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Pediatric medicine

Research

Stillbirth in Western Australia, 2005–2013: the influence of maternal migration and ethnic origin

Maryam Mozooni, David B Preen and Craig E Pennell

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (9): 394-400 Free

Perspectives

Screening for spinal muscular atrophy

Hugo Sampaio, Bridget Wilcken and Michelle Farrar

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (4): 147-148

Research letter

Safety of cannabidiol prescribed for children with refractory epilepsy

Jeremy L Freeman

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (5): 228-229 Free

Research

Cannabidiol for treating drug-resistant epilepsy in children: the New South Wales experience

Kerrie-Anne Chen, Michelle Farrar, Michael Cardamone, Deepak Gill, Robert Smith, Christopher T Cowell, Linda Truong and John A Lawson

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (5): 217-221 Free

Research

A population-based comparison of the post-operative outcomes of open and laparoscopic appendicectomy in children

Francisco J Schneuer, Susan E Adams, Jason P Bentley, Andrew JA Holland, Carmen Huckel Schneider, Leslie White and Natasha Nassar

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 80-85 Free

Research

Agreement between diagnoses of otitis media by audiologists and otolaryngologists in Aboriginal Australian children

Hasantha Gunasekera, Hilary M Miller, Leonie Burgess, Shingisai Chando, Simone L Sheriff, Julie D Tsembis, Kelvin M Kong, Harvey LC Coates, John Curotta, Kathleen Falster, Peter B McIntyre, Emily Banks, Natasha J Peter and Jonathan C Craig

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (1): 29-35 Free

Position statement summary

Australian standards of care and treatment guidelines for transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents

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

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (3): 132-136

Ethics and law

Children as haematopoietic stem cell donors: ethically challenging and legally complex

Shih-Ning Then, Ian H Kerridge and Michael Marks

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 334-337

Book/media/app reviews

An authoritative reference for trainees and experienced paediatric nephrologists

Steven J McTaggart

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 338

Narrative review

Developmental dysplasia of the hip: addressing evidence gaps with a multicentre prospective international study

Emily K Schaeffer, IHDI Study Group and Kishore Mulpuri

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 359-364

Narrative review

Parechovirus: an important emerging infection in young infants

Philip N Britton, Cheryl A Jones, Kristine Macartney and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 365-369

Research

Paediatric mental and physical health presentations to emergency departments, Victoria, 2008–15

Harriet Hiscock, Rachel J Neely, Shaoke Lei and Gary Freed

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 343-348 Free

Perspectives

An update to the AIS–AMA position statement on concussion in sport

Lisa J Elkington, Silvia Manzanero and David C Hughes

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 246-248

Research letter

Paediatric injuries during the Australian Junior Motocross Championship treated at a rural centre

Sowmya Prabhakaran, Andrew W Silagy, Nicole A Campbell, Paul V Flanagan and Ian A Campbell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 270 Free

Perspective

Cord clamping in term and pre-term infants: how should clinicians proceed?

Graeme R Polglase and Michael Stark

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 330-331

Narrative review

Cannabis for paediatric epilepsy: challenges and conundrums

Kerrie-Anne Chen, Michelle A Farrar, Michael Cardamone and John A Lawson

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 132-136

Editorials

Tongue-tie and frenotomy: what evidence do we have and what do we need?

Jonathan Walsh and David E Tunkel

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 67-68

Research letter

Frenotomy for tongue-tie in Australian children, 2006–2016: an increasing problem

Vishal Kapoor, Pamela S Douglas, Peter S Hill, Laurence J Walsh and Marc Tennant

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 88-89 Free

Perspectives

The kids are OK: it is discrimination not same-sex parents that harms children

Ken W Knight*, Sarah EM Stephenson*, Sue West*, Martin B Delatycki, Cheryl A Jones, Melissa H Little, George C Patton, Susan M Sawyer, S Rachel Skinner, Michelle M Telfer, Melissa Wake, Kathryn N North and Frank Oberklaid

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 374-375

Letters

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

Emma Sciberras, Alisha Gulenc and Daryl Efron

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (6): 268

Letters

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

Martin Whitely, John Phillimore, Leanne Lester and Suzanne Robinson

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (6): 268-269

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

Letters

The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45 Free

Letters

The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

Pamela Palasanthiran and Asha C Bowen

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45 Free