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Acknowledging and researching treatment uncertainties in paediatric practice: an ethical imperative 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
Illogically, and with no empirical evidence to support it, a mischievous view has been promoted that the interest of the vast number of patients involved in the poorly controlled experiments of inform...
What is array CGH? 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
Why should I read this? Array comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH), a new cytogenetic technology, is a new diagnostic tool for genetic disorders. Case A 2-year-old girl was seen in clinic becaus...
How long should we treat this infection for? 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
Infection accounts for approximately half of all paediatric admissions to hospital and an even greater proportion of primary care. Guidelines on duration of antibiotic therapy exist, but antibiotic th...
Paediatric pulmonary hypertension and sildenafil: current practice and controversies 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
In recent times, paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension management has been transformed to focus on disease modifying strategies that improve both quality of life and survival, rather than just sy...
How to use: the neonatal neurological examination 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
The neurological exam can be a challenging part of a newborn's full evaluation. At the same time, the neonatal neurological exam is a useful tool in identifying babies needing closer evaluation for po...
Interesting image - is something missing? 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
Hemihydraenecephaly can be compatible with life. A 21-year-old who was known to have had developmental delay and a persistent left sided hemiplegia had brain imaging ( figure 1 ), (never previously co...
How to use: transcutaneous bilirubinometry 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence neonatal jaundice guidelines recommend checking the bilirubin level in all infants with visible jaundice. The gold standard for this measureme...
Autism assessment tools: a (partial) misinterpretation 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
Carter and colleagues have done a superb job in summarising the theory and practice of tools used in assessing children for autism. 1 Unfortunately, their paper is marred by a mathematical error which...
Reviewer's response 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
As part of the team that undertook the review of the paper1 prior to publication, I would like to thank Alan for picking up this misinterpretation, and to apologise to our readers for the mistake. 2 ...
Answers to Dermatophile questions 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
Answers to dermatophile questions From the questions on page 126 . Answer to Question 1 The answer is (D), acne neonatorum. This, perhaps more accurately called neonatal cephalic pustulosis, is a b...
