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Arch Dis Child 2000 Volume 83 No 4
Focus on the respiratory tract
Winter is on its way in the northern hemisphere and with it brings the annual misery of respiratory tract infections. This month we present a mini symposium, with eight papers devoted to children's respiratory illness.
The fetus and the ashtrayThe ALSPAC study team (page 307) have looked at the relationship between maternal smoking in pregnancy and reported wheeze in offspring. After controlling for postnatal environmental tobacco smoke and demographic risk factors, the team concludes that mothers who smoke in the third trimester, whether a little or a lot, are more likely to have little wheezers. Future studies will look at whether they become big wheezers.
Locking stable doorsThe IMpact trial of a monoclonal antibody prophylaxis against
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection claimed a relative risk
reduction of 55% in the admission rate of immunised high risk
Relevant Articles
- How vulnerable is the developing testis to the external environment?
- PROFESSOR I A HUGHES
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 281-282.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Infantile colic: maternal smoking as potential risk factor
- Sijmen A Reijneveld, Emily Brugman, and Remy A Hirasing
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 302-303.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Maternity advice survey: sleeping position in Eastern Europe
- E A S Nelson, A Serra, S Cowan, V Mangiaterra, and the MAS Study Group for WHO EURO region
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 304-306.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Wheeze associated with prenatal tobacco smoke exposure: a prospective, longitudinal study
- A L Lux, A J Henderson, S J Pocock, and the ALSPAC Study Team
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 307-312.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Respiratory syncytial virus infection in high risk infants and the potential impact of prophylaxis in a United Kingdom cohort
- Simon J Clark, Michael W Beresford, N V Subhedar, and N J Shaw
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 313-316.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- The clinical course of bronchiolitis associated with acute otitis media
- Gila Shazberg, Shoshana Revel-Vilk, David Shoseyov, Anat Ben-Ami, Aharon Klar, and Haggit Hurvitz
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 317-319.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Rationalised prescribing for community acquired pneumonia: a closed loop audit
- Helena Clements, Terence Stephenson, Vanessa Gabriel, Timothy Harrison, Michael Millar, Alan Smyth, William Tong, and Chris J Linton
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 320-324.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Children's perception of breathlessness in acute asthma
- I Male, H Richter, and P Seddon
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 325-329.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Asthma drug adherence in a long term clinical trial
- Gunnar Jónasson, Kai-Håkon Carlsen, and Petter Mowinckel
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 330-333.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Scrotal temperature is increased in disposable plastic lined nappies
- C-J Partsch, M Aukamp, and W G Sippell
Arch. Dis. Child. 2000 83: 364-368.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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