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Intubation, Intratracheal/instrumentation , Laryngoscopes , Adult , Anthropometry , Equipment Design , Humans , Male , Nasal Septum/surgeryABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate compliance with dietetic treatment and its influence on levels of cholesterol and lipoproteins in hypercholesterolaemia in young children, over a period of two years. DESIGN: A descriptive longitudinal study. SETTING: Two paediatric clinics at the "Soria Norte" Health Centre. PATIENTS: 47 patients between 3 and 10 years old, with overall cholesterol levels > 185 mg/dl and C-LDL > 110 mg/dl. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: 51% of the children correctly followed the dietetic advice given and at the 6 months follow-up showed an overall decrease in cholesterol and C-LDL. This decrease was less significant at a year from the start of the treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Diet is an efficacious treatment of hypercholesterolaemia in children. However, it is difficult to maintain over a long period.
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Hypercholesterolemia/diet therapy , Child , Child, Preschool , Cholesterol/blood , Female , Humans , Hypercholesterolemia/blood , Hypercholesterolemia/epidemiology , Lipoproteins/blood , Longitudinal Studies , Male , Patient Compliance , Risk Factors , Spain/epidemiologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To assess the results of check-ups carried out on children when putting into practice the Programme for Healthy Children and various screenings. DESIGN: Crossover, descriptive study of the check-ups of healthy children carried out over a year (January to December, 1991). SETTING: Primary Care: the Pediatric Clinics of Soria Norte Health Centre, Soria. PATIENTS: All the children who had one or more check-ups during the study period. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The check-ups identified 0.78 problems per child. The greatest number of problems were found in the 15 day check-up, due to perinatal pathologies, followed by those at ages 3 and 6. The number of problems/number of check-ups relationship is 0.79 in children under 2 and 1.42 in those over 2. The problems occurring most often correspond to groups XV1, X1V and X11 (WONCA CIPSAP 11 Code). Groups V and V1 problems occurred most often at the ages when specific screenings were carried out. CONCLUSIONS: A high percentage of problems are found when checking healthy children, although many of them have very little clinical implication. The introduction of screening procedures at these check-ups assists the early identification of illnesses among this sector of the population.
