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Pediatric medicine

Perspectives

Investing in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents: a foundation for achieving health equity

Peter Azzopardi, Ngaree Blow, Tara Purcell, Ngiare Brown, Tirritpa Ritchie and Alex Brown

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 202-204.e1 Free

Research

The incidence of childhood cancer in Australia, 1983–2015, and projections to 2035

Danny R Youlden, Peter D Baade, Adèle C Green, Patricia C Valery, Andrew S Moore and Joanne F Aitken

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 113-120 Free

Editorials

Childhood cancer: unique opportunities and inherent challenges

Neevika Manoharan and Tracey O'Brien

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 110-111

Research

SmartStartAllergy: a novel tool for monitoring food allergen introduction in infants

Michael O'Sullivan, Sandra Vale, Richard KS Loh, Jessica Metcalfe, Karin Orlemann, Sandra Salter, Ian Peters and Alan Leeb

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 271-275 Free

Letters

Clinical characteristics of Western Australian children diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before 10 years of age

Jacqueline A Curran, Aveni Haynes and Elizabeth A Davis

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (2): 95-95.e1

Research

Pre‐school child blood lead levels in a population‐derived Australian birth cohort: the Barwon Infant Study

Christos Symeonides, Peter Vuillermin, Peter D Sly, Fiona Collier, Victoria Lynch, Sandra Falconer, Angela Pezic, Nicole Wardrop, Terence Dwyer, Sarath Ranganathan and Anne‐Louise B Ponsonby

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 169-174 Free

Research

Second primary cancers in people who had cancer as children: an Australian Childhood Cancer Registry population‐based study

Danny R Youlden, Peter D Baade, Adèle C Green, Patricia C Valery, Andrew S Moore and Joanne F Aitken

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 121-125

Editorials

Prospective data confirm the lasting effects of maltreatment on children

Steve Kisely and Jake Najman

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 15-16

Narrative reviews

Gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease in infancy: a review based on international guidelines

Robert N Lopez and Daniel A Lemberg

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 40-44

Research letter

Essential oil exposures in Australia: analysis of cases reported to the NSW Poisons Information Centre

Kristenbella AYR Lee, Joanna E Harnett and Rose Cairns

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 132-133 Free

Letter

A Christmas message: be careful of the confetti stars

Paul Heyworth and Ryan Shulman

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 510-510

Narrative review

Skin infections in Australian Aboriginal children: a narrative review

Lucy Davidson, Jessica Knight and Asha C Bowen

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 231-237 Free

Systematic review/Meta‐analysis

Intravenous or oral iron for treating iron deficiency anaemia during pregnancy: systematic review and meta‐analysis

Alaa Qassim, Rosalie M Grivell, Amanda Henry, Giselle Kidson‐Gerber, Antonia Shand and Luke E Grzeskowiak

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 367-373

Research letters

Clinically important sport‐related traumatic brain injuries in children

Nitaa Eapen, Gavin A Davis, Meredith L Borland, Natalie Phillips, Ed Oakley, Stephen Hearps, Amit Kochar, Sarah Dalton, John Cheek, Jeremy Furyk, Mark D Lyttle, Silvia Bressan, Louise Crowe, Stuart Dalziel, Emma Tavender and Franz E Babl

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 365-366 Free

Perspectives

Concussion risk and suicide prevention: balancing the risks and benefits of youth sport

Amanda Clacy, Daniel F Hermens, Kathryn Broadhouse and Jim Lagopoulos

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (6): 247-249.e1

Perspectives

Adolescent immunisation in young people with disabilities in Australia

Jenny O'Neill, Fiona Newall, Giuliana Antolovich, Sally Lima and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (5): 199-200.e1

Research

The Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort study: socio‐economic status at birth and cardiovascular risk factors to 25 years of age

Markus Juonala, Pauline Sjöholm, Katja Pahkala, Susan Ellul, Noora Kartiosuo, Belinda Davison and Gurmeet R Singh

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (6): 265-270 Free

Research letters

Adherence to screen time recommendations for Australian children aged 0–12 years

Leigh Tooth, Katrina Moss, Richard Hockey and Gita D Mishra

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (4): 181-182 Free

Narrative review

Infections in pregnancy

Caitlin L Keighley, Hannah JM Skrzypek, Angela Wilson, Michael A Bonning and Gwendolyn L Gilbert

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 134-141

Letters

Everyone agrees transgender children require more science

Ken C Pang, Carmen C Pace, Michelle A Tollit and Michelle M Telfer

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 142-142.e1

Editorials

Protecting pregnant women and their newborn from life‐threatening infections

Helen S Marshall and Gayatri Amirthalingam

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (10): 445-446

Expanding the evidence base in digital health

App utility and adoption in a tertiary children's hospital

Cheryl McCullagh, Melanie Keep, Anna Janssen, Hiran Selvadurai and Tim Shaw

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): S27-S29 Free

Perspectives

Monitoring the missing half: why reporting adolescent births is insufficient

Jennifer L Marino and Susan M Sawyer

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (5): 198-201

Perspective

Emerging diabetes and metabolic conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people

Angela Titmuss, Elizabeth A Davis, Alex Brown and Louise J Maple‐Brown

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (3): 111-113 Free

Editorials

Reducing the dangers of e‐cigarettes for children: opportunities for regulation and consumer education

Ryan D Kennedy and Vanya C Jones

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (3): 118-119