TY - JOUR T1 - Supine positioning of toddlers for throat examination JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 289 LP - 289 DO - 10.1136/adc.76.3.289c VL - 76 IS - 3 AU - JONATHAN O’B HOURIHANE AU - ELIZABETH J LAMBERT AU - YVONNE M d’ART Y1 - 1997/03/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/76/3/289.4.abstract N2 - Editor,—Many toddlers are intimidated by the approaches of a doctor who wishes to view the throat. In contrast to the conventional sitting position used for throat examination by paediatricians,1 dentists use a less threatening approach, with the child lying semirecumbent on the parent’s knee.2We have compared the acceptability of the two positions in a … ER -