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Dos Santos L, Stewart G, Meert K, Rosenberg N
Pediatr Emerg Care . 1995 Aug; 11(4):215-6. PMID: 8532564
The objectives were to 1) define the amount of postfracture swelling at presentation in long bone fractures, and 2) to study the relationship between suspected abuse and/or neglect (A/N) and...
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Stewart G, Meert K, Rosenberg N
Pediatr Emerg Care . 1993 Aug; 9(4):199-201. PMID: 8043047
We evaluated the characteristics of traumatic injury and risk for subsequent trauma in infants less than three months of age (n = 111). Medical records were reviewed at presentation and...
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Hackbarth R, Sarnaik A, Meert K, Deshmukh D, Arciniegas E
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg . 1993 Jan; 105(1):31-6. PMID: 8419706
Plasma fibronectin is an attachment protein important for maintaining capillary integrity and host defense mechanisms. Depletion of plasma fibronectin has been shown to occur in adults after septic shock, major...
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Rosenberg N, Meert K, Marino D, De Baker K
Pediatr Emerg Care . 1992 Apr; 8(2):67-9. PMID: 1603703
The records of 187 patients with bacterial meningitis were reviewed. Seizures were a presenting manifestation in 25 (13%). Seven (28%) of the patients with a presenting seizure had been taking...
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Meert K, Lieh-Lai M, Sarnaik I, Sarnaik A
Am J Clin Oncol . 1991 Oct; 14(5):379-82. PMID: 1951173
To study the value of intensive care in childhood cancer, we evaluated the clinical course and outcome of all such children admitted to our intensive care unit (ICU) (n =...
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Sarnaik A, Meert K, Hackbarth R, Fleischmann L
Crit Care Med . 1991 Jun; 19(6):758-62. PMID: 2055051
Objective: To study efficacy and safety of hypertonic saline administration in the management of hyponatremic seizures. Design: Retrospective, observational, cross-sectional study with factorial design. Setting: In-patient population in a university...
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Deshmukh D, Meert K, Sarnaik A, Marescau B, De Deyn P
Enzyme . 1991 Jan; 45(3):128-36. PMID: 1815947
Guanidino compounds, intermediates of arginine metabolism, are altered in many pathological conditions especially those involving the urea cycle. Arginine and creatine play an important role in nitrogen metabolism whereas other...
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Meert K, Heidemann S, Abella B, Sarnaik A
Crit Care Med . 1990 Dec; 18(12):1357-9. PMID: 2245609
We compared previously healthy prematurely born infants with full-term infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection to evaluate the role of prematurity on the clinical course of the illness....
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Deshmukh D, Singh K, Meert K, Deshmukh G
Pediatr Res . 1990 Sep; 28(3):256-60. PMID: 2235123
Reports indicate that L-carnitine administration before 100% lethal dose of ammonium acetate suppresses the symptoms of ammonia toxicity and prevents death in mice. However, we have been unable to confirm...
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Meert K, Heidemann S, Lieh-Lai M, Sarnaik A
Pediatr Pulmonol . 1989 Jan; 7(3):167-70. PMID: 2797931
In an effort to delineate the clinical characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in the compromised host, we compared children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), congenital heart disease (CHD), premature...