1997 Abstracts The American Pediatric Society and The Society for Pediatric Research in 1997

APS/SPR in Memoriam

PREDICTING HOSPITAL LENGTH OF STAY AMONG PRE-TERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS ADMITTED TO THE NICU: EXPERIENCE IN A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION† 868

• Gabriel J Escobar
• Mary Anne Armstrong
• Allen Fischer

Impact of a Clinical Medical Librarian on Pediatric Inpatient Rounds 1779

• Lawrence M. Pasquinelli
• E. Stephen Buescher
• C. W. Gowen

EFFECT OF A TOPICAL ANALGESIC CREAM (EMLA) ON SKIN BLOOD FLOW (SBF) CHANGES DURING HEELSTICK-INDUCED PAIN IN NEWBORN INFANTS. † 78

• Kristine M McCulloch
• Tonse N. K. Raju
• Stephanie J Meyers

RESUSCITATION WITH LOW OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS IN NEWBORN PIGLETS: RECOVERY OF SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS (SEP) AND ACID BASE BALANCE† 872

• Björn A Feet
• Sverre Medbö
• Ola D Saugstad

Ontogeny of histone H1 in guinea pig renal cortex. 258

• Edward N. Guillery
• David J. Huss

LONG-TERM STABILITY OF VERY PREMATURE INFANT'S MENTAL AND ADAPTIVE DEVELOPMENT. † 1170

• D J Goldstein
• T M O'Shea
• S M Jones

Parental Low Birth Weight (< 2500g, LBW) Perpetuates the Racial Disparity in Infant LBW Rates: A Population-Based Transgenerational Study.† 437

• Russell B. Coutinho
• Richard J. David
• James W. Collins

Suppressive Effect of Surfactant on TNFα Release from Murine Macrophages Stimulated by Genital Mycoplasmas in Normoxia and Hyperoxia† 1349

• Ajay J Talati
• Dennis T Crouse
• Elizabeth Meals

DEVELOPMENT OF RIBOZYMES AS THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR DOMINANT GENETIC DISEASE: Allele-Specific Cleavage of Collagen Transcripts Shows Competitive Binding Effects. 616

• Joan C. Marini
• Gabriele Grassi
• Antonella Forlino

Replacement doses of hydrocortisone may prevent progressive chronic lung disease in extremely low birth weight infants. 1528

• Robert E. Kimura
• Amy Hennessy

Early Laparotomy Improves Survival in Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC). ♦ 795

• Talat Ahmed
• Aideen M. Moore

Effect of maturation on the cerebrovascular response to intraluminal flow in perfused guinea pig cerebral arteries † 1707

• Carlos Anaya
• Lorna J. Torgerson
• Michael D. Schreiber

Differences in Expression of Nitric Oxide Synthase Isoforms Between Neonatal and Juvenile Brain and Microvessels. 262

• Wendy Hauck
• J. Samlalsingh
• Jacob V. Aranda

READMISSION RISKS OF INFANTS DISCHARGED EARLY: CASE/CONTROL STUDY 1174

• Bing T. Ho
• Yvonne E. Vaucher
• Frank L. Mannino

The risk of paternal factors on perinatal outcomes in Latinos † 441

• Elena Fuentes-Afflick
• Nancy A. Hessol

RISK FACTORS FOR NOSOCOMIAL BACTEREMIA IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS. 1353

• R. Viraraghavan
• M. C. Vendrell-Henson
• I. H. Gewolb

Heteroallelisms for acid β-glucosidase mutations L444P and E326K results in severe neonatal Gaucher disease. • 620

• Gregory M. Pastores
• Patricia Ashton-Prolla
• Marie E. Grace

The Relationships Between Number of Male Sexual Partners of Male Adolescents, Victimization, Use of Violence, and Drug Use at School, and Other Violence and Victimization • 6

• Robert H. DuRant
• Daniel P. Krowchak

Oligohydramnios Causes Pulmonary Hypoplasia and Decreases Expression of Rat Type I Cell Specific Antigen in Lungs of Fetal Rats. † 1532

• Joseph A. Kitterman
• Cheryl J. Chapin
• Leland G. Dobbs