abstract：AIM:The aim of this study is to determine the association between waist circumference (WC) and childhood-masked hypertension. METHODS:A territory-wide, school-based cohort of 1385 Hong Kong students (672 boys and 713 girls) aged 8-17 years was analysed. The ambulatory blood pressure-monitoring assessment was performed...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： So HK,Yip GW,Choi KC,Li AM,Leung LC,Wong SN,Sung RY,Hong Kong ABP Working Group.

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to compare hospital admissions from infancy to adulthood, between children born with orofacial clefts (OFC) and those without OFC. METHODS:The method used was a cohort study using record-linked administrative datasets. Participants included all children liveborn in Western Australia (WA) ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bell J,Nassar N,Turner R,Bower C,Gillett D,McBain W,Raynes-Greenow C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this paper was to study the prevalence of a regular source of primary care for Victorian children attending one of four emergency departments (EDs) and to determine associated characteristics, including ED use. METHODS:Responses were collected via an electronic survey from parents attending EDs with the...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Turbitt E,Freed GL

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to identify key socioeconomic and health factors that are associated with a child's likelihood of being retained in kindergarten prior to commencing first year of school in Australian children. METHODS:We used data linked from the School Entrant Health Questionnaire administered to children commencing sch...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wong E,Steele E,Johnson S,Proimos J,Batterham A,Nolan T,Waters E

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lysosomal storage disorders are a collection of progressive, multisystem disorders that frequently present in childhood. Their timely diagnosis is paramount as they are becoming increasingly treatable. Musculoskeletal manifestations often occur early in the disease course, hence are useful as diagnostics clues. No...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： James RA,Singh-Grewal D,Lee SJ,McGill J,Adib N,Australian Paediatric Rheumatology Group.

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Point-of-care ultrasound (POC US) is an adjunct to clinical paediatric emergency medicine practice that is rapidly evolving, improving the outcomes of procedural techniques such as vascular access, nerve blocks and fluid aspiration and showing the potential to fast-track diagnostic streaming in a range of presenting c...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： O'Brien AJ,Brady RM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is ever-increasing pressure on hospital resources in general and emergency departments (ED) in particular. At the same time, there is increasing recognition that traditional inpatient ward-based care is not necessary for the majority of children presenting to the ED with acute illness, and that there are patient...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bryant PA,Hopper SM

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：AIM:Paediatric haematopoietic stem cell donors undergo non-therapeutic procedures and endure known and unknown physical and psychosocial risks for the benefit of a family member. One ethical concern is the risk that they may be pressured by parents or health professionals to act as a donor. This paper adds to what is k...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Then SN

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine whether there remain developmental differences between term infants at 3 years of age following major non-cardiac surgery (NCS) and cardiac surgery (CS) compared with healthy control infants in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. STUDY DESIGN:Between 2006 and 2008, ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Walker K,Loughran-Fowlds A,Halliday R,Holland AJ,Stewart J,Sholler GF,Winlaw DS,Badawi N

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aims to determine factors impacting the parental burden in immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food-allergic children (FAC), focusing on attitudes towards adrenaline autoinjectors (AAIs). METHODS:Questionnaires were sent to parents of diagnosed IgE-mediated FAC attending follow-up allergy clinic appointment...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Allen CW,Bidarkar MS,vanNunen SA,Campbell DE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign paroxysmal torticollis is probably an under-diagnosed condition of infancy. It is a self-limiting disorder characterised by periods of unusual, sustained posture of the head and neck, during which the head tilts to one side. Episodes are often accompanied by marked autonomic features, irritability, ataxia, apat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hadjipanayis A,Efstathiou E,Neubauer D

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper describes the Toddlers at Risk of Autism Clinic (TRAC), which utilises the Social Attention and Communication Study (SACS) and/or Autism Detection in Early Childhood (ADEC) play-based assessments to facilitate the early diagnosis of autism. METHODS:A retrospective audit was conducted of all 42 children ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Davis T,Clifton D,Papadopoulos C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency has risen in countries with a high ultraviolet index and sunny environment such as Australia. There is lack of information on vitamin D status and best possible therapy in Australian Aboriginal children. We aim to (i) describe the vitamin D status in an opportunistic sample of...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tan JK,Kearns P,Martin AC,Siafarikas A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify opportunities to improve health-care delivery for urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children requiring hospital admission and to determine their characteristics. METHODS:We analysed all documentation of admissions of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children to a tertiary paediatric h...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Attwood L,Rodrigues S,Winsor J,Warren S,Biviano L,Gunasekera H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This article compares the severity of illness scoring systems clinical risk index for babies (CRIB)-II and score for neonatal acute physiology with perinatal extension (SNAPPE)-II for discriminatory ability and goodness of fit in the same cohort of babies of less than 32 weeks gestation and aims to provide validat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Reid S,Bajuk B,Lui K,Sullivan EA,NSW and ACT Neonatal Intensive Care Units Audit Group, PSN.

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To provide an overview of the health and well-being of sexual minority high school students in New Zealand, investigate differences between sexual minority youth (SMY) and exclusively opposite-sex-attracted youth (EOSAY), and examine changes across survey waves. METHODS:Nationally representative cross-sectional su...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lucassen MF,Clark TC,Denny SJ,Fleming TM,Rossen FV,Sheridan J,Bullen P,Robinson EM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the prevalence and risk factors of recurrent otitis media (rOM) in an urban Australian population at 3 years of age. METHODS:Cross-sectional examination of prevalence and risk factors of rOM in 2280 participants from the Raine Study enrolled from public and private hospitals in Perth, Western Australia...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Brennan-Jones CG,Whitehouse AJ,Park J,Hegarty M,Jacques A,Eikelboom RH,Swanepoel de W,White JD,Jamieson SE

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internationally, Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) preconception screening of Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) individuals and couples has led to effective primary prevention of TSD. In Australia, adolescent preconception genetic screening programs operate mainly in Jewish community high schools. These existing programs offer an effective...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lew RM,Burnett L,Proos AL,Barlow-Stewart K,Delatycki MB,Bankier A,Aizenberg H,Field MJ,Berman Y,Fleischer R,Fietz M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty years ago, in 1964, our understanding of the immune system was very rudimentary. Gell and Coombs had just described classes of hypersensitivity reactions, and Bruton had described and commenced immunoglobulin replacement in agammaglobulinaemia. The distinction between T and B cells was not identified and charact...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wong M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:High flow nasal cannula therapy (HFNC) is an emerging method of non-invasive respiratory support therapy for premature infants. Recent evidence around its safety and efficacy for post-extubation respiratory support is encouraging. However, its effect on long-term respiratory outcomes is not known. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sasi A,Malhotra A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicine has seen dramatic changes in the last 50 years, and vaccinology is no different. Australia has made a significant contribution to world knowledge on vaccine-preventable diseases. Certain deadly diseases have disappeared or become rare in Australia following successful introduction of vaccines. As diseases bec...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Royle J,Lambert SB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 50 years in allergy could almost be considered the first 50 years. Over this time period, we have witnessed the emergence of allergy as a subspecialty, have seen and continue to observe a tremendous change in prevalence of allergic disease and have gained insight into the mechanisms that underlie allergic pre...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Campbell DE,Mehr S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare adverse medication events (AMEs) reported in children, via the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) coding with events reported via other data sources. METHOD:AME reports were retrieved using codes Y40-Y59 and X40-X44 over 6 months. Pati...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Stacey S,Coombes I,Wainwright C,Klee B,Miller H,Whitfield K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Although suctioning is a standard airway maintenance procedure, there are significant associated risks, such as loss of lung volume due to high negative suction pressures. This study aims to assess the extent and duration of change in end-expiratory level (EEL) resulting from endotracheal tube (ETT) suction and to...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hough JL,Shearman AD,Liley H,Grant CA,Schibler A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a common, usually mild childhood illness caused by enteroviruses. Over the last five years, coxsackievirus A6 has been identified as a causative agent in outbreaks in Europe, South-East Asia and America. It has an atypical presentation compared with other enteroviruses, with more widespr...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hayman R,Shepherd M,Tarring C,Best E

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript describes two interesting patients who had exercise-induced symptoms that unmasked an alternative underlying diagnosis. The first is an 8-year-old boy who was treated for asthma all his life but really had exercise-induced stridor (labelled as wheeze) causing significant exercise limitation, which was ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pandit CA,Batterby E,Van Asperen P,Cooper P,Selvadurai H,Fitzgerald DA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 16-year-old male who presented reporting a 6-month history of lowered mood, fatigue, anhedonia, disturbed sleep and heightened anxiety. On further questioning he reported restricted eating and weightlifting for at least 1 h on a daily basis. Investigations revealed findings compatible with sec...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Woodhill I,Cooper C,Zacharin M,Cukier K,Vuillermin P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether home-use icterometry improves parental recognition of neonatal jaundice, early care seeking and treatment to minimize risks of bilirubin encephalopathy. METHODS:Cluster-randomised controlled trial of community-level icterometry used at home by mothers in Chi Linh, Vietnam. Rural health-care wo...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Luu MN,Le LT,Tran BH,Duong TK,Nguyen HT,Le VT,Partridge JC

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：AIM:Children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) appear to be at increased risk of psychosocial problems, but there are few large-scale studies related to mental health in paediatric IBD. We aimed to assess the use of antidepressants among adolescents with recent-onset IBD. METHODS:In a Finnish nationwide register-b...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Virta LJ,Kolho KL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHARGE syndrome is a complex genetic syndrome, owing to the wide range of tissues/systems affected by mutations in the CHD7 gene. In this review, we discuss the diagnosis, clinical features and management of CHARGE syndrome. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hsu P,Ma A,Wilson M,Williams G,Curotta J,Munns CF,Mehr S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) are the most common reason for hospitalisation of young children in the Northern Territory of Australia. International studies have linked vitamin D deficiency with increased risk of ALRI in paediatric populations, but this has not been explored in tropical regions such as...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Binks MJ,Smith-Vaughan HC,Bar-Zeev N,Chang AB,Andrews RM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study is to evaluate consultant general paediatricians' opinions of a UK paediatric telecardiology service. METHODS:A structured questionnaire was developed and sent to all consultant paediatricians working in a district general hospital in Northern Ireland. RESULTS:Paediatricians (n = 35) regarde...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： McCrossan BA,Doherty NN,Sands AJ,Grant B,Craig BG,McCusker CG,Casey FA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9 year old girl presented with seizures, weight gain and early morning behavioural changes. She had been commenced on anticonvulsants and was subsequently diagnosed with hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia. This case demonstrates the importance of blood glucose monitoring in children presenting with new-onset seizures a...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kao KT,Simm PJ,Brown J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of lignocaine and a vibrating device with cold pack (Buzzy) for pain management of intramuscular (IM) benzathine penicillin injections in the rheumatic fever (RF) population of Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB). METHODS:Four hundred and five RF patients receiving four wee...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Russell K,Nicholson R,Naidu R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study is to compare the high-frequency pressure amplitude (oscillatory change in pressure (ΔP)) and tidal volume (high-frequency tidal volume at the airway opening (VTHF )) delivered by the Dräger VN500 (Drägerwerk Ag & Co., Lübeck, Germany) and the Sensormedics 3100 (SM3100; CareFusion, San Diego, ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： John J,Harcourt ER,Davis PG,Tingay DG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify factors that distinguish duct-dependent congenital heart disease (DDCHD) from non-DDCHD in newborn infants. METHOD:A retrospective, cohort study. The Newborn Emergency Transport Service, Victoria (NETS) is a retrieval service for all inter-hospital neonatal transfers, and the Royal Children's Hospital,...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Gupta N,Kamlin CO,Cheung M,Stewart M,Patel N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The relationship between obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and poorer neurobehavioural outcomes in school-age children is well established, but the relationship in obese children and adolescents, in whom OSA is more common, is not so well established. We aimed to investigate this relationship in 10-18-year-olds. METH...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tan E,Healey D,Schaughency E,Dawes P,Galland B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aims to examine the influence of formula milk promotion via the media from Thailand to Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), where a cultural and linguistic proximity are shared. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted through a structured questionnaire survey and focus group discussion (FGD) wi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Phoutthakeo P,Otsuka K,Ito C,Sayamoungkhoun P,Kounnavong S,Jimba M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00