Risk factors for asthma: is prevention possible?

R Beasley, A Semprini, EA Mitchell - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Asthma is one of the most common diseases in the world, resulting in a substantial burden of
disease. Although rates of deaths due to asthma worldwide have reduced greatly over the …

Duration of breastfeeding and risk of SIDS: an individual participant data meta-analysis

J Thompson, K Tanabe, RY Moon, EA Mitchell… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations between breastfeeding duration and SIDS. DATA
SOURCES: Individual-level data from 8 case-control studies. STUDY SELECTION: Case …

Helping children sleep

BC Galland, EA Mitchell - Archives of disease in childhood, 2010 - adc.bmj.com
Sleep problems in children are very common and affect both the child and parents. The
common problems are bedtime resistance, delayed sleep onset and frequent night waking …

Sudden infant death syndrome and unclassified sudden infant deaths: a definitional and diagnostic approach

HF Krous, JB Beckwith, RW Byard, TO Rognum… - …, 2004 - publications.aap.org
The definition of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) originally appeared in 1969 and was
modified 2 decades later. During the following 15 years, an enormous amount of additional …

Short sleep duration in middle childhood: risk factors and consequences

GM Nixon, JMD Thompson, DY Han, DM Becroft… - Sleep, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To measure sleep duration in 7-year-old children; identify the
determinants of sleep duration; and assess the association between short sleep duration …

Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome following the prevention campaign in New Zealand: a prospective study

EA Mitchell, PG Tuohy, JM Brunt, JMD Thompson… - …, 1997 - publications.aap.org
Objectives. To identify the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) following a
national campaign to prevent SIDS. Methods. For 2 years (October 1, 1991 through …

The effect of an electronic monitoring device with audiovisual reminder function on adherence to inhaled corticosteroids and school attendance in children with …

AHY Chan, AW Stewart, J Harrison… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Suboptimum adherence to preventive asthma treatment is associated with
substantial morbidity and mortality, yet adherence often remains poor. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Bed sharing when parents do not smoke: is there a risk of SIDS? An individual level analysis of five major case–control studies

R Carpenter, C McGarvey, EA Mitchell, DM Tappin… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To resolve uncertainty as to the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
associated with sleeping in bed with your baby if neither parent smokes and the baby is …

Vitamin D during pregnancy and infancy and infant serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration

CC Grant, AW Stewart, R Scragg, T Milne… - …, 2014 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To determine the vitamin D dose necessary to achieve serum 25-
hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) concentration≥ 20 ng/mL during infancy. METHODS: A …

Fast-food consumption and body mass index in children and adolescents: an international cross-sectional study

I Braithwaite, AW Stewart, RJ Hancox, R Beasley… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To investigate whether reported fast-food consumption over the previous year is
associated with higher childhood or adolescent body mass index (BMI). Design Secondary …