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Arch Dis Child 2001 Volume 85 No 4
At least one medical journal is fond of
presenting a "Lesson of the Week". Eschewing such parsimony, this
month's ADC overflows with lessons
for
example, we must be alert to rare ill effects of common practices
(breast feeding and treating asthma with inhaled corticosteroids). The
author of an exhaustively researched update on managing non-traumatic
coma enjoins us generally to think the unthinkable but specifically to
learn an algorithm and a list of vital criteria. Two papers on children
with complex health needs detail how we fail them and, refreshingly,
what might be done about it. The most fascinating lesson of the month,
for an editor who likes words such as eschewing and parsimony, is a
study from Kenya which provides evidence of the sensitivity of
linguistics in making a bacteriological diagnosis. Tempted? Then read
on.
Neurologist Fenella Kirkham aims a major review at those
Relevant Articles
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Therapeutic choices in the locomotor management of the child with cerebral palsymore luck than judgement?
- J H Patrick, A P Roberts, and G F Cole
Arch. Dis. Child. 2001 85: 275-279.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Case-control study of the health of those looked after by local authorities
- J Williams, S Jackson, A Maddocks, W-Y Cheung, A Love, and H Hutchings
Arch. Dis. Child. 2001 85: 280-285.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Solar disinfection of drinking water protects against cholera in children under 6 years of age
- R M Conroy, M E Meegan, T Joyce, K McGuigan, and J Barnes
Arch. Dis. Child. 2001 85: 293-295.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Non-traumatic coma in children
- F J Kirkham
Arch. Dis. Child. 2001 85: 303-312.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Hypernatraemic dehydration and breast feeding: a population study
- S Oddie, S Richmond, and M Coulthard
Arch. Dis. Child. 2001 85: 318-320.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Symptomatic adrenal insufficiency during inhaled corticosteroid treatment
- L Patel, J K Wales, M S Kibirige, A A Massarano, J M Couriel, P E Clayton, and GEORGE RUSSELL
Arch. Dis. Child. 2001 85: 330-334.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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