10 结果
After jejunoileal bypass surgery for morbid obesity, metabolic complications including a nutritional amblyopia developed in a patient. Reanastomosis of the bypass and treatment with multivitamins resulted in a nearly complete return of vision. Any patient undergoing rapid weight loss after
OBJECTIVE
To examine the association between body fatness indices and retinal vascular calibre in Singapore Chinese children.
METHODS
We recruited 136 Singapore Chinese children aged 6-16 years from the STARS (The Strabismus, Amblyopia and Refractive Error Study in Singaporean Chinese Preschoolers)
The Healthy Growth Charter is an educational and health-promoting project aimed at an active involvement of the primary school children in health surveillance and protection. Being duly acquainted of the matter, scholars are asked to fill by their own a questionnaire on height, weight, sport
The victim was a morbidly obese and bull-necked woman in her twenties. She had the disorders, due to Down's syndrome, including severe mental retardation, advanced hearing loss, congenital cataract surgery, and amblyopia at postoperative glaucoma. She was deeply sedated for rest with an intravenous
We report a 10-year-old girl with Bardet-Biedl syndrome caused by a novel mutation in the Bardet-Biedl syndrome 10 (BBS10) gene. She had multiple malformations, including a dysmorphic face, postaxial polydactyly, polycystic kidney and amblyopia. She presented with typical BBS features, including
Prader-Willi syndrome is characterized by hypotonia and feeding difficulties in the neonatal period, with the childhood development of hyperphagia leading to obesity, developmental delay, hypogonadism, short stature and small hands and feet. Correct diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome is important
A 30-year-old obese patient with a rapidly progressing chiasmal syndrome presented with acute bitemporal hemianopia, severe bilateral amblyopia, mental confusion, and lethargy. X-ray films of the skull showed a normal sella turcica and computed tomography scan as well as angiography revealed a
Forty-six patients with Prader-Willi syndrome were examined to determine the incidence and character of ocular abnormalities. All patients met clinical criteria for this syndrome including infantile hypotonia, hypogonadism, truncal obesity, intellectual impairment, dysmorphic facies, and short
The well-child visit allows for comprehensive assessment of a child and the opportunity for further evaluation if abnormalities are detected. A complete history during the well-child visit includes information about birth history; prior screenings; diet; sleep; dental care; and medical, surgical,
BACKGROUND
The goal of much care in chronic childhood illness is to improve quality of life (QOL). However, surveys suggest QOL measures are not routinely included. In addition, there is little consensus about the quality of many QOL measures.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the extent to which quality of