September 2008
24 posts
[Original articles] Early introduction of fish... →
Background: The prevalence of eczema in infants has increased in western societies. It has been suggested that environmental factors and the introduction of food affect the risk of eczema.
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The Milk scare →
The news of young infants dying as a result of illnesses cause by consumption of Melamine tainted-milk in China has been making the international news headlines for the past week or so. Two…
[Original articles] Prospective cohort study to... →
Objective: To develop and test the predictability of a paediatric early warning score to identify children at risk of developing critical illness.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting:…
The threat of an impending pay cut!
With the rise in cost of living, every Maldivian on a payroll has been wishing for a pay rise to cope with the inflated financial insecurities of our times. We have all been expecting, or should I say, wishing for, such a change, regardless of the outcome of the October 8 election. But who said we’d get what we wish for? If what I heard today is more than just rumours, a significant number of us;...
[Original articles] Neonatal infections in Asia →
Objective: To study the epidemiology of neonatal unit infections in countries in Asia, including incidence, antibiotic sensitivity and mortality.
Methods: One year prospective study of…
[Original articles] Investigating the variations... →
Objective: To investigate the variation in the survival rate and the mortality rates for very preterm infants across Europe.
Design: A prospective birth cohort of very preterm infants for ten…
[Original articles] Intelligence of Very Preterm... →
Objective: To examine the impact of intrauterine as well as neonatal growth, prematurity, personal and environmental risk factors on intelligence in adulthood in survivors of the early neonatal…
[Original articles] Emotional, behavioural, and... →
Objective: To examine the emotional, behavioural, and social correlates of missing values for Body Mass Index (BMI) in a nationally representative sample of Portuguese youth.
Design and…
[Original articles] The viral aetiology of croup... →
Background: Historically croup was subdivided into classic “viral” croup with associated viral URTI, and recurrent or spasmodic croup where asthma and allergies were thought more important.
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[Original articles] Sterile site infection at... →
Objective: To examine and compare bacteriological findings at autopsy of cases of sudden unexpected infant death and those of deaths of other cause.
Design: autopsy report review of 130 SIDS…
Blood culture tests temporarily discontinued at... →
Both IGMH laboratory and ADK laboratory has had to stop doing blood culture tests for out-patients for the past one week! Three of my own patients, for whom I had requested Blood Culture tests (among…
[Original articles] The relationship between... →
Context: Maternal depression and in-home violence are independently associated with using physical punishment on children; however, the combined impact of these factors is unknown, as is the…
[Papers] Newborns at risk of sensorineural hearing... →
Objective: To identify factors placing newborns at risk of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in hospital-settings and evaluate their usefulness for targeted screening where resources for…
[Original articles] A paediatric telecardiology... →
Objectives: To compare caseloads of new patients assessed by paediatric cardiologists face-to-face or during teleconferences, and assess NHS costs for the alternative referral arrangements.
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[Papers] Sleep problems in a Down syndrome... →
Objective: To determine the prevalence of sleep problems in children with Down syndrome.
Design and setting: A community prevalence study in a child population of 100,000 in England.
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[Review] Review of paediatric cardiology services... →
The recent Healthcare Commission report has highlighted wide variations in paediatric services available to children in hospitals across the United Kingdom 1. This is certainly the case for…
[Original articles] Intramuscular adrenaline does... →
Aim: To test whether intramuscular injection of 30 µg adrenaline reduces the incidence of respiratory distress and hypoglycaemia in term infants delivered by elective caesarean section before…
[Original articles] Evaluation of portal venous... →
Background: Early diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is difficult but essential for timely therapy. The diagnostic hallmarks and specific radiologic signs for NEC are pneumatosis…
[Original articles] Gastroesophageal reflux... →
Objective: To document the existence of a relationship between apnea of prematurity (AOP) and gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in preterm infants.
Setting: One Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
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[Original articles] Retinopathy of prematurity in... →
Aim: To compare the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants compared to appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) infants undergoing eye screening in…
[Original articles] The effects of bilingualism on... →
Objectives: To document distinct patterns of language use by bilingual children (use of an alternative language exclusively, LE, or along with English, BIL). To establish how these patterns…
[Original articles] Surveillance of physical... →
Objective: Public health surveillance of physical activity in children in the UK depends on a parent-reported physical activity questionnaire which has not been validated. We aimed to validate…
Antibiotics out of stock in Male'! →
Pharmacies around Male’ have run out of three commonly used injectible antibiotics! Ampiclox (a combination of Ampicillin and Cloxacillin) has not been available for a few days and today caretakers…