Perspectives:

If it’s worth doing, let’s do it!

Tam Fry

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 267-268. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.136051

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Otitis media with effusion: the long and winding road?

Ian Williamson and Paul Little

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 268-269. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.112383

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Recurrence risk of sudden infant death syndrome

Peter S Blair and Peter J Fleming

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 269-270. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.130682

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Atoms:

Atoms

Howard Bauchner

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 1.

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Leading articles:

Strategies for getting preterm infants home earlier

Claire Rose, Lisa Ramsay, and Alison Leaf

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 271-273.
Published Online First: 17 October 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2005.093039

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The MRCPCH MasterCourse

Robert Scott-Jupp, David Hall, Deepan Vyas, and Liang Yap Wei

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 274-277.
Published Online First: 11 January 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.125393

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Original articles:

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of height-screening programmes during the primary school years: a systematic review

D Fayter, J Nixon, S Hartley, A Rithalia, G Butler, M Rudolf, P Glasziou, M Bland, L Stirk, and M Westwood

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 278-284.
Published Online First: 2 May 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.109843

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Hyponatraemia and hypokalaemia during intravenous fluid administration

K Armon, A Riordan, S Playfor, G Millman, A Khader, and for the Paediatric Research Society

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 285-287.
Published Online First: 9 January 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.093823

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Infant feeding in the time of HIV: rapid assessment of infant feeding policy and programmes in four African countries scaling up prevention of mother to child transmission programmes

M Chopra and N Rollins

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 288-291.
Published Online First: 8 August 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.096321

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Does breastfeeding method influence infant weight gain?

C A Walshaw, J M Owens, A J Scally, and M J Walshaw

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 292-296.
Published Online First: 14 February 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.107102

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Impact of an early weighing policy on neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration and breast feeding

N P Iyer, R Srinivasan, K Evans, L Ward, W-Y Cheung, and J W A Matthes

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 297-299.
Published Online First: 2 May 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.108415

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Clinical outcome in patients from a single region who were dependent on parenteral nutrition for 28 days or more

J Köglmeier, C Day, and J W L Puntis

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 300-302.
Published Online First: 11 January 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.109405

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A comparative study of anticoagulant control in patients on long-term warfarin using home and hospital monitoring of the international normalised ratio

M J E Bradbury, G Taylor, P Short, and M D Williams

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 303-306.
Published Online First: 3 August 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.113886

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Paediatric acute asthma management in Australia and New Zealand: practice patterns in the context of clinical practice guidelines

F E Babl, N Sheriff, M Borland, J Acworth, J Neutze, D Krieser, P Ngo, J Schutz, F Thomson, E Cotterell, S Jamison, and P Francis

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 307-312.
Published Online First: 1 April 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.125062

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Educational interventions to reduce prescribing errors

S Conroy, C North, T Fox, L Haines, C Planner, P Erskine, I Wong, and H Sammons

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 313-315.
Published Online First: 15 January 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.127761

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Trends in pneumonia and empyema in Scottish children in the past 25 years

C S D Roxburgh, G G Youngson, J A Townend, and S W Turner

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 316-318.
Published Online First: 15 November 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.126540

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Short report:

Study of antibody titres after measles vaccination: fever within 7 days of vaccination and efficacy of booster doses

T Egami, K Egami, and A Tanoue

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 319-320.
Published Online First: 8 May 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.113076

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Global child health:

Addressing disparities in children’s health in China

Emily Y Y Chan, Sian Griffiths, Yang Gao, Chok Wan Chan, and Tai Fai Fok

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 346-352. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.130146

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Case reports:

Severe iron intoxication treated with exchange transfusion

M Carlsson, D Cortes, S Jepsen, and T Kanstrup

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 321-322. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.123240

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Reviews:

How common is repeat sudden infant death syndrome?

C J Bacon, D B M Hall, T J Stephenson, and M J Campbell

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 323-326.
Published Online First: 12 June 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.113969

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How has research in the past 5 years changed my clinical practice?

N P Mann

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 327-330.
Published Online First: 5 September 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.115071

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Management of eating disorders in children and adolescents

S G Gowers

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 331-334.
Published Online First: 9 October 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.117747

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Will changing maintenance intravenous fluid from 0.18% to 0.45% saline do more harm than good?

M G Coulthard

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 335-340. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.124461

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Prader-Willi syndrome: who can have growth hormone?

P Stafler and C Wallis

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 341-345.
Published Online First: 18 December 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.126334

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PostScript:

"Rigid" versus "baby-led"—no contest

M W Woolridge and J C Ingram

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 353.

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Point of care estimation in neonates: not just for haemoglobin

Owen J Arthurs and A W Kelsall

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 353-354. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.132142

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Yes, there is a place for bariatric surgery (and paediatric surgeons) in childhood obesity

Niall Jones

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 354.

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A possible re-emergence of osteomalacia in women and severe hypovitaminosis D in newborn infants in France

Anne-Marie Schott, Sonia Belaid, and Marie-France Legoaziou

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 354. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.135004

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Is MMR immunisation safe in chronic Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura?

Anna C Bibby, Anna Farrell, Michelle Cummins, and Michel Erlewyn-Lajeunesse

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 354-355. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.132340

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Persistently positive HIV serology at age 18 months in uninfected children

S Bandi, L Flutter, E Smit, R Jayatunga, S Hackett, and S Welch

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 355-356. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.133793

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NICE guidance on urinary tract infection in children abandons routine antibiotic prophylaxis

Kati Hajibagheri, Max Priesemann, Ian Morrison, Ami Parikh, Nick Lessof, and Elizabeth Price

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 356.

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Probable idiopathic intracranial hypertension in pre-pubertal children

Felix Distelmaier, Ertan Mayatepek, and Daniel Tibussek

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 356-357. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.137158

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Long-term health outcomes of neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis

F Festini, G Taccetti, V Galici, S Campana, G Mergni, and T Repetto

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 357-358. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.137067

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Perinatal and newborn care in South Asia: priorities for action

Nick Brown

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 358.

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Evidence-based pediatric infectious diseases

Rachel E Isba

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 359.

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Miscellanea:

Purulent pericarditis secondary to septic arthritis: a rare life threatening association

V Karuppaswamy, A Shauq, and N Alphonso

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 277. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.136564

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Etanercept for plaque psoriasis

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 306.

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Chikungunya reaches northern Italy: effect of global warming?

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 312.

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Unexpected supraglottic injury following a frontal impact motor-vehicle accident

G Briassoulis, M-D Fitrolaki, E Mihailidou, and A-M Spanaki

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 345. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.137380

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Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 360.

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Corrections:

Correction

Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 359.

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