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19 November 2008

Rachel J Howells, Helena A Davies, Jonathan D Silverman, Julian C Archer, and Andrew F Mellon: Assessment of doctors‘ consultation skills in the paediatric setting: the Paediatric Consultation Assessment Tool
ADC Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.146191 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ngee Lek and Ieuan Hughes: Opportunistic growth measurements are not frequently done in hospital
ADC Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.147165 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Janne Pearson, Susanne Jeffrey, and David Stone: Varying gender pattern of childhood injury mortality over time in Scotland
ADC Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.148403 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Matthew James Thompson, Anthony Harnden, Rafael Perera, Richard Mayon-White, Lindsay Smith, Diane McLeod, and David Mant: Deriving temperature and age appropriate heart rate centiles for children with acute infections
ADC Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.145011 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Lucy J Griffiths, Liam Smeeth, Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Tim J Cole, and Carol Dezateux: Effects of infant feeding practice on weight gain from birth to 3 years
ADC Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.137554 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

David C A Candy and Jonathan Belsey: Macrogol (polyethylene glycol) based laxatives in children with functional constipation and faecal impaction: A systematic review
ADC Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.128769 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Shantini Paranjothy, Hannah K Broughton, Roshan Adappa, and David Fone: Teenage pregnancies: who suffers?
ADC Published Online First: 19 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.115915 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

17 November 2008

Harshpal Singh Sachdev, Clive Osmond, Caroline Fall, Ramakrishnan Lakshmy, Siddharth Ramji, Sushant K Biswas, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Nikhil Tandon, K Srinath Reddy, David JP Barker, and Santosh K Bhargava: Predicting adult metabolic syndrome from childhood body mass index: Follow-up of the New Delhi birth cohort
ADC Published Online First: 17 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.140905 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

John C Furness and Mike C McKean: Paediatric Respiratory Nursing Posts in Secondary Care Reduce Asthma Morbidity, but Provision is Variable
ADC Published Online First: 17 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.152702 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Donna C McCann, Sarah Worsfold, Catherine M Law, Mark Mullee, Stavros Petrou, Jim Stevenson, Ho Ming Yuen, and Colin R Kennedy: Reading and communication skills after universal newborn screening for permanent childhood hearing impairment
ADC Published Online First: 17 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.151217 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Malcolm G Coulthard, Heather J Lambert, and Michael J Keir: Do systemic symptoms predict the risk of kidney scarring after UTI?
ADC Published Online First: 17 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.132290 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

11 November 2008

Esther Crawley and Jonathan Sterne: Association between school absence and physical function in paediatric CFS/ME
ADC Published Online First: 11 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.143537 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Andrew Haig-Ferguson, Peter Tucker, Nicola Eaton, Linda Hunt, and Esther Crawley: Memory and attention problems in children with CFS/ME
ADC Published Online First: 11 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.143032 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Natasha Sarah Crowcroft: Action on Immunisation. No data, no action
ADC Published Online First: 11 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.138776 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

31 October 2008

Lucinda Wiggs: Behavioural Aspects of Children's Sleep
ADC Published Online First: 31 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.125278 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Pamela Fergusson, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Carlos Grijalva-Eternod, Theresa Banda, Catherine Mkangama, and Andrew Tomkins: Nutritional recovery in HIV infected and uninfected children with severe acute malnutrition
ADC Published Online First: 31 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.142646 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Shepard Schwartz, David Raveh, Ori Toker, Gershon Segal, Nadia Godovitch, and Yechiel Schlesinger: A Week by Week Analysis of the Low Risk Criteria for Serious Bacterial Infection in Febrile Neonates
ADC Published Online First: 31 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.138768 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Richard C Hixson, Monica Gandhi, and Fiona Holton: A randomized trial to evaluate prescribing accuracy when using the Paediatric Analgesia Wheel
ADC Published Online First: 31 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.142380 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

28 October 2008

Sam Mehr, Alyson Kakakios, and Andrew S Kemp: Rice: a common and severe cause of food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome
ADC Published Online First: 28 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.145144 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif and Andrew Berry: Dissection of the retrieval times of a centralised transport service, New South Wales, Australia
ADC Published Online First: 28 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.125211 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

16 October 2008

Sing Wui Tie, Graham L Hall, Sue Peter, Julie Vine, Maureen Verheggen, Elaine M Pascoe, Andrew C Wilson, Gervase Chaney, Stephen M Stick, and Andrew C Martin: Home oxygen for children with acute bronchiolitis
ADC Published Online First: 16 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.144709 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

6 October 2008

James V Leonard and Carol Dezateux: Newborn screening for Medium Chain Acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
ADC Published Online First: 6 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.134957 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Andrew Riordan and Tamara Bugembe: Update on antiretroviral therapy
ADC Published Online First: 6 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.128744 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Dario Prais, Rachel Shoov-Furman, and Jacob Amir: Is ritual circumcision a risk factor for neonatal urinary tract infections?
ADC Published Online First: 6 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.144063 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Julian Paul Hamilton Shield, Richard Lynn, Kay C Wan, Linda Haines, and Timothy Geoffrey Barrett: Management and one year outcome for UK children with type 2 diabetes
ADC Published Online First: 6 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.143313 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Traci-Anne Goyen and Kei Lui: Developmental coordination disorder in 'apparently normal' school children born extremely preterm
ADC Published Online First: 6 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.134692 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Catherine M Jackson, Diana R Lennon, Viliame TK Sotutu, Jacqueline Yan, Joanna M Stewart, Stewart Reid, Sue Crengle, Philipp Oster, Ellen Ypma, Ingeborg Aaberge, Kim Mulholland, and Diana R Martin: Phase II Meningococcal B Vesicle Vaccine Trial in New Zealand Infants
ADC Published Online First: 6 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.132571 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

1 October 2008

Maria A Quigley, Yvonne J Kelly, and Amanda Sacker: Infant feeding, solid foods and hospitalisation in the first 8 months after birth
ADC Published Online First: 1 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.146126 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Bente Kvenshagen, Morten Jacobsen, and Ragnhild Halvorsen Dr: Atopic dermatitis in premature and term children
ADC Published Online First: 1 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.142869 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Rami Subhi, Katherine Smith, and Trevor Duke: When should oxygen be given to children at high altitude? A systematic review to define altitude-specific hypoxaemia
ADC Published Online First: 1 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.138362 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Mark Hatherill, Tony Hawkridge, Heather Zar, Andrew Whitelaw, Michele Tameris, Lesley Workman, Lawrence Geiter, Willem Hanekom, and Gregory Hussey: Induced sputum or gastric lavage for community-based diagnosis of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis?
ADC Published Online First: 1 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.136929 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ian Chi Kei Wong, Lisa Y L Wong, and Noel E Cranswick: Minimising medication errors in children
ADC Published Online First: 1 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.116442 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

JIn-Bok Hwang, Soo Min Sohn, and Ae Suk Kim: Prospective follow up-oral food challenge in food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
ADC Published Online First: 1 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.143289 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Taruna Bindal, David Wall, and Helen Goodyear: Specialist registrars’ views on their teaching role
ADC Published Online First: 1 October 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.141457 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

25 September 2008

Bernt Alm, Nils Åberg, Laslo Erdes, Per Möllborg, Rolf Pettersson, Gunnar Norvenius, Emma Goksör, and Göran Wennergren: Early introduction of fish decreases the risk of eczema in infants
ADC Published Online First: 25 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.140418 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 September 2008

Elizabeth Dawn Edwards, Colin V Powell, Brendan W Mason, and Alison Oliver: Prospective cohort study to test the predictability of the Cardiff and Vale Paediatric Early Warning System (C&VPEWS)
ADC Published Online First: 23 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.142026 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

18 September 2008

Helena Fonseca, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, António Guerra, and João Gomes Pedro: Emotional, behavioural, and social correlates of missing values for BMI
ADC Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.139915 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Sion Wall, Dennis Wat, Brad Spiller, Colin Gelder, Sailesh Kotecha, and Iolo Doull: The viral aetiology of croup and recurrent croup
ADC Published Online First: 18 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.142984 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

15 September 2008

Paul N Goldwater: Sterile site infection at autopsy in sudden unexpected deaths in infancy
ADC Published Online First: 15 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.135939 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

11 September 2008

Michael Silverstein, Marilyn Augustyn, Robin Young, and Barry Zuckerman: The relationship between maternal depression, in-home violence and use of physical punishment: What is the role of child behaviour?
ADC Published Online First: 11 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.128595 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Venkatachalam Karuppaswamy and Wilf Kelsall: Review of paediatric cardiology services in District General Hospitals in United Kingdom
ADC Published Online First: 11 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.141481 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Melanie Carter, Elizabeth McCaughey, Dagmara Annaz, and Catherine M Hill: Sleep problems in a Down syndrome population
ADC Published Online First: 11 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.146845 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Robin Dowie, Hema Mistry, Michael Rigby, Tracey A Young, Gwyn Weatherburn, Giselle Rowlinson, and Rodney CG Franklin: A paediatric telecardiology service for district hospitals in south-east England: an observational study
ADC Published Online First: 11 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.138495 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Bolajoko O Olusanya: Newborns at risk of sensorineural hearing loss in low-income countries
ADC Published Online First: 11 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.144550 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

9 September 2008

Laura Basterfield, Ashley J Adamson, Kathryn N Parkinson, Ulrike Maute, Pei-Xin Li, and John J Reilly: Surveillance of physical activity in the UK is flawed: validation of the Health Survey for England physical activity questionnaire
ADC Published Online First: 9 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.135905 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Peter Howell, Stephen Roger Davis, and Roberta Williams: The effects of bilingualism on stuttering during late childhood
ADC Published Online First: 9 September 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.134114 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

19 August 2008

Panos Koumellis, Norman S McConachie, and Timothy Jaspan: Spinal subdural hematomas in children with non accidental head injury
ADC Published Online First: 19 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.141671 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Maaike A. M. Pijpers, Merit Tabbers, Marc A. Benninga, and Marjolein Y. Berger: Currently recommended treatments of childhood constipation are not evidence based. A systematic literature review on the effect of laxative treatment and dietary measures
ADC Published Online First: 19 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.127233 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Susann Skovbjerg, Kristian Roos, Stig E Holm, Eva Grahn Håkansson, Forough Nowrouzian, Magnus Ivarsson, Ingegerd Adlerberth, and Agnes E Wold: Spray bacteriotherapy decreases middle ear fluid in children with secretory otitis media
ADC Published Online First: 19 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.137414 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

14 August 2008

Anke Buschmann, Bettina Jooss, André Rupp, Friederike Feldhusen, Joachim Pietz, and Heike Philippi: Parent-based language intervention for two-year-old children with specific expressive language delay: a randomised controlled trial
ADC Published Online First: 14 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.141572 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Jill Suzanne Halterman, Kathleen Lynch, Kelly Conn, Telva Hernandez, Tamara T. Perry, and Timothy Stevens: Environmental Exposures and Respiratory Morbidity among Very Low Birth Weight Infants at One Year of Life
ADC Published Online First: 14 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.137349 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Liat de Vries, Shmuel Bulvik, and Moshe Phillip: Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis in Children and Adolescents: Presentation and Long-term Follow-up
ADC Published Online First: 14 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.134841 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Christopher J H Kelnar: Evidence-based Child Health – SIGN and NICE
ADC Published Online First: 14 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.131607 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

13 August 2008

Stephen W Turner, Mike Thomas, Julie von Ziegenweidt, and David Price: Prescribing trends in asthma: a longitudinal observational study
ADC Published Online First: 13 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.140681 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Wattana Chartapisak, Sauwalak Opastirakul, Narelle Willis, Jonathan C Craig, and Elisabeth M Hodson: Prevention and treatment of renal disease in Henoch-Schonlein Purpura: a systematic review
ADC Published Online First: 13 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.141820 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

6 August 2008

Gabrielle N Samuel, Kimberly A Strong, Ian Kerridge, Christopher FC Jordens, Rachel Ankeny, and Peter J Shaw: What place do "saviour siblings" have in paediatric transplantation: establishing the role of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis with HLA typing
ADC Published Online First: 6 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.138529 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yvonne A Zurynski, Katie Frith, Helen Leonard, and Elizabeth J Elliott: Rare childhood diseases: how should we respond?
ADC Published Online First: 6 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.134940 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Karen Bonuck, Katherine Freeman, and John Henderson: Growth and Growth Biomarker Changes After Adenotonsillectomy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
ADC Published Online First: 6 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.141192 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

1 August 2008

Maria Luz Garcia Garcia, Cristina Calvo, Francisco Pozo, Pilar Pérez-Brena, Mª Carmen Vazquez, and Inmaculada Casas: Detection of human bocavirus in ill and healthy Spanish children. A 2-year study
ADC Published Online First: 1 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.131045 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Eleni Th. Petridou, Apostolos Pourtsidis, Nick Dessypris, Konstantinos Katsiardanis, Margarita Baka, Maria Moschovi, Sofia Polychronopoulou, Dimitrios Koliouskas, Vasiliki Sidi, Fani Athanasiadou-Piperopoulou, Maria Kalmanti, Maria Belechri, Carlo La Vecchia, Maria P. Curado, and Ilias Skalkidis: Childhood leukaemias and lymphomas in Greece (1996-2006): a nationwide registration study
ADC Published Online First: 1 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.133249 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Colin D Steer, Alan M Emond, Jean Golding, and Bhupinder Sandhu: The variation in stool patterns from 1 to 42 months: a population-based observational study
ADC Published Online First: 1 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.130849 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Eileen H J Wong, Zoe Taylor, John Thompson, and David Tuthill: A Simplified Gentamicin Dosing Chart is Quicker and More Accurate for Nurse Verification than the BNFc
ADC Published Online First: 1 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.137026 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yincent Tse and George Rylance: Emergency management of anaphylaxis in children and young people: new guidance from the Resuscitation Council (UK)
ADC Published Online First: 1 August 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.120378 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

24 July 2008

Kentigern Thorburn: Pre-existing disease is associated with a significantly higher risk of death in severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection
ADC Published Online First: 24 July 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.139188 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 July 2008

Kerry Sexton, Anne McNicholas, Yvonne Galloway, Sarah Radke, Charlotte Kieft, Paul Stehr-Green, Stewart Reid, Jocelyn Neutze, and Ross Drake: Henoch-Schönlein Purpura and meningococcal B vaccination
ADC Published Online First: 23 July 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.125195 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

30 June 2008

David WA Milligan, Philip Carruthers, Brian Mackley, Martin P Ward Platt, Yve Collingwood, Lesley Wooler, Judith Gibbons, Elizabeth Draper, and Bradley N Manktelow: Nursing workload in UK tertiary neonatal units
ADC Published Online First: 30 June 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.142232 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

MARTIN A WEBER, MICHAEL T ASHWORTH, R Anthony RISDON, JOHN C HARTLEY, MARIAN MALONE, and NEIL J SEBIRE: The role of post-mortem investigations in determining the cause of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI)
ADC Published Online First: 30 June 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.136739 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

18 June 2008

Ibrahim Abubakar, Matthew Laundy, Clare E French, and Delane Shingadia: Epidemiology and treatment outcome of childhood Tuberculosis in England and Wales: 1999 to 2006
ADC Published Online First: 18 June 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.139543 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Enid M Hennessy, Melanie Bracewell, Nicholas Wood, Dieter Wolke, Kate L Costeloe, Alan T Gibson, and Neil Marlow: Respiratory health in pre-school and school age children following extremely preterm birth
ADC Published Online First: 18 June 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.140830 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Premkumar C B Sundaram, Emma Day, and Jeremy Kirk: Delayed diagnosis in Type 1 diabetes mellitus
ADC Published Online First: 18 June 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.133405 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Lynda Ann Brook and Richard DW Hain: Predicting death in children
ADC Published Online First: 18 June 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.127332 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Domenico Simeone, Erasmo Miele, Gabriella Boccia, Antonio Marino, Riccardo Troncone, and Annamaria Staiano: Prevalence of atopy in children with chronic constipation
ADC Published Online First: 18 June 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.133512 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]