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Child health
The Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy infant feeding for allergy prevention guidelines
Food allergy has been increasing in incidence worldwide, with rates in Australia the highest in the world
Preeti A Joshi · Jill Smith · Sandra Vale · Dianne E Campbell
Carols by glow sticks: a retrospective analysis of Poisons Information Centre data
This epidemic of poisoning is perhaps due to mass seasonal synaesthesia
Rose Cairns · Jared A Brown · Andrew H Dawson · Wendy Davis · Nicholas A Buckley
Menagerie: Bartonella henselae chorioretinitis in the setting of diverse animal exposure
A previously healthy 12-year-old girl presented to a rural hospital with 10 days of intermittent fevers
Fumitaka Nonaka · Susan M Carden · Coen Butters · Christine Chen
Ensuring safety in public playgrounds is everybody’s business
Children need outdoor play but safety standards alone will never prevent all injuries; robust data are required to guide risk minimisation strategies
Ruth A Barker · David Eager · Lisa N Sharwood
Trials and tribulations: improving outcomes for adolescents and young adults with rare and low survival cancers
It is crucial to facilitate cross-sectoral coordination, collaboration and investment to improve outcomes for adolescents and young adults with rare and low survival cancers
Adam Walczak · Pandora Patterson · David Thomas
Fifty years of RhD immunoglobulin (anti-D) therapy in Australia: celebrating a public health success story
In 2017, Australia celebrated the 50th anniversary of the anti-D program, which uses the plasma of special donors to protect the babies of millions of Australian women
James Thyer · Janet Wong · Amanda Thomson · Barbara Bell · Catherine Hyland · Daniel Challis
Stillbirth in Western Australia, 2005–2013: the influence of maternal migration and ethnic origin
Further investigation of stillbirth in migrant women, particularly those of Indian or African background, is required for developing strategies for averting preventable stillbirths
Maryam Mozooni · David B Preen · Craig E Pennell
Screening for spinal muscular atrophy
Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy may help avoid delays that might threaten the integrity and equity of access to therapy
Hugo Sampaio · Bridget Wilcken · Michelle Farrar
Cannabidiol for treating drug-resistant epilepsy in children: the New South Wales experience
Cannabidiol as an adjunct treatment had some subjective benefit and a manageable adverse event profile
Kerrie-Anne Chen · Michelle Farrar · Michael Cardamone · Deepak Gill · Robert Smith · Christopher T Cowell · Linda Truong · John A Lawson
Safety of cannabidiol prescribed for children with refractory epilepsy
Cannabidiol has potential benefits, but also short term adverse effects that must be understood and mitigated
Jeremy L Freeman
A population-based comparison of the post-operative outcomes of open and laparoscopic appendicectomy in children
Undertaking appendicectomies in children outside paediatric hospitals reduces waiting, delays, and unnecessary travel
Francisco J Schneuer · Susan E Adams · Jason P Bentley · Andrew JA Holland · Carmen Huckel Schneider · Leslie White · Natasha Nassar
Agreement between diagnoses of otitis media by audiologists and otolaryngologists in Aboriginal Australian children
In settings with limited access to otolaryngologists, audiologists may appropriately select children for specialist review
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 · Jonathan C Craig
Australian standards of care and treatment guidelines for transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents
These are the first guidelines to be developed for TGD children and adolescents in Australia
Michelle M Telfer · Michelle A Tollit · Carmen C Pace · Ken C Pang
Children as haematopoietic stem cell donors: ethically challenging and legally complex
Clinicians should be aware of the particular physical and psychological risks of haematopoietic stem cell donation in the paediatric setting, and the varying laws between states and territories
Shih-Ning Then · Ian H Kerridge · Michael Marks
An authoritative reference for trainees and experienced paediatric nephrologists
Clinical pediatric nephrology, 3rd edition
Steven J McTaggart
Developmental dysplasia of the hip: addressing evidence gaps with a multicentre prospective international study
International studies are necessary to provide high quality evidence to guide DDH treatment and management
Emily K Schaeffer · IHDI Study Group · Kishore Mulpuri
Parechovirus: an important emerging infection in young infants
Parechoviruses generally cause mild illness in children, but a current genotype 3 epidemic has been associated with severe complications, particularly in children aged under 3–6 months
Philip N Britton · Cheryl A Jones · Kristine Macartney · Allen C Cheng
Paediatric mental and physical health presentations to emergency departments, Victoria, 2008–15
The number of children presenting to EDs for mental health problems is rising
Harriet Hiscock · Rachel J Neely · Shaoke Lei · Gary Freed
An update to the AIS–AMA position statement on concussion in sport
The best approach is to take concussion seriously, treat each case carefully and be conservative with return to sport processes
Lisa J Elkington · Silvia Manzanero · David C Hughes
Paediatric injuries during the Australian Junior Motocross Championship treated at a rural centre
Local health services should be prepared for a significant number of injuries
Sowmya Prabhakaran · Andrew W Silagy · Nicole A Campbell · Paul V Flanagan · Ian A Campbell
Cord clamping in term and pre-term infants: how should clinicians proceed?
Evidence favours delayed cord clamping in most newborns, but further studies are needed
Graeme R Polglase · Michael Stark
Cannabis for paediatric epilepsy: challenges and conundrums
Cannabidiol may be a treatment option but high quality trial data are needed to guide medical decisions, policy and legislation
Kerrie-Anne Chen · Michelle A Farrar · Michael Cardamone · John A Lawson
Tongue-tie and frenotomy: what evidence do we have and what do we need?
We remain uncertain about which infants will benefit from surgical treatment
Jonathan Walsh · David E Tunkel
Frenotomy for tongue-tie in Australian children, 2006–2016: an increasing problem
The rates of surgical intervention are rising, but the evidence for benefit is limited
Vishal Kapoor · Pamela S Douglas · Peter S Hill · Laurence J Walsh · Marc Tennant
The kids are OK: it is discrimination not same-sex parents that harms children
An update on the evidence, and implications for the medical community
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 · Frank Oberklaid
