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Pediatric medicine

Letters

Evidence to support changes to child restraint legislation

Wei Du, Caroline F Finch and Lynne E Bilston

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 598-599

Position statement

Management of bronchiectasis and chronic suppurative lung disease in Indigenous children and adults from rural and remote Australian communities

Anne B Chang, Keith Grimwood, Graeme Maguire, Paul T King, Peter S Morris and Paul J Torzillo

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (7): 386-393 Free

Letters

Consent in paediatric research: an evaluation of the guidance provided in the 2007 NHMRC National statement on ethical conduct in human research

Adam Jaffe, Roxanne E Strachan and Katrina J Williams

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (6): 347-348

Research

A 5- versus 3-day course of oral corticosteroids for children with asthma exacerbations who are not hospitalised: a randomised controlled trial

Anne B Chang, Ronald Clark, Theo P Sloots, David G Stone, Helen L Petsky, Donna Thearle, Anita A Champion, Coralie Wheeler and Jason P Acworth

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (6): 306-310 Free

Letters

In the long run, skills are as good as pills for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Alison Poulton and Ralph K H Nanan

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 295-296

Letters

In the long run, skills are as good as pills for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Joseph M Rey

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 295-296

Notable cases

Paediatric lobar lung transplantation: addressing the paucity of donor organs

Dominic T Keating, Glen P Westall, Silvana F Marasco, Jacquie H Burton, Mark R Buckland, Colin F Robertson, Trevor J Williams and Gregory I Snell

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 173-175 Free

Letters

Feeding choice for children with immediate allergic reactions to cows milk protein

Sam S Mehr and Andrew S Kemp

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 178-179

Corrections

Bystander basic life support: an important link in the chain of survival for children suffering a drowning or near-drowning episode

Jeanette Marchant, Nicholas G Cheng, Lawrence T Lam, Fiona E Fahy, S V Soundappan, Danny T Cass and Gary J Browne

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 56

Research enterprise

Indigenous child health: urgent need for improved data to underpin better health outcomes

Emily Fremantle, Yvonne A Zurynski, Deepika Mahajan, Heather D’Antoine and Elizabeth J Elliott

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 588-591 Free

Addressing diseases of disadvantage

Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

Desiree T Silva, Deborah Lehmann, Mary T Tennant, Peter Jacoby, Helen Wright and Fiona J Stanley

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 594-598 Free

Editorials

Food allergy and anaphylaxis — dealing with uncertainty

Andrew S Kemp and Wendy Hu

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 503-504

Research

The burden of influenza in healthy children in South Australia

Katina D’Onise and Jane C A Raupach

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 510-513 Free

Public health

Bystander basic life support: an important link in the chain of survival for children suffering a drowning or near-drowning episode

Jeanette Marchant, Nicholas G Cheng, Lawrence T Lam, Fiona E Fahy, S V Soundappan, Danny T Cass and Gary J Browne

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 484-485

Corrections

Respiratory syncytial virus infections in children in Alice Springs Hospital

Apakasimaka Dede, David Isaacs, Paul J Torzillo, John Wakerman, Rob Roseby, Rose Fahy, George Clothier, Andrew White and Paula Kitto

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 431 Free

Research

Booster seat use by children aged 4–11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children

Michael P Fitzharris, Judith Charlton, Megan Bohensky, Sjaanie Koppel and Brian Fildes

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 328-331 Free

For debate

Consent in paediatric research: an evaluation of the guidance provided in the 2007 NHMRC National statement on ethical conduct in human research

Merle P Spriggs and Lynn H Gillam

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 360-362 Free

Letters

Lack of consistency in safe-sleeping messages to parents

Sarah J Buckley

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 319-320

Letters

Lack of consistency in safe-sleeping messages to parents

Roger W Byard, Glenda Cains, Helen Noblet and Maxine Weber

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 319-320

Letters

Respiratory syncytial virus infections in children in Alice Springs Hospital

Apakasimaka Dede, David Isaacs, Paul J Torzillo, John Wakerman, Rob Roseby, Rose Fahy, George Clothier, Andrew White and Paula Kitto

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 261 Free

Editorials

In the long run, skills are as good as pills for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Joseph M Rey

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 133-134

Letters

Tuberculosis in children: a tertiary centre perspective

Paul D Robinson, Dianne Dalton, Terri Cripps, Nicholas J Wood, Alison M Kesson and David Isaacs

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 190-191

Position statement

Guidelines for the use of infant formulas to treat cows milk protein allergy: an Australian consensus panel opinion

Andrew S Kemp, David J Hill, Katrina J Allen, Kym Anderson, Geoffrey P Davidson, Andrew S Day, Ralph G Heine, Jane E Peake, Susan L Prescott, Albert W Shugg and John K Sinn

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 109-112 Free

Letters

Toxic levels of mercury in Chinese infants eating fish congee

Stephen J Corbett and Christopher C S Poon

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 59-60

Viewpoint

Antidepressants and suicide in young people

Robert D Goldney

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 586-587 Free