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Pediatric medicine

2017

Book/media/app review

Perspectives on the complexity of Indigenous child health

James P Fitzpatrick

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 18 Free

Short reports

The general health of a cohort of Aboriginal children (0–7 years) in Sydney

Elizabeth J Comino, Emma Elcombe, Bin B Jalaludin, Lynn A Kemp, Darryl Wright and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 37-38 Free

Perspectives

Primum non nocere: rethinking our policies on out-of-home care in Australia

Peter D Jones

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (10): 421-422 Free

Editorials

Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to Indigenous Australian children

Roy M Kimble and Bronwyn R Griffin

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 389-390

Research

Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children hospitalised for burn injuries: a population data linkage study

Holger Möller, Lara Harvey, Kathleen Falster, Rebecca Ivers, Kathleen F Clapham and Louisa Jorm

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 392-397 Free

Research

Long term risk of severe retinopathy in childhood-onset type 1 diabetes: a data linkage study

Mary White, Matthew A Sabin, Costan G Magnussen, Michele A O'Connell, Peter G Colman and Fergus Cameron

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 398-401 Free

Research

Prevalence of microcephaly in an Australian population-based birth defects register, 1980–2015

Michele Hansen, Paul K Armstrong, Carol Bower and Gareth S Baynam

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 351-356 Free

Guideline summary

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline

Nadia J Chaves, Georgia A Paxton, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Aesen Thambiran, Joanne Gardiner, Jan Williams, Mitchell M Smith and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 310-315 Free

Research

The Australasian Diabetes Data Network: first national audit of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Helen Phelan, Helen Clapin, Loren Bruns, Fergus J Cameron, Andrew M Cotterill, Jennifer J Couper, Elizabeth A Davis, Kim C Donaghue, Craig A Jefferies, Bruce R King, Richard O Sinnott, Elaine B Tham, Jerry K Wales, Timothy W Jones and Maria E Craig

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (3): 121-125 Free

Short report

Influence of birth month on the probability of Western Australian children being treated for ADHD

Martin Whitely, Leanne Lester, John Phillimore and Suzanne Robinson

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 85 Free

Letters

Multidisciplinary paediatric rheumatology services in Australia and New Zealand

Davinder Singh-Grewal

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 96-97

Editorials

The diagnostic validity of mental health diagnoses in children

Christopher C Pearson

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 70 Free

Position statement summary

Australian Institute of Sport and Australian Medical Association position statement on concussion in sport

Lisa J Elkington and David C Hughes

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (1): 46-50

2016

Medical education / Snapshots

A not so safe safety pin!

Satvinder S Bakshi

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (11): 498

Short report

Dangerous toys: the expanding problem of water-absorbing beads

Rose Cairns, Jared A Brown and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (11): 528 Free

Narrative review

Improving maternity services for Indigenous women in Australia: moving from policy to practice

Sue Kildea, Sally Tracy, Juanita Sherwood, Fleur Magick-Dennis and Lesley Barclay

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 374-379 Free

Perspectives

Eliciting and responding to patient histories of abuse and trauma: challenges for medical education

Gabrielle Matta, Robyn E Woodward-Kron, Sandra Petty and Michael R Salzberg

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 248-249 Free

Perspectives

Towards an integrated model for child and family services in central Australia

Donna Ah Chee, John D Boffa and Edward Tilton

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 8 Free

Reflections / Women in medicine

Margaret Anne Burgess

Peter B McIntyre and Jill M Forrest

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (10): 389-391

Short reports

Increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Western Australia, 1990–2012

Aveni Haynes, Rachelle Kalic, Matthew Cooper, Jacqueline K Hewitt and Elizabeth Ann Davis

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (8): 303

Research

Increase in late diagnosed developmental dysplasia of the hip in South Australia: risk factors, proposed solutions

Kathrin Studer, Nicole Williams, Georgia Antoniou, Catherine Gibson, Heather Scott, Wendy K Scheil, Bruce K Foster and Peter J Cundy

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (6): 240 Free

Research

Cord blood vitamin D and the risk of acute lower respiratory infection in Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory

Michael J Binks, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, Robyn Marsh, Anne B Chang and Ross M Andrews

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (6): 238 Free

Research

Effectiveness of the Koorliny Moort out-of-hospital health care program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Western Australia

Rebecca Cresp, Karen Clarke, Kimberley E McAuley, Daniel McAullay, Carolyn A Moylan, Sue Peter, Gervase Ml Chaney, Angus Cook and Karen M Edmond

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 197 Free

Editorials

ADHD and psychostimulants — overdiagnosis and overprescription

Adrian J Dunlop and Louise K Newman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 139 Free

Short reports

Trends in drug use among adolescents admitted to residential treatment in Australia

Sally Nathan, Anna Bethmont, Patrick R Rawstorne, Mark Ferry and Andrew Hayen

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 149-150