Several models have been used to establish pediatric Z-scores for echocardiographic right ventricle (RV) variables. This study aimed to determine the most appropriate mathematical model for RV function reference values in pediatrics. Prospective cross-sectional study among 314 healthy children ages 2 days to 18 years (46% female, 88 infants, 26 neo...
Published in Digestive Diseases
Background: It has been reported that 5–50% of patients with primary immune deficiencies (PID) may present with or develop gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations. Objective: This study was aimed at analyzing GI and related endoscopic, histopathological findings in children with PID. Methods: Children with PID who were evaluated by endoscopy between 2...
Nous travaillons la question de l’énonciation chez l’enfant, dans une perspective psychanalytique orientée par l’enseignement de Jacques Lacan. Deux questions fondamentales guident notre parcours : Quelle est l’originalité de la conception lacanienne de l’énonciation ? Quelles sont ses particularités chez l’enfant ? À travers un parcours dans diffé...
Nous travaillons la question de l’énonciation chez l’enfant, dans une perspective psychanalytique orientée par l’enseignement de Jacques Lacan. Deux questions fondamentales guident notre parcours : Quelle est l’originalité de la conception lacanienne de l’énonciation ? Quelles sont ses particularités chez l’enfant ? À travers un parcours dans diffé...
Published in Neuroepidemiology
Background: Many epidemiological studies have investigated the effect of maternal diet and prenatal multivitamin supplementation on pediatric cancer risk. Childhood brain and spinal cord tumors (CBSCT) have been attributed to different possible risk factors. Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on maternal folate intake befor...
Stuttering is the main fluency disorder and one of the most prevalent developmental disorders in childhood. The variability of the manifestations, in relation to the frequency, duration and presence of concomitants, interferes with stuttering severity. Accurate data on the assessment of fluency considering the degree of severity of stuttering are i...
Accurate data of fluency assessment of preschool and school children who stutter, speakers of Brazilian Portuguese are relevant, besides providing the fluency profile of these populations, will have implications in the diagnosis and therapy of childhood stuttering. In this sense, the general objective of this work was to investigate the fluency pro...
Prematurity is considered a risk factor for motor, social, cognitive and language development. Researchers have used national and international instruments for the evaluation of spoken language in this population, highlighting the need for this research in different aspects. One technique that has been used as a tool for the investigation of elemen...
Prematurity is considered a risk factor for motor, social, cognitive and language development. Researchers have used national and international instruments for the evaluation of spoken language in this population, highlighting the need for this research in different aspects. One technique that has been used as a tool for the investigation of elemen...
Introduction: Vocal changes occur in life span and can be reflected in acoustic measurements. Objective: To investigate changes in acoustics measurements across life span in Brazilian Portuguese speakers. Methods: Voice samples of 526 Brazilian Portuguese speakers with age ranging from five to 93 years were analyzed. They had their voice judged wit...
