October 2009
13 posts
Enhanced surveillance of methicillin-resistant... →
Objective: To determine the incidence and demographic features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia in children in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and to characterise…
Could CT-scan avoid unnecessary flexible... →
Background: Systematic flexible bronchoscopy (FB) is advocated in the initial management of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis.
Methods: Our aim was to describe and to compare the systematic FB…
Anger, depression and anxiety associated with... →
Objective: Psychosocial adversity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults. We assessed associations of reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) – a measure of…
Respiratory syncytial virus, human bocavirus and... →
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of 14 viruses in infants with bronchiolitis and to study demographic and clinical differences in those with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human…
Pain in neonates during screening for retinopathy... →
Objective: To compare the pain experienced by premature infants undergoing screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) by wide-field digital retinal imaging (WFDRI) and binocular indirect…
Additional value of 2-channel amplitude integrated... →
Background: aEEG is a valuable tool for evaluating neonatal encephalopathy and identification of electrographic seizures.
Objective: To compare seizure activity and background pattern (BGP)…
Pediatrician's responses to an evidence summary... →
Introduction: Renal tract imaging after urinary tract infection (UTI) has been widely recommended but clinical practice varies substantially among pediatricians.
Aim: To describe changes in…
Errors in Emergency Feeds in Inherited Metabolic... →
Objective: Glucose polymer based emergency feeds (EF), used during illness to prevent metabolic decompensation and encephalopathy in inherited metabolic disorders, should be produced accurately…
Comparison of Interferon-gamma release assays and... →
Background: The value of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) to diagnose active tuberculosis (TB) in children is not established, but these assays are being widely used for this purpose. We…
'Ethnicity testing' before adoption; a help or... →
Several different companies now sell ‘DNA ancestry’ or ‘ethnicity’ testing kits via the internet. A small sample of a person’s blood or saliva can be sent via the post, its DNA extracted, and a…
Implementation of "The Consensus Statement for the... →
The diagnosis of severe type 1 SMA should be confirmed by an expert in paediatric neuromuscular disease. Invasive investigations are not usually necessary as the diagnosis is confirmed with a DNA…
Automated Microscopy, Dipsticks and the Diagnosis... →
Objectives: Automated microscopy (AM) is increasingly used to screen samples for suspected urinary tract infection (UTI). A 98.8% negative predictive value has been reported in adult studies. The…
Swine flu: what parents need to know [Original... →
We are now facing the first flu pandemic in the age of the internet: on-line advice is proliferating almost as rapidly as the virus itself. With so much instantly available and constantly updated…