Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Jun 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialRandomized trial of teaching brief motivational interviewing to pediatric trainees to promote healthy behaviors in families.
That pediatric resident trainees would demonstrate increased counseling skill following training in brief motivational interviewing (MI). ⋯ Pediatric trainees' skills in behavior change counseling improved following the combination of training in brief MI plus personalized feedback.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Dec 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialEfficacy of sexually transmitted disease/human immunodeficiency virus sexual risk-reduction intervention for african american adolescent females seeking sexual health services: a randomized controlled trial.
To evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to reduce incident sexually transmitted disease (STD) and enhance STD/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-preventive behaviors and psychosocial mediators. ⋯ Interventions for African American adolescent females can reduce chlamydial infections and enhance STD/HIV-preventive behaviors and psychosocial mediators of STD/HIV-preventive behaviors. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00633906.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Nov 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialA randomized trial of nebulized 3% hypertonic saline with epinephrine in the treatment of acute bronchiolitis in the emergency department.
To determine whether nebulized 3% hypertonic saline with epinephrine is more effective than nebulized 0.9% saline with epinephrine in the treatment of bronchiolitis in the emergency department. ⋯ In the treatment of acute bronchiolitis, hypertonic saline and epinephrine did not improve clinical outcome any more than normal saline and epinephrine in the emergency setting. This differs from previously published results of outpatient and inpatient populations and merits further evaluation.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Sep 2009
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyAntipyretic agents for preventing recurrences of febrile seizures: randomized controlled trial.
To evaluate the efficacy of different antipyretic agents and their highest recommended doses for preventing febrile seizures. ⋯ Antipyretic agents are ineffective for the prevention of recurrences of febrile seizures and for the lowering of body temperature in patients with a febrile episode that leads to a recurrent febrile seizure.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Jul 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialProject ALERT: a cluster randomized trial.
To evaluate the effects of Project ALERT on adolescents' lifetime and 30-day use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and inhalants. ⋯ Project ALERT was not effective when delivered to the sixth grade population we targeted.