PRÉCIS
A brief digest of the May issue
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
ADC Précis provides a brief digest of the current issue. Of course it is no substitute for reading the full article yourself, but we hope that it provides a flavour of the journal contents, and alerts you to articles to suit your interest. Sign up at http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/etoc to receive ADC to your inbox as the new issues of the journal are published. You do not need to subscribe to ADC to benefit from this service.
In the May issue:
Perspectives
Drewett reflects on the social aspects behind the development of eating habits by children. (p 377)
Craft discusses the difficulties behind making the "right" decisions for children. (p 378)
Eiser argues that formal assessment of quality of life as part of medical care of children is possible and necessary. (p 379)
Leading article
The role and importance of continuity of care in provision of modern, complex paediatrics is discussed.
Relevant Articles
- The social facilitation of food intake
- R F Drewett
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 377.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Differing views on quality of life
- Alan Craft
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 378.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- No pain, no gain? Integrating QoL assessment in paediatrics
- Christine Eiser
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 379-380.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- How important is continuity of care?
- Vidya Sudhakar-Krishnan and Mary C J Rudolf
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 381-383.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Childhood obesity: should primary school children be routinely screened? A systematic review and discussion of the evidence
- Marie Westwood, Debra Fayter, Suzanne Hartley, Amber Rithalia, Gary Butler, Paul Glasziou, Martin Bland, John Nixon, Lisa Stirk, and Mary Rudolf
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 416-422.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Severity of obstructive apnoea in children with Down syndrome who snore
- Dominic A Fitzgerald, Annette Paul, and Clare Richmond
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 423-425.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Childhood immunisation: what is the future?
- Andrew J Pollard
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 426-433.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Monitoring health related quality of life in adolescents with diabetes: a review of measures
- M de Wit, H A Delemarre-van de Waal, F Pouwer, R J B J Gemke, and F J Snoek
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 434-439.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- The role of communication in paediatric drug safety
- Claire Stebbing, Ian C K Wong, Rainu Kaushal, and Adam Jaffe
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 440-445.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Recent advances in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis
- Ben J Marais and Madhukar Pai
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 446-452.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Treating severe acute malnutrition seriously
- Steve Collins
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 453-461.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Quality of life and congenital heart defects: comparing parent and professional values
- Rachel L Knowles, Ingolf Griebsch, Catherine Bull, Jacqueline Brown, Christopher Wren, and Carol Dezateux
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 388-393.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Children with pneumonia: how do they present and how are they managed?
- Julia E Clark, Donna Hammal, David Spencer, and Fiona Hampton
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 394-398.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Eating in larger groups increases food consumption
- Julie C Lumeng and Katherine H Hillman
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 384-387.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Clinical measures of adiposity and percentage fat loss: which measure most accurately reflects fat loss and what should we aim for?
- Linda P Hunt, Anna Ford, Matthew A Sabin, Elizabeth C Crowne, and Julian P H Shield
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 399-403.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Weight estimation in resuscitation: is the current formula still valid?
- Mark Luscombe and Ben Owens
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 412-415.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Variations in captopril formulations used to treat children with heart failure: a survey in the United kingdom
- Hussain Mulla, Magdi Tofeig, Frances BuLock, Nilesh Samani, and Hitesh C Pandya
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 409-411.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Quantifying how tests reduce diagnostic uncertainty
- Malcolm G Coulthard
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 404-408.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.



