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A brief digest of the June issue
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In the June issue:
Perspectives
Ong and Forouhi look at the factors that influence communication around breast feeding. (pp 4712)
Clayden and Wright explore the relationship between constipation and urinary retention and incontinence. (pp 4723)
Modi discusses the prevention of hypernatraemic dehydration in infants. (pp 4735)
Leading articles
The possibility of the development of a malaria vaccine is discussed. (pp 4769)
The issues around intercountry adoption are explored. (pp 47982)
Original research
Relevant Articles
- Communicating the benefits of breast feeding
- Ken K Ong and Nita Forouhi
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 471-472.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Constipation and incontinence in childhood: two sides of the same coin?
- Graham Clayden and Anne Wright
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 472-474.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Avoiding hypernatraemic dehydration in healthy term infants
- Neena Modi
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 474-475.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Towards an effective malaria vaccine
- Pedro Aide, Quique Bassat, and Pedro L Alonso
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 476-479.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Intercountry adoption
- Mary Mather
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 479-482.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Extreme thrombocytosis in admissions to paediatric intensive care: no requirement for treatment
- Alison Denton and Peter Davis
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 515-516.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Dyspraxia or developmental coordination disorder? Unravelling the enigma
- John Gibbs, Jeanette Appleton, and Richard Appleton
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 534-539.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- How to diagnose autism
- Clare J Dover and Ann Le Couteur
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 540-545.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Countdown to 2015: will the Millennium Development Goal for child survival be met?
- Joy E Lawn, Anthony Costello, Charles Mwansambo, and David Osrin
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 551-556.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Beyond counting cases: public health impacts of national Paediatric Surveillance Units
- D Grenier, E J Elliott, Y Zurynski, R Rodrigues Pereira, M Preece, R Lynn, R von Kries, H Zimmermann, N P Dickson, and D Virella
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 527-533.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Live viral vaccines in a DiGeorge syndrome patient
- V Waters, K S Peterson, and P LaRussa
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 519-520.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Assessing the population impact of low rates of breast feeding on asthma, coeliac disease and obesity: the use of a new statistical method
- Anthony K Akobeng and Richard F Heller
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 483-485.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Prevalence rates for constipation and faecal and urinary incontinence
- Vera Loening-Baucke
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 486-489.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk in Ontario adolescents
- Andreas D Flouris, Corey H Canham, Brent E Faught, and Panagiota Klentrou
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 521-523.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Comparison of alteplase and heparin in maintaining the patency of paediatric central venous haemodialysis lines: a randomised controlled trial
- Nicola S Gittins, Yan L Hunter-Blair, John N S Matthews, and Malcolm G Coulthard
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 499-501.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Should paediatric central lines be aspirated before use?
- Malcolm G Coulthard and Roderick Skinner
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 517-518.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Variation in policies for the management of febrile neutropenia in United Kingdom Childrens Cancer Study Group centres
- Bob Phillips, Karen Selwood, Sheila M Lane, Roderick Skinner, Faith Gibson, and Julia C Chisholm
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 495-498.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Using NSAID in volume depleted children can precipitate acute renal failure
- Cheri Mathews John, Rajeev Shukla, and Caroline A Jones
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 524-526.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Reference chart for relative weight change to detect hypernatraemic dehydration
- Paula van Dommelen, Jacobus P van Wouwe, Jacqueline M Breuning-Boers, Stef van Buuren, and Paul H Verkerk
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 490-494.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Physical activity levels in children and adolescents are reduced after the Fontan procedure, independent of exercise capacity, and are associated with lower perceived general health
- Brian W McCrindle, Richard V Williams, Seema Mital, Bernard J Clark, Jennifer L Russell, Gloria Klein, and Joey C Eisenmann
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 509-514.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Acceptability of perinatal rapid point-of-care HIV testing in an area of low HIV prevalence in the UK
- Suzy H M Stokes, Paddy McMaster, and Khaled M K Ismail
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 505-508.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Fluid therapy for children: facts, fashions and questions
- Malcolm A Holliday, Patricio E Ray, and Aaron L Friedman
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 546-550.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Is omitting post urinary-tract-infection renal ultrasound safe after normal antenatal ultrasound? An observational study
- Dan Miron, Ahmed Daas, Waheeb Sakran, Dimitry Lumelsky, Ariel Koren, and Yoseph Horovitz
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 502-504.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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