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Impact of scoliosis surgery on activities of daily living in females with Rett syndrome

Scoliosis is a common orthopaedic complication of Rett syndrome, and surgery is commonly used to reduce asymmetry in cases with severe scoliosis.

Investigations into the role of ST2 in acute asthma in children

This study investigated the potential role of ST2 in children with acute asthma.

Representativeness of child controls recruited by random digit dialling

Recruiting control subjects who are representative of the population from which the cases are drawn is a challenge in case-control studies

Potent bronchodilation and reduced stiffness by relaxant stimuli under dynamic conditions

Airway relaxation in response to isoprenaline, sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and electrical field stimulation (EFS) was compared under static and dynamic...

A whole-of-population study of term and post-term gestational age at birth and children's development

Relative risks of developmental vulnerability for each week of gestation were calculated with adjustment for confounders and addressing missing information.

Environmental Factors in Children's Asthma and Respiratory Effects

Asthma is more common in childhood than in adulthood and is more correctly thought of as a syndrome than as a discrete condition.

Wound healing genes and susceptibility to cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil

Here we examined single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in these genes as risk factors for cutaneous (CL) and mucosal leishmaniasis (ML), and leishmaniasis...

Outcomes of nontransitioned cases in a sample at ultra-high risk for psychosis.

Two-thirds of individuals identified as at ultra-high risk for psychosis do not develop psychotic disorder over the medium term.

Ahead of consensus: A paediatric antifungal prophylaxis census

To contextualise the ‘Australian & New Zealand Antifungal Consensus Guidelines, 2014, researchers surveyed current routine primary antifungal prophylaxis.