Connect
MJA
MJA

Pediatric medicine

Editorials

Lipid abnormalities in children: should we be doing more?

Julian G Ayer, David R Sullivan and Gary F Sholler

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 107-108

Health care

Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation for children in Australia and New Zealand, 1998–2006: a report on behalf of the Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Registry and the Australian and New Zealand Children’s Haematology Oncology Group

Andrew S Moore, Peter J Shaw, Andrew R Hallahan, Tina L Carter, Tatjana Kilo, Ian Nivison-Smith, Tracey A O’Brien, Heather Tapp, Lochie Teague, Shaun R Wilson and Karin Tiedemann

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 121-125 Free

Lifestyle

When does severe childhood obesity become a child protection issue?

Shirley M Alexander, Louise A Baur, Roger Magnusson and Bernadette Tobin

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 136-139 Free

Research

Going down a different road: first support and information needs of families with a baby with Down syndrome

Evelyne E Muggli, Veronica R Collins and Catherine Marraffa

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 58-61 Free

Letters

Ingestion of magnets in children: a growing concern

Manjunath B Siddaiah-Subramanya and Peter Borzi

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 98

Research

Pattern of childhood malignant tumours in a teaching hospital in south-western Nigeria

Ayodeji O J Agboola, Folashade A Adekanmbi, Adewale A Musa, Adetoun S Sotimehin, Anotu M Deji-Agboola, Aderibigbe M O Shonubi, Temitope Y Oyebadejo and Adekunbi A F Banjo

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (1): 12-14 Free

Viewpoint

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: time to rethink

George Halasz

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (1): 32-33

Obituaries

Ian Sutherland Reid MB BS, FRACS, FRCS(Edin)

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (1): 11 Free

Christmas offerings

Occasional assistance needed for general practice

Alison Miller

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (11): 678

Health care

Folate awareness and the prevalence of neural tube defects in South Australia, 1966–2007

Annabelle C Chan, Phillipa van Essen, Heather Scott, Eric A Haan, Leonie Sage, Joan Scott, Tiffany K Gill and Anh-Minh T Nguyen

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 566-569 Free

Health care

What has happened with neural tube defects and womens’ understanding of folate in Victoria since 1998?

Louise du Plessis, Rod W Hunt, Ashley S Fletcher, Merilyn M Riley and Jane L Halliday

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 570-574 Free

Position statement

Infants with chronic neonatal lung disease: recommendations for the use of home oxygen therapy

Dominic A Fitzgerald, R John H Massie, Gillian M Nixon, Adam Jaffe, Andrew Wilson, Louis I Landau, Jacob Twiss, Greg Smith, Claire Wainwright and Margaret Harris

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 578-582 Free

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Editorials

Food allergy and anaphylaxis — dealing with uncertainty

Andrew S Kemp and Wendy Hu

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