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Aims. To investigate in the ambulatory practice the factors those influence the anthropometric parameters in infants during the first year of life. Patients and methods. We realized a transverse survey of a 37 newborns population, followed- up in the ambulatory practice from birth until the age of 12 months. For each subject, the parents answered to a questionnaire, concerning the identity data, the gestational parity, the ethnical origin, the family history, the parents' tobacco habits, the age, weight and height of the genitors, the socioeconomic status of the family, and the study degree of the parents. We measured the weight, the length, the head circumference and the thoracic circumference of the subjects from birth, to one month, 4 months, 6 months and 1 year of age. Results. We registered an average of weight gain of 287% at the end of first year of life. There were no independent predictors of weight evolution in the first 12 month from birth. The only variables that has represented a marginal level of signification were the marital status of genitors (p=0.086), as well as the height of the father (p=0.092). The length of analyzed subjects was significantly influenced of smoking at genitors (p=0.012). Father weight was the only predictor in univariate analysis of cranium perimeter evolution in the first year (p=0.026). Cranial perimeter significant predictors were: type of delivery (p=0.045), diversification moment (p=0.029) as well as educational level of parents (p=0.042). Among those factors, the multivariate analysis selected diversification month (OR=1.2, CI95%=1.1-1.7, p=0.034) and type of delivery (OR=1.1, CI95%=1.0-1.3, p=0.045) as independent predictors. Conclusion. The evolution of anthropometric parameters of newborns in first year is genetically determined and can be influenced by several factors with negative impact: cesarean birth, diversification of alimentation, smoking at parents, educational level of parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Measurements of height, weight and calculation of height velocity are highly accurate and sensitive to changes in a child's health. Actual definition of normal linear growth is based on height velocity and it is not acceptable to label a child as short purely on the basis of a biochemical test. As a result, auxological assessment is the "gold standard" method for tracking any abnormal achievements in terms of development. The aim of this article is to underline the major importance of the GPs (general practitioners) in the early diagnosis of any abnormal height and weight achievements, due to the implementation of the auxological growth assessment in their everyday clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Right atrium volume index has recently been described as a quantitative and highly reproducible echocardiographic parameter associated with right ventricle systolic dysfunction in patients with chronic systolic heart failure. The aim of the current study was to assess right atrium remodeling and to establish correlations with echocardiographic parameters of right ventricle systolic and diastolic dysfunction in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)., Methods: The study was conducted on 40 patients with secondary pulmonary hypertension due to COPD and 40 healthy volunteers (mean age 59 ± 6 years) who submitted to detailed echocardiographic examinations. Plasma levels of the soluble interleukin-1 receptor family member, N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide and galectin-3 were measured in both groups., Results: The right atrium volume index was significantly higher in the test group (45.7 ± 15.3 vs. 25.4 ± 4.0 mL/m(2)) and showed strong correlations to tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (r = -0.733, p < 0.0001), right ventricle fractional area change (r = -0.662, p < 0.0001), right ventricle ejection fraction (r = -0.741, p < 0.0001), and systolic pulmonary artery pressures (r = 0.721, p < 0.0001). Multivariate analysis facilitated the construction of a linear regression model which showed that right ventricle systolic dysfunction parameters (R(2)-adjusted = 0.62, p < 0.001), elevated systolic pulmonary artery pressure (R(2)-adjusted = 0.52, p < 0.001) and heart failure biomarkers (log-transformed sST2, galectin-3 and N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide) (R(2)-adjusted = 0.41, p < 0.001) were independently associated with right atrium volume index., Conclusions: Right ventricle systolic dysfunction and elevated systolic pulmonary artery pressure are independently associated with right atrium volume index in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to COPD., Key Words: Echocardiography; Right atrium volume index; Right ventricular diastolic function; Right ventricular systolic function.