often used to treat a suspected Listeria infection. Researchers analyzed the results of blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid cultures taken from all children two months or younger who were treated at one hospital over a 4-year period. Eighty percent of the bacteria were gram-negative bacteria, 12% were group B streptococcus, 6% were enterococcus, and 2.5% were Strep pneumoniae. Listeria was not found in any of the samples. Sixty-two percent of the gram-negative bacteria were resistant to ampicillin.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1999
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Head Trauma in Children Younger Than 2 Years: Are There Predictors for Complications?
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Children who fall three feet or less and have no signs of neurologic damage or damage to the skull probably have a low risk of complications from the fall. This was the conclusion of an analysis of 278 children younger than two years old who were examined in a hospital emergency department. A total of 227 had minor injuries, 39 had skull fracture, three had an intracranial injury and nine had both. None of the children who had no loss of consciousness, vomiting, seizure, behavioral changes or scalp injuries developed a skull fracture or intracranial injury.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1999
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