Archives of Disease in Childhood articles from April 2002

Archives of Disease in Childhood archives from April 2002

Community paediatrics and change: What is the future of community paediatrics? (Community Medicine).
April 1, 2002... Should community paediatrics continue as a separate specialty, as it has been since the publication of the Court Report, (1) or should it merge with general paediatrics, or with primary care? The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health...

Postcard from down under: Buying the didgeridoo from Uncle. (Leading Article).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Deep in the outback, at a small town clinic, I got to speaking with Uncle who told me that he made the odd didgeridoo and boomerang, I arranged to meet with him at his house in the next hour or so. In these parts, doctors are driven the...

Fits, faints, or fatal fantasy? Fabricated seizures and child abuse. (Diagnosis).
April 1, 2002... Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) is now an established form of child abuse. (1) It carries the risk of significant harm to the dependent child and siblings, with long term physical and emotional consequences for many. (2-4) It is known from...

Air weapon injuries: A serious and persistent problem. (Injury).
April 1, 2002... At first sight, air guns and air rifles may appear relatively harmless but they are in fact potentially lethal weapons. They use the expanding force of compressed air (or gas) to propel a projectile down a barrel and have been in general use...

How dangerous is food allergy in childhood? The incidence of severe and fatal allergic reactions across the UK and Ireland. (Original Article).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:236-239 Aims: To discover the incidence of fatal and severe allergic reactions to food in a large population of children. Methods: A retrospective search for fatalities in children 0-15 years from 1990 to...

Nut allergy in schoolchildren: a survey of schools in the Severn NHS Trust. (Original Article).(UK National Health Service)
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:240-244 Aims: To assess the extent of the problem of nut allergy in schoolchildren within the Severn NHS Trust. To determine how well informed schools are about the condition, their policies and attitudes, and the...

Six year effectiveness of a population based two tier infant hearing screening programme. (Original Article).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:245-250 Aims: To determine whether a two tier universal infant hearing screening programme (population based risk factor ascertainment and universal distraction testing) lowered median age of diagnosis of bilateral...

More on erythromycin and pyloric stenosis. (Archivist).
April 1, 2002... A paper in the Lancet in 1999 (354:2101-5) described an increase in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in babies given prophylactic erythromycin after exposure to whooping cough. Now more data have been reported from a hospital in...

Family and parenting interventions for conduct disorder and delinquency: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. (Original Article).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:251-256 Aims: To determine whether family and parenting interventions benefit children and adolescents with conduct disorder and delinquency. Methods: Meta-analysis of eight randomised controlled trials involving...

Prevalence and secular trend of congenital anomalies in Glasgow, UK. (Original Article).(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:257-263 Aim: To describe the epidemiology of congenital anomalies in Glasgow with special reference to secular trends. Methods: The prevalence of congenital anomalies was determined retrospectively in 233 777...

Resurgence of paediatric tuberculosis in London. (Short Report).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:264-264 There is estimated to be over a million new cases of paediatric tuberculosis (TB) globally every year. (1) Children usually acquire TB infection from smear positive adult family contacts, a high proportion...

Lipomatosis of the colon complicating Proteus syndrome. (Images in Paediatrics).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A 12 year old boy with Proteus syndrome (macrodactyly, plantar/palmar cerebriform hyperplasia, lipomata, verroucous naevi, macrocephaly, and/or vascular abnormalities) presented with gross abdominal distension and severe intractable...

Why is management of patients with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia more difficult at puberty? (Review).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:266-269 Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is an autosomal recessive condition in which deletions or mutations of the cytochrome P450 21 -hydroxylase gene cause glucocorticoid and...

Cough, airway inflammation, and mild asthma exacerbation. (Original Article).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:270-275 Background: Prospective data on the temporal relation between cough, asthma symptoms, and airway inflammation in childhood asthma is unavailable. Aims and methods: Using several clinical (diary, quality...

Differential response of wheezes and ruttles to anticholinergics. (Short Report).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:280-281 Computerised breath sounds analysis was used to assess the response of infants with wheeze and ruttles to the drug ipratropium bromide. A mean decrease in breath sounds intensity occurred in infants with...

Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker of meningococcal disease in children presenting with fever and a rash. (Original Article).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:282-285 Background: rocalcitonin (PCT), a precursor of calcitanin, is a recognised marker of bacterial sepsis, and high concentrations correlate with the severity of sepsis. PCT has been proposed as an earlier and...

Kawasaki disease: An evidence based approach to diagnosis, treatment, and proposals for future research. (Original Article).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:286-290 This article proposes a clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki disease in the UK based on the best available evidence to date, and highlights areas of practice where evidence is...

Ultrafine particles: Insidious invaders. (Echo).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Children living on a main road have ultrafine particles in their lower lungs. Evidence from a study led by Grigg in Leicester, UK, is also the first indicator that these children inhale more ultrafine particles. Until now it was unclear...

Prevalence and distribution of petechiae in well babies. (Original Article).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:291-292 Aims: To determine the prevalence of petechial spots in well babies. Methods: A total of 116 babies under the age of 12 months were fully examined at child health surveillance clinics. The number and site...

Extreme variability of expression of a Sonic Hedgehog mutation: attention difficulties and holoprosencephaly. (Original Article).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:293-296 Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a clinically variable and genetically heterogeneous central nervous system (CNS) malformation. Alobar HPE, which is its most severe form, is associated with a poor prognosis. At the...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: infrequent bleeding and first report of Turkish and Pakistani kindreds. (Original Article).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:297-301 Hermansky--Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare disorder characterised by oculocutaneous albinism, a bleeding tendency, and lipofuscinosis. This retrospective study reviews the clinical history and haematological...

Right atrial isomerism. (Echo).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Right atrial isomerism (RAI) itself predicts poor outcome for children with a normal pulmonary venous connection, conclude the authors of a large study in Hong Kong. In a retrospective review of surgical management and outcome of RAI in a...

Pulmonary oedema caused by "liquid ecstasy" ingestion. (Case Report).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:302-303 In this case report we describe the first recorded case of alveolar gas exchange impairment caused by "liquid ecstasy" ingestion, and perhaps inhalation, by a 4 year old child. The pulmonary gas diffusion...

Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with central nervous system lesions. (Case Report).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:304-306 We report the clinical course, and neurophysiological and neuroimaging findings of a patient with Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with central nervous system lesions. During a course of intravenous...

Polycythaemia and hypertension caused by renal artery stenosis. (Short Report).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:307-310 A girl with failure to thrive and a haemoglobin of 140 g/l at 1.3 years died from a brain haemorrhage 2.5 years later. Renal artery stenosis had caused severe, chronic hypertension and increased...

Rapid skin anaesthesia using high velocity lignocaine particles: A prospective placebo controlled trial. (Methodology).
April 1, 2002... Arch Dis Child 2002;86:309-312 Background: Local anaesthetic creams (EMLA and Ametop) are used widely to provide pain free intravenous cannulation. However, they take a minimum of 45 minutes to become effective. Aims: To evaluate a...

Correction.(to 'Outcome for staged reconstructive surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome following antenatal diagnosis,' Arch Dis Child 2001;85:474-7)(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2002... We are sorry that the paper "Outcome for staged reconstructive surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome following antenatal diagnosis" (1) was accompanied by an editorial (2) based on outdated figures. Regrettably, we inadvertantly sent Dr...

Clinical Pediatrics. (Lucina).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Leukocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid is unreliable as an indicator of meningitis in very preterm infants. In Cleveland, Ohio between 1977 and 1995 (Clinical Pediatrics 2001;40:473-80) 64 ill very low birth-weight (30 leukocytes/[mm.sup.3] and...

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. (Lucina).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Unilateral cerebellar lesions in young children may impair functional development in the opposite cerebral hemisphere. In Oxford (Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2001;43:685-91) seven children who had had unilateral cerebellar...

British Journal of Psychiatry. (Lucina).(prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Obsessive-compulsive disorder is rare in young children but the prevalence increases throughout childhood, A national survey in the UK (British Journal of Psychiatry 2001;179:324-9) has shown an overall prevalence in children aged 5-15 years of...

Paediatric Nursing. (Lucina).(dermatology nurse specialist helps lower skin disease incidence)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A paediatric dermatology nurse specialist was appointed to Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals in 1995. Since then (Paediatric Nursing 2001;13:14-7) hospital admissions of children from Bournemouth with skin problems have fallen to a very...

Lancet. (Lucina).(pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine for the treatment of falciparum malaria in children)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... In Tanzania (Lancet 2001;358;1218-23) 156 (45%) of 348 under-5 year olds treated for non-severe falciparum malaria with a single dose of pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine were still parasitaemic after 7 days. Two thirds of these had a recurrence of...

Lancet. (Lucina).(live attenuated rotavirus vaccine suspended)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Infant immunisation with live attenuated rotavirus vaccine began in the USA in October 1998. It was suspended in July 1999 because of fears about an increased risk of intussusception. Population attributable risk was reckoned at one extra...

New England Journal of Medicine. (Lucina).(antibiotics in animal feeds promotes antibiotic resistance in human enteric pathogens)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The widespread use of low doses of antibiotic to promote growth in food animals also promotes antibiotic resistance in human enteric pathogens. Forty-one of 200 meat samples from supermarkets in Washington DC. (New England Journal of Medicine...

Journal of the American Medical Association. (Lucina).(overview of current clinical practice guidelines)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Seventeen current clinical practice guidelines from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality were assessed and only three were found to be still valid (Journal of the American Medical Association 200 1;286: 1461-7). Seven were judged...

Journal of the American Medical Association. (Lucina).(blood test for tuberculosis diagnosis may help diagnose skin test reactions)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A blood test for latent tuberculous infection may help to identify skin test reactions due to BCG immunisation or nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. In a study of 1226 adults (Journal of the American Medical Association 2001;286:1740-7)...

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. (Lucina).(Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia prevalence in children in New Zealand)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Of 125 children with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in New Zealand (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2001;20:868-73) 14 were under 1 month of age. Four children, aged 3 days, 2 weeks, 9 months, and 15 years died. Twenty-seven children...

Plenary sessions.(CLOSING THE AUDIT LOOP. OUTCOME OF SECOND NATIONAL AUDIT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE ITP--A CHANGE IN PRACTICE)(TEN-YEAR TRENDS IN RISK FACTORS FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN NORTHERN IRISH ADOLESCENTS: THE N.I. YOUNG HEARTS PROJECT 2000)(A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF AN EVIDENCED BASED WEANING STRATEGY DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PRETERM INFANTS)(POST ASPHYXIAL HYPERTHERMIA--DAMAGES THE NEONATAL BRAIN)(INCIDENCE OF SEVERE RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY AND TRENDS IN SURVIVAL OF INFANTS WITH BIRTH WEIGHT 1250 GRAMS OR LESS)(INCIDENCE OF PERICARDIAL EFFUSION/CARDIAC TAMPONADE ASSOCIATED WITH NEONATAL PERCUTANEOUS LONG LINES)(THE COMPLEXITY OF THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO MENINGOCOCCAL SEPSIS REVEALED BY GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING USING CDNA MICROARRAYS)(MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL MANIPULATION OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR -I RECEPTOR MRNA ABUNDANCE AND FETAL ADIPOSE TISSUE DEPOSITION)(DO HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES REDUCE INFANT SMOKE EXPOSURE?)(HOW LONG SHOULD WE OBSERVE CHILDREN AFTER HEAD INJURY IN HOSPITAL: ARE CURRENT GUIDELINES APPROPRIATE?)(SELECTIVE HEAD COOLING PROTECTS THE BRAIN IN A PIGLET MODEL OF HYPOXIC ISCHAEMIC BRAIN INJURY)(HOW ACCURATE IS THE CEREBRAL FUNCTION MONITOR FOR NEONATAL SEIZURE DETECTION?)(RISK FACTORS FOR EARLY ONSET GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL SEPSIS; A CASE CONTROL STUDY)(DOES THE DISTANCE FROM PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CENTRES AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY?)(INCLUDING HIV IN THE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS: AN EVALUATION OF AN ALGORITHM FOR USE BY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO DETECT SYMPTOMATIC HIV IN CHILDREN)(THE ROLE OF A NON-CULTURE TECHNIQUE (BROAD-RANGE 16S PCR) IN PATHOGEN IDENTIFICATION IN EMPYEMA THORACIS)(PARENTAL ATTITUDES TO ASTHMA TREATMENT: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION AND OUTCOME OF AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION)(SALBUTAMOL BOLUS VS AMINOPHYLLINE INFUSION IN SEVERE ASTHMA: A RCT)(INITIAL FINDINGS OF THE STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGY IN SHROPSHIRE)(THE ROLE OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN THE OUTCOME OF MENINGOCOCCAL SEPTICAEMIA IN CHILDREN)(HERBAL CREAMS USED FOR ATOPIC ECZEMA IN BIRMINGHAM, UK CONTAIN POTENT CORTICOSTEROIDS)(DOES WAFTING WORK? THE EFFICACY OF NON CONTACT OXYGEN DELIVERY SYSTEMS)(PODOCYTES DEMONSTRATE FEATURES OF INSULIN RESPONSIVE GLUCOSE UTILIZATION AND ACTIN RE-ORGANISATION--A POTENTIAL EXPLANATION FOR DIABETIC MICROALBUMINURIA)(EARLY NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAYS PRESSURE (NCPAP) WITH PROPHYLACTIC SURFACTANT FOR NEONATES AT RISK OF RDS. THE IFDAS MULTI-CENTRE RANDOMISED TRIAL.)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... [P1] CLOSING THE AUDIT LOOP. OUTCOME OF SECOND NATIONAL AUDIT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE ITP--A CHANGE IN PRACTICE P.H.B. Bolton-Maggs, I. Moon. Department of Haematalogy, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool L12 2AP The management...

Endocrinology and diabetes.(CHILDHOOD CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA: MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN MANCHESTER OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS)(GROWTH HORMONE (GH) PROVOCATION TESTS AND THE RESPONSE TO GH THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH GH DEFICIENCY)(IMPROVED FINAL HEIGHT IN TURNER'S SYNDROME FOLLOWING GROWTH PROMOTING TREATMENT AT A SINGLE CENTRE)(COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HYPOPITUITARISM)(PITUITARY RADIOTHERAPY: AN EFFECTIVE SECOND LINE TREATMENT FOR PAEDIATRIC CUSHING'S DISEASE)(IS THE GNRH TEST A PREDICTOR OF NEUROLOGICAL LESION IN CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IN GIRLS?)(FAMILIAL DYSALBUMINAEMIC HYPERTHYROXINAEMIA (FDH), A THYROID TRAP!)(DRIED BLOOD SPOTS TO SCREEN THYROID FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH DIABETES)(INSULIN LISPRO: ITS ROLE IN REDUCING NOCTURNAL HYPOGLYCAEMIA IN YOUNG CHILDREN WITH T1DM)(INFLUENCE OF SIZE AT BIRTH AND POSTNATAL CATCH-UP GROWTH ON FASTING INSULIN LEVELS AND POST-ORAL GLUCOSE INSULIN RESPONSE IN 8YR OLD CHILDREN)(FIVE YEAR-OLD GIRLS ARE INTRINSICALLY MORE INSULIN RESISTANT THAN BOYS: THE EARLYBIRD STUDY)(SURVEY OF NON-TYPE 1 DIABETES SHOWS UK TYPE 2 DIABETES PREVALENCE 0.4% DISTINCT FROM MODY, AND ASSOCIATED WITH OVERWEIGHT, PUBERTY, FEMALE SEX AND ETHNIC MINORITY STATUS)(MOLECULAR GENETICS OF CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA (21 HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY): IMPLICATIONS FOR BEHAVIOURAL MASCULINISATION IN GIRLS)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... [G1] CHILDHOOD CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA: MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN MANCHESTER OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS D.A. lies (1), H.R. Gattamaneni (2), J. Leggate (1), J. Thorne (1), C. West (1), D.A. Price (1), P.E. Clayton', C.M. Hall'. Background:...

Oncology and haematology.(FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF SPERM BANKING IN ADOLESCENT MALE CANCER PATIENTS)(STATISTICAL ANALYSES PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES IN THE AETIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD SARCOMAS AND WILMS' TUMOURS)(SURVEILLANCE BLOOD COUNTS IN ASYMPTOMATIC CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL) AFTER COMPLETION OF CHEMOTHERAPY-ARE THEY NECESSARY?)(PREDICTORS OF NOCTURNAL HYPOXAEMIA IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE)(ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME AND BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE)(INITIAL RESULTS FORM THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL STUDY (1996-2001) OF THERAPY FOR LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS: LCH II)(SALVAGE OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS IN PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY PATIENTS WITH GRAM-NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCAL-AUREUS BACTEREMIA)(ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NOVOSEVEN IN THE TREATMENT OF MINOR BLEEDS IN CHILDREN WITH INHIBITORS TO COAGULATION FACTORS VIII AND IX)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... [G14] FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF SPERM BANKING IN ADOLESCENT MALE CANCER PATIENTS B. Edge, D. Holmes, G. Makin. Young Oncology Unit, Christie Hospital, Manchester and Medical School, University of Manchester Aims:...

Perinatal medicine.(MEASURING URINE OUTPUT BY WEIGHING NAPPIES--WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF HUMIDITY?)(DUPLEX KIDNEYS--ANTENATAL DIAGNOSIS, CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND GENETICS)(RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF LOW DOSE ERYTHROMYCIN IN PRETERM NEONATES WITH FEED INTOLERANCE)(IDENTIFICATION OF THE TIP OF THE LONG LINE IN PRETERM BABIES USING THE INVERSION OF IMAGE TECHNIQUE ON PACS: PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM)(MECHANICAL VIBRATION IN NEONATAL TRANSPORT)(CENSUS OF NEONATAL TRANSFERS DURING A 3-MONTH PERIOD IN LONDON AND THE SOUTH-EAST OF ENGLAND)(FAECAL CALPROTECTIN AS A MARKER OF GUT INFLAMMATION EN NEONATES)(CARDIAC TROPONIN T (CTNT) AND CARDIAC FUNCTION IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME)(DOES 1L6-174 GENOTYPE PREDICT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEPTICAEMIA IN PRETERM INFANTS?)(GLUCAGON STIMULATION IN PRE-TERM INFANTS: MARKERS OF INSULIN RESISTANCE PREDICT RESPONSE)(BACTERIA IN PRETERM FETAL MEMBRANES DETECTED, USING FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDISATION, WITH AND WITHOUT INFLAMMATION)(RECOMBINANT HUMAN SURFACTANT PROTEIN D (RHSP-D) MODULATES LUNG INFLAMMATION IN MICE PREDISPOSED TO CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE AND EMPHYSEMA)(ACTIVITY OF MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTERS (MCTS) IN SYNCTIPTROPHOBLAST MICROVILLOUS PLASMA MEMBRANES OF HUMAN PLACENTAS, AND LOCALISATION OF MCTS 1 AND 4)(INCREASED LUNG COLLAGENASE LEVELS IN A SHEEP MODEL OF CHORIOAMMIONITIS--IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PATHOGENESIS OF NEONATAL CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE)(VARIATION IN GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE)(CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE OF PREMATURITY AND INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION: A POPULATION BASED STUDY)(PRETERM MECONIUM STAINING OF THE AMNIOTIC FLUID--ASSOCIATED FINDINGS AND RISK OF ADVERSE CLINICAL OUTCOME)(ANTENATAL STEROIDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A REDUCTION IN THE INCIDENCE OF CEREBRAL WHITE MATTER LESIONS IN VLBW INFANTS)(QUANTATIVE ANALYSIS OF CEREBRAL WHITE MATTER IN PRETERM INFANTS USING DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING)(LONG TERM OUTCOME FOR BABIES WITH ENCEPHALOPATHY OF EARLY ONSET. A POPULATION BASED STUDY)(CEREBAL PALSY RATES AMONG VERY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT BABIES FELL IN THE EARLY 1990S)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... G22 MEASURING URINE OUTPUT BY WEIGHING NAPPIES--WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF HUMIDITY? S.J. Oddie, R. Adappa, J.P. Wyllie. Neonatal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough Background: Measurement of urine output by weighing...

Gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition.(ACID AND NON-ACID GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX IN NEUROLOGICALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN)(IN-VITRO FATE OF EXOGENOUS ENZYMES IN PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF): LONG-TUBE LUMINAL STUDIES)(LONG TERM CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR THERAPY IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH DETERIORATING RENAL FUNCTION IN CHILDREN AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION)(MATERNAL FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTATION AND VISUAL DEVELOPMENT IN TERM INFANTS: A POSITIVE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (DHA) STATUS AND RETINAL MATURATION)(ENTERAL NUTRITION TREATS CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC CROHN'S DISEASE MORE EFFECTIVELY IF THE ILEUM IS ALSO INVOLVED)(A 12-MONTH PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF GASTROSTOMY FEEDING IN DISABLED CHILDREN)(RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESENTING SYMPTOMS, SITE OF DISEASE ACTIVITY, AND HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Z SCORE AT DIAGNOSIS OF CROHN'S DISEASE)(THE OUTCOME OF THE OLDER INFANT (100 DAYS +) WITH BILIARY ATRESIA)(MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMMING OF BLOOD PRESSURE RESPONSES AND KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT DURING JUVENILE LIFE)(QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHILDREN ON HOME PARENTERAL NUTRITION AND FOLLOWING INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION)(LONG TERM OUTCOME OF ELEMENTAL DIET AS PRIMARY THERAPY FOR CROHN'S DISEASE)(UNITED KINGDOM EXPERIENCE WITH INFLIXIMAB IN CHILDHOOD CROHN'S DISEASE)(IMPACT OF NEW STRATEGIES IN MANAGING INTESTINAL FAILURE)(EVALUATION OF THE RESPONSE TO ENZYME THERAPY IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF) USING 13 CO2 BREATH TESTS OF LABELED LIPID SUBSTRATES WITH DIFFERING CHAIN LENGTH)(FLOW CYTOMETRIC CHARACTERISATION OF INTESTINAL LYMPHOCYTE POPULATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH REGRESSIVE AUTISM)(CAN INTENSIVE NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION WITH AN ELEMENTAL DIET INDUCE A TRUE DISEASE REMISSION IN CROHN'S DISEASE? A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL)
April 1, 2002... [G43]: ACID AND NON-ACID GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX IN NEUROLOGICALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN M. Thomson, R. Del Buono, T.G. Wenzl. Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital, London Aim: In addition to acid...

Accident and emergency/intensive care.(PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOME OF CHILDREN ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE)(PSYCHOSOCIAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING ADMISSION TO THE PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT)(GLUCOCORTICOIDS MODULATE THE NEUROTROPHIN RESPONSE TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) BUT DO NOT AFFECT OUTCOME)(ASSESSMENT OF DRUG PRESCRIPTION AND ADMINISTRATION ERRORS IN PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE--A COMPARISON OF TWO PRESCRIBING METHODS)(AUDITING IN PRACTICE: THE IMPACT OF ONGOING AUDITING ON ENTERAL NUTRITION IN A PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT)(THE IMPACT OF A SPECIALISED PAEDIATRIC RETRIEVAL SERVICE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SICK CHILDREN AT THE REFERRING HOSPITAL)(A COMPARISON OF CT VERSUS BRONCHOGRAPHY IN VENTILATOR DEPENDENT INFANTS)(PAIN ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT IN PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; PROPOSAL OF MODIFICATION OF APLS-GUIDELINES)(HOW ARE WE MANAGING DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS? A NATIONWIDE SURVEY)(HAVE MODERN SAFETY CHANGES TO PLAYGROUNDS REDUCED HEAD INJURY AND FRACTURE TO CHILDREN?)(COST IMPLICATION OF A&E ATTENDANCE FOR CHILDREN WITH ACUTE BREATHING DIFFICULTIES)(AUDIT OF ALERT CALLS TO BIRMINGHAMS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT)(RECOGNISING MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE IN CHILDREN. HOW VITAL ARE THE VITAL SIGNS?)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... G59 PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOME OF CHILDREN ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE D. Shears, M.E. Garralda, S. Nadel, J. Gledhill. St. Mary's Hospital, London Aims: To describe psychiatric adjustment 3 months after hospital...

Development and disability.(AN INTERIM ANALYSIS OF UK DATA FROM A NATIONAL PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FIVE YEAR OLD CHILDREN (AND THEIR FAMILIES) BORN AFTER INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION (ICSI) OR NATURAL CONCEPTION)(THE LONGTERM OUTCOME OF FAILURE TO THRIVE IN INFANCY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW)(OUTCOME AT TWO YEARS OF VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (VLBW) INFANTS IN THE EAST ANGLIAN REGION: 1993-1997)(IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH AMONG CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS THROUGH PARENTING PROGRAMMES IN GENERAL PRACTICE: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL)(STAFFORD MODELS OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM AND AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS: PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS)(A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF OBSTETRIC FACTORS ON AUTISM IN A UK MUTIPLEX SAMPLE)(MIDDLE EAR DISEASE AND SPEECH RECOGNITION IN 7 YEAR OLDS)(COSTS FOR A GEOGRAPHICALLY DETERMINED COHORT OF ADOLESCENTS BORN AT LESS THAT 29 WEEKS GESTATION)(THE HOPES PROJECT: HOLISTIC ORGANISATIONS IN PARTNERSHIP FOR EMOTIONAL STRENGTH)(WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR INCREASINGLY OBESE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN NOW THEY HAVE GONE TO SECONDARY SCHOOL)(HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE BCG VACCINATION?)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... [G73] AN INTERIM ANALYSIS OF UK DATA FROM A NATIONAL PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FIVE YEAR OLD CHILDREN (AND THEIR FAMILIES) BORN AFTER INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION (ICSI) OR NATURAL CONCEPTION C.J. Peters P. Edwards A.G....

International child health.(PROBLEMS FACED BY IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND PREVENTION OF VERTICAL HIV TRANSMISSION)(UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF BLOOD FOR TRANSFUSION IN SEVERE PAEDIATRIC ANAEMIA IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES)(EFFICACY OF TEPID SPONGING IN REDUCING TEMPERATURE IN A TROPICAL CLIMATE)(TRANSCRIPTION OF LASMODIUM FALCIPARUM GLUCOSE 6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE IN ENZYME-DEFICIENT AND NORMAL NIGERIAN CHILDREN)(SPIROMETRY IN CARPET WEAVERS)(CHANGE IN LIFE EXPERIENCE AFTER PRIMARY CLEFT LIP AND PALATE SURGERY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY)(DISABLED CHILDREN IN RURAL KENYA-FROM IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS TO SERVICE PROVISION AND INTEGRATION)(ATTITUDE TO SCHOOL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTION OF VISUALLY AND HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN INCLUDED IN REGULAR SCHOOLS IN KENYA)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... [G84] PROBLEMS FACED BY IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND PREVENTION OF VERTICAL HIV TRANSMISSION E.Cooper for the European Immigrant Women's Study Group Dept of Pediatrics, Padua, Italy; LILA, Milan, Italy; AIDES, Paris, France; Medicos del Mundo,...

Community.(RICKETS RETURNS)(THE ADDITIVE EFFECTS OF SMOKING AND HOUSING TENURE ON BIRTHWEIGHT DISTRIBUTION)(THE ASSOCIATION OF MATERIAL DEPRIVATION WITH HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF WIRRAL PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN BETWEEN 1989 AND 2000)(PARENTING AND PUBLIC HEALTH: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF COHORT STUDIES INVESTIGATING THE LINK BETWEEN PARENTING AND DISEASE IN LATER LIFE)(NEEDS OF CHILDREN OF ASYLUM SEEKERS PLACED IN A TRANSIT HOSTEL IN LAMBETH)(LAY SAFETY WORKERS AND INJURY REDUCTION IN AREAS OF HIGH SOCIAL DEPRIVATION)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... [G92] RICKETS RETURNS AL. Callaghan, I.W. Booth, R.G.D. Moy, N.J. Shaw, G. Debelle Birmingham Children's Hospital, Institute of Child Health & University of Birmingham, UK Anecdotal reports suggest that rickets maybe re-emerging. We...

Respiratory.(REDUCED LUNG FUNCTION AT ONE MONTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH ASTHMA AT ELEVEN YEARS)(MATERNAL NUTRIENT RESTRICTION IN LATE GESTATION REPROGRAMMES UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2 AND VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL ABUNDANCE IN THE LUNG DURING POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT)(CELLULAR DIFFERENTIAL, EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN AND METALLOPROTEINASE COMPOSITION OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID IN INFANT WHEEZE)(SENSITISATION AND EXPOSURE TO INHALED ALLERGENS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHEEZE IN THE FIRST 3 YEARS OF LIFE)(DIMINISHED AIRWAY FUNCTION IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED INFANTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS PERSISTS WHEN MEASURED LONGITUDINALLY)(FIVE AND TEN YEAR FOLLOW UP OF THE EFFECT OF NEWBORN SCREENING FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS: THE WALES AND WEST MIDLAND STUDY)(NEONATAL SCREENING FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY)(WHAT IS THE CLINICAL AND HEALTH ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) IN CHILDREN UNDER 2 YEARS OF AGE?)(SLEEP RELATED DISORDER IN DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY)(PULMONARY FUNCTION ABNORMALITIES IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE)(NATIONAL SURVEY (UK) OF ADRENAL CRISIS DUE TO INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS)(HOW WELL CAN AIRWAY RESISTANCE MEASURED BY THE INTERRUPTER TECHNIQUE (R.sub.INT]) IDENTIFY CHANGE?)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... [G98] REDUCED LUNG FUNCTION AT ONE MONTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH ASTHMA AT ELEVEN YEARS S.W. Turner, L.J. Palmer, P.J. Rye, P. Gibson, P.K. Judge, S. Young, L.I. Landau, P.N. le Souef. Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA,...

Neurology.(NATIONAL SENTINEL AUDIT INTO EPILEPSY DEATHS: PAEDIATRIC CASES)(THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF PAEDIATRIC EEG REQUESTS)(AN EVIDENCE BASED GUIDE TO INVESTIGATION IN NONFEBRILE CONVULSIONS)(CHILDHOOD CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND STROKE LIKE ILLNESS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EIRE, A DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY)(THE CANADIAN AND BRITISH PERSPECTIVES OF PAEDIATRIC INTELLECTUAL AND NEUROLOGICAL DETERIOTATION(PIND): ARE THE RESULTS COMPARABLE?)(CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) PRESSURES IN CHILDREN ON INTENSIVE CARE. DOES APPROPRIATE BEDSIDE NEUROLOGY PREDICT NORMAL CSF PRESSURES?)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... [G110] NATIONAL SENTINEL AUDIT INTO EPILEPSY DEATHS: PAEDIATRIC CASES R. Appleton, H. Cross, J. Gibbs, D. Fish, L. Sander, G. Bell. Great Britain and Northern Ireland Aims: To benefit children with epilepsy, their families and health...

Paediatric education.(SO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE LETTERS?)(NEWBORN RESUSCITATION TRAINING--WHICH MANNEQUIN?)(DEVELOPING INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN CHILD HEALTH: A COMPARISON OF CLASSROOM AND CLINICAL PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTS)(STAFF RESPONSES TO AN APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY INTERVIEW--A PRELIMINARY REPORT)(INTERNET-MEDIATED EDUCATION IN NEONATAL MEDICINE)(USER-FRIENDLY METHOD FOR EXPLAINING ANATOMY OF BRAIN INJURY TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES: AND EVEN THEIR DOCTORS!)(Abstract)
April 1, 2002... [G116] SO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE LETTERS? A. Hanson, E. Heycock, C. Campbell, V. Cooper. Postgraduate Medicine, Keele University and Ward 59, Maternity Block, North Staffordshire City General Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4...

Cardiology. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G122] TELE-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY--ACCESS TO SPECIALIST SERVICES IN PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY D.C. Mabin (1), R.M.R. Tulloh (2). Background: Real time telemedicine systems are used in paediatric cardiology but are expensive. For video...

Computer and information. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G130] LIVER DIRECT--A JOINED UP WAY TO MANAGE LONG TERM CARE? G. Gordan, C. Lloyd, G. Gupte, J. Taylor. C. James, R. Harris, E. Stone, P. J. McKiernan, D.A. Kelly, S.V. Beath. The Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse...

Rheumatology. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G138] MUSCULOSKELETAL EXAMINATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: DO STANDARD TEXTBOOKS CONTAIN ENOUGH INFORMATION? H.E. Foster (2), D. Coody (1), L. Kay (1), G. Baggett (1). Background: Musculoskeletal problems are common in children...

Pathology. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G146] A RARE CASE OF COLLAGENOUS GASTRITIS S. Mahadevan (1), J. Johnson (1), S. Gould (2), C. Baker (2), P. Sullivan (1). Collagenous gastritis is an uncommon and rare finding in the paediatric population. There are only few cases...

History of paediatrics. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G151] FROM SCHOOL BOY TO MEDICAL STUDENT, THE CORRESPONDENCE OF A FUTURE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH J. Walker-Smith. Wellcome Trust Centre for History of Medicine, UCL An archive of personal letters from 1877-1947 written by Sir George...

Community child health. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G155] A COMPARATIVE STUDY, USING FOCUS GROUPS, OF PRIMARY CARE PROFESSIONALS' ATTITUDES TO, AND KNOWLEDGE OF, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ITS IMPACT UPON CHILDREN R.M. Brooks, L.S. Wajsowicz, E.V.J. Webb. Department of Child Health. University...

General paediatrics. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G160] PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PETECHIAE IN WELL INFANTS A.J. Downes, D.S. Crossland, A.F. Mellon. Department of Paediatrics, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK Introduction: The presence of a non-blanching rash is an...

Psychiatry and psychology. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G180] EVIDENCE OF LIMBIC SYSTEM IMBALANCE IN EARLY-ONSET ANOREXIA NERVOSA B. Lask, I. Gordon, U. Chowdhury, D. Christie, B. Watkins, H. Watt, A. Van Schagen. St. George's Eating Disorders Service, London; Great Ormond Street Hospital for...

Dermatology. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G189] ARE CHILDREN WITH RECESSIVE DYSTROPHIC EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT? A.T. Fox, F. Alderdice, D Atherton. Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London Aim: To investigate the hypothesis that children with...

Allergy, immunity, and infection. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G192] EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD ALLERGY AND ANAPHYLAXIS AND EPINEPHRINE PRESCRIPTIONS IN WALES: 1994-1999 S. Rangaraj, D.P. Tuthill, M. Burr, M. Alfaham, Llandough Hospital Background: There has been variable increase in the incidence...

Nephrology. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G214] HEPARIN AND RENAL ALLOGRAFT THROMBOSIS: DOES HEPARIN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF THROMBOSIS IN PAEDIATRIC RENAL ALLOGRAFTS? A. Nagra, 1. Rees, R.S. Trompeter, T.M. Barratt, M.J. Dillon, W. vant'Hoff, O.N. Fernando, P.G....

Metabolic diseases. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G226] WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A RAISED PHENYLALANINE IN NEONATAL SCREENING? M. Galogavrou (1) M. Downing (2) R.J. Pollitt (2) J.R. Bonham (2) M.J. Sharrard (1) Infants born in UK are screened for phenylketonuria...

Palliative care. (Abstracts).
April 1, 2002... [G231] USE OF INTRANASAL/ORAL MIDAZOLAM IN PAEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE R. Bentley, J. Cope, M. Jenney, R.D.W. Hain. Department of Child Health, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, UK Aims: To reduce child's distress/anxiety without...