abstract：AIM:To characterise the physical, psychological, and quality of life burden associated with serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in children. METHODS:Children aged up to 14 years at the time of serogroup B IMD, who were admitted to intensive care units of two tertiary paediatric hospitals in New South Wale...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Deng L,Barton B,Lorenzo J,Rashid H,Dastouri F,Booy R

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the variation in volumes and types of paediatric presentations to a tertiary emergency department in New Zealand during the national level 4 lockdown for COVID-19. METHODS:A retrospective, comparative cohort study in Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department, New Zealand. RESULTS:There was a 37% redu...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bothara RK,Raina A,Carne B,Walls T,McCombie A,Ardagh MW,Joyce LR

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the differences in return to work time after childbirth; the differences in income; and the differences in out of pocket health-care costs between mothers who had a preterm birth and mothers who delivered a full term baby in Australia. METHODS:Using administrative data, the length of time and 'risk' of ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Fox H,Callander E

更新日期：2021-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study reviewed the experience of a tertiary paediatric surgery and obstetric centre on prenatal counselling of congenital surgical anomalies and to explore the role of paediatric surgeons on perinatal outcomes of antenatally detected anomalies. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of all antenatal consultations a...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Fung ACH,Kan ASY,Chung PH,Shek NWM,Chan IHY,Wong KKY

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study examined the prevalence and risk factors of fine motor delay in Australian pre-school children from low-income communities. METHODS:Children from the Early Start Baseline Study completed the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (3rd edn.). Age, sex, executive function and family characteristics were assessed a...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Strooband KFB,de Rosnay M,Okely AD

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To quantify the frequency of emergency department (ED) presentations and profile the socio-demographic, health and presentation characteristics of paediatric ED frequent presenters. METHODS:A population-based data linkage study of 55 921 children in the South Australian Early Childhood Data Project aged 0-12 years...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Procter AM,Gialamas A,Pilkington RM,Montgomerie A,Chittleborough CR,Smithers LG,Lynch JW

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globally, COVID-19 lockdown measures have exposed children to more sexual, physical and emotional abuse and neglect. Although the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have long-lasting adverse psychological effects on children, there have been comparatively few studies on children's health as compared with adults, particula...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Sserwanja Q,Kawuki J,Kim JH

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Legal and clinical complexities surrounding consent to medical treatment for trans and gender diverse (TGD) youth in Australia continue to develop. New Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines have also introduced substantial clinical developments. Significant changes to legal principles from court decisi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Jowett S,Mathews B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the multi-disciplinary child protection teams which administer the National Child Protection Alert System in District Health Boards in New Zealand and the understanding and perceptions of that system held by team members. METHODS:This is a mixed-method observational study. In December 2016 and January ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kelly P,Basu C,Graham VT,Chan C,Ritchie M,Wilson D,Seymour F

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the success rates and predictors of safety fast test among neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit for hypoglycemia. METHODS:A retrospective review of neonates transferred from the newborn nursery unit to the neonatal intensive care unit for intravenous dextrose therapy for hypoglycemi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Olowoyeye A,Eisenberg R,Kim M,Havranek T

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study compared the outcomes of patients with biliary atresia (BA) treated according to a standardised protocol with historical patients. METHODS:This is a single-centred retrospective study of BA patients treated from 1980 to 2016. A standardised treatment protocol was established since 2008 regarding peri-op...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chung PH,Wong KK,Tam PK

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe patterns of injury from window and balcony falls in children presenting to a tertiary paediatric trauma centre in New South Wales. METHODS:A retrospective review of cases of children <15 years who had sustained injuries in a fall from a building, identified from the trauma database between 1998 and 201...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Houlton AY,Manglick P,Soundappan SSV,Douglass C,Wicks S,Holland AJA,Cass DT

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Pain associated with immunisations can result in distress and/or anxiety for children and parents. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of two novel devices; Coolsense (cold) and Buzzy (vibration ± cooling pads) versus standard care to minimise pain during immunisations. We also evaluated compliance to the...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Jenkins N,Orsini F,Elia S,Perrett K

更新日期：2020-10-24 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：:Clinical audits should underpin everything we do as clinicians - to constantly evaluate and improve our day-to-day clinical practice. Errors in practice, suboptimal practice or inefficiencies can occur in any part of our health-care system, despite the training and best intentions of health-care professionals. Audits ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Skull S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Our aim was to identify the clinical features and outcome of multidrug resistant Candida auris (CA) infection in neonates. METHODS:This is a retrospective case cohort study of 17 neonates who developed sepsis caused by CA infection in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit over 3 years. The risk factors, cli...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chandramati J,Sadanandan L,Kumar A,Ponthenkandath S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the feasibility of a two-stage screening strategy for otitis media with effusion (OME) in pre-school and school children. The risk factors of OME were also studied. METHODS:One hundred and eighty-nine children aged 4-8 years were recruited. The two-stage screening consisted of an on-site screening with...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yang J,Zhang H,Zhao N,Shi ZG,Xu A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is a rare, chronic, relapsing immune/antigen-mediated disease characterised by symptoms of oesophageal dysfunction, with a paucity of data among New Zealand (NZ) children. This 3-year prospective study aimed to characterise EoE diagnosed nationally and to describe initial treatment s...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Roberts AJ,Day AS,Sinclair J,Dickson N,Porter J,Wellington G,Evans HM

更新日期：2020-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Handovers have been established as a valuable educational tool; nevertheless, a paucity of literature exists evaluating contributors to the educational experience. Our study aimed to investigate participants' educational experiences based on a paediatric handover, and the facilitators and barriers towards teaching ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Ooi A,Bradley S,Mukherjee S,Stafford K,Henning MA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study was designed to investigate whether the playing-back of the recorded maternal voice through the headphones to children undergoing bilateral ophthalmic surgery has clinical effects on the incidence of emergence agitation, and the anaesthesia recovery course. METHODS:In this prospective, blinded and rando...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yang YY,Zhang MZ,Sun Y,Peng ZZ,Liu PP,Wang YT,Zheng JJ,Wu JZ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder presenting in children aged 2-4 years with seizures and loss of motor and language skills, followed by blindness and death in late childhood. Initial presenting features are similar to a range of common epilepsi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Johnson AM,Mandelstam S,Andrews I,Boysen K,Yaplito-Lee J,Fietz M,Nagarajan L,Rodriguez-Casero V,Ryan MM,Smith N,Scheffer IE,Ellaway C

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Donor selection for milk banks is essential to ensure the safety and nutritional quality of the donor milk, and to ensure that the prospective donor and her breastfeeding infant do not come to harm through donating. Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Milk went through a robust process to develop a set of criteria for t...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Clifford V,Sulfaro C,Lee J,Pink J,Hoad V

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Fetal bowel dilatation (FBD) in the late trimester of pregnancy can be related with varies of prognosis. Our aims were to obtain antenatal factors that might have relevance for the distinct prognosis with FBD. METHODS:Seven features of 68 pregnancies presented with FBD were assessed. The best cut-off value to pred...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Huang L,Huang D,Wang H,Zhang X,Yu H,Yang P

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In families with infants between the ages of 6 and 18 months, sleep disruption can be significant, often putting parents at risk of a range of negative psychological and psychosocial consequences. Commonly prescribed sleep interventions typically involve 'extinction' methods, which require parents to completely or per...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Blunden S,Dawson D

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lidocaine-based teething gels have been widely available in Australia for decades in both commercial preparations and those compounded by pharmacies. However, many case reports have highlighted potential risks and toxicity associated with lidocaine-based teething gels when used in infants and young children, including...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Teoh L,Moses GM

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：AIM:Footprints have long been used as proxy measures of foot morphology, yet there is little consensus regarding footprints versus measures of foot posture, which address foot anatomy directly. Foot posture in children can be a confusing clinical presentation, with previous studies both supporting and refuting the rela...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Gijon-Nogueron G,Marchena-Rodriguez A,Montes-Alguacil J,Evans AM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the association of life-style factors, including second-hand smoke, with dental caries among 3-year-old children in Wuxi, China. METHODS:A multi-stage stratified random cluster sampling method was used, and 283 children were recruited. The prevalence of dental caries was 29.3% (83/283). RESULTS:Univari...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Tang SD,Zhang YX,Chen LM,Wang YY,Cheng Y,Tang LQ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Despite targeting newborns at risk of hypoglycaemia based on clinical characteristics, blood glucose measured at 1 and 4 h of age is frequently normal. Identification of at-risk newborns at the greatest risk of hypoglycaemia would allow more targeted, earlier intervention. We aimed to determine the ability of calcu...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Kennedy LML,Crawford TM,Andersen CC,Stark MJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Chest compression depth (CCD) decreases significantly when performing one-handed chest compression (OHCC). We modified OHCC posture to increase CCD as follows: first, the axis of the compression hand was adjusted to the compression area; second, the opposite hand was wrapped around the elbow of the compression arm....

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Lee SS,Lee SD,Oh JH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Many Australian children have dental decay in their deciduous teeth. Poor oral health can negatively impact a child's ability to eat, speak, sleep and socialise, with adverse impacts later in life. Paediatricians are well placed to examine children's teeth and to provide advice and education about oral health. Usin...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Koirala A,O'Connor E,Widmer R,Kilpatrick N,Goldfeld S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of propranolol treatment in multifocal and diffuse infantile hepatic haemangioma (IHH). METHODS:A retrospective study of symptomatic or potentially symptomatic IHH was performed in our hospital between 2011 and 2016. RESULTS:Thirteen patients were identified: 2 pat...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Yang K,Peng S,Chen L,Chen S,Ji Y

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient restraint in health care is currently under intense review. There are two disparate groups that should be considered. First, infants and young children are commonly restrained while undergoing simple medical procedures such as venepuncture or immunisation, and this practice may be better framed as 'hugging' no...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Preisz A,Preisz P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In complex decisions, there are times when there may be a conflict between the recommendations from clinical practice guidelines and the outcome of a shared decision-making process between the clinician and the patient. Sticking rigidly to practice guidelines can be seen as paternalistic and even dismissive of a patie...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Gray B,Coker TR

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paediatric Cryptococcus gattii disease is rare, with only two previous cases recorded in the Northern Territory (NT) over the last 54 years. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a recognised complication of C. gattii infection, even in the absence of an identified immunodeficiency syndrome; ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： O'Brien MP,Ford TJ,Currie BJ,Francis JR

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We wanted to investigate serum levels of ghrelin and leptin - appetite-regulating hormones - and their correlation with the nutritional status of children with neurogenic bladder (NB) due to myelomeningocele (MMC) in comparison to healthy individuals. METHODS:This prospective analysis was conducted on 67 children ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Bagińska JO,Liszewska A,Wasilewska A,Korzeniecka-Kozerska A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the overnight 12-hour oximetry component of 24-hour oximetry recordings with the complete 24-h recording in terms of cardiorespiratory status data in preterm infants. METHODS:Preterm infants from the Wellington neonatal intensive care unit underwent a 24-h pulse oximetry recording immediately prior to d...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wellington G,Campbell AJ,Elder DE

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Chronic respiratory disease is common among Aboriginal Australians. Chronic wet cough is an early marker of chronic disease in children but often goes undetected due, in part, to delayed health seeking by families. Currently, no studies have examined the reasons for delayed health seeking for children's chronic cou...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： D'Sylva P,Walker R,Lane M,Chang AB,Schultz A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to assess the receipt of recommended care for young children with sickle cell disease (SCD) in a central SCD clinic in Kampala Uganda, focusing on standard vaccination and antibacterial and antimalarial prophylaxis. METHODS:A cross-sectional assessment of immunisation status and timeliness and prescribed ...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Chen CJ,Bakeera-Kitaka S,Mupere E,Kasirye P,Munube D,Idro R,Hume H,Pfeffer B,LaRussa P,Green NS

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Peer review is one component of the improvement of diabetes care delivered by the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales. Queensland has a decentralised model of service provision with an established state diabetes network. METHODS:The NHS scheme was adapted for use in Australia, and seven trained revi...

journal_title：Journal of paediatrics and child health

authors： Wales J,Yates J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00