Abstract:
AIM:To evaluate the quality of paediatric audits from 1966 to 1999. METHODS:A Medline search was performed using the MeSH terms audit, child, paediatric (and pediatric). Predefined core elements of audit were used as inclusion criteria for entry of an article into this study. These criteria were as follows: (1) an article deals with a healthcare topic; (2) a standard is predefined; (3) actual practice is evaluated; (4) actual practice is compared with the standard. The fifth criterion of audit, dissemination of information and reaudit, was not an inclusion criterion, as it was not used in the early years covered by this study. Empirical grading of standards was used. RESULTS:The search yielded 442 articles, of which 303 (100%) were related to paediatric healthcare and were reviewed. Standards were defined in 115 (38%) articles. Audit against the standard was performed in 92 (30.4%) articles, of which 42 (45.6%) were published before, and 50 (54.3%) after, 1990. 18 (5.9%) articles were re-audited: 6 (14.3%) were published before, and 12 (24%) after, 1990. Of the 188 paediatric studies rejected, 119 (63.3%) described practice observations. CONCLUSION:Many articles in paediatrics are published as "audits", but they do not contain the core elements of audit. Although audit is a potentially valuable tool in clinical medicine, the publication of poor-quality audits may lead to the decline of the audit concept. Suggestions on ways to improve the quality of published audits are made.
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Arch Dis Childjournal_title
Archives of disease in childhoodauthors
O'Gorman CS,Ziedan Y,O'Neill MBdoi
10.1136/adc.2004.071381subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-04-01 00:00:00pages
309-11issue
4eissn
0003-9888issn
1468-2044pii
adc.2004.071381journal_volume
92pub_type
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
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更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1136/adc.79.3.242
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1136/adc.2006.104547
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.53.11.868
更新日期:1978-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The amount of adipose tissue influences pubertal development and fertility in girls. A candidate for mediating this is the hormone leptin, derived from adipocytes. This work was carried out to determine whether the leptin concentration in serum is regulated during pubertal development. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
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doi:10.1136/adc.77.5.396
更新日期:1997-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 4 year old boy developed a profound motor neuropathy after repeated deliberate inhalation of petroleum vapour. The condition was characterised by extreme slowing of the nerve conduction velocity. He made a gradual recovery over six months. The neuropathy was attributed to the N-hexane component of petroleum. ...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.61.9.900
更新日期:1986-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Congenital hypothyroidism (CHT) is a common cause of preventable mental retardation, and the quantification of intellectual disability due to CHT is needed to assess the public health benefit of newborn screening. DESIGN:Review of published studies conducted among children born prior to the introduction of n...
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.6.867
更新日期:1989-06-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1136/adc.70.1.14
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
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doi:10.1136/adc.52.4.314
更新日期:1977-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.11.1282
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2020-318841
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/adc.2008.138362
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/adc.2004.050468
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Serial recording in 45 low risk fetuses throughout the second and third trimesters showed that hiccups were the predominant diaphragmatic movement before 26 weeks' gestational age and that there was a significant negative correlation with gestational age. There was a pronounced reduction between 24 and 26 weeks, which...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.65.10_spec_no.1072
更新日期:1990-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-301621
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.10_spec_no.1345
更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of differential avian and human delayed-type hypersensitivity skin testing in the diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis. METHOD:Retrospective review of all patients with culture proved non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymph node infections who also had differentia...
journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.80.4.377
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2020-319625
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2006.105528
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.51.4.279
更新日期:1976-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/adc.2009.176925
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.1_spec_no.37
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-313856
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-305492
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.8.927
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2009.179275
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-303948
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/adc.88.1.71
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.1.121
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00