Archives of Disease in Childhood articles from April 2001

Archives of Disease in Childhood archives from April 2001

Plenary Session I.
April 1, 2001... P1 THE MRC HIP TRIAL: A MULTICENTRE RANDOMISED TRIAL OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING IN INFANTS WITH CLINICAL HIP INSTABILITY DETECTED BY SCREENING C. Dezateux [1], D. Elbourne [2], R. Arthur [3], A. Quinn [4], A. King [4], G. Russell [5], N. Clarke...

Plenary Session II.
April 1, 2001... P5 A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF WEIGHT-BEARING STANDING PROGRAMME ON VERTEBRAL TRABECULAR BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN NON-AMBULANT CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY M.Z. Mughal, J.M. Caulton, G. Dunn, C. Allsop, J.E. Adams. St Mary's Hospital,...

Plenary Session III.
April 1, 2001... P9 ROUTINE NEONATAL EXAMINATION--EFFECTIVENESS OF PAEDIATRICIAN COMPARED TO ADVANCED NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONER T.W.R. Lee, R.E. Skelton, C. Skene. Department of Paediatrics, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Anlaby Road, Hull...

Plenary Session IV.
April 1, 2001... P13 DOUBLE BLIND COMPARISON OF 2 DOSES OF BOTULINUM TOXIN A INJECTED INTO THE CALF MUSCLES IN CHILDREN WITH HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY R.E. Morton [1], F. Polak [2], A. Wallace [3], F. Doderlein [4], A. Molton [5], C. Ward [6]. (1.)...

Plenary Session V.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... P18 THE EFFICACY OF PEAK FLOW-BASED SELF-MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA D. Wensley, M. Silverman. Leicester Children's Asthma Centre, UK It has not been established whether the addition of peak expiratory flow (PEF)...

Plenary Session VI.
April 1, 2001... P21 ARE CHILDREN IN THE UK DEVELOPING vCJD? THE BPSU STUDY OF PROGRESSIVE INTELLECTUAL AND NEUROLOGICAL DETERIORATION IN CHILDREN C. Verity, A. Nicoll, R. Will, G. Devereux, L. Stellitano. Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge; Communicable...

Plenary Session VII.
April 1, 2001... P26 THE FREQUENCY OF VISITS TO THE GP BEFORE THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE FIRST UTI: HAVE UTIs BEEN MISSED? J.H. van der Voort, A.G. Edwards [1], R. Roberts, R. Newcombe, K. Verrier Jones. Departments of Child Health and General Practice [1],...

Accident and Emergency/Intensive Care.
April 1, 2001... G1 IS GLASGOW MENINGOCOCCAL SEPTICAEMIA PROGNOSTIC SCORE (GMSPS) USEFUL IN PREDICTING MORTALITY IN SEVERE MENINGOCOCCAL SEPTIC SHOCK? S. Thayyil-Sudhan, M. Shenoy, D.K. Luyt. Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Leiceseer Royal Infirmary,...

Community.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G16 INFANT ANAEMIA: DIETARY-BUT WHOSE DIET? J. Muna, G. Debelle, P. Davies, S. Wilkes, R. Moy. Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust and Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust, UK Iron deficiency anaemia is a common...

Development and Disability.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G24 A CLINICAL EVALUATION OF VISION ASSESSMENT IN CHILDREN WITH SENSORI-NEURAL DEAFNESS R. Guy, J. Nicholson, S.S. Pannu, R. Holden. Ronnie MacKeith Child Development Centre, Derbyshire Childrens Hospital, Derby, UK Since 1991,...

Endocrinology and Diabetes.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G32 SCREENING FOR CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM (CH) IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY--PROBLEMS AND SUCCESSES AS SEEN BY A TREATING PAEDIATRIC IAN J.D. Hardy, R. Zayed, M. Salah. Department of Paediatrics, Tawam Hospital and Maternal and Child Health...

Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G47 PROSPECTIVE NATIONAL DATA ON INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN CHILDREN AGED LESS THAN FIVE YEARS A. Sawczenko [1], B. Sandhu [1], R. Logan, H. Jenkins, C. Taylor, S. Mian, R. Lynn. (1.) Institute of Child Health, Bristol, UK ...

Oncology and Haematology.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G65 INVESTIGATION OF MYC GENE AMPLIFICATION IN PAEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOURS C.D. Rajapakse, S. Ward, P. Finn, T.J. Warr. Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK Background: Brain tumours are the...

Perinatal.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G80 HEPATIC IRON STORAGE IN VLBW INFANTS AFTER MULTIPLE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS P.C. Ng, C.W.K. Lam [1], C.H. Lee, K.F. To [2], T.F. Fok, I.H.S. Chan [1] Department of Paediatrics, (1.) Department of Chemical Pathology, and (2.) Department...

General Paediatrics.(physician and patient communication)
April 1, 2001... G99 HOW DO PAEDIATRICIANS COMMUNICATE WITH CHILDREN? E. Wassmer, N. Abdel Aal, M. Atkinson, E. Gupta, G. Minnaar, S. Yuen, G. Rylance, General paediatrics Department, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK The outpatient clinic visit is...

Child Protection.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G109 NEURORADIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SUBDURAL HAEMORRHAGES S. Datta, N. Stoodley, S. Jayawant, A.M. Kemp. Dept of Neuroradiology and Child Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, UK Background: Most subdural haemorrhages (SDH) in...

Cardiology.
April 1, 2001... G113 DELIBERATE BRIDGING TO CARDIAC TRANSPLANT IN CHILDREN: THE UK EXPERIENCE J. Cassidy [1], J.H. Smith [1], A. Goldman [2], D. Macrae [3], E. Smith [2], S.R. Haynes [1], D. Bolton [1], J.R.L. Hamilton [1], A. Hasan [1], M. DeLeval [2]....

Computer and information.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G119 STRE@MLINE [much greater than] A CHILD-CENTRED WARD COMPUTER PROGRAMME INTEGRATING SERVICE AND TRAINING I.D. Spillman, A. Kirk. Macclesfield District General Hospital, Cheshire, UK Aims: To improve quality of care of In-Patients...

History of Paediatrics.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... G127 'THE CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN'. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILD HEALTH AND ADULT MORTALITY IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES B. Harris. Southampton University, UK This paper examines the relationship between recent work on the role...

International Child Health.(includes multiple articles)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G131 THE IMPACT OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RELATED HAZE ON VITAMIN D STATUS OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN DELHI, INDIA M.Z. Mughal, K. Agarwal, J.M. Puliyel, P. Upadhyay, J. Berry, E.B. Mawer. St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK; St Stephen's Hospital...

Neurology.(relationship between tuberous sclerosis and learning)
April 1, 2001... G140 EVIDENCE THAT IN TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS, INFANTILE SPASMS MAY RESULT IN LEARNING DIFFICULTY INDEPENDENTLY OF THE EFFECT OF CEREBRAL PATHOLOGY F.J.K. O'Callaghan [1], P. Bolton [2], C. Joinson [2], C. Martyn [3], M. Noakes [1], S. Renowden...

Pathology and Perinatal.
April 1, 2001... G145 TISSUE IRON STORES IN INFANCY AND THE SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME R.E. Miralles, M.J. Sharrard, A.S. Rigby, S. Variend, M.S. Tanner. Department of Paediatrics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Aim: To re-investigate the...

Psychiatry and Psychology.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G153 THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIAGENCY SERVICE FOR YOUNG SUBSTANCE MISUSERS L. Light, B. Singh. South Staffordshire Health Authority, UK Aims: Level 3 is a two-year project testing the feasibility of delivering a substance misuse...

Respiratory.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G160 PAEDIATRIC ASTHMA: WHO SHOULD WE ASK ABOUT IMPACT? D. Wensley M. Silverman. Leicester Children's Asthma Centre, UK Quality of life (QoL) measurement offers information about the impact of disease. Clinicians often...

Rheumatology.
April 1, 2001... G170 BRITISH ISLES LUPUS ASSESSMENT GROUP (BILAG) SCORING SYSTEM IN CHILDHOOD--ONSET SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS S.D. Marks [1 2], C. Pilkington', M.J. Dillon [1]. Departments of Nephrology [1] and Rheumatology [2] , Great Ormond Street...

Clinical Genetics.(includes multiple articles)
April 1, 2001... G176 CURING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE: A CASE OF FAMILIAL HIBERNIAN FEVER L. Stewart, K. Goel, M. Whiteford, P. Galea. Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK A six-year-old indigenous Scottish girl was seen on two...

Community/Palliative Care.(includes multiple articles)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G181 PARENTS' AND SELF REPORTED PERCEPTION OF HEALTH AMONG TEENAGERS IN MAINSTREAM SCHOOL BORN AT EXTREMELY LOW GESTATIONAL AGE (ELGA) AND CLASSROOM CONTROLS A. Johnson, U. Wariyar, L. Mutch, F. Gardner, U. Bowler, P. Yudkin, C. Hockley,...

Dermatology.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G191 CUTANEOUS GRANULOMATA AS A PRESENTATION OF IMMUNE DYSREGULATION A.E. Martinez, G.M. Gale, K. Patel, M. Malone, D. Goldblatt, V. Novelli, D.J. Atherton, A.M. Jones, J.I. Harper. Great D. Goldblatt, Street Hospital for Children NHS...

Allergy, Immunity, and Infection.(includes multiple articles)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G194 THE PRO- AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE PROFILE IN CHILDREN WITH MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE E.D. Carrol, A.P.J. Thomson, K. Mobbs, [1] J.A. Sills, C.A. Hart. [1] Institute of Child Health, RLCH NHS Trust, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool...

Metabolic Disease.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G216 RICKETS AT BIRTH ASSOCIATED WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND SUSPECTED RESISTANCE TO VITAMIN D E. Ryan, M. Herzig, W. Gorman, A. Twomey. National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Rickets is well known among low birth...

Nephrology.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... G220 HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1[beta] EXPRESSION IN NORMAL AND ABNORMAL HUMAN KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT M. Kolatsi-Joannnou, C. Bingham [1], S. Ellard [1], M.P. Bulman [1], A.T. Hattersley [1], A.S. Woolf. Nephro-Urology Unit, Institute of Child...

Outpatient services for children.
April 1, 2001... Most patient contacts with hospital services are as outpatients and paediatricians spend a great deal of their working lives in outpatient clinics. Yet this work has a low profile in comparison to other areas of clinical practice, is usually...

Poliomyelitis.(postage stamp theme)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Poliomyelitis has featured on various stamps which promote immunisation programmes and in some of the issues aimed at raising public awareness of the disabled. Many countries have issued stamps to advertise the "Stop Polio Campaign". The...

Investigation and treatment of facial paralysis.
April 1, 2001... Acute lower motor neurone facial paralysis is a common presentation in childhood. In most cases, an aetiological agent is not identified and the condition resolves spontaneously. A small number of cases are caused by a variety of underlying...

The "How!" sign--a central palmar blister induced by overplaying on a Nintendo console.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 1, 2001... How did this right handed 8 year old in figure 1 contact the central palmar blister? The complete story is seen in figure 2. Running on the screen in the background is the Nintendo game, Mario Party, which he and two friends had hired from the...

New pneumococcal vaccines for children.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... We thank Frank Bell and Karen Sleeman for their comments on the draft manuscript. Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. At least 1 million children die of pneumococcal infections each year,...

Nutritional support at home and in the community.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract Technical developments in feeding, together with the growth of support structures in the community has lead to a steady increase in the number of children receiving home enteral tube feeding and home parenteral nutrition. In many...

Social paediatrics and child public health--a European perspective.
April 1, 2001... Our thanks to Stevie Beljung for preparing the manuscript. Why we need social paediatrics The past 20 years have produced dramatic changes in the configuration of Europe and the health of our children. While important progress has been...

Smallpox in Boston a hundred years ago.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Immunisation has always had its opponents and professional reactions to them have not always been exemplary. The last epidemic of smallpox in Boston, Massachusetts began in 1901 and lasted for almost two years. A recent article (New England...

Mental health and foster carer training.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... We thank all participants, the Wellcome Trust for funding the study, and Alec McMahon, Kevin Pickering, and Morven Leese for statistical advice. Helen Minnis was principal investigator and was funded by a Wellcome Training Fellowship in Health...

Social deprivation and the causes of stillbirth and infant mortality.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To investigate the relation between social deprivation and causes of stillbirth and infant mortality. Methods--Stillbirths and infant deaths in 6347 enumeration districts in Wales were linked with the Townsend score of...

Work, family socioeconomic status, and growth among working boys in Jordan.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To describe the work, family socioeconomic characteristics, and growth of a representative sample of working children in Jordan. Methods--In a cross sectional survey of growth and health, 135 working children (aged 10-16...

Developing sustainable international partnerships in child health and paediatric care.
April 1, 2001... One of the UK government's policy initiatives when taking office in 1997 concerned international development. This highlighted an intention to expand partnerships between institutions in the UK and poorer countries; specifically "to work...

Evaluation of urinary tract calculi in children.
April 1, 2001... I thank Dr C Mark Taylor for his support and advice. Renal stone disease remains a significant health problem in the adult population, with the incidence of urolithiasis estimated to be as high as 12%. [1] The true incidence in childhood is...

An audit of RCP guidelines on DMSA scanning after urinary tract infection.(Royal College of Physicians; dimercaptosuccinic acid)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To assess the outcome of imaging investigations carried out in children with urinary tract infection (UTI), to compare the investigations with national guidelines, and to assess the impact on management. ...

Faecal candida and diarrhoea.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Candida species are frequently isolated from stools of children with diarrhoea but are not proven enteropathogens. It is hypothesised that faecal candida causes diarrhoea. Aims--To determine the prevalence of...

Procalcitonin in children admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To assess the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of procalcitonin (PCT) in differentiating bacterial and viral causes of pneumonia. Methods--A total of 72 children with community acquired pneumonia were...

A novel scheme for the reporting of adverse drug reactions.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract Background--The safety of medicines used in children is of considerable public interest, yet available data to monitor the safety of medicines in children is limited. Aims--To raise awareness and stimulate reporting of adverse...

Final height of short subjects of low birth weight with and without growth hormone treatment.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To compare final height in two groups of low birth weight children examined for short stature: the first group untreated because of normal growth hormone (GH) secretion, the second treated with human growth hormone (hGH)...

Children in Tibet.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... "They are small but otherwise healthy". "We need local growth charts because American and European charts are not relevant to these children". These are things that are said about stunted children in developing counties. But they are wrong....

Eosinophilic cystitis.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract We describe four cases of eosinophilic cystitis in whom no specific cause could be found, and review the literature. Complaints at presentation included urgency, frequency, abdominal pain, and haematuria. In three patients the...

Crushed prednisolone tablets or oral solution for acute asthma?(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract In a randomised trial, treatment with prednisolone in two formulations (oral solution or crushed tablets) was compared in 78 young children with acute asthma. Prednisolone oral solution was better tolerated than crushed tablets...

Extent of fussing and colic type crying preceding atopic disease.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... The authors acknowledge the statistical contribution of Harri Vainionpaa, BSc. Grant support from the Finnish Foundation for Paediatric Research, the National Technology Agency of Finland, and the Allergy Research Foundation in Finland is...

The incidence and distribution of Legg--Calve--Perthes' disease in Liverpool, 1982-95.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To determine the incidence and distribution of Legg-Calve-Perthes' disease in Liverpool, in the period 1982-95. Methods--Examination of information in a register, analysing the patients' addresses by indices of...

Fertility preservation for children treated for cancer (1): scientific advances and research dilemmas.
April 1, 2001... Most children treated for cancer can now expect to be cured and to be fertile. However, in a significant minority, future fertility may be compromised by their disease or its treatment. [1] Although the primary objective of treating cancer is...

Fertility preservation for children treated for Cancer (2): ethics of consent for gamete storage and experimentation.
April 1, 2001... Infertility causes significant psychosocial morbidity by reducing both personal sense of wellbeing (health) and capacity to exercise self determination over reproduction (autonomy). [1] As the primary moral responsibilities of health...

Normal bone mineral density in cystic fibrosis.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... We thank Drs Patrick Brosnan for review of the manuscript and Albert C Hergenroeder for review of the sex steroid data. This study was supported by the following grants: National Institutes of Health: 1 K08 DK02365-0l (DSH) and MO l-RR-02558...

Increased cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of soluble Fas (CD95/Apo-1) in hydrocephalus.
April 1, 2001... Abstract Background and aims--The ventricular enlargement observed in children with chronically raised intracranial pressure (ICP) causes a secondary loss of brain tissue. In animal studies of hydrocephalus, programmed cell death...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
April 1, 2001... Fludarabine in thc treatment of an active phase of a familial haemophagocytic lympohohistiocytosis EDITOR,--Familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is a lethal disease with an uncontrolled activation of T lymphocytes and...

Gymnastics.(health aspects)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Concern has been expressed that intensive gymnastic training in children might inhibit growth and maturation. A study in Melbourne, Australia (Journal of Pediatrics 2000;137:510-6) of 31 10 year old gymnasts and 50 controls showed the gymnasts...

Abdominal inflammatory pseudotumours.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Abdominal inflammatory pseudotumours are rare and often mistaken for malignant tumours. In Los Angeles (Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2000;35:1635-7), a 6 year old girl was thought to have a pelvic sarcoma and a 14 year old boy had surgery after...

International Journal of Epidemiology.(diarrhoea's effects on children's growth in developing countries)
April 1, 2001... In considering the effect of diarrhoea on the growth of children in developing countries it may be important to distinguish between diarrhoea with and without the passage of blood (dysentery or non-dysentery diarrhoea). In rural Bangladesh...

Electrocardiograms.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... A study in Mexico City (Pediatrics 2000;106:1028-30) has not shown cisapride to be dangerous. Electrocardiograms were recorded on 63 children (mean age 29 months) taking cisapride for gastrooesophageal refiux and 57 hospital controls (mean age...

Neonatologists.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Neonatologists in Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania, and Italy are more likely to believe in preserving life at all costs than are those in the UK, the Netherlands, or Sweden (JAMA 2000;284:2451-9). The view that predicted quality of life is...

Limited dorsiflexion.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Limited dorsiflexion of the ankles may predispose to ankle injury in children. In Ottawa, Canada (7 Bone Joint Surg [BrJ 2000;82-B:1 103-6) the mean extent of dorsiflexion of the uninjured ankle in 82 children with acute ankle injuries was...

Journal of Advanced Nursing.(breast-feeding rate and length of hospital stay)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Researchers in Sheffield (Journal of Advanced Nursing 2000;32: 1152-7) wanted to know whether early hospital discharge affected the rate of breast feeding at 1 month, so they randomised mothers to short (6-48 hours) or long ([greater than] 48...

Written instructions.(breast feeding rates improved by instruction)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... On the other hand, in Slovenia (Journal of Advanced Nursing 2000;32: 1158-67) written instructions on how to breast feed successfully and frequent visits from specially trained nurses significantly improved breastfeeding rates.

New England Journal of Medicine.(infant disease risk from folic acid consumption during pregnancy)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Taking folic acid antagonists early in pregnancy increases the risk of oral clefts, cardiovascular malformations, and urinary tract malformations (New England Journal of Medicine 2000;343:1608-14). (Neural tube defects were not included in this...

People.(pain and people with down syndrome)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... People with Down's syndrome are not insensitive to pain but their reaction to it may be different from that of others. Researchers in a French dental unit (Lancec 2000;356:1882-7) tested 26 people with Downs syndrome (nine aged between 4 and 17...

Critical Care Medicine.(treatment of septic shock)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... On an intensive care unit in Belgium (Critical Care Medicine 2000;28:3581-7) 20 adults with intractable septic shock were given short term (4 hours) high volume haemofiltration (STHVH) followed by at least 4 days of standard haemofiltration....

Paediatric intensive care unit.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Of 150 children with malignant disease admitted on 206 occasions to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Sydney, Australia (Critical Care Medicine 2000;28:3718-21) 40 died in the PICU but estimated overall long term survival was 50%....

Ozone concentrations.(air pollution and mortality)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... A study in 20 US cities (New England Journal of Medicine 2000;343: 1742-9) has confirmed an association between air pollution with particulate matter less than 10 [micro]m diameter and overall, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality. Ozone...

European survey.(survey of neonatal trials)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The four main conclusions from a nine country European survey of parents and neonatologists about consent for neonatal trials (Lancet 2000;356:2045-51) were that parents value being asked for consent, researchers need more training in asking...

Plenary Sessions.
April 1, 2001... Plenary Session I C. Dezateux [1], D. Elbourne [2], R. Arthur [3], A. Quinn [4], A. King [4], G. Russell [5], N. Clarke [6] on behalf of the MRC UK Collaborative Hip Trial Group. 'Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, London; [2]...

Accident and Emergency/Intensive Care.
April 1, 2001... [G1] IS GLASGOW MENINGOCOCCAL SEPTICAEMIA PROGNOSTIC SCORE (GMSPS) USEFUL IN PREDICTING MORTALITY IN SEVERE MENINGOCOCCAL SEPTIC SHOCK? S. Thayyil-Sudhan, M. Shenoy, D.K. Luyt. Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary,...

Community.
April 1, 2001... [G16] INFANT ANAEMIA: DIETARY--BUT WHOSE DIET? J. Munn, G. Debelle, P. Davies, S. Wilkes, R. Moy. Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust and Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust, UK Iron deficiency anaemia is a common...

Development and Disability.
April 1, 2001... [G24] A CLINICAL EVALUATION OF VISION ASSESSMENT IN CHILDREN WITH SENSOR-NEURAL DEAFNESS R. Guy, J. Nicholson, S.S. Pannu, R. Holden. Ronnie MacKeith Child Development Centre, Derbyshire Childrens Hospital, Derby, UK Since 1991,...

Endocrinology and Diabetes.
April 1, 2001... [G32] SCREENING FOR CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM (CH) IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY--PROBLEMS AND SUCCESSES AS SEEN BY A TREATING PAEDIATRICIAN J.D. Hardy, R. Zayed, M. Salah. Department of Paediatrics, Tawam Hospital and Maternal and Child Health...

Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.
April 1, 2001... [G47] PROSPECTIVE NATIONAL DATA ON INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN CHILDREN AGED LESS THAN FIVE YEARS A. Sawczenko [1], B. Sandhu [1], R. Logan, H. Jenkins, C. Taylor, S. Mian, R. Lynn. (1.) Institute of Child Health, Bristol, UK ...

Oncology and Haematology.
April 1, 2001... [G65] INVESTIGATION OF MYC GENE AMPLIFICATION IN PAEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOURS C.D. Rajapakse, S. Ward, P. Finn, T.J. Warr. Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK Background: Brain tumours are...

Perinatal.
April 1, 2001... [G80] HEPATIC IRON STORAGE IN VLBW INFANTS AFTER MULTIPLE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS P.C. Ng, C.W.K. Lam [1], C.H. Lee, K.F. To [2], T.F. Fok, I.H.S. Chan [1]. Department of Pacdiatrics, (1.) Department of Chemical Pathology, and (2.) Department...

General Paediatrics.
April 1, 2001... [G99] HOW DO PAEDIATRICIANS COMMUNICATE WITH CHILDREN? E. Wassmer, N. Abdel Aal, M. Atkinson, E. Gupta, G. Minnaar, S. Yuen, G. Rylance. General Paediatrics Department, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK The outpatient clinic...

Child Protection.
April 1, 2001... [G109] NEURORADIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SUBDURAL HAEMORRHAGES S. Datta, N. Stoodley, S. Jayawant, A.M. Kemp. Dept of Neuroradiology and Child Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, UK Background: Most subdural haemorrhages (SDH)...

Cardiology.
April 1, 2001... [G113] DELIBERATE BRIDGING TO CARDIAC TRANSPLANT IN CHILDREN: THE UK EXPERIENCE J. J. Cassidy [1], J.H. Smith [1], A. Goldman [2] D. Macrae [3] E. Smith [2] S.R. Haynes [1] D. Bolton [1], J.R.L. Hamilton [1], A. Hasan [1], M. DeLeval [2]...