Précis:

A brief digest of the November issue

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: e1.

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Perspectives:

Might prevention be better than cure?

Lynne Murray and Paul Ramchandani

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 943-944. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.124628

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What the teacher needs to know

Neil Marlow and Samantha Johnson

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 945. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.127969

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Atoms:

Atoms

Howard Bauchner, Editor-in-

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1.

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ADC blogs:

Web 2 and You

Bob Phillips and Ian Wacogne

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 941-942. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.127605

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Leading articles:

Not just small adults: the metaphors of paediatrics

Jonathan Gillis and Patricia Loughlan

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 946-947. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.121087

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Outcome of convulsive status epilepticus: a review

Claire L Novorol, Richard F M Chin, and Rod C Scott

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 948-951. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.107516

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Original articles:

Improving infant sleep and maternal mental health: a cluster randomised trial

Harriet Hiscock, Jordana Bayer, Lisa Gold, Anne Hampton, Obioha C Ukoumunne, and Melissa Wake

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 952-958.
Published Online First: 7 December 2006. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.099812

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Effect of meningitis in infancy on school-leaving examination results

John de Louvois, Sue Halket, and David Harvey

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 959-962.
Published Online First: 22 March 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.105916

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Objective measurement of levels and patterns of physical activity

Chris J Riddoch, Calum Mattocks, Kevin Deere, Jo Saunders, Jo Kirkby, Kate Tilling, Sam D Leary, Steven N Blair, and Andy R Ness

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 963-969.
Published Online First: 13 September 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.112136

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Pertussis requiring intensive care

Julia Surridge, Elizabeth R Segedin, and Cameron C Grant

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 970-975.
Published Online First: 4 July 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.114082

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Impact of HIV-1 status on the radiological presentation and clinical outcome of children with WHO defined community-acquired severe pneumonia

P M Jeena, A K Minkara, P Corr, F Bassa, L M McNally, H M Coovadia, M Fox, D H Hamer, and D Thea

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 976-979.
Published Online First: 26 June 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.104406

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Peanut-free guidelines reduce school lunch peanut contents

Devi K Banerjee, Rhoda S Kagan, Elizabeth Turnbull, Lawrence Joseph, Yvan St Pierre, Claire Dufresne, K Gray-Donald, and Ann E Clarke

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 980-982.
Published Online First: 7 June 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.113118

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Selective ambulatory management of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in paediatric refugees

Sarah Cherian and David Burgner

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 983-986.
Published Online First: 29 June 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.114801

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Evaluating the CSAPPA subscales as potential screening instruments for developmental coordination disorder

John Cairney, Scott Veldhuizen, Paul Kurdyak, Cheryl Missiuna, Brent E Faught, and John Hay

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 987-991.
Published Online First: 15 June 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.115097

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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Netherlands in 2003 compared to 1980 and 1997

Katja van den Hurk, Paula van Dommelen, Stef van Buuren, Paul H Verkerk, and Remy A HiraSing

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 992-995.
Published Online First: 29 June 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.115402

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Polyethylene glycol 3350 plus electrolytes for chronic constipation in children: a double blind, placebo controlled, crossover study

M A Thomson, H R Jenkins, W M Bisset, R Heuschkel, D S Kalra, M R Green, D C Wilson, and M Geraint

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 996-1000.
Published Online First: 11 July 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.115493

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Outcome for children with cyclical vomiting syndrome

E Fitzpatrick, B Bourke, B Drumm, and M Rowland

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1001-1004.
Published Online First: 22 June 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.116608

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Sudden infant death syndrome in infants born to HIV-infected and opiate-using mothers

Christian Kahlert, Christoph Rudin, Christian Kind, and and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) and the Swiss Mother & Child HIV Cohort Study (MoCHiV)

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1005-1008.
Published Online First: 7 June 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.117192

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Decline in pneumococcal meningitis after the introduction of the heptavalent-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in northern France

F Dubos, I Marechal, M O Husson, C Courouble, M Aurel, A Martinot, and the Hospital Network for Evaluating the Management of Common Childhood Diseases

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1009-1012.
Published Online First: 11 July 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.119891

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Short report:

Awareness of the risk of endocarditis associated with tattooing and body piercing among patients with congenital heart disease and paediatric cardiologists in the United Kingdom

Suhair O Shebani, Helen F J Miles, Phil Simmons, John Stickley, and Joseph V De Giovanni

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1013-1014.
Published Online First: 4 July 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.114942

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Archimedes:

Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians

Bob Phillips

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1036.

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In neonates requiring intravascular volume resuscitation is the use of gelofusine safe and efficacious?

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1037-1038. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.124438

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Recurrent tinea versicolor: treatment with itraconazole or fluconazole?

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1040-1042. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.124958

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ARCHIMEDES:

Should critically ill patients be routinely transfused to a normal haemoglobin level?

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1038-1039. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.124412

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JournalWatch:

JOURNAL WATCH: Selections from Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1043-1044. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.129908

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Reviews:

New developments in the treatment of type 1 diabetes in children

Thomas Danne, Karin Lange, and Olga Kordonouri

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1015-1019. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.094904

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How has research changed my practice in the last 5 years?

Duncan Cameron

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1020-1023. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.094961

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Clinical trials in paediatric haematology-oncology: are future successes threatened by the EU directive on the conduct of clinical trials?

Chris Mitchell

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1024-1027. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.103713

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Update on clinical gene therapy in childhood

Waseem Qasim, H Bobby Gaspar, and Adrian J Thrasher

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1028-1031. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.108787

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Gene–environment interactions in asthma

S McLeish and S W Turner

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1032-1035. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.112185

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Letters:

Blood pressure charts in UK children

Kjell Tullus and Eileen Brennan

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1045-1046.

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Blood pressure centiles for Great Britain: can they be safely applied to clinical practice?

Anjum Gandhi and Orhan Uzun

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1046.

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Nasal swabs for detection of respiratory syncytial virus RNA

Matti E Waris, Terho Heikkinen, Riikka Österback, Tuomas Jartti, and Olli Ruuskanen

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1046-1047.
Published Online First: 11 July 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.113514

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Children with Down syndrome and OSA do not necessarily snore

Daniel K Ng, Chung-hong Chan, and Josephine M Cheung

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1047-1048.

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Is the current threshold level for screening for congenital hypothyroidism too high? An audit of the clinical evaluation, confirmatory diagnostic tests and treatment of infants with increased blood spot thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations identified on newborn blood spot screening in Wales

R A Pryce, J W Gregory, J T Warner, R John, D Bradley, and C Evans

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1048.
Published Online First: 10 September 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.121988

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Letter:

Low calcium intake and hypovitaminosis D in adolescent girls

A Khadilkar, G Das, M Sayyad, N Sanwalka, D Bhandari, V Khadilkar, and M Z Mughal

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1045. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.116376

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Book Review:

Meeting the needs of children with disabilities

Phillipa Clark

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1048-1049.

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Paediatrics at a glance

David James

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1049.

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Oxford specialist handbook in paediatric neurology

Rosemary Belderbos

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1049.

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Lucina:

Lucina

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1050.

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Miscellanea:

Prognosis in childhood multiple sclerosis

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1004. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.128371

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Prophylactic fluconazole for very low birthweight infants

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1023. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.128363

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Corrections:

Correction

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1049.

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Correction

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 1049.

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