June 2008
30 posts
“Teachers”
[Leading articles] Child poverty in perspective:... →
The recently published UNICEF review of child well-being [1] concluded that children in the UK had the worst level of well-being of the 21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development…
[Original articles] The role of post-mortem... →
Introduction: Several autopsy protocols have been suggested for investigating sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI). The aim of this study is to provide data on the utility of such…
[Original articles] Physical activity at the... →
Background: In the UK and US, Government guidelines for childhood physical activity have been set (≥60mins/day at ≥3 METs), and BMI chosen as the outcome measure.
Aim: To determine the extent…
[Review] Cerebrovascular disease and stroke →
Stroke and cerebrovascular disorders are important causes of morbidity and mortality in children, already amongst the top 10 causes of childhood death and probably increasing in prevalence. Acute…
[Original articles] Nursing workload in UK... →
Background Neonatal intensive care requires adequate numbers of trained neonatal nurses to provide safe, effective care; but existing research into the relation between nurse numbers and the care…
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– Air Travel
“Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will...”
– Calvin Coolidge [Found at Juicy Tidbits]
[Original articles] Explaining Educational... →
Background: Although a low socioeconomic status has consistently been associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, little is known about the pathways through which socioeconomic…
[Leading articles] Decisions for life made in the... →
Central to the purpose of perinatal medicine and neonatal care are three clinical aims: to save the lives of infants with treatable conditions, to minimize needless suffering and indignity, and to…
[Original articles] Reducing errors in the... →
Objective: To verify the usefulness and reliability of a software tool we developed to help to apply the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines 2004 on hyperbilirubinemia according to the…
[Original articles] Respiratory health in... →
Rationale: Increasing survival at extremely low gestation is associated with very high rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, but is rarely quantified.
Objectives: To identify respiratory…
[Review] Viral infections in children with cancer →
In severely immunocompromized patients, the diagnosis of viral infections relies on PCR/RT-PCR-based methods. The availability of these modern diagnostic tools contributes to a timely diagnosis,…
[Original articles] Epidemiology and treatment... →
Objective: To describe the recent trends in demographic, clinical or microbiological characteristics and outcome of treatment of paediatric cases.
Design: National Surveillance Study
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[Review] Predicting death in children →
It is rare for paediatric palliative medicine physicians to have to break news of a diagnosis of a life-limiting condition (LLC). Usually that has been done weeks or months before. It is much…
[Leading articles] Why is the evidence not... →
Fever is a very common complaint in children and is the single most common non-trauma-related reason for a visit to the emergency department.1 Parents are concerned about fever and it’s potential…
[Papers] Delayed diagnosis in Type 1 diabetes... →
Children with suspected type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) should have same day referral to a paediatric diabetes team.
99 children (54 male, median age 10.5 years (range 0.9 -15.9)) were diagnosed…
[Original articles] Prevalence of atopy in... →
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of chronic constipation (CC) in unselected children, its association with atopy, and the efficacy of a cow’s milk protein (CMP) elimination diet on…
“Is 200,000 per person a bit too lavish, especially considering our current...”
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House fly invasion 2008: is a diarrhoeal epidemic... →
Last year, around June, I issued a public health warning on a house fly invasion in Male’ via this blog. That time, as was expected, a surge in diarrhoeal disease incidence was noted. Several…
[Leading articles] Forty years later -... →
Forty years have passed since medical professionals in the United States were first required to report all cases of suspected child abuse to state child protective service agencies. Despite the…
[Review] The treatment of bronchiolitis →
Bronchiolitis is the commonest reason for hospital admission in infancy and the most frequent cause of acute respiratory failure in children admitted to paediatric intensive care units in the UK…
[Leading articles] Forty years later -... →
Forty years have passed since medical professionals in the United States were first required to report all cases of suspected child abuse to state child protective service agencies. Despite the…
[Original articles] Assessing SHOs perceptions of... →
Objective: To identify trainers, senior house officers (SHOs) and their nursing colleagues perceptions of learning on a neonatal unit.
Design: Three questionnaires were administered to staff…
[Original articles] Outcomes of febrile children... →
Background: Evaluation of children with fever without localizing signs (FWLS) is largely unchanged in the United States since 1993 despite reduced invasive disease after Haemophilus influenzae…
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– Response fromEbay while trying to purchase Sony DSLR lens
“Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.”
– Ralph W. Sockman (via enquotations)
“Of course I’m crazy, but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong.”
– Robert Anton Wilson (via affremblequotes)
A dengue alert, finally......but hold on....is...
I was just browsing through the internet looking for interesting news when I found an article on Minivan News website. The article spoke about the Worldcue alert issued by Maldivian Red Crecent Association on Dengue and Chikungunya. I thought to myself; finally! But then, reading through the article I noted a statement that Minivan report as quoting Mr Afaal of ADK hospital “He also...