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OBJECTIVE: To examine the suitability of the growth charts that are currently used in Israel and consider their replacement with a recent standard. In a sample of schoolchildren, the current Tanner and Whitehouse standards were compared with the new growth charts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). METHOD: A total of 746 Israeli healthy children (368 boys and 378 girls) aged 6 to 14 years were sampled from 2 super-regional schools (from the Jewish population). Height was measured using the Leicester height measure, and weight was measured using scales calibrated by the researchers. RESULTS: In height, 75% of the boys and 81% of the girls fell in the 10th to 90th percentile range of the Tanner standards. In weight, 71% of the boys and 81% of the girls were in the 10th to 90th percentile range. Israeli boys were taller (chi2(1) = 30.53) and heavier (chi2(1) = 29.39), and girls were taller (chi2(1) = 13.81) than predicted by the Tanner standards. The CDC 10th to 90th percentile range included 81% of the boys and 83% of the girls for height and 78% of the boys and 81% of the girls for weight. The girls in our sample were slightly shorter (chi2(1) = 11.87) and lighter (chi2(1) = 9.52) than predicted from the CDC charts. Nevertheless, neither boys' nor girls' body mass index measures (kg/h2) differed from the CDC charts. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that the CDC growth charts are adequate for assessing Israeli children and slightly better than the current standard. Thus, in the absence of local standards, we recommend the use of the revised CDC growth charts, which include the additional body mass index measure.
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Body Height , Body Weight , Reference Standards , Adolescent , Body Mass Index , Child , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Israel , MaleABSTRACT
During a remission, bronchial asthma children were examined for bronchial hyperreactivity and bronchial lability by means of graded physical exercise tests, and pharmacological tests with bronchoconstrictors and bronchodilators. It has been established that normal lung function seen during aa remission does not mean the lack of bronchial hyperreactivity whereas incomplete recovery of bronchial patency during bronchial asthma remission is always attended by bronchial hyperreactivity in almost all the cases. In carrying out functional tests for bronchial hyperreactivity and bronchial lability, the recording of the velocity parameters of forced expiration making it possible to define patency of not only the central but also of the peripheral bronchi appeared very informative.
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Asthma/diagnosis , Bronchial Hyperreactivity/diagnosis , Asthma, Exercise-Induced/diagnosis , Bronchial Provocation Tests/methods , Child , Exercise Test/methods , Humans , Respiratory Function Tests/methodsABSTRACT
External respiratory function was explored in 39 children aged 1.5 months to 2 years presenting with the bronchoobstructive syndrome (BOS) in the presence of acute respiratory virus infection. The development of the BOS was accompanied by disorders of bronchial patency and alveolar ventilation. The maintenance of adequate ventilation is reached at the expense of hurried breathing with the respiratory volume being lowered. During convalescence, bronchial patency rises, hyperinflation drops and the respiratory volume increases. Uniformity of the ventilation-perfusion relations in the lungs declines. The use of total body plethysmography and oxycapnography makes it possible to objectively estimate respiratory function and to control the efficacy of the treatment in infants.
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Bronchitis/etiology , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/etiology , Measles/complications , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Bronchitis/diagnosis , Bronchitis/physiopathology , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/diagnosis , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/physiopathology , Respiration/physiology , Respiratory Function TestsSubject(s)
Diabetes Insipidus/therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Diabetes Insipidus/etiology , Diabetes Insipidus/mortality , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
In 64 children in the age of 3 months to 3 years with obstructive bronchitis the effectivity of aerosol treatment with orziprenalin and the combination of fenoterol with ipratropium bromide (Berodual) using ultrasonic nebulizer, the treatment with Berodual metered pressure aerosol, and the effectivity of the inhalation of physiological (isotonic) saline solution during acute respiratory virus infection has been compared. The effectivity was evaluated by clinical observation and on the base of the determination of capnographic and oxymetric values. Compared to the controls (inhalation of saline), a very high effectivity of all 3 bronchospasmolytic formulations has been observed. The ease of the use of the Berodual metered pressure aerosol is stressed.
