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[Sexual abuse in children: prevention of sexually transmitted diseases]O Garcia Algar
Servicio de Pediatría Hospital del Mar Barcelona
An Esp Pediatr 54:267-71. 2001..Therefore, a follow-up with periodic serological monitoring for 1year and immunoprophylaxis or chemoprophylaxis for some of these diseases should be started. Postpuberal girls should receive emergency contraception...
[Eating habits in children under 2 years old according to ethnic origin in a Barcelona urban area]O Garcia-Algar
Servicio de Pediatria, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Espana
An Pediatr (Barc) 70:265-70. 2009..The aim of the present study was to determine the presence or absence of inappropriate feeding practices, defined as non-compliance with dietary recommendations, in children aged less than 2 years old through a survey...- [Prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse using meconium analysis in a low socioeconomic population in Barcelona]O Garcia-Algar
Servicio de Pediatria, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Espana
An Pediatr (Barc) 70:151-8. 2009..For the first time in Europe, the <<Meconium Project>> aimed to estimate the prevalence of drug use by pregnant women and the subsequent foetal exposure to illicit drugs... 
Cocaine use during pregnancy assessed by hair analysis in a Canary Islands cohortXavier Joya
Unitat de Recerca Infancia i Entorn, Institut de Recerca Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12:2. 2012..Drug use during pregnancy is difficult to ascertain, and maternal reports are likely to be inaccurate. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of illicit drug use among pregnant women by using maternal hair analysis...- Methadone and neonatal thrombocytosisOscar Garcia-Algar
Pediatrics Department, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 19:193-5. 2002..Thrombocytoses in the newborn are very rare and sometimes are induced by methadone. T'hese newborns must be admitted for at least 2 weeks and their platelet counts must be monitored... - Acute heroin intoxication in a baby chronically exposed to cocaine and heroin: a case reportXavier Joya
Unitat de Recerca Infància i Entorn URIE, Institut Municipal d Investigació Mèdica IMIM Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
J Med Case Reports 5:288. 2011..abstract:.. - Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry assay for the simultaneous quantification of drugs of abuse in human placenta at 12th week of gestationXavier Joya
Unitat de Recerca Infància i Entorn URIE, Institut Municipal d Investigació Mèdica Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Forensic Sci Int 196:38-42. 2010..This is the first report that highlights the presence of drugs of abuse during the first trimester of gestation... - Assessment of exposure to drugs of abuse during pregnancy by hair analysis in a Mediterranean islandBibiana Friguls
Unitat de Recerca Infancia i Entorn, Institut Municipal d Investigacio Medica, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Addiction 107:1471-9. 2012..In addition, the potentially detrimental effects of maternal drug abuse on their newborns were investigated. Ibiza has a large international night-life resort associated with clubs, music and use of recreational drugs... - Alarming prevalence of fetal alcohol exposure in a Mediterranean cityOscar Garcia-Algar
Unitat de Recerca Infància i Entorn URIE, Paediatric Service, Hospital del Mar, and Departament de Pediatria, Ginecologia i Obstetricia, i Medicina Preventiva, Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Spain
Ther Drug Monit 30:249-54. 2008..This study, which highlights a 45% ethanol consumption during pregnancy in a low socioeconomic status cohort, may serve as an eye opener for Europeans that gestational alcohol exposure is not endemic only in areas outside of Europe... - Sources and concentrations of indoor nitrogen dioxide in Barcelona, SpainOscar Garcia-Algar
Pediatric Service, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
J Air Waste Manag Assoc 53:1312-7. 2003..The absence of central heating was also associated with higher NO2 concentrations. Finally, each ppb increase in outdoor NO2 was associated with a 1% increase in indoor concentrations... - Assessment of prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke by cotinine in cord blood for the evaluation of smoking control policies in SpainCarme Puig
Institut Municipal d Investigacions Mediques, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12:26. 2012..In Spain, legislation to reduce SHS was implemented in 2005. The present study examines the possible effect of this legislation on prenatal SHS exposure... - Unsuspected exposure to cocaine in preschool children from a Mediterranean city detected by hair analysisXavier Joya
Unitat de Recerca Infancia i Entorn, Institut Municipal d Investigació Mèdica Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Ther Drug Monit 31:391-5. 2009..In the light of these results, we advocate general hair screening to disclose exposure to cocaine and other drugs of abuse in children from risky environments, which could provide the basis for specific social and health interventions... - A comprehensive review of assay methods to determine drugs in breast milk and the safety of breastfeeding when taking drugsBibiana Friguls
Unitat de Recerca Infància i Entorn URIE, Institut Municipal d Investigació Mèdica IMIM Hospital del Mar, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Anal Bioanal Chem 397:1157-79. 2010.... - [Perinatal exposure to tobacco and respiratory and allergy symptoms in first years of life]Bibiana Friguls
Unitat de Recerca Infància i Entorn URIE, Servicio de Pediatria, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Espana
Arch Bronconeumol 45:585-90. 2009..To analyse the relationship between prenatal and postnatal tobacco exposure and the development of respiratory and allergy symptoms during the first 4 years of life... - Biological matrices for the evaluation of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke during prenatal life and childhoodHeura Llaquet
Unitat de Recerca Infancia i Entorn, IMIM Hospital del Mar, Pg Maritim 25 29, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
Anal Bioanal Chem 396:379-99. 2010.... - [Relationship between lower respiratory tract infections in the first year of life and the development of asthma and wheezing in children]Carme Puig
IMIM Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Espana
Arch Bronconeumol 46:514-21. 2010.... - Fetal exposure to cocaine and infections during the first 18 months of life in infants from a Mediterranean cityOscar Garcia-Algar
Pediatric Service, Unitat de Recerca Infancia i Entorn, Hospital Universitari del Mar, Universitat Autonoma, Barcelona, Spain
Acta Paediatr 96:762-3. 2007..The incidence of infections during the first 18 months of life was investigated in 36 infants prenatally exposed to cocaine and in 72 non-exposed controls from Barcelona, Spain... - A longitudinal study of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children: parental self reports versus age dependent biomarkersCarme Puig
Environmental and Pediatric Research Unit URIE, Pediatric Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Public Health 8:47. 2008..Our aim is to assess changes between ETS exposure at the end of pregnancy and at 4 years of age determined by the parents' self-report and measurement of cotinine in age related biological matrices... - Development and validation of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay for hair analysis of atomoxetine and its metabolites: Application in clinical practiceEsther Papaseit
Human Pharmacology and Clinical Neurosciences Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute IMIM Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Forensic Sci Int 218:62-7. 2012.... - 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) intoxication in an infant chronically exposed to cocaineOscar Garcia-Algar
Paediatric Service, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Ther Drug Monit 27:409-11. 2005..Periodic clinical and laboratory follow-ups were requested to check eventual long-term effects of exposure to illicit drugs and discontinuation of the child from exposure to dangerous environments... - Incidence and risk factors of lower respiratory tract illnesses during infancy in a Mediterranean birth cohortCarme Puig
Pediatric Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Acta Paediatr 97:1406-11. 2008..To investigate the incidence rate, viral respiratory agents and determinants of lower respiratory tract illnesses (LRTIs) in infants younger than 1 year... - Assessment of prenatal exposure to arsenic in Tenerife IslandOriol Vall
Unitat de Recerca Infància i Entorn URIE, Institut Hospital del Mar d Investigacions Mèdiques IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
PLoS ONE 7:e50463. 2012.... - Nitrogen dioxide is not associated with respiratory infection during the first year of lifeJordi Sunyer
Unitat Recerca Respiratria i Ambietal, Institut Municipal Investigacio Medica, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Int J Epidemiol 33:116-20. 2004..We aim to assess the association between indoor NO(2) and lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) during the first year of life in a multicentre prospective cohort study... - Areca-nut abuse and neonatal withdrawal syndromeMaría Angeles López-Vilchez
Neonatology Unit, Service of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitari del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Pediatrics 117:e129-31. 2006..Here we present a case of neonatal withdrawal syndrome in an infant born to a woman who was a chronic areca-nut user. Arecoline, the principal neuroactive alkaloid in areca nuts, was found in the mother's placenta... - Hair analysis following chronic smoked-drugs-of-abuse exposure in adults and their toddler: a case reportEsther Papaseit
Programa de Recerca en Neurociències, IMIM Institut de Recerca, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
J Med Case Rep 5:570. 2011..abstract:.. - [Hospital admission in newborns according to ethnicity and parents' country of origin in an urban area of Barcelona [Spain]]Carmen Puig Sola
Servicio de Pediatria, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Espana
Gac Sanit 22:555-64. 2008..The aim of the present study was to determine the possible existence of differences in neonatal diagnoses according to parental ethnic origin... - Primary ciliary dyskinesia: clinical criteria indicating ultrastructural studiesRosa M Busquets
Unidad de Neumología y Alergia Pediátrica, Servicio de Pediatria, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Espana
Arch Bronconeumol 49:99-104. 2013..Our objective is to define criteria for clinical suspicion of DCP that would indicate ultrastructural studies, while optimizing these and providing early diagnoses... - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency tracheal intubation in the newborn and children: simplifying the use of drugsOscar Garcia-Algar
Pediatrics Unit, Hospital del Mar, Pg Maritim 25 29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Resuscitation 59:277-9. 2003..1 ml/kg body weight and modified drugs presentations conventionally used for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and tracheal tube placement in newborns and children so that all the new ampoules contain the same dose... - QT interval in newborns of different ethnic origin: usefulness of neonatal ECG screeningJulio Martí-Almor
Servicio de Cardiologia, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Rev Esp Cardiol 61:980-2. 2008..033). The QTc may vary for genetic reasons. A routine neonatal ECG is advisable only in ethnic groups in which the QTc is lengthened, to help counter the greater risk of sudden death in these infants...