scholarly journals Influence of feeding on the left ventricular mechanics in children born with low and extremely low body weight

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
E. N. Pavlyukova ◽  
M. V. Kolosova ◽  
G. A. Neklyudova ◽  
R. S. Karpov
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Bottle Feeding ◽  
First Year ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Adult Type ◽  
Ventricular Mechanics ◽  
Fourth Type ◽  
First Year Of Life

The aim of the study was to evaluate the types of left ventricular (LV) rotation depending on the nature of feeding during the first year of life in oneto five-year-old children born with very low and extremely low body weight.Material and Methods. The study included 88 children aged one to five years, born deeply premature with very low and extremely low body weight. The comparison group consisted of 46 healthy children of the same age, born full-term. TheLV mechanics was studied based on the assessment ofLV rotation at the levels of the mitral valve, papillary muscles, and apex andLV twist using two-dimensional echocardiography and two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain imaging.Results. Differences between the types ofLV twist and the nature of feeding during the first year of life in oneto five-year-old children born with very low and extremely low body weight were identified. In children with natural feeding, the first (“adult”) type ofLV twist was registered in 75% of cases; the fourth type ofLV twist was detected in 12.5% of cases. In children with bottle-feeding during the first year of life, the “adult” type ofLV twist was registered in 34.38% of cases; fourth type ofLV twist was detected in 40.63% of children born deeply premature. In children with mixed feeding during the first year of life, the ratio ofLV twist types was as follows: 40.63% of patients had the first “adult” type; “child” types were present in 18.75% and 18.75% of children, respectively; fourth type of twist was detected in 21.88%.

scholarly journals Eating Behaviors of Children with Autism—Pilot Study

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2687
Author(s):  
Anna Brzóska ◽  
Beata Kazek ◽  
Karolina Kozioł ◽  
Agnieszka Kapinos-Gorczyca ◽  
Małgorzata Ferlewicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Bottle Feeding ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Autistic Children ◽  
First Year Of Life

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the most recognized neuropsychiatric disorder of childhood. Comorbid conditions (such as feeding disorders) are more common among people with autism than among the general population. The most frequent somatic disorders in autistic children include the gastrointestinal disorders observed in 46–91% of patients. The purpose of this study was the evaluation of the nutrition of children with autism, with particular emphasis placed on feeding in the first year of life, in comparison to the group of healthy peers. Participants included 75 Caucasian children (41 children diagnosed with pure autism, and the control group consisting of 34 children without autistic traits). The analysis was performed based on a questionnaire of own design with the first part devoted to the eating practices of the early infancy. Results: Autistic children, as compared to the healthy peers, presented a shortened time of breastfeeding (the children fell asleep at the breast) (p = 0.04), a delayed introduction of dairy products (p = 0.001), the need of more trials to introduce new foods (p = 0.006), a delayed introduction of foods with solid and lumpy structure (p = 0.004), a longer duration of bottle feeding (p = 0.005), delayed attempts to eating using own hands (p = 0.006) and needed a greater support of parents to divert their attention from food during eating (p = 0.05). Conclusions: 1. The dietary problems are more common among children with the autism spectrum disorder than among the population of healthy children, during the first year of life from the time of introducing the complementary foods. 2. The autistic children experience difficulties with eating and require their parents’ additional involvement significantly more often than their healthy peers.

The Development of Swallowing Respiratory Coordination

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Maggie-Lee Huckabee
Keyword(s):  
Cortical Activation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Nasal Airflow ◽  
Single Session ◽  
Primary Finding ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
Cortical Modulation ◽  
First Year Of Life ◽  
Swallowing Apnea

Abstract Research exists that evaluates the mechanics of swallowing respiratory coordination in healthy children and adults as well and individuals with swallowing impairment. The research program summarized in this article represents a systematic examination of swallowing respiratory coordination across the lifespan as a means of behaviorally investigating mechanisms of cortical modulation. Using time-locked recordings of submental surface electromyography, nasal airflow, and thyroid acoustics, three conditions of swallowing were evaluated in 20 adults in a single session and 10 infants in 10 sessions across the first year of life. The three swallowing conditions were selected to represent a continuum of volitional through nonvolitional swallowing control on the basis of a decreasing level of cortical activation. Our primary finding is that, across the lifespan, brainstem control strongly dictates the duration of swallowing apnea and is heavily involved in organizing the integration of swallowing and respiration, even in very early infancy. However, there is evidence that cortical modulation increases across the first 12 months of life to approximate more adult-like patterns of behavior. This modulation influences primarily conditions of volitional swallowing; sleep and naïve swallows appear to not be easily adapted by cortical regulation. Thus, it is attention, not arousal that engages cortical mechanisms.

Epidemiology of Physician-Diagnosed Allergic Rhinitis in Childhood

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 895-901
Author(s):  
Anne L. Wright ◽  
Catharine J. Holberg ◽  
Marilyn Halonen ◽  
Fernando D. Martinez ◽  
Wayne Morgan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Allergic Rhinitis ◽  
Immunoglobulin E ◽  
Age At Onset ◽  
First Year ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Early Introduction ◽  
Maternal Cigarette Smoking ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Year Of Life

Objective. To investigate the natural history of and risk factors for allergic rhinitis in the first 6 years of life. Methods. Parents of 747 healthy children followed from birth completed a questionnaire when the child was 6 years old. Data were obtained regarding physician-diagnosed allergic rhinitis (PDAR), associated symptoms, and age at onset. Risk-factor data were taken from earlier questionnaires, and data regarding immunoglobulin E (IgE) and skin-test reactivity were obtained at age 6. Results. By the age of 6, 42% of children had PDAR. Children whose rhinitis began in the first year of life had more respiratory symptoms at age 6 and were more likely to have a diagnosis of asthma. Early introduction of foods or formula, heavy maternal cigarette smoking in the first year of life, and higher IgE, as well as parental allergic disorders, were associated with early development of rhinitis. Risk factors for PDAR that remained significant in a multivanate model included maternal history of physician-diagnosed allergy (odds ratio: 2.2, 95% confidence interval: 1.35-3.54), asthma in the child (4.06, 2.06-7.99), and IgE greater than 100 IU/mL at age 6 (1.93, 1.18-3.17). The odds for atopic as opposed to nonatopic PDAR were significantly higher only among those with high IgE and those who had dogs. Conclusion. Allergic rhinitis developing in the first years of life is an early manifestation of an atopic predisposition, which may be triggered by early environmental exposures.

Does the metabolic syndrome impact left-ventricular mechanics? A two-dimensional speckle tracking study

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 1870-1878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijana Tadic ◽  
Cesare Cuspidi ◽  
Anka Majstorovic ◽  
Biljana Pencic ◽  
Sladjana Backovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Ventricular Mechanics ◽  
The Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Left Ventricular Mechanics

Faecal calprotectin levels during the first year of life in healthy children

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 1806-1811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burcu Sena Günaydın Şahin ◽  
Gonca Keskindemirci ◽  
Tülin Ayşe Özden ◽  
Özlem Durmaz ◽  
Gülbin Gökçay
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Faecal Calprotectin ◽  
First Year Of Life

scholarly journals Early Left Ventricular Mechanics Abnormalities in Prehypertension: A Two-Dimensional Strain Echocardiography Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. D. Bello ◽  
E. Talini ◽  
G. Dell'Omo ◽  
C. Giannini ◽  
M. G. Delle Donne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Ventricular Mechanics ◽  
Left Ventricular Mechanics ◽  
Strain Echocardiography

Sleep cyclic alternating pattern analysis in healthy children during the first year of life: A daytime polysomnographic study

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 421-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Miano ◽  
Rosa Peraita-Adrados ◽  
Marilisa Montesano ◽  
Rosa Castaldo ◽  
Martina Forlani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Analysis ◽  
First Year ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Cyclic Alternating Pattern ◽  
First Year Of Life

Development of penis and sheath in young dairy bulls, and its relationship to age and body weight

1962 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. R. Ashdown
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Sexual Development ◽  
First Year ◽  
Bull Calves ◽  
Breed Differences ◽  
Dairy Bulls ◽  
First Year Of Life ◽  
Development Proceeds

1. Eighty-six bull calves (fifty-two Friesian, twenty-two Ayrshire, twelve Shorthorn) were examined at intervals, during the first year of life, by a method which allowed classification of the degree of adherence between penis and sheath into five classes.2. Mean age and weight at which separation between penis and sheath commenced and was completed are recorded for each breed. Significant breed differences were found.3. The rate of separation accelerates as development proceeds.4. The relationships between age, body weight, and commencement and completion of separation in the Friesian bulls are analysed by correlation methods. These analyses suggest that both age and body weight are important in sexual development.5. An equation is given for the linear regression of age at completion of separation on age and weight at commencement of separation and weight at 10 weeks for the Friesian bulls.

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