Vitamin A and respiratory syncytial virus infection: serum levels and supplementation trial

Article Abstract:

A large dose of vitamin A does not appear to benefit young children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. Low blood levels of vitamin A are found in children with RSV infections, and vitamin A supplementation has been found to be helpful in children with measles. Researchers compared blood levels of vitamin A in 32 children ages 2 months to 5 years hospitalized with RSV infections with 39 similarly aged healthy children and 35 children hospitalized for reasons other than respiratory infection. Twenty-one RSV-infected children were treated with a single, large oral dose of vitamin A while 11 children received a placebo. RSV-infected children had lower vitamin A levels than healthy children, and RSV-infected children admitted to intensive care had lower levels than RSV-infected children not requiring intensive care. Vitamin A levels were also reduced among non-RSV-infected hospitalized children. Vitamin A treatment had no beneficial effects on children hospitalized with RSV.

Health aspects, Diet therapy, Respiratory syncytial virus infection, Vitamin A

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Injury control in practice: home radiator burns in inner-city children

Article Abstract:

Steam radiators present a serious burn hazard to young children that can readily be remedied. Steam radiators constitute a particular hazard because the high temperature instantly produces burns. Physicians at a Chicago academic medical center reviewed the histories of 10 children who experienced nonintentional steam radiator burns and found they all lived in the same housing project. A letter and series of meetings with the housing authority, tenants' association representatives, and the housing project engineer and manager resulted in installing radiator covers and pipe insulation.

Case studies, Accidents, Children's accidents, Radiators

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Injury Prevention Practices as Depicted in G-Rated and PG-Rated Movies

Article Abstract:

Many actors in movies that children may watch do not behave in ways that would avoid injury. Researchers analyzed 50 non-animated G-rated and PG-rate movies made between 1995 and 1997, including 25 with the highest box-office receipts. Only 27% of the actors wore a seat belt while driving, only 18% looked both ways before crossing a street, only 16% used a crosswalk, only 6% used a helmet when riding a bicycle, and only 17% wore a life jacket in a boat.

Analysis, Behavior, Wounds and injuries, Injuries, Actors, Media coverage, Motion picture acting, Movie acting

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