Use of the newborn screening card to define cause of death in a 12-year-old diagnosed with epilepsy.

abstract：METHODOLOGY:A cross-sectional study of growth, puberty and endocrine function was performed on 35 girls and 33 boys with thalassaemia major. RESULTS:Despite regular transfusion and chelation therapy, 75% of the girls and 62% of the boys over the age of 12 years were below the third percentile for height. Hypogonadotro...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kwan EY,Lee AC,Li AM,Tam SC,Chan CF,Lau YL,Low LC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether the severity of symptoms associated with rotavirus infection was related to the serotype of the infecting virus. Severity of clinical symptoms in 108 children admitted to hospital for treatment of rotavirus diarrhoea was retrospectively assessed using a scoring system for...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Barnes GL,Unicomb L,Bishop RF

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Adaptive functioning develops throughout early childhood, and its limitation is a reflection that the child has developmental or emotional problems or even mental retardation. Little is known about the adaptive functioning or developmental status of slum children. The present cross-sectional study was undertaken du...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Panigrahi A,Das SC,Sahoo P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of reduced skin exposure in preterm infants receiving overhead phototherapy treatment on total serum bilirubin (TSB). METHODS:Randomized controlled trial. Preterm infants (>1500 g birthweight and < or = 36 weeks gestation) were randomized to being nursed either partially clothed with onl...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pritchard MA,Beller EM,Norton B

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to determine, in full-term newborns born between 2000 and 2499 g, what proportion develop problems or the need for interventions that would likely require admission to a special care nursery (SCN) (i.e., needed an intravenous line (IV) or a nasogastric tube (NGT). METHODS:A multicentre, retrospective audi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Parry M,Davies MW

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound techniques have been developed since the past century and are becoming more useful in different areas of medical knowledge. More recently, lung ultrasound gained importance throughout artefacts analysis to help clinical evaluation at bedside and became subject of interest in the paediatric intensive care an...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dominguez A,Gaspar HA,Preto M,Ejzenberg FE

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contemporary paediatric practices of Australian Aboriginal men and women, in more than 100 Aboriginal Language Groups, comprise a living discipline whose origins predate Western medicine by tens of millennia. The history of paediatrics acknowledges this surviving continuum of the world's oldest child-care practices. B...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pearn J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the prevalence of health-risk behaviours of New Zealand alternative education students, and to compare these behaviours to similar students in the USA. METHODS:Thirty-six alternative education schools in the northern region of New Zealand were surveyed. A total of 269 students completed a youth ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Denny SJ,Clark TC,Watson PD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the use of sun protection behaviours and the experience of sunburn in a sample of parents and their children in New Zealand. METHODOLOGY:Information was collected from 887 parents using postal questionnaires at the beginning of and during the summer. RESULTS:Thirty per cent of the parents believe...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Morris J,McGee R,Bandaranayake M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metatarsus adductus (MA) occurs in one to two cases per 1000 births and is the most common congenital foot deformity in newborns. The appearance is that of a curved or adducted forefoot with a normal hindfoot. A systematic literature review was conducted to answer the following question: For a child who presents with ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Williams CM,James AM,Tran T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/HYPOTHESIS:Teaching hospitals affiliated with universities are now common sites for research higher degree supervision. We hypothesised that the hospital environment poses unique challenges to supervision compared with the traditional university research institute setting. AIMS:This study aimed to identify ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Caldwell PH,Oldmeadow W,Jones CA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of the General Movements Assessment (GMA) for estimating diagnostic accuracy in detecting cerebral palsy (CP) in an Australian context by a newly established NSW rater network. METHODS:A prospective longitudinal cross-sectional study was conduc...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Morgan C,Crowle C,Goyen TA,Hardman C,Jackman M,Novak I,Badawi N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soy infant formula contains high levels of the isoflavones, genistein and daidzein, which are commonly referred to as phytoestrogens. These are non-steroidal chemicals with structural similarities to estrogen. Infants consuming soy formula have high levels of circulating isoflavones. These are an order of magnitude gr...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tuohy PG

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the aetiology, symptoms and outcome of extreme sodium derangement in a paediatric inpatient population. METHODOLOGY:A retrospective study of children with extreme disturbance of their plasma sodium (> or = 165 mmol/L or < or = 115 mmol/L) admitted to a tertiary referral centre during a 72-month ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dunn K,Butt W

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumcision has been the traditional treatment for phimosis, but now is not the only management option, the best of which appears to be topical steroid application. Importantly, the literature suggests that phimosis probably is over-diagnosed, indicating that a prospective, randomized controlled study is needed to co...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Dewan PA,Tieu HC,Chieng BS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Based on our experience with acute idiopathic scrotal oedema (AISO) and observations of the incidence of intestinal worm infestation (IWI), we decided to test the hypothesis that IWI occurs more frequently among children with AISO than it does in the general population. METHODS:A retrospective questionnaire-based ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Erez I,Zifman E,Nersesjanz I,Lazar L,Bucklan G,Gutermacher M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Childhood overweight and obesity is unacceptably high in industrialised nations. School-based interventions have largely been atheoretical and ineffective. This study aimed to test a new theory-based protocol for its effects on measures of fitness and body mass index (BMI), and its proposed psychosocial mediators, ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Annesi JJ,Walsh SM,Greenwood BL,Mareno N,Unruh-Rewkowski JL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the context of total infant mortality for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants. Deaths for infants born in Western Australia from 1980 to 1988 inclusive were ascertained from a total population data base. Infant mortality rates and rates ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Alessandri LM,Read AW,Stanley FJ,Burton PR,Dawes VP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts have been widely adopted by Canadian dieticians for growth monitoring of Canadian children rather than the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) reference data. It has been unclear as to which is the most appropriate. METHODS:We calcula...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yasin A,Filler G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the changes in the health and well-being of secondary school students from 2001 to 2007. METHODS:A total of 9107 secondary school students were randomly selected to participate in a comprehensive health and well-being survey using Internet tablets conducted in 2007. Comparisons are made with the first ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Denny SJ,Grant S,Utter J,Robinson EM,Fleming TM,Milfont TL,Crengle S,Clark T,Ameratunga SN,Dixon R,Merry S,Herd R,Watson P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe the developmental progress of very premature babies at the age of 2 years, who were managed in an era where nasal prong continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was the preferred method for the management of initial respiratory disease. METHODS:Two groups of very premature babies of <32 weeks gestat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Stack JA,Jalaludin B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the type and outcome of early post-traumatic seizures in children and the factors associated with it. METHODOLOGY:A prospective observational study on all consecutive children with head injuries at the General Hospital Kuala Lumpur between November 1993 and December 1994. The onset, type and fre...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ong LC,Dhillon MK,Selladurai BM,Maimunah A,Lye MS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula are congenital anomalies of the oesophagus requiring surgical repair in infancy, either by open or thoracoscopic approach. Although mortality rates associated with this procedure are low, children may go on to have complications throughout childhood and into adulthoo...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Roberts K,Karpelowsky J,Fitzgerald DA,Soundappan SS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Infants born very prematurely often received corticosteroids to minimise the risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) but their long term impact on lung function at school age is unclear. METHODS:A cross-sectional study of 105 children [mean gestation of 27 weeks] was undertaken. Lung function assessmen...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Smith LJ,van Asperen PP,McKay KO,Selvadurai H,Fitzgerald DA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore immunisation rates and catch-up delivery to children admitted to hospital before and after an immunisation service was commenced. METHODS:This pre- and post-intervention study examined 300 admissions prior to (cohort 1) and 300 following (cohort 2) the introduction of an immunisation service. Immunisati...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tarca AJ,Lau GT,Mascaro F,Clifford P,Campbell AJ,Taylor E

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In June 1990 a meeting of Paediatric Respiratory Physicians was held near Adelaide. The guidelines for assessing and treating asthma as prepared by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand for the management of patients with asthma was considered. Although not explicitly stated, these guidelines were designed...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Henry R,Sly P,Godfrey S,Van Asperen P,Staugas R,Le Souef P,Smith G,Robertson I,Robertson C,Phelan P

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders of the immune system, most of which are curable by haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We present a 25-year audit of HSCT for IEI at a tertiary-level academic hospital in Malaysia. METHODS:Review of medical records of all case...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ariffin H,Ab Rahman S,Jawin V,Foo JC,Amram NF,Mahmood NM,Yap TY,Rajagopal R,Lum SH,Chan LL,Lin HP

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive pressure ventilation (PPV) is a frequent intervention in the neonatal intensive care unit. This article is directed towards paediatricians in training and attempts to cover the basics of PPV without being too technical. To do so we have employed an extensive use of graphics to illustrate the underlying princi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Muhlethaler V,Malcolm G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ketamine is one of the most commonly used sedatives for facilitating painful procedures for paediatric patients in the emergency department (ED). However, the use of ketamine is associated with a common, though not serious, adverse event usually called ketamine-associated vomiting (KAV). The purpose of this study i...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee JS,Jeon WC,Park EJ,Min YG,Kim GW,Jung YS,Choi SC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absolute contraindications to pertussis immunization should be limited to anaphylaxis or unexplained encephalopathy following a previous dose. Other contraindications including marked febrile reactions (> 40.5 degrees C), hypotonic-hyporesponsive episodes, prolonged screaming (> 3 h) and severe local reactions (more t...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors：

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00