Breast-feeding protects against respiratory syncytial virus infections.

MA Downham, R Scott, DG Sims, JK Webb… - Br Med J, 1976 - bmj.com
Eight out of 115 infants admitted to hospital with respiratory syncytial (RS) virus infection had
been breast-fed compared with 46 out of 167 controls; this difference was statistically …

Study of 8-year-old children with a history of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis in infancy.

DG Sims, MA Downham, PS Gardner, JK Webb… - Br Med J, 1978 - bmj.com
Thirty-five children known to have had respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis in infancy were
examined at the age of 8 and their respiratory function tested. The results were compared …

Increased survival and deteriorating developmental outcome in 23 to 25 week old gestation infants, 1990–4 compared with 1984–9

HCA Emsley, SP Wardle, DG Sims… - Archives of Disease in …, 1998 - fn.bmj.com
AIMS To assess whether changes in survival over time in infants of 23 to 25 weeks of
gestational age were accompanied by changes in the incidence of disability in childhood …

[HTML][HTML] Decisions and delays within stroke patients' route to the hospital: a qualitative study

RM Mellor, S Bailey, J Sheppard, P Carr… - Annals of emergency …, 2015 - Elsevier
Study objective We examine acute stroke patients' decisions and delays en route to the
hospital after onset of symptoms. Methods This was a qualitative study carried out in the …

Protective effect of vitamin E (DL-alpha-tocopherol) against intraventricular haemorrhage in premature babies.

ML Chiswick, M Johnson, C Woodhall, M Gowland… - Br Med J (Clin Res …, 1983 - bmj.com
Forty four babies, of less than 32 weeks' gestation, were either randomly given 25 mg/kg
vitamin E (DL-alpha-tocopherol acetate) intramuscularly after birth (day 0) and on days 1, 2 …

Family implications of neonatal Gorlin's syndrome.

DG Evans, DG Sims, D Donnai - Archives of disease in childhood, 1991 - adc.bmj.com
Two very preterm infants (born at 29 and 25 weeks, respectively) were found to have
abnormal ribs. Though this was thought unimportant at the time, it was subsequently shown …

Gastrointestinal blood flow velocity after the first feed.

G Gladman, DG Sims, ML Chiswick - Archives of disease in childhood, 1991 - adc.bmj.com
Twenty preterm infants (gestational age range 27-36 weeks) who had never been fed
enterally were studied. Doppler indices of flow velocity from the superior mesenteric and …

Histiocytosis X; follow-up of 43 cases.

DG Sims - Archives of Disease in childhood, 1977 - adc.bmj.com
Over a 29-year period, 43 cases of histiocytosis X presented in children under the age of 12
years. 29 patients (67%) have survived, and of these, 15 (52%) have a detectable disability …

Respiratory syncytial virus infection in north-east England.

DG Sims, MA Downham, J McQuillin, PS Gardner - Br Med J, 1976 - bmj.com
During a period covering four winter epidemics 987 respiratory syncytial (RS) virus
infections were identified in the children's wards that served a total population of about 875 …

Atopy does not predispose to RSV bronchiolitis or postbronchiolitic wheezing.

DG Sims, PS Gardner, D Weightman, MW Turner… - Br Med J (Clin Res …, 1981 - bmj.com
Twenty-six 8-year-old children who had had respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis in
infancy and their paired controls underwent skin and blood tests to assess the role of …