Précis:

A brief digest of the April issue

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: e4.

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Atoms:

Atoms

Howard Bauchner

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 283.

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Original articles:

Comparison of standard versus double dose of amoxicillin in the treatment of non-severe pneumonia in children aged 2–59 months: a multi-centre, double blind, randomised controlled trial in Pakistan

Tabish Hazir, Shamim A Qazi, Yasir Bin Nisar, Sajid Maqbool, Rai Asghar, Imran Iqbal, Sobia Khalid, Sajid Randhawa, Shazia Aslam, Sobia Riaz, and Saleem Abbasi

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 291-297.
Published Online First: 17 March 2006. doi:10.1136/adc.2005.092494

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Blood pressure centiles for Great Britain

Lisa V Jackson, Nandu K S Thalange, and Tim J Cole

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 298-303.
Published Online First: 11 August 2006. doi:10.1136/adc.2005.081216

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C-reactive protein is elevated in the offspring of parents with essential hypertension

Juan Jose Díaz, Juan Arguelles, Ignacio Málaga, Carmen Perillán, Angeles Diéguez, Manuel Vijande, and Serafín Málaga

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 304-308.
Published Online First: 7 December 2006. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.094672

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An evaluation of Medline published paediatric audits from 1966 to 1999

Clodagh Sheila O’Gorman, Yasir Ziedan, and Michael Brendan O’Neill

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 309-311.
Published Online First: 31 May 2006. doi:10.1136/adc.2004.071381

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Surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease

M E Ba’ath, M W Mahmalat, P Kapur, N P Smith, A M Dalzell, D H Casson, G L Lamont, and C T Baillie

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 312-316.
Published Online First: 2 May 2006. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.096875

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Breast feeding in infancy and social mobility: 60-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort

Richard M Martin, Sarah H Goodall, David Gunnell, and George Davey Smith

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 317-321.
Published Online First: 14 February 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.105494

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MMR: marginalised, misrepresented and rejected? Autism: a focus group study

Shona Hilton, Kate Hunt, and Mark Petticrew

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 322-327. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.109686

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Genital injuries in boys and abuse

C J Hobbs and J Osman

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 328-331. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.111195

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Intravenous pamidronate treatment of infants with severe osteogenesis imperfecta

Eva Åström, Håkan Jorulf, and Stefan Söderhäll

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 332-338.
Published Online First: 17 November 2006. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.096552

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Short report:

Living at high altitude and risk of hospitalisation for atopic asthma in children: results from a large prospective birth-cohort study

U Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, E Horak, W Mueller, R Strobl, C Haberland, FM Fink, M Schwaiger, KH Gutenberger, H Reich, D Meraner, and S Kiechl

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 339-342. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.106278

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Archimedes:

Towards evidence based medicine for paediatricians

Bob Phillips

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 362.

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CAN gambling with other people’s children:

Bob Phillips

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 362.

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In children under age three does procalcitonin help exclude serious bacterial infection in fever without focus?

David Herd

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 362-364. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.112441

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Does avoidance of breast feeding reduce mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus infection?

K Bhola and W McGuire

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 365-366. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.112458

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Should children under treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis receive flu vaccination?

Liza J McCann

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 366-368. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.112805

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JournalWatch:

Journal Watch

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 369-370.

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Reviews:

Outcome following subdural haemorrhages in infancy

Sandeep Jayawant and Jeremy Parr

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 343-347. doi:10.1136/adc.2005.084988

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Measuring quality of life

Christine Eiser and Meriel Jenney

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 348-350. doi:10.1136/adc.2005.086405

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Marfan’s syndrome and the heart

Alan Graham Stuart and Andrew Williams

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 351-356. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.097469

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How have the past 5 years of research changed clinical practice in paediatric nephrology?

Stephen D Marks

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 357-361. doi:10.1136/adc.2005.086363

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Lucina:

Lucina

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 376.

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Miscellanea:

An interesting facial rash

Caroline A Love, John A Sills, and Judith M Ellison

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 303. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.112771

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Botulinum toxin for drooling in cerebral palsy

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 338. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.113456

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Dilated cardiomyopathy

Arch Dis Child 2007; 92: 350. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.113449

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