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Filter by:This study aims to evaluate a prototype device detecting zinc protoporphyrin-IX fluorescence non-invasively from the intact oral mucosa in children. The prototype device has shown high sensitivity and specificity in women after delivery for iron deficiency. Children are at increased risk for iron deficiency and prevention methods are not established jet. Zinc protoporphyrin-IX is an early indicator of iron deficiency and may be more sensitive than other established parameters. The prototype device is used to measure the erythrocyte zinc protoporphyrin-IX/heme ratio in children aged 9 months to 5 years. Children in this age are at increased risk for iron deficiency as they are growing rapidly and iron deficiency in this age may affect the neurodevelopment and immune system adversely. It is proposed that these effects cannot be rectified by iron supplementation in later years. The results from the non-invasive measurements are compared to reference measurements of the erythrocyte zinc protoporphyrin-IX/heme ratio from residual blood samples from the same patients and to other indicators of iron status, including hemoglobin, ferritin, serum iron, transferrin, transferrin saturation and soluble transferrin receptor.
The aim of this prospective randomized study is to evaluate the impact of peroperative pupillometry monitoring on per and post-operative opioid consumption in pediatric anesthesia. All patients are anesthetized with sevoflurane and remifentanil. In the intervention group, peroperative remifentanil infusion rate is guided by pupillometry. In the other group, remifentanil infusion rate is guided according to hemodynamic data.
To evaluate the effect of early vision screening with automated photorefraction device in high risk children
Following thoracic surgery, pleural effusion in pleural cavity requires post-operative drainage. Pleural effusion is responsible for pulmonary congestion, atelectasis, hypoventilation, lower efficacy of diaphragmatic curse, lower pulmonary reexpansion and vicious attitude. These complications could be avoided by respiratory physiotherapy. Forced expiration technic in ipsilateral decubitus is one of these technics but has never been proved better than other technics regarding its efficiency. The aim of the study is to compare the impact of such a technic on post operative thoracic drainage after pulmonary, pleural or mediastinal pediatric surgery.
Investigators compare the accuracy of the SpHb and hemocue with blood Hb levels
Since the late 1980s, several studies focused on pediatric procedural pain and show that it still underevaluated and undertreated, especially in the Emergency Department (ED). Needle-related procedures are the most important source of pain and anxiety and children. Since it is impossible to completely eliminate the pain and anxiety experienced by children during painful procedures, use of non-pharmacological and/or pharmacological interventions might be beneficial. Most methods used for relief of procedural pain and anxiety for children require time or extra staff, which represent barriers to their implantation in the ED. An easy-to-use and rapid non-pharmacological intervention could overcome these constraints and optimize procedural pain and anxiety relief in children undergoing a needle-related procedure. The primary objective of this study is to determine if a device combining cold and vibration (Buzzy®) is non-inferior (no worse) than a topical anesthetic cream (lidocaine liposomal 4%) for procedural pain management in children undergoing needle-related procedures in the ED. Investigators strongly believe that the use of the Buzzy® device in the ED will improve significantly the pain and anxiety felt by children undergoing needle-related procedures. Since EDs are usually chaotic and very busy, an easy-to-use and rapid non-pharmacological intervention like the Buzzy®, will surely be adopted by the nursing personnel as a useful tool for procedural pain. Given this knowledge, the investigators feel that this randomized controlled trial will have the potential to improve nursing practice and optimize painful experiences of children undergoing needle-related procedures.
To study the reactivity of the mu rhythm during action and action-observation by EEG in children with unilateral cerebral injury.
This study is a single-center, prospective, randomized, controlled trial. To investigate if preoperative using of eye patch will decrease emergence agitation, and to provide a better method of decreasing emergence agitation to pediatric ophthalmic anesthesiologists.
Obesity and its associated comorbidities are becoming a key and rapidly growing public health problem. The cause of obesity is an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure in favor of the former. Childhood and adolescence are seen as critical time for its development. It is therefore crucial to provide both prevention and treatment actions already during childhood. The prevention and treatment weight-management programs in children focus on improving diet, eating behaviours, psychosocial aspects and increasing physical activity. One important basic requirement for any weight-management program is, that both children and their families are motivated and ready for change. Video games, including exergames, serious games or combined approaches offer additional chances in the treatment and prevention of obesity by approaching children in their environment and motivating them to deal with life-style topics. The investigators developed a motion-controlled serious game for children aged between 9 and 12 years, addressing all the three core areas nutrition, physical activity, and psychosocial factors. In addition to the motion control, a tablet is used for knowledge-based and cognitive tasks. In comparison to other studies the nutrition part not only deals with the food pyramid but also with the energy density of foods and liquids and offers a self-reflexive diagnostic tool to analyse daily food intake. Moreover, psychological aspects, especially stress and stress-coping strategies are addressed e.g. by relaxation-exercises. The game consists of two sessions, having each a duration of about 35 minutes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the program in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in a primary school setting in children aged 9 to 12 years. Therefore, six 4th grade classes of the same school will be randomly allocated to an intervention and a control group. The intervention group will play the game within two weeks, whereas the control group will receive basic information. At baseline, two weeks after baseline and at four weeks follow-up, measurements will be performed. The primary outcome of the study is the gain of knowledge (nutrition, psychosocial aspects) measured by a self-constructed questionnaires tailored specifically for the serious game. Secondary outcomes are the acceptance of the game, changes of nutrition behaviour, physical activity and intentions of the children to follow a healthy lifestyle, measured by mostly validated questionnaires.
This doctoral thesis has the aim to identify the role of Brain-derived neurotropic factor in the relationship between physical fitness/activity and executive functions in typically developing children and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Development Coordination Disorder , Attention Hyperactive Disorder.