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Wolf CM, Zenker M, Boleti O, Norrish G, Russell M, Meisner JK, Peng DM, Prendiville T, Kleinmahon J, Kantor P, Gottlieb SD, Human D, Ewert P, Krueger M, Reber D, Donner B, Hart C, Komazec IO, Rupp S, Hahn A, Hanser A, Draaisma JM, Ten CF, Mussa A, Ferrero GB, Vaujois L, Raboisson MJ, Marquis C, Théoret Y, Bogarapu S, Dancea A, Moller HM, Kemna M, Kaski JP, Gelb BD, Andelfinger G. MAPK and mTOR Inhibition Improves Childhood RASopathy-Associated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023]
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- C. M. Wolf
- German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Deutschland
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- Institute of Human Genetics and University Children's Hospital, Magdeburg, Deutschland
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- Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Michigan, Michigan, United States
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- University of Michigan, Michigan, United States
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- Ochsner Hospital for Children, New Orleans, United States
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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- British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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- German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Deutschland
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- Municipal Hospital Munich Schwabing, Munich, Deutschland
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- Municipal Hospital Munich Schwabing, Munich, Deutschland
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- University Children's Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University of Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland
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- University of Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Deutschland
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- University of Giessen, Giessen, Deutschland
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- University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Deutschland
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, United States
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- McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Seattle Children´s Hospital, Seattle, United States
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- Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, United Kingdom
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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Wolf CM, Zenker M, Norrish G, Russell M, Meisner JK, Peng DM, Prendiville T, Kleinmahon J, Kantor PF, Sen DG, Human DG, Ewert P, Krueger M, Reber D, Donner BC, Hart C, Odri-Komazec I, Rupp S, Hahn A, Hanser A, Hofbeck M, Draaisma JM, Cate FUT, Mussa A, Ferrero GB, Marquis C, Théoret Y, Kaski JP, Gelb BD, Andelfinger G. AKT/mTOR and MAPK Inhibition Improves Childhood RASopathic Cardiomyopathy. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1742990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Institute of Human Genetics and Applied Genomics, Magdeburg, Deutschland
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- University of Michigan, Michigan, United States
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- University of Michigan, Michigan, United States
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- Ochsner Hospital for Children, New Orleans, United States
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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- British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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- Lazarettstr. 36, München, Deutschland
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- Department of Neonatology, Municipal Hospital Munich Schwabing, Munich, Deutschland
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- Department of Neonatology, Municipal Hospital Munich Schwabing, Munich, Deutschland
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- Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital of Basel (UKBB), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Paediatric Heart Center, Children's Hospital, University of Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland
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- Launsbacher Straße 29a, Gießen, Deutschland
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- Kinderklinik Gießen, Gießen, Deutschland
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- Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 1, Tübingen, Deutschland
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- Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 1, Tübingen, Deutschland
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- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- FRCP, Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, United Kingdom
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Cardiovascular Genetics, CHU Sainte Justine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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Schutte D, Zwitserloot AM, Houmes R, de Hoog M, Draaisma JM, Lemson J. Sevoflurane therapy for life-threatening asthma in children. Br J Anaesth 2013; 111:967-70. [PMID: 23884875 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Asthma is a common disease in children and often develops early in life. This multicentre retrospective case series describe the use and effectiveness of sevoflurane inhalation therapy in a series of children with severe asthma in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). METHODS Seven children ranging from 4 to 13 yr of age admitted to the PICU of two tertiary care hospitals in the Netherlands were included. They all were admitted with the diagnosis of severe asthma requiring invasive mechanical ventilation and were treated with sevoflurane inhalation therapy. RESULTS The median (range) Pco2 level at the start, after 2 h, and at the end of sevoflurane treatment were 14 (5.1-24.8), 9.8 (5.4-17.0), and 6.2 (4.5-11.4) kPa (P=0.05) while the median (range) pH was 7.02 (6.97-7.36), 7.18 (7.04-7.35), and 7.43 (7.15-7.47) kPa (P=0.01), respectively. The median (range) peak pressure values declined from 30 (23-56) to 20.4 (14-33) cm H2O (P=0.03). No severe adverse effects besides hypotension, with sufficient response to norepinephrine treatment, were seen. CONCLUSIONS Sevoflurane inhalation corrects high levels of Pco2 and provides clinical improvement in mechanically ventilated children with life-threatening asthma who fail to respond to conventional treatment.
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- D Schutte
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine and
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Noordam C, Draaisma JM, van den Nieuwenhof J, van der Burgt I, Otten BJ, Daniels O. Effects of growth hormone treatment on left ventricular dimensions in children with Noonan's syndrome. Horm Res Paediatr 2002; 56:110-3. [PMID: 11847472 DOI: 10.1159/000048101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of long-term growth hormone (GH) treatment on left ventricular (LV) dimensions in children with Noonan's syndrome (NS). METHODS Echocardiographic measurements of LV dimensions were performed before and during GH treatment in 27 participants (21 boys, 6 girls) in a partly controlled 3-year trial of high-dose GH treatment (0.15 IU/kg/day). Nineteen children had a congenital heart defect, 1 of them had hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. In the first 3 years, the children were assigned to 1 of 2 groups: group A with discontinuation of GH treatment in the 3rd year, or group B without GH treatment in the 1st year. After the 3rd year, 12 of the 27 children were followed up for 2 additional years to evaluate the long-term effects of GH treatment on the heart. RESULTS At baseline, LV internal diameters were smaller, while posterior wall thickness were thicker than normal. Over the 1st year, changes in LV dimensions were comparable between the 2 groups. No significant differences were found in LV dimensions between the situation at baseline and after 4 years of GH treatment. CONCLUSION Long-term high-dose GH treatment does not have clinically significant adverse effects on LV dimensions in children with NS.
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- C Noordam
- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Schade SJ, Lie ST, Draaisma JM. [Three infants with epidural hematoma]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2001; 145:1825-8. [PMID: 11593783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Three infants, two boys aged 10 months and one girl aged 5 months, developed drowsiness and emesis within a few hours of a fall (after which they had not lost consciousness). Radiological examination revealed an epidural haematoma which was treated with emergency decompression. The children subsequently made a good recovery. An epidural haematoma is a potentially life-threatening event. More than 20% of all cases of epidural haematoma occur in childhood. In contrast with distinct symptoms in most adults and older children, an epidural haematoma in infancy can have a minimum of symptoms. The open fontanelle means compression occurs less rapidly, but consequently blood loss can be greater, leading to acute anaemia, hypovolaemic shock and consumptive coagulopathy.
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MESH Headings
- Accidental Falls
- Age Factors
- Decompression, Surgical
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial/diagnosis
- Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial/diagnostic imaging
- Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial/etiology
- Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial/surgery
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Skull Fractures/complications
- Sleep Stages
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Treatment Outcome
- Vomiting/etiology
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- S J Schade
- Afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Sint Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg
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Bont L, Heijnen CJ, Kavelaars A, van Aalderen WM, Brus F, Draaisma JM, Pekelharing-Berghuis M, van Diemen-Steenvoorde RA, Kimpen JL. Local interferon-gamma levels during respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infection are associated with disease severity. J Infect Dis 2001; 184:355-8. [PMID: 11443563 DOI: 10.1086/322035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2001] [Revised: 03/21/2001] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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To investigate the role of cell-mediated immunity during respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, interferon (IFN)-gamma and interleukin (IL)-10 levels in nasopharyngeal secretions were measured in infants with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) caused by RSV. A novel technique was used to measure in vivo cytokine levels in nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs). Cytokine levels in the NPAs of 17 mechanically ventilated infants and 43 nonventilated hospitalized infants were compared. As expected, mechanically ventilated infants were significantly younger than nonventilated infants (7 vs. 14 weeks). IFN-gamma levels were above the limit of detection in the NPAs of 3 (18%) mechanically ventilated infants and in the NPAs of 26 (60%) nonventilated infants. IL-10 levels in the NPAs of mechanically ventilated and nonventilated infants were comparable. It is hypothesized that maturation-related mechanisms have a key role in the development of RSV LRTI that results in mechanical ventilation.
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- L Bont
- Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Wijmenga C, van den Heuvel LP, Strengman E, Luyten JA, van der Burgt IJ, de Groot R, Smeets DF, Draaisma JM, van Dongen JJ, De Abreu RA, Pearson PL, Sandkuijl LA, Weemaes CM. Localization of the ICF syndrome to chromosome 20 by homozygosity mapping. Am J Hum Genet 1998; 63:803-9. [PMID: 9718351 PMCID: PMC1377409 DOI: 10.1086/302021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Immunodeficiency in association with centromere instability of chromosomes 1, 9, and 16 and facial anomalies (ICF syndrome) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. ICF patients show marked hypomethylation of their DNA; undermethylation of classical satellites II and III is thought to be associated with the centromere instability. We used DNA from three consanguineous families with a total of four ICF patients and performed a total genome screen, to localize the ICF syndrome gene by homozygosity mapping. One chromosomal region (20q11-q13) was consistently found to be homozygous in ICF patients, whereas all healthy sibs showed a heterozygous pattern. Comparison of the regions of homozygosity in the four ICF patients localized the ICF locus to a 9-cM region between the markers D20S477 and D20S850. Analysis of more families will be required, to refine the map location further. Isolation of the gene associated with the ICF syndrome not only will give insight into the etiology of the ICF syndrome but will also broaden our understanding of DNA methylation processes.
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- C Wijmenga
- Department of Human Genetics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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de Jong R, Altare F, Haagen IA, Elferink DG, Boer T, van Breda Vriesman PJ, Kabel PJ, Draaisma JM, van Dissel JT, Kroon FP, Casanova JL, Ottenhoff TH. Severe mycobacterial and Salmonella infections in interleukin-12 receptor-deficient patients. Science 1998; 280:1435-8. [PMID: 9603733 DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5368.1435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 583] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a cytokine that promotes cell-mediated immunity to intracellular pathogens by inducing type 1 helper T cell (TH1) responses and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production. IL-12 binds to high-affinity beta1/beta2 heterodimeric IL-12 receptor (IL-12R) complexes on T cell and natural killer cells. Three unrelated individuals with severe, idiopathic mycobacterial and Salmonella infections were found to lack IL-12Rbeta1 chain expression. Their cells were deficient in IL-12R signaling and IFN-gamma production, and their remaining T cell responses were independent of endogenous IL-12. IL-12Rbeta1 sequence analysis revealed genetic mutations that resulted in premature stop codons in the extracellular domain. The lack of IL-12Rbeta1 expression results in a human immunodeficiency and shows the essential role of IL-12 in resistance to infections due to intracellular bacteria.
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- R de Jong
- Department of Immunohematology and Bloodbank, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands
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Rottier BL, Holl RA, Draaisma JM. [Acute pancreatitis in children]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1998; 142:385-8. [PMID: 9562770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Acute pancreatitis is probably commoner in children than was previously thought. In children it is most commonly associated with trauma or viral infection. The presentation may be subtler than in adults, requiring a high index of suspicion in the clinician. In three children, two boys aged 4 and 10 and a girl of 15 years, acute pancreatitis was suspected because of the findings at ultrasonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography performed when the disease recurred (the boy aged 4), apathy and immobility without dehydration or other obvious causes (the boy aged 10), and severe abdominal pain in combination with vomiting (the girl). All three patients had severely increased (urinary) amylase levels. Most often, acute pancreatitis in children tends to be a self-limiting disease which responds well to conservative treatment.
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- B L Rottier
- St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Tilburg
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Draaisma JM, van Lemmen RJ, de Jong AA, Doesburg W. [Reading children's temperatures with the tympanic infrared thermometer and the rectal mercury thermometer: equally good results in the emergency room]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1997; 141:938-41. [PMID: 9340539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the results of reading body temperatures with a tympanic infrared thermometer and a rectal mercury thermometer in children in an emergency department. DESIGN Prospective comparative study. SETTING St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands. METHOD In children up to 11 years of age seen in the emergency room between 1 January 1994 and 1 April 1994, the body temperature was measured with a rectal mercury thermometer as well as with a tympanic infrared thermometer. Data were collected on temperature read, clinical picture on arrival (not ill, ill, seriously ill) and appearance of the tympanic membrane (signs of acute otitis media, presence of cerumen). For the statistical comparison, the differences between the findings of the two methods were plotted against the means. The sensitivity and specificity of the results of tympanic measurement in relation to the values read rectally were determined. RESULTS Data were collected on 213 children, of whom 19 were younger than 3 months, 46 between 3 and 12 months, and 148 between 1 and 11 years. The mean temperatures measured with the rectal and tympanic thermometers were 38.01 and 38.03 degrees C, respectively. The mean difference between the rectal and tympanic temperatures was -0.013 degree C. The correlation between the rectal and tympanic temperatures was high (r = 0.86; P = 0.0001). The results were the same in groups differing in age, severity of disease and appearance of the tympanic membrane. The sensitivity of the tympanic measurement for fever (rectal temperature > 38.0 degrees C) was 80.6% with a specificity of 92.5%. The sensitivity was 83.8% when a rectal temperature > 38.5 degrees C was taken as the criterion, with a specificity of 95.9%. CONCLUSION The tympanic infrared measurement in children in an emergency department gave the same results as rectal measurement using a mercury thermometer.
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- J M Draaisma
- Afd. Kindergeneeskunde, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg
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Schuur PM, Haring AJ, van Belkum A, Draaisma JM, Buiting AG. Use of random amplification of polymorphic DNA in a case of Pasteurella multocida meningitis that occurred following a cat scratch on the head. Clin Infect Dis 1997; 24:1004-6. [PMID: 9142813 DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.5.1004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We cultured Pasteurella multocida from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a 4-month-old infant who presented with meningitis. The patient had been scratched on the head by a cat. Culture of the cat's claws also yielded P. multocida. The isolates had identical biochemical patterns. Analysis of both strains by random amplification of polymorphic DNA and comparison of these strains with P. multocida strains isolated from other cats showed that the two strains were identical and completely different from the unrelated isolates. Our patient's meningitis most likely resulted from direct inoculation of P. multocida into the CSF.
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- P M Schuur
- Department of Medical Microbiology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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Govaerts LC, Draaisma JM, vd Blij-Philipsen M, Smeets DF. A phenotypical male infant with 46,X,der(Y)t(X;Y)(?;p11) de novo. Ann Genet 1997; 40:41-4. [PMID: 9150849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- L C Govaerts
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Stichting Erfelijkheidsonderzoek, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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de Boode WP, Semmekrot BA, ter Laak HJ, van der Burgt CJ, Draaisma JM, Lommen EJ, Sengers RC, van Wijk-Hoek JM. Myopathology in patients with a Noonan phenotype. Acta Neuropathol 1996; 92:597-602. [PMID: 8960317 DOI: 10.1007/s004010050566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Two patients with a Noonan phenotype and progressive hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy are described, in whom abnormal histopathological changes in striated musculature were detected. In both patients an increased density of muscle spindles was found at biopsy. The significance of an increased density of muscle spindles in patients with Noonan phenotype can only be speculated. The question is raised of whether these changes are a distinct feature within the spectrum of patients with Noonan phenotype.
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- W P de Boode
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Nuysink M, Tolboom JJ, De Meer K, Puijn WH, Draaisma JM. [Protein-losing enteropathy in childhood]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1996; 140:1885-7. [PMID: 8927162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- M Nuysink
- St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Tilburg
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Hamel BC, Draaisma JM, Pinckers AJ, Boetes C, Hoppe RL, Ropers HH, Brunner HG. Autosomal recessive Melnick-Needles syndrome or ter Haar syndrome? Report of a patient and reappraisal of an earlier report. Am J Med Genet 1995; 56:312-6. [PMID: 7778598 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320560320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We report on a patient with congenital glaucoma, brachycephaly with flat occiput, large anterior fontanel, hypertelorism, anteverted nostrils, thoracolumbar kyphosis, prominent coccyx with skin fold, short hands and feet, flexion deformity of fingers, and clubfeet. He had a double-outlet right ventricle with ventricular septal defect, and severe tricuspid insufficiency. Mild skeletal changes included short tubular bones, absence of distal phalanges of toes, caliber variation of ribs, and scalloping of the anterior surface of vertebrae. The patient died at age 21 months. He belongs to the same extended family as 3 similarly affected patients, previously described by ter Haar et al. [1982: Am J Med Genet 13:469-477] as representing an autosomal recessive form of Melnick-Needles syndrome. We believe this diagnosis is no longer tenable. After having reviewed the relevant literature, we conclude that most probably we are dealing with a new autosomal recessive syndrome. We propose to name this entity ter Haar syndrome.
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- B C Hamel
- Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Schöller M, vd Staak F, Liem KD, Draaisma JM, Lacquet LK, Festen C. Surgical repair of an aortic coarctation in a patient after treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Pediatr Surg 1994; 29:1532-3. [PMID: 7877018 DOI: 10.1016/0022-3468(94)90206-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving treatment for neonates who have severe respiratory failure that does not respond to maximal conventional therapy. A consequence of venoarterial ECMO is the sacrifice of the right common carotid artery. Evaluation of the impact of a single carotid artery in babies treated with ECMO concerns mostly long-term neurodevelopmental outcome. The authors encountered a peculiar problem caused by a single carotid artery in a post-ECMO patient during the surgical correction of aortic coarctation with hypoplastic distal aortic arch. For patients with a confirmed cardiac malformation that necessitates future surgical repair and for whom ECMO support is required, reconstruction of the right common carotid artery should be considered. Veno-venous ECMO is an alternative solution if this approach is not contraindicated because of the patient's clinical condition. Patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia have a higher incidence of cardiac malformations; therefore, careful cardiological attention is required. Anomalies masked by pulmonary hypertension also must be considered.
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- M Schöller
- ECMO group, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Gonera-de Jong BC, Kabel PJ, Peeters MF, Draaisma JM. [Normal cerebrospinal fluid in clinically suspected bacterial meningitis]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1994; 138:2033-5. [PMID: 7935964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Abstract
The case of an infant with both dilated cardiomyopathy and 3-methylglutaconic aciduria is presented. The literature on this subject is reviewed.
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MESH Headings
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/genetics
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/physiopathology
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/urine
- Fatal Outcome
- Glutarates/urine
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/genetics
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/physiopathology
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/urine
- Male
- Pedigree
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Affiliation(s)
- J M Draaisma
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital, St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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A 14-year-old boy presented with a febrile illness associated with arthritis. Shortly later he developed mononeuritis multiplex. After certain typical skin lesions had developed after two months, the diagnosis cutaneous polyarteritis could be made. The diagnostic features of this benign disease, which may involve peripheral nerves, are discussed.
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- J M Draaisma
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Draaisma JM, Rotteveel JJ, Meekma R, Geven WB. [Neonatal dural sinus thrombosis]. Tijdschr Kindergeneeskd 1991; 59:64-7. [PMID: 2053112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Neonatal dural sinus thrombosis is a relatively unknown disease. We recently diagnosed two newborn patients with dural sinus thrombosis. Both patients had associated conditions known to predispose to dural sinus thrombosis. One patient had severe perinatal asphyxia, and the other patient had a deficiency of antithrombin III. Both patients had severe neonatal seizures. The literature on some aspects of this entity is discussed. It is concluded that dural sinus thrombosis may represent an important and underrecognized cause of neonatal seizures.
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- J M Draaisma
- Afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Academisch Ziekenhuis Nijmegen
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Fiselier TJ, Draaisma JM, Beekman RP. [A child with cutaneous polyarteritis]. Tijdschr Kindergeneeskd 1990; 58:99-102. [PMID: 1973859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A 14 year-old boy became seriously ill, following an upper respiratory tract infection, with high fever, arthralgia and arthritis, and a complete paralysis of the left median nerve. There was inadequate response to NSAIDS, but improvement with prednisone. During reduction of prednisone the boy developed painful erythematous swelling of the feet, subcutaneous nodules and afterwards livedo reticularis. Skinbiopsy confirmed the diagnosis of cutaneous polyarteritis. Different aspects of the disease are discussed.
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- T J Fiselier
- Afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Academisch Ziekenhuis Nijmegen
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Goris RJ, Draaisma JM. [Clinimetrics in traumatology]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1990; 134:525-7. [PMID: 2320144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- R J Goris
- Afd. Algemene Chirurgie, Sint-Radboudziekenhuis, Nijmegen
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van de Wal HJ, Draaisma JM, Vincent JG, Goris RJ. Rupture of the supradiaphragmatic inferior vena cava by blunt decelerating trauma: case report. J Trauma 1990; 30:111-3. [PMID: 2296058 DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199001000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Lacerations of the inferior vena cava resulting from blunt external trauma are relatively rare, but extremely serious. The high lethality is due to the difficulty in diagnosis and technical problems with repair, particularly if the injury is located above the renal veins. During a 12-month period seven patients with inferior vena cava laceration were seen, of whom two presented with laceration of the inferior vena cava above the diaphragm. Both had a deceleration injury while wearing seatbelts. The clinical presentation was similar. The etiology is discussed. Caval continuity should be repaired because acute sudden occlusion at the suprahepatic level is incompatible with survival. Median sternotomy is advised, moreover it provides good exposure for eventual cannulation.
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- H J van de Wal
- Department of Thoracic, University Hospital, Sint Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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The data of all trauma fatalities occurring in 12 Dutch hospitals during a period of 1 year were reviewed for management errors and preventable deaths by a panel of five surgeons trained in trauma care. Management errors occurred in 38% of the fatalities. There was a significantly higher percentage of management errors in small general hospitals (72%) than in large general (29%) and in university hospitals (34%). A (possibly or definitely) preventable cause of death was identified in 25% of the fatalities. There was a significantly higher preventable cause of death rate in small general hospitals than in both other hospital categories. Of all fatalities, 21% were classified as preventable deaths. A significantly higher preventable death rate occurred in small general hospitals (48%), than in large general (14%) and university hospitals (19%). From these results, it can be concluded that management errors and preventable deaths are general phenomena occurring in any hospital. However, they occur significantly more frequently in hospitals not especially equipped to manage severely injured patients.
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- J M Draaisma
- Department of General Surgery, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Draaisma JM, Goris RJ. [Disaster medicine]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1985; 129:2475. [PMID: 4088364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Draaisma JM, Goris RJ, van Diepen AJ, Remmen GH, Meijer E. [The comatose accident patient with hypotension: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma?]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1985; 129:2097-100. [PMID: 4079991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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