Iron deficiency anemia and its relationship with socioeconomic vulnerability
Conclusions: The lower concentration of hemoglobin in preschoolers is associated with the location of day care centers in an area of socioeconomic vulnerability. Children attending these day care centers face adverse family conditions such as low income, working mothers, and mothers with low schooling, though they receive social benefits and monitoring by public health services.RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar a associa ção da anemia com a vulnerabilidade socioeconômica de pré-escolares de creches públicas da cidade de Taubaté, SP, Brasil. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com amostra probabilística que anal...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - June 5, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Treatment adherence among children and adolescents in a cystic fibrosis reference center
Conclusions: The TAI was high particularly among children younger than 14 years. There was a positive correlation between the self-referenced TA and the one presumed by the Psychology (p=0.032) and the nutrition (p=0.012) professionals.RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar o grau de ades ão ao tratamento (AT) autorreferida e pesquisar sua associação com variáveis clínicas e sociodemográficas em pacientes com fibrose cística (FC) de um centro de referência e comparar o grau de AT autorreferida com o presumido pela equipe multidisciplinar. Métodos: Estudo transversal, inclu indo crianças e adolescentes com FC entre zero e ...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - June 5, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Psycho-emotional care in a neonatal unit during the covid-19 pandemic
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Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 29, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Erratum
ABSTRACT Objective: To report the case of a child who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) from a pulmonary infection by adenovirus. Case description: A female patient aged 2 years and 6 months, weighting 10,295 grams developed fever, productive cough and vomiting, later on progressing to ARDS despite initial therapy in accordance with the institutional protocol for ARDS treatment. The child evolved to refractory hypoxemia and hypercapnia, requiring high parameters of mechanical pulmonary ventilation and use of vasoactive agents. In the treatment escalation, the patient received steroids, inhaled nitric...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 12, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Assessment of nutritional status and frequency of complications associated to feeding in patients with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy
Conclusions: The results reinforce the need for continued nutritional guidance for the children ’ s parents/caregivers, as well as the choice of an adequate rout of feeding to each child by the multi-professional team, in order to contribute to improved nutritional status and adequate dietary intake.RESUMO Objetivo: Correlacionar o estado nutricional com vari áveis associadas ao tipo de dieta e via de alimentação de crianças e adolescentes com paralisia cerebral (PC) tetraparética espástica. Métodos: Estudo de corte transversal com 28 pacientes com idade ≤ 13 anos, atendidos pela equipe de nutri ção do Am...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 12, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Attachment style in children with chronic diseases: a comprehensive review
Conclusions: The type of attachment between child and primary caregiver may be considered a protective or risk factor for child development. Considering this premise, it is important to equip/inform families based on dialogic educational practices, in which professionals create opportunities and means for families to develop their skills and competencies, and acquire resources which meet the child ’ s needs. It is important that this professional helps the family to build secure bases for their child with chronic disease, understanding that the main focus for promoting child development is in the family unit.RESUMO Obj...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Predictive value of the general movements assessment in preterm infants: a meta-analysis
Conclusions: Despite the high predictive values of the tool to identify neurological disorders, research on the subject is required due to the heterogeneity of the current studies.RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar o valor preditivo da General Movements Assessment para o diagn óstico de alterações do neurodesenvolvimento em recém-nascidos pré-termo. Fonte de dados: Foi realizada uma revisão sistemática da literatura utilizando as bases de dados: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (PubMed) e E xcerpta Medica Database (EMBASE). Os artigos foram filtra...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Analysis of fine motor control in institutionalized sheltered children and adolescents through performance in computer software
Conclusions: The institutionalized individuals showed a psychomotor development inferior to the CG. Furthermore, they presented impairment in fine motor control, covering a larger distance on the task that required the diagonal movement, longer execution time, less correct answers, and more errors.RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar o desenvolvimento psicomotor e o controle motor fino de crian ças e adolescentes institucionalizados e não institucionalizados em abrigo. Métodos: Estudo transversal, no qual participaram 54 indivíduos, divididos em dois grupos: 27 crianças e adolescentes institucionalizados em abrigo (GA) e 27...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Clinical profile of children with and without comorbidities hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
Conclusions: Most patients with community-acquired pneumonia and comorbidities were aged>60 months, were malnourished, had used antibiotics and had been hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. Comorbidities were associated with a higher chance of malnutrition and hospitalizations for community-acquired pneumonia in an older age group, compared to children without comorbidities. Knowledge of this clinical profile may contribute to better assist pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia hospitalized in referral centers.RESUMO Objetivo: Descrever o perfil cl ínico de crianças e adolescentes hospitali...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Associated factors with the isolated and simultaneous presence of overweight and abdominal obesity in adolescents
Conclusions: Boys and younger age (11 to 14 years) were associated with a higher likelihood of EW. Adolescents whose mothers studied nine years or more were more likely to have AO. The younger age group (11 to 14 years) was associated with greater chances for the simultaneous presence of EW and AO.RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar os fatores sociodemogr áficos e do estilo de vida associados ao excesso de peso (EP), à obesidade abdominal (OA) e à presença simultânea de EP e OA em adolescentes do Sul do Brasil. Métodos: Estudo transversal de base escolar realizado com 583 adolescentes (11 a 17 anos) da cidade de Criciúma...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Bathing, make-up, and sunscreen: which products do children use?
Conclusions: The children studied used unsuitable products for their skin, such as those intended for adults, used sunscreen inadequately, and started wearing make-up early, evidencing the need for medical orientation.RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar os h ábitos de higiene e a frequência do uso de produtos de higiene pessoal, cosméticos e protetor solar nas crianças e adolescentes. Métodos: Estudo transversal com entrevistas para cuidadores sobre cuidados com a pele, por meio de perguntas fechadas. Incluídos pacientes de até 14 anos que cons ultavam nos ambulatórios pediátricos de um hospital terciário. Realizada es...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Erratum
ABSTRACT Objective: To report the case of a child who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) from a pulmonary infection by adenovirus. Case description: A female patient aged 2 years and 6 months, weighting 10,295 grams developed fever, productive cough and vomiting, later on progressing to ARDS despite initial therapy in accordance with the institutional protocol for ARDS treatment. The child evolved to refractory hypoxemia and hypercapnia, requiring high parameters of mechanical pulmonary ventilation and use of vasoactive agents. In the treatment escalation, the patient received steroids, inhaled nitric...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 1, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Brazilian version of the shriners hospital upper extremity evaluation (shuee): translation, cultural adaptation, and evaluation of psychometric properties
Conclusions: The results revealed that the Brazilian version of the SHUEE demonstrated good reliability and convergent validity, suggesting that it is an adequate and reliable tool for individuals with hemiplegic cerebral palsy in the Brazilian population.RESUMO Objetivo: Validar o instrumento de avalia ção do membro superior, Shriners Hospital Upper Extremity Evaluation (SHUEE), para indivíduos com paralisia cerebral hemiplégica da população brasileira. Métodos: Estudo de validação no qual foi realizada tradução e adaptação cultural do manual e do instrumento. As propriedades psicom étricas avaliadas fo...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - May 1, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Challenges in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic in university hospitals
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Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - April 22, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Excess weight and gastrointestinal symptoms in a group of autistic children
Conclusions: The high prevalence of being overweight should be considered during the follow-up visits of children with ASD. The influence of gluten consumption on the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms was observed in this study, and the causes involved in these alterations need to be further investigated.RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar o estado nutricional e a presen ça de alterações gastrintestinais em crianças com transtorno do espectro autista. Métodos: Estudo transversal, descritivo, composto por 39 crianças autistas com idades entre três e dez anos, cadastradas na associação participante. O estado nutricion...
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria - March 20, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research