A prospective study evaluating nonoperative treatment versus arthroscopic Bankart suture
repair for acute, ini tial dislocation of the shoulder was undertaken in young athletes. All …

We evaluated a new antiviral agent, ribavirin, in the treatment of infants hospitalized with
lower-respiratory-tract disease from respiratory syncytial virus. Ribavirin or placebo was …

Objective. Childhood asthma morbidity and mortality are increasing despite improvements
in asthma therapy. We hypothesized that a substantial number of children with moderate to …

To assess with truly long follow-up the long-term results of valve replacement with the St. Jude
Medical prosthesis (St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.), we reviewed the case histories …

The clinical severity of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) correlates closely with the
appearance of pulmonary markers of inflammation. Therefore, a model system was developed …

Objective To estimate the independent contribution of birth weight to asthma prevalence
among children younger than 4 years in the United States and to compare the magnitude of its …

To characterize the outcome of lobectomy in infancy and the low expiratory flows which
persist after lobectomy for congenital lobar emphysema, 15 subjects with this history were …

The epidemiologic association between acetaminophen use and asthma prevalence and
severity in children and adults is well established. A variety of observations suggest that …

… In studies on the lung growth that follows unilateral pneumonectomy, McBride (15) and
others (2) have found that blocking the increase in end-expiratory lung volume by replacing the …

There is no standard definition of a CF pulmonary exacerbation universally accepted by
clinicians. We aimed to investigate the variability of clinical practice among US CF clinicians in …