Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition articles from January 2001

Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition archives from January 2001

The need for and the role of a coordinator in child health surveillance/promotion.
January 1, 2001... In an important sense, the clinical consultation is the primary activity of medicine, and its autonomy should be the basic principle around which the health service is organised. [1] In the case of the individual consultation initiated by...

Complementary and alternative medicine for children: does it work?
January 1, 2001... Abstract Paediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine is common and increasing, particularly for the sickest children. This review discusses the various options available including dietary supplements, hypnosis, massage,...

Oleander poisoning.
January 1, 2001... The nerium and yellow oleander are both poisonous plants. Accidental poisoning can occur by ingestion (as little as one leaf of the nerium oleander may be lethal in children), by inhalation of smoke from burning oleander, or from the use of...

Health of teenagers in residential care: comparison of data held by care staff with data in community child health records.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To identify whether there are gaps in information available to care staff about the health related needs of one group of teenagers in residential care which could be addressed by reviewing the community child health records....

Cochlear implantation.(for children)
January 1, 2001... For most children with impaired hearing, an acoustic hearing aid is the means through which they hear speech. For the few who cannot achieve speech perception in this way cochlear implantation may be necessary. Throughout the world some 10 000...

Economic evaluation of strategies for managing crying and sleeping problems.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To estimate the financial cost to the NHS of infant crying and sleeping problems in the first 12 weeks of age and to assess the cost effectiveness of behavioural and educational interventions aimed at reducing infant crying...

Continued increase in the prevalence of asthma and atopy.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To describe the change in the prevalence of wheeze, diagnosed asthma, and atopy in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, between 1992 and 1997, and to compare this to the increase in prevalence reported between 1982 and 1992. ...

Changes in the epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome in Sweden 1973-1996.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Background--From the early 1970s to the early 1990s, there was a significant rise in the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Scandinavia. Following the risk reducing campaign, the incidence has fallen to about the...

Parents' interpretations of children's respiratory symptoms on video.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To investigate how parents report children's respiratory sounds on video compared to a clinical "gold standard". Methods--Five clinicians agreed on 10 video clips of children with audible breathing. These responses were...

Survey of respiratory sounds in infants.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Over the last decade there has been an apparent increase in childhood wheeze. We speculated that much of the reported increase may be attributed to the term wheeze being adopted by parents to describe a variety of...

Birth weight [less than]1501 g and respiratory health at age 14.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To determine the respiratory health in adolescence of children of birth weight [less than]1501 g, and to compare the results with normal birthweight controls. Methods--Prospective cohort study of children born in the...

Randomised controlled trial of the effect of ventilation tubes (grommets) on quality of life at age 1-2 years.(treatment of otitis media with effusion)
January 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To study the effect of treatment with ventilation tubes on quality of life in children aged 1-2 years with persistent otitis media with effusion (OME), as compared to watchful waiting. Methods--Multicentre randomised...

Nocturnal oximetry in infants with cystic fibrosis.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To investigate whether children with cystic fibrosis under 3 years of age have disordered breathing and episodes of oxygen desaturation during sleep. Methods--We studied 19 infants (9 boys and 10 girls) with cystic...

The prognosis of cyclical vomiting syndrome.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--The medium term prognosis of cyclical vomiting syndrome (CVS) was studied to determine the proportion of affected individuals who had gone on to develop headaches fulfilling the International Headache Society criteria for...

Helping disaster victims.
January 1, 2001... A doctor working for the disaster relief programme of the Pan American Health Organisation and the World Health Organisation (Claude de Ville de Goyet. Lancet 2000;356: 762-4) has made some pungent points about response to disasters. He...

A severe genotype with favourable outcome in very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
January 1, 2001... Abstract A patient with very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency is reported. He had a severe neonatal presentation and cardiomyopathy. He was found to be homozygous for a severe mutation with no residual enzyme activity....

Polio eradication.
January 1, 2001... Perhaps it's too early for a full throated crow but we're nearly there, you know: polio should soon go the way of smallpox. In 1999 there were just over 7000 cases of poliomyelitis in the world and during the first half of 2000 there were under...

Low grade astrocytomas in the West of Scotland 1987-96: treatment, outcome, and cognitive functioning.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Low grade astrocytomas are among the most common central nervous system tumours in children. Aims--To identify risk factors for the development of persistent intellectual handicap. Methods--The notes of 30...

Infantile torticollis.
January 1, 2001... Does early treatment of infantile torticollis prevent established deformity needing surgery? Do all babies with a sternomastoid tumour need passive muscle stretching manoeuvres? A large series from Hong Kong (JCY Cheng and colleagues. Journal...

Increased mortality in cartilage--hair hypoplasia.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Background-Cartilage--hair hypoplasia (CHH) is an autosomal recessive chondrodysplasia with severe growth failure and impaired immunity. Impaired immunity may result in increased mortality. Aims--To follow a cohort of 120 CHH...

Use of acetazolamide to decrease cerebrospinal fluid production in chronically ventilated patients with ventriculopleural shunts.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Acetazolamide (ACTZ), a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, has been shown to decrease cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production in both in viva and in vitro animal models. We report two children with hydrocephalus who experienced multiple...

Medical ethics and Islam: principles and practice.
January 1, 2001... Abstract A minimum level of cultural awareness is a necessary prerequisite for the delivery of care that is culturally sensitive. In this paper we simplify and highlight certain key teachings in Islamic medical ethics and explore their...

A multicentre trial of recombinant growth hormone and low dose oestrogen in Turner syndrome: near final height analysis.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Turner syndrome accounts for 15-20% of childhood usage of growth hormone (GH) in the UK but final height benefit remains uncertain. The most effective strategy for oestrogen replacement is also unclear. ...

Ibuprofen for closure of patent ductus arteriosus.
January 1, 2001... Ibuprofen may have advantages over indomethacin for closure of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Although both drugs inhibit both cyclooxygenase I (COX I) and cyclooxygenase II (COX II), ibuprofen is a less potent inhibitor of COX I and,...

Paediatric prehospital care: postal survey of paramedic training managers.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Background--The process of prehospital care continues to develop in the UK. Aims--To evaluate the availability of important paediatric resuscitation equipment in emergency ambulances and the extent of paramedic training in...

Ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency.
January 1, 2001... The death of Jesse Gelsinger on 17 September 1999 had major effects on the gene therapy community. It brought to a halt a gene therapy clinical trial at the Institute of Human Gene Therapy, University of Pennsylvania, USA and brought to a wider...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... Use of cyclosporin A as a steroid sparing agent in cystic fibrosis EDITOR,--In cystic fibrosis (CF) chronic respiratory infection is countered by an intense inflammatory reaction. Systemic steroids have been shown to improve lung function...

Feeding Problems in Children: a practical guide.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Feeding Problems in Children: a practical guide. Edited by Southall A, Schwartz A. (Pp 280, paperback; [pound]19.95.) Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 1999. ISBN 1 85775 208 2 Given the wide prevalence of feeding problems in children and...

ABC of One to Seven.(Review)
January 1, 2001... ABC of One to Seven. Edited by Valman B. (Pp 146, paperback; [pound]14.95.) London: BMJ Publishing Group, 1999. ISBN 0 7279 1232 1 Share prices of dot.com companies have plummeted because, we are told, there are too many players in the...

CORRECTIONS.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2001... In a recent letter by Russell and Gillett (Arch Dis Child 2000;83:456), the sentence: "The in house assays used for AGA and EmA were performed on 10-20 ml of serum or plasma; thus capillary samples were more than adequate." should have read:...