- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Respiratory viral infections research
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
- Family Support in Illness
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Reproductive System and Pregnancy
- Human Health and Disease
University of Miami
2021-2025
Jackson Health System
2021
Richmond University Medical Center
2020
ABSTRACT Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is the most common disease predisposing to development of Disorders Gut-Brain Interactions (DGBI) in adults (post-infection DGBI: PI-DGBI). There paucity data on incidence and risk factors for PI-DGBI children. Aim 1) assess whether AGE predisposes children PI-DGBI. 2) severity associated with Methods: A prospective, controlled, cohort study. Children recent (cases) siblings (controls) were followed 6 months. We assessed DGBIs using a validated...
A newborn male infant was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit due suspected sepsis. He clinically stable with normal electrolyte levels on admission. However, he noted have micropenis and bilateral nonpalpable testes. Ultrasound imaging confirmed presence of both gonads in inguinal canal, no Müllerian structures visualized. Laboratory examination revealed an undetectable random plasma cortisol level; subsequent ACTH stimulation testing adrenal insufficiency. Further additional...
Background: About four in ten refugees entering the US each year are young children and adolescents (Fig 1). These may have experienced disrupted early lives, high violence exposure further adverse experiences settlement countries. 80 to 90% of refugee been exposed harsh conditions, including long-term hunger violence. Such hardships initiate a trajectory that puts at increased risk malnutrition chronic health problems after resettlement. Moreover, immigrant more likely live below federal...