abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the diagnostic error rate among echocardiograms undertaken by individuals other than paediatric cardiologists in our referral area. METHODOLOGY:External group: The charts and echocardiographic results of all patients who had undergone outside echocardiograms between January 1996 and December 1999 w...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ward CJ,Purdie J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether an association exists between passive exposure to tobacco smoke and bacterial meningitis in childhood, in an Australian population. METHODOLOGY:A retrospective, case-controlled telephone survey of the parents of 71 children admitted to the Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide,...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Iles K,Poplawski NK,Couper RT

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify determinants of the initiation and duration of breastfeeding amongst Australian women. METHODS:A prospective cohort study of 556 women in Perth, Western Australia and 503 women from the Darling Downs area, Queensland, Australia. RESULTS:Breastfeeding at discharge was most strongly associated wit...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Scott JA,Landers MC,Hughes RM,Binns CW

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingested foreign bodies may lead to perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. We present a case of a 14-month-old boy who presented with an unusual abdominal mass secondary to ingesting a foreign body 4 months previously. Abdominal computerized tomography scan was valuable in making this diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lam PY,Marks MK,Fink AM,Oliver MR,Woodward A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if very low birthweight children followed with ease differ in any perinatal or sociodemographic characteristics, or outcomes, compared with children followed with more difficulty. METHODOLOGY:Consecutive children of birthweight < 1000 g or with gestational ages < 28 weeks born in 1991 (n = 51) o...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Callanan C,Doyle L,Rickards A,Kelly E,Ford G,Davis N

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male neonate with partial monosomy 10q and partial trisomy 11q, due to paternal balanced translocation, and who had cerebellar and olfactory lobe hypoplasia, cardiovascular defects, duodenal atresia and imperforate anus, is presented. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on this combination of chro...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Maruyama K,Koizumi T,Ikeda H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug use is now widespread amongst Australian youth. Substance abuse and dependence are becoming increasingly significant health problems. Approximately 50% of 17-year-old Australians report regular consumption of alcohol and nearly 30% report tobacco smoking. The age of onset of substance use is reported to be decrea...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bonomo Y,Bowes G

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the process and quality of informed consent, motivation and influence in parents who were invited to enroll their baby in a research project. METHODOLOGY:A mixed quantitative/qualitative questionnaire was sent to a cohort invited to participate in a physiological research project on sudden inf...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hayman RM,Taylor BJ,Peart NS,Galland BC,Sayers RM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first described case of a first rib fracture secondary to pertussis infection. An 11-year-old boy presented with sudden onset of severe right-sided pleuritic chest pain on a background of a 6 week history of a coughing illness and considerable weight loss. Pertussis was clinically suspected and proven on...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Prasad S,Baur LA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the risk of death for bed-sharing infants. METHODOLOGY:All unexpected infant deaths occurring in South Australia between 1970 and 1997, occurring after the infant was put to rest and diagnosed by after death scene investigation and autopsy as sudden death infant syndrome, accidental death, or 'und...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Beal SM,Byard RW

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile botulism classically presents with a triad of clinical features: Bulbar palsies (slow/absent pupil response) Alert Absent fever Other common features are: Constipation, ptosis and poor feeding The diagnosis is a clinical one, confirmed by EMG and by testing stool for the organism, C. botulinum, or its toxin....

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： McMaster P,Piper S,Schell D,Gillis J,Chong A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Molecular analysis of the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) gene in two unrelated families, with a combined total of seven boys, affected by X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA). METHODS:Protein electrophoresis and western blotting were used for the examination of Btk protein synthesis in blood leucocytes. Isolat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pienaar S,Eley B,Beatty DW,Henderson HE

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has conducted periodic workforce censuses of Fellows practising paediatric medicine in Australia since 1981. The aim of this study was to document trends in the supply of paediatricians and to project these trends into the early 21st century. METHODOLOGY:Time seri...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Goulston KJ,Dent OF

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether umbilical cord blood glucose correlates with subsequent hypoglycaemia after birth in infants of well-controlled diabetic mothers. METHODOLOGY:Thirty-eight term infants of well-controlled diabetic mothers were enrolled. Five mothers had pre-existing diabetes. Of the 33 gestational diabeti...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Agrawal RK,Lui K,Gupta JM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To perform a multicentre follow-up study to determine if previously identified markers of serious illness in early infancy were robust and statistically reliable. METHODS:Infants aged 1 week to 26 weeks presenting to the Emergency Departments of the Royal Children's Hospital and two Melbourne metropolitan ho...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hewson P,Poulakis Z,Jarman F,Kerr J,McMaster D,Goodge J,Silk G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the common features of small bowel injury (SBI) in childhood and the consequences of delayed diagnosis. METHODOLOGY:A retrospective case review was performed of children with traumatic SBI between January 1988 and November 1999. RESULTS:Twenty-eight patients were identified with SBI. Road traum...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Holland AJ,Cass DT,Glasson MJ,Pitkin J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence of asthma and other allergies in children in Urumqi and Beijing, compared with that in Hong Kong. METHODS:A total of 7754 primary school students were randomly selected to participate in the study. Data were collected in 1995-96 using the International Study of Asthma and Allergies i...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Zhao T,Wang HJ,Chen Y,Xiao M,Duo L,Liu G,Lau Y,Karlberg J

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To derive reference centiles for blood pressure in children aged 1-6 years which seek to address shortcomings in available reference ranges. METHODS:Prospective cohort study of 2876 children in Perth, Western Australia, commenced in 1989 with serial blood pressure measurements through early childhood obtaine...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Blake KV,Gurrin LC,Evans SF,Newnham JP,Landau LI,Stanley FJ,Beilin LJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyomas are not uncommon in infants with tuberous sclerosis. We describe a neonate who presented with hydrops fetalis arising from a tachyarrhythmia during fetal life related to rhabdomyomas. After reversion of the arrhythmia, pre-excitation was noted on an interval electrocardiogram. Following regression of the ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Mas C,Penny DJ,Menahem S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To ascertain the incidence of bacterial endocarditis in a level III neonatal nursery. To document the clinical features, assess survival, and evaluate the role of central venous catheters in neonates with bacterial endocarditis. METHODOLOGY:Index cases were identified by retrospective review of the echocard...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Opie GF,Fraser SH,Drew JH,Drew S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome, a severe neurodevelopmental disorder occurring almost exclusively in females, is thought to be the second most common cause of profound mental retardation in females after Down syndrome. Recent genetic advances suggest the gene for Rett syndrome to be located on the distal arm of the X chromosome, Xq28....

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ellaway C,Christodoulou J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that the rapid rise in Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) antimicrobial resistance seen in other countries may have commenced in Australia. Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage and resistance levels are described for urban Northern Territory children in day care. METHODS:A prospective cohort study...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Skull S,Shelby-James T,Morris P,Perez G,Yonovitz A,Krause V,Roberts L,Leach A

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecthyma gangrenosum is a manifestation of cutaneous infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The lesion may be associated with immunocompromise, in particular neutropenia. We present a case of ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy child who 3 months later developed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; we use this to illus...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Pouryousefi A,Foland J,Michie C,Cummins M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the usefulness of a microelectronic tablet-dispenser for monitoring adherence to preventive therapy for tuberculosis infection in adolescents. METHODOLOGY:Twenty-one patients with positive Mantoux tests were treated with isoniazid (INH), dispensed in a microelectronic tablet-dispenser that recor...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Starr M,Sawyer SM,Carlin JB,Powell C,Newman RG,Johnson P

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) deficiency in a full-term Chinese neonate, who presented with atypical biochemical features of hyperammonaemia in addition to the classical presenting features of jaundice and lethargy after feeding. Red cell GALT activity was virtually absent in the ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Cheung KL,Tang N,Hsiao KJ,Law LK,Wong W,Ng PC,Pang CP,Applegarth DA,Fok TF,Hjelm NM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the usefulness of a microelectronic tablet-dispenser for monitoring adherence to preventive therapy for tuberculosis infection in adolescents. METHODOLOGY:Twenty-one patients with positive Mantoux tests were treated with isoniazid (INH), dispensed in a microelectronic tablet-dispenser that recor...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Starr M,Sawyer S,Carlin J,Powell C,Newman R,Johnson P

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To discuss treatment modalities for subglottic haemangioma (SGH). METHODOLOGY:Case report of two children definitively managed by different modalities. RESULTS:Management by CO2 laser vaporization in one child, and laser followed by interferon 2-alpha in the second child were both successful in controlling ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Walker P,Cooper D,MacDonald D

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atopic dermatitis is a disorder with considerable social and financial costs. A recent Australian study indicates that the family stress related to the care of a child with moderate or severe atopic dermatitis is significantly greater than that of care of children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The factors ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kemp AS

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop national charts of birthweight percentiles by gestational age and infant sex for liveborn twins born in Australia. METHODOLOGY:National data on live twin births to non-Indigenous Australian-born mothers during 1991-94 were derived from perinatal data collected by midwives in each State and Territo...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Roberts CL,Lancaster PA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) are reported who presented in the neonatal period with profound failure to thrive, cardio-respiratory distress, precocious puberty and Cushing's syndrome for which both underwent bilateral adrenalectomy. Both girls had also bilateral nephrocalcinosis; in one case that may ha...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bareille P,Azcona C,Stanhope R

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse hospital readmissions to 1 year in infants < 33 weeks' gestation. STUDY DESIGN:Cohort of very preterm infants born in Western Australia. METHODS:Parental social class, history of asthma, race, gestational age, birthweight, sex, severity of respiratory disease and oxygen requirement at 28 days chr...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Elder DE,Hagan R,Evans SF,Benninger HR,French NP

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Parental alcohol misuse exposes children to risk, but is poorly identified in paediatric settings. We aimed to (i) measure the alcohol use in parents of a sample of children attending emergency and (ii) assess the quality of documentation of this alcohol use by paediatric residents. METHOD:Parents of childr...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sharma S,Llewelyn K,Jureidini J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To detail the acute and chronic paediatric service and community-orientated activities and responsibilities of community-based general paediatricians. METHODOLOGY:Data were collected over the 12 months July 1996 to June 1997 relevant to (i) acute neonatology and paediatrics, (ii) the different community paed...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Hewson PH,Anderson PK,Dinning AH,Jenner BM,McKellar WJ,Weymouth RD,Gollan RA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare botulinum toxin A injections with fixed plaster cast stretching in the management of cerebral palsied children with dynamic (i.e. non-fixed) calf tightness. METHODS:The settings were the Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) and the Crippled Children's Association of South Australia (CCA), Adelaid...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Flett PJ,Stern LM,Waddy H,Connell TM,Seeger JD,Gibson SK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To highlight the increase in the number of cases of clonidine overdose admitted to a specialist paediatric hospital, with particular reference to the clinical features, clinical course and circumstances surrounding the incident. METHODS:Cases of clonidine overdose were identified by review of the emergency d...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kappagoda C,Schell DN,Hanson RM,Hutchins P

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) in screening very low birthweight (VLBW) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) graduates for hearing loss in comparison with visual reinforcement orientation audiology (VROA) at 10 months. METHODOLOGY:The study population was all VLBW neonat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Gill AW,Gosling D,Kelly C,Walker P,Wooderson S

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the perceptions of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and to describe the role of cultural beliefs and practices on child rearing amongst Thai mothers in Victoria, Australia. METHODOLOGY:In-depth interviews and participant observation conducted with 30 Thai mothers during 1995-96. RESULTS:SIDS w...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Rice PL,Naksook C

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the neurobehavioural outcome of children aged 6-12 years with severe closed head injury [sCHI] (coma > 24 h), mild-to-moderate head injury [mCHI] (coma < 6 h) and orthopaedic controls. METHODS:Twenty-nine children in each group, matched for age, sex and ethnicity, were assessed using the Glasgow ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ong LC,Chandran V,Zasmani S,Lye MS

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The need for a skilled neonatal resuscitator in the form of a paediatrician or paediatric registrar to attend a vaginal delivery or Caesarean section (CS) is not clearly defined. This study was undertaken in order to ascertain the level of resuscitation a neonate might require dependent on the delivery mode a...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Parsons SJ,Sonneveld S,Nolan T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00