April 2009
16 posts
[Leading articles] The care of children in... →
Background: More than 30,000,000 children receive care in emergency departments each year, of which approximately 20% receive care by pediatric emergency medicine physicians (PEMPs) defined as…
[Review] Should we aspire to screen preschool... →
Life-course persistent conduct disorder is a major public health problem with implications for individual health and for society at large. Recent evidence has shown that treatment can be…
[Papers] Meconium-stained amniotic fluid:... →
Background: Most infants born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) are observed clinically for 24 hours postnatally. Only 5% of infants born through MSAF develop the meconium aspiration…
[Original articles] Changes in care and outcome of... →
Objective: To assess evolutions in the care and health of very preterm babies between 1998 and 2003 after implementation of a regionalisation policy in France.
Design: Comparison of two…
[Papers] Short term outcomes following... →
Aim: To describe neonatal outcomes following intrauterine transfusion (IUT) for severe rhesus isoimmunisation over a twelve year period (1993-2004).
Results: 116 neonates were identified who…
[Original articles] The Young Everest Study:... →
Objectives: To assess the effect of altitude and acclimatisation on cardio-respiratory function and well-being in healthy children.
Methods: A daily symptom diary, serial measurements of…
[Leading articles] The care of children in... →
Background: More than 30,000,000 children receive care in emergency departments each year, of which approximately 20% receive care by pediatric emergency medicine physicians (PEMPs) defined as…
[Original articles] Monitoring of home safety... →
Objective: To assess the safety aspects of carers enteral feeding (EF) technique when home tube feeding (HETF) children with inherited metabolic disorders (IMD).
Methods: 40 patients (median…
[Papers] Chlamydia trachomatis respiratory... →
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial pathogen causing sexually transmitted infections in Dutch adults. As prenatal screening for C. trachomatis and treatment of pregnant women is not…
[Papers] Making Choices: Why parents present to... →
Making choices: Why parents present to the emergency department for non-urgent care.
Objectives: This study aims to provide a better understanding of the motivations and actions of parents of…
[Papers] Effect of a minimal pharmacy intervention... →
Objective: To study the effectiveness of a minimal intervention strategy to improve the adherence to paediatric asthma guidelines.
Design and setting: A group of pharmacists was encouraged to…
[Original articles] Review of the efficacy of... →
Introduction: The aim of this prospective audit was to assess the effectiveness and safety of rectal paraldehyde in the management of acute, including prolonged, tonic-clonic convulsions. There…
[Original articles] Potential hazard of the... →
Objective: To assess (i) Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP), Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) and maximum pressure relief (Pmax) at different rates of gas flow, when the Neopuff had been set…
[Original articles] Survival rates of extremely... →
Background: Because ethical decision making in the care of extremely preterm infants varies widely across Europe, the Swiss Society of Neonatology decided to publish its own guidelines on the…
[Original articles] Clinical Features of Pulmonary... →
Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has been linked to mutations in genes encoding two members of the transforming growth factor-β family, BMPR2 and ALK1, the latter of which is…
[Original articles] Review of the efficacy of... →
Introduction: The aim of this prospective audit was to assess the effectiveness and safety of rectal paraldehyde in the management of acute, including prolonged, tonic-clonic convulsions. There…