48.
Helminths to control inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)?
47.
Predicting obesity in the second decade of life
46.
Epinephrine plus mucolytic for treatment of bronchiolitis
45.
Are we under-vaccinating adolescents against pertussis?
44.
Modulation of cell death in tuberculosis (TB)
43.
Value of lymphocytosis in diagnosing pertussis
42.
Mortality risk in bilateral cerebral palsy (CP) between 1 and 18 years
of age
41.
Possible long-term consequences of phototherapy
40.
Rapid vs 24-hour nasogastric rehydration for moderatly dehydrated acute
gastroenteritis
39.
Are paediatricians necessary at all elective caesarean sections?
38.
Anaesthesia within first two years of life and possible risks thereof
37.
Aseptic meningitis induced by intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)
36.
Prevention of HIV transmission in a resource-limited setting
34.
In support of indomethacin for ductal closure in ELBW infants
33.
More on vitamin D, glucose homeostasis and blood lipids
32.
Medical treatment for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
31.
Anticipating the next South African measles epidemic
30.
Is there a case for routine postnatal abdominal ultrasound examination?
29.
Does breastfeeding protect against future diabetes?
28.Vitamin
D (D) and insulin resistance in children and adolescents
27.
Update on air vs. oxygen resuscitation for birth asphyxia
26.
CMV pneumonia in HIV-infected ventilated infants
25. Breast feeding and
infant autonomic functioning
24. Regulatory problems
in infancy and behavioural outcomes
23. Gastrointestinal
microorganisms and childhood immunological programming
22. More on guidelines
for diagnosis of serious bacterial infections (SBI) in infants and
children
21. Is CPAP useful in
treating bronchiolitis?
20. Antibiotic
combinations for pneumococcal disease
19. Does hypocapnia
aggravate hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy?
18. HIV-related
subacute measles encephalitis (SME) in Cape Town
17. Risk of virological
treatment failure in children with HIV/AIDS
16. Screening for
Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis (IAS)
15. Type 2 diabetes in
children treated with growth hormone (GH)
14. Necrotising
enterocolitis (NEC) after intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)for Rh
disease
13. Is vancomycin
ototoxic for neonates?
12. Any merit in the
Feingold diet for ADHD?
11. Possible markers
for/of clinically significant PDA
10. PDA management in
~50 French neonatal units
9. Practising low cost
care in the high tech era
8. Review of clinical
decision rules for children with minor head injury
7. HIV status and
foster vs institutional care– impact on motor development
6. Dexamethasone plus
antibiotics for septic arthritis
5. Review of clinical
decision rules for children with minor head injury
4. HIV status and
foster vs institutional care– impact on motor development
3. Is there more to
patent ducts arteriosus (PDA) than we thought?
2. More on rhinovirus
(RV) and respiratory syncitial virus (RSV) in childhood wheezing
1. Written informed
consent for normal vaginal deliveries?
2010
48. Management of
neonatal pulmonary arterial hypertension
47. Eclampsia-related
maternal deaths
46. Laparoscopic vs
open repair of inguinal hernia in children
45. What is the status
of probiotic administration to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)?
44. Venous lactate in
the diagnosis of serious bacterial infection (SBI) in children
43. Cerebral palsy (CP)
after in vitro fertilization (IVF)
42. Obstructive Sleep
Apnoea Syndrome (OSAS) as an inflammatory disease
41. Concerns around soy
infant formula
40. Azithromycin (AZ)
for prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
39. Issues around
universal newborn hearing screening (NHS)
38. In vitro
fertilization (IVF) and growth of term singleton offspring
37. Evidence-based
surgery (EBS)
36. Current thoughts on
paediatric asthma
35. Neonatal vitamin D
status and subsequent schizophrenia
34. Proton pump
inhibitors (PPI’s) in infantile gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
33. Risk factors for
retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
32. Drug research in
children
31. Hypertonic
saline/epinephrine nebulisation for bronchiolitis
30. Are we doing enough
to contain and eliminate rheumatic fever (RF)?
29. Placebo vs
comparator drugs in paediatric drug trials
28. Anaemia in well
under-fives in Venda
27. More on tight
glycaemic control in the ICU
26. IQ, nutrition and
burden of infectious disease
25. Intravenous Immune
Globulin (IVIG): neonatal indications
24. Interventions for
managing childhood and adolescent obesity
23. Renal care in
private vs public dialysis facilities
22. NICE guidelines for
treatment of neonatal jaundice
21. Organophosphates
and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
20. Vitamin A
supplementation to reduce maternal mortality
19. Results of
adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnoea in children
18. Malaria and
co-infection with HIV
17. Frequency and
effectiveness of bystander resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest
16. Early dexamethasone
(dex) to prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
15. Safety of H1N1
vaccines
14. Mites, cockroaches
and allergic rhinitis
13. Zinc and low
osmolarity oral rehydration salts(ORS) for diarrhoea
12. The dilemma of
vaginal vs. elective caesarean delivery after previous caesarean
section (c/s)
11. Above- vs.
below-elbow casts for distal forearm fractures
10. Bone mineral
density (BMD) in cystic fibrosis (CF)
09. Respiratory
administration of measles vaccine
08. Long-term outcome
of children born with congenital anomalies
07. Safer childbirth:
elective caesarean section (C/S) and pregnancy outcomes
06. Efficacy and safety
of ibuprofen and paracetamol in children
05.Prevention of
Hepatitis B (HBV) mother-to-child transmission (MTCT)
04. Rotavirus vaccine
studied in Africa
03. Erythropoietin
(Epo) for moderate hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE)
02. Susceptibility of H
pylori to ‘usual’ antibiotics in South Africa
01. Rate of lung
function deterioration in cystic fibrosis (CF)
2009
48.
Melatonin for sleep disorders in children with attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
47. Failure of
chlorhexidine prophylaxis to prevent neonatal sepsis
46. Severe
thrombocytopaenia and platelet transfusion in neonates
45. Aluminium
exposure and long-term bone health
44.
Manifestations of congenital anorectal malformations in adulthood
43. Biliary
atresia update
42. Guidelines
for neonatal resuscitation
41. Folate
fortification – a good idea?
40. Effect of
paracetamol on immunogenicity of childhood vaccines
39. Emergency
Room management of paediatric head trauma
38. Tumour
necrosis factor (TNFα) blockers and serious fungal infections
37. Adverse
effects and HPV vaccine
36. Sildenafil
for pulmonary hypertension (PulHT) in paediatrics
35. Vocal cord
paralysis after ductal ligation in ELBW infants
34.
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome – UK review
33. ‘Research
opportunities’ in asthma management
32. Achieving
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015
31.
Perventricular vs surgical closure of ventricular septal defects (VSDs)
30. High-field
MRI for foetal post-mortem examination
29. Is it time
to advocate Human Papillomavirus (HPV) immunization for all?
28. Severe
acute malnutrition rates using NCHS vs WHO growth standards
27. Are we
underdiagnosing congenital rubella in South Africa?
26. Is there a
relationship between colic and gut colonization?
25. Iodine
deficiency in South Africa
24. Vitamin D
deficiency and development of diabetes
23.
Progesterone to prevent preterm birth in twin pregnancies
22. Continuous
end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2) monitoring: helpful and underutilized
21. What’s new
in type 2 diabetes?
20. Does
caesarean section (C/S) predispose to childhood asthma?
19. Neonatal resuscitation and
cognition at 8 years of age
18. Concerns about clinical use of
erythropoietin
17. Status of the fight against
malaria
16. Threshold for initiation of
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
15. Once-per-year bisphosphonate
for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
14. Interventions for pulmonary
hypertension (PHT) in the newborn
13. Guidelines for administration
of Growth Hormone (GH) in South Africa
12. Protection from noise in the
Neonatal ICU (NICU)
11. Associations between the
environment and childhood malignancies
10. Antibiotics, otitis media and
mastoiditis
9. Tight glucose control in
paediatric ICU patients
8. Adenovirus as a cause of obesity
7. 1½ to 2 year outcome after
patent ductus (PDA) in infants below 1000 gm at birth
6. BCG immunization and HIV
exposure – WHO guidelines followed or not?
5. Laparoscopic vs open surgery
for pyloric stenosis
4. Assisted reproduction and
neurodevelopment
3. Milk as a post-exercise
rehydration fluid
2. Cisapride for reflux in
neonates and children
1. Antenatal steroids for lung
maturation: how many courses?
2008
48. What is happening to antenatal
HIV prevalence rates in South Africa?
47. Helicobacter as a cause of
refractory iron deficiency anaemia in paediatrics
46. Early antiretroviral therapy
(ART) better than expectant therapy in HIV-infected infants
45. A new and accurate genetic
test for unbalanced genomic defects
44. Should male circumcision be
incorporated into anti-HIV/AIDS policies?
43. More
on triage for admission in first two months of life
42. Facts
about melamine
41. 7-year follow up of
antibiotics for PROM and preterm labour
40. Migraine
update
39. Possible
adverse effects of erythropoietin-induced correction of anaemia
38. Cerebral
oedema in diabetic ketoacidosis – an update
37. Does paracetamol cause asthma?
36. Cladophialophora bantiana as a
cause of cerebral abscess
35. Risks and consequences of
nephrocalcinosis in premature infants
34. More on outcomes after
assisted reproduction
33. Cardiac monitoring in children
after household electrical injury
32. Mortality after febrile
seizures
31. Postnatal infections and white
matter injury in premature infants
30. Outcome after assisted
reproduction
29. Pro- and anti-coagulatory
factor deficiencies with valproate
28. Update on haemolytic uraemic
syndrome (HUS)
27. Hazards of co-administration
of IV ceftriaxone and IV calcium-containing products
26. Delayed introduction of cow’s
milk and/or solids and development of allergic disease
25. Questionable value of control
measures for house dust mites
24. Health economics and clinical
practice
23. Orphan drugs and orphan
diseases
22. Hypothermia for prevention and
management of neurological injury
21. Prophylaxis against
complications of preterm birth
20. Antibody to aquaporin-4 (AQP4)
as a marker of certain demyelinating diseases
19. Neurodevelopmental outcome in
paediatric HIV/AIDS
18. Is ibuprofen better than
indomethacin for ductal closure?
17. NICE guidelines on antibiotic
prophylaxis to prevent infective endocarditis
16. Significance of nucleated red
cells during the first week of life
15. Early dexamethasone and
neurodevelopmental outcome at school age
14. Lancet calls for withdrawal of
cough medicines for children
13. Emergence of
fluoroquinolone-resistant Strep pneumoniae in children in South Africa
12. Maternal peripartum
cardiomyopathy (PPCM)
11. Risk of atopic disease and
diabetes after caesarean section
10. More evidence of maternal
microchimerism in neonatal biliary atresia
9. Early pulse oximetry accurately
predicts congenital heart disease
8. Risk factors for metabolic
syndrome in later life
7. Intravenous immunoglobulin
(IVIG) for immune haemolysis and hyperbilirubinaemia
6. New treatment for chronic
immune thrombocytopaenia
5. Practice
variations and questions around indomethacin for PDA closure in VLBW
infants
4. Iron and folate or multiple
micronutrients for pregnant women in high-risk environments?
3. Triage on the basis of clinical
signs in infants of <2 months of age
2. Update on preterm delivery at
<37 weeks
1. Answers or more questions on
the role of polymorphism in response of asthma to β2-agonists?
2007
47. Pre-implantation
aneuploidy screening may reduce the chances of successful pregnancy
46. Analysis
of neonatal ventilation strategies
45. Hypotonic vs isotonic
maintenance IV fluids in hospitalized children
44. Role of heme oxygenase-1
(HO-1) in apoptosis and inflammation
43. Steroids for meconium
aspiration syndrome (MAS)
42. Iron deficiency and stroke –
patients are not the only slow learners
41. Insights into anorexia nervosa
40. Shorter sleep duration is
associated with overweight
39. Physiotherapy for HIV exposed
and affected infants
38. Is zinc the missing link in
combating micronutrient malnutrition in developing countries?
37. Diabetes and cerebral oedema
36. Maternal vitamin D deficiency
and neonatal seizures
35. Is adult COPD sometimes a
consequence of impaired foetal and/or neonatal lung development?
34. Non-pressor effects of pressors
33. Sunlight and melanoma – what
advice for parents and children?
32. Aquaporin studies relevant to
the neonate
31. Probiotics for treatment of
acute diarrhea
30. Newly-identified and/or
-emerging respiratory viruses in children
29. Rotavirus update
28. Urinary cytokines to diagnose
acute and chronic renal problems
27. Placental lesions as
predictors of cerebral palsy (CP) and abnormal cognitive function
26. Cancer
risks in HIV-positive children and adolescents
25. Vitamin A supplementation: too
much, too little or just right?
24. Maternal
microchimerism in biliary atresia
23. Pacifiers/dummies
reduce the incidence of cot death/SIDS
22. Parvovirus
B19 and joint disease
21. Low-dose anti-platelet agents
for prevention of pre-eclampsia
20. The ‘fungins’ for treatment of
invasive and/or resistant fungal infection
19. Do probiotics prevent
necrotising enterocolitis (NEC)?
18. Permissive
hypercapnoea increasingly supported by research
17.
Time to revise WHO guidelines for treatment of pneumonia in infants
16.
Update on management of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE)
15.
Cell death and damage in paediatric lung disease
14.
Finally, the definitive KZN data on exclusive breast feeding and HIV
13.
Does melatonin play a role in development of idiopathic scoliosis?
12.
Update on Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP)
11. Multicentre
trial of activated protein C for paediatric sepsis – a step forward or
back?
10. Proximity
to traffic and long-term effects on lung development/function
09. Turnaround
on seafood consumption during pregnancy
08. What
are the neurodevelopmental sequelae of early exposure to dexamethasone?
07. More
on optimal Hb levels in chronic renal failure
06. Pyloric
stenosis (PS) after early exposure to azithromycin
05. Are there alternatives to
nitric oxide (NO) for neonatal pulmonary hypertension?
04. Prenatal
treatment for toxoplasmosis following maternal seroconversion
03. Risk
of cerebral palsy (CP) in children born below 1500g
02. Clinical
and financial costs of erythropoietin (Epo) for anaemia of chronic
renal disease
01. A
better method of oxime administration for organophosphate poisoning?
2006
48. Spontaneous
intestinal perforation (SIP) in VLBW neonates
47. Cardiovascular
risk exists with both specific inhibitors and ‘historical’ NSAIDS
46. Growing
understanding of the role of RNA editing
45. Response
to a programme of identifying avoidable maternal deaths
44. Direct
and indirect meta-analysis of drug trials
43. The
incretin system and possible role in managing type-2 diabetes
42. Insulin
and the INS VNTR genotype
41. Effect
of inter-pregnancy weight gain on mother and foetus
40. When
to use antibiotics in acute otitis media (AOM)
39. A
quasi-syndromic approach to partial seizures
38. Guidelines
for phototherapy and exchange transfusion
37. Neuropsychiatric
manifestations of streptococcal infections
36. More
on fortifying feeds for infants and children
35. Recent
developments in immunology
34. Malaria,
parvovirus and anaemia
33. Micronutrients
for childhood pneumonia in developing countries
32. Vigilance
probably still necessary in respect of paediatric consequences of
mercury intake
31. Some
pitfalls in the prescription and/or acquisition of medicines in the
21st century
30. More
on nitric oxide (NO) for neonatal respiratory distress
29. Are
statins analogues of vitamin D?
28. Low
dairy intake in childhood and excess body fat in adolescence
27. Possibility
of chikungunya fever in visitors to Mauritius
26. Neuropsychiatric
disorders and streptococcal infections – the case for PANDAS
25. Nitric oxide (NO), L-arginine
and PDE5 inhibition in cystic fibrosis (CF)
24. Report
of the 2005 WHO global survey on caesarean section rates and perinatal
outcome
23. The
more we immunise the more we learn about immunisation – Pertussis 2006
22. Anything
new in diagnosis and management of infantile colic?
21. Inadequate
data on long-term outcomes in Paediatrics
20. Interplay between gestational
age, anaemia and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
19. CNEP (continuous negative
extrathoracic pressure ventilation) vindicated
18. Current thoughts on aetiology
and prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
17. Activated protein C for
meningococcaemia with purpura fulminans
16. Does sodium cromoglycate lower
the risk for asthma in school-age children?
15. Turning the oxyhaemoglobin
dissociation curve around
14. More on current concepts
around diabetes
13. Immunotherapeutic approaches
to Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)
12. Complexity of the immune
responses in TB
11. Rheumatic fever control
probably requires more education, advocacy and activism
10. Does kangaroo mother care
(KMC) reduce morbidity and mortality in LBW infants?
9. Laparoscopic antireflux surgery
in infants and children
8. Effect of handwashing on child
health
7. Early signs of meningococcal
disease in Paediatrics
6. Steroid treatment of refractory
hypotension in VLBW neonates
5. Intracranial endoscopy - its
role in paediatrics
4. Routine iron supplementation
may be harmful in malaria-endemic areas
3. Does intrauterine programming
affect bone status in childhood?
2. Endocrine effects of valproate
are uncommon in females with childhood-onset epilepsy
1. Sustainability of exclusive
breast feeding in Baby Friendly Hospitals
2005
48. Single-dose treatment for
paediatric cholera
47. ART and lactic acidosis in
paediatrics
46. Long term follow up of early
nutritional and psychosocial intervention in stunted children
45. Critical Issues around
development of HIV vaccines
44. Do benefits of DDT for malaria
prevention outweigh the risks?
43. Current understanding of
Guillain-Barre syndrome
42. Aquaporins and the kidney
41. Aquaporins and the brain
40. Nitric oxide results may not
be as favourable as originally claimed
39. Issues around HIV risk during
pregnancy and syndromic treatment of STIs
38. What should we be doing to
prevent adult disease possibly 'programmed' by LBW/IUGR?
37. Hyperbilirubinaemia under
control or is there still place for a new treatment?
36. Partitioning the base deficit
assists in understanding aetiology of acid-base disturbances
35. Going beyond the base deficit
to predict mortality
34. Artesunate vs quinine for
severe falciparum malaria
33. For some of those who thought
they knew everything about lipid mediators…
32. Early neonatal hearing
screening followed up for 7-9 years
31. GINA, the Global Initiative
for Asthma
30. Even more to polio eradication
than met the eye in 1988
29. Current thoughts on an old
disease
28. Buccal midazolam better than
rectal diazepam for emergency control of seizures in children
27. Debate around the
appropriateness of the 1000g cutoff for prems in the public sector
26. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
(JIA) and heat shock proteins
25. Acute renal failure (ARF)
after treatment with NSAIDS
24. Pleiotropic actions of
erythropoietin (Epo)
23. Liggins Institute sets the
standard for perinatal research
22. An alternative to surgery for
sleep apnoea?
21. The impact of climate changes
on health and disease
20 Aortic changes in IUGR and
relationship to the Barker hypothesis
19. Approaches
to malaria prevention and treatment in Africa
18. BPD in the 21st century
17. Patient symptoms better than
peak flows for asthma exacerbation risk
16. Patient safety receiving
attention in the USA and abroad
15. Watch this 'spase'
14. Adiponectin and renal disease
13. Meeting the Millenium
Development Goals - focus on neonatal survival
12. Effects of maternal
micronutrient supplementation on fetal growth
11. Development of 'designer
glucorticoids'
10. Update on pre-eclampsia (PE)
9. Effects of altitude on
pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
8. Head cooling for treatment of
neonatal encephalopathy
7. Malaria and HIV
6. Vitamin D deficiency in early
infancy
5.
Ibuprofen perhaps not as safe as one thought for PDA prophylaxis in
preterm infants
4.
Use of a rapid enzyme-linked immunospot assay for diagnosis of TB in
children?
3.
More on theophylline and its role in asthma?
2.
Which children with ADHD are likely to respond to methylphenidate (MP)?
1.
Renewed interest in methyl xanthines
2004
48. Will COX-2 inhibitors survive the current focus of attention?
47.
Do we pay enough attention to drug interactions?
46.
Hepatitis C in HIV infection presents new therapeutic and cost
amplification loops
45.
More options for treatment of paediatric allergy
44.
Anti-leukotrienes as monotherapy in the young asthmatic
43.
Ups and downs of IMCI?
42.
Treatment for vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR) - are the waters getting
clearer?.
41.
Targeting bronchodilators - can one identify responders vs
non-responders?
40.
Procalcitonin (PCT) as a marker of neonatal sepsis.
39.
Malaria vaccines - when?
38.
More on neonatal resuscitation using air vs oxygen
37.
Radiofrequency treatment for obstructive adeno-tonsillar hypertrophy
36.
ENT procedures for recurrent tonsillitis better than medical therapy?
35.
Helicobacter pylori infection in Paediatrics
34.
What has Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis to do with inflammatory
bowel disease?
33.
Simple interventions may achieve significant results in birth outcomes
in underdeveloped areas
32.
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors: anti-inflammatory potentiation in
auto-immune diseases
31.
Oral rehydration solutions containing non-digestible carbohydrates in
the treatment of acute infectious diarrhoea
30.
Free water handling in seriously ill children
29.
Marginal effect of second opinion on elective caesarean section (c/s)
rates
28.
Meningococcal conjugate vaccine: a valuable addition to the
immunization schedule
27. Possible adverse effects of postnatal growth acceleration
26. Epo-alpha for chronic renal disease only rarely induces antibodies
25. Transmission and progression of HIV/AIDS
24. Cervical cerclage for short
cervix does not prevent preterm delivery
23. New use for old
drugs in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria
22. Rotavirus vaccine:
beyond the simple association with intussusception
21. Autoantibodies in
pregnancy as predictors of disease
20. Which guidelines
influence clinical practice?
19.
Foetal determinants of adult disease
18. How to identify future
tolerance in children with milk allergy
17.
Role of Wall Teichoic Acid (WTA) in adherence of Staph aureus to nasal
mucosa
16.
SSRI's during pregnancy appear to be safe for the fetus and neonate.
15. No real clarity on
aetiology of eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE)
14.
Enthusiastic reports of immune modulatory treatment of atopic dermatitis
13. More about the
relationship between Hepatitis C (HCV) and Diabetes Mellitus
12.
Reversal of syphilis:HIV infection ratios in antenatal clinic attendees
11.
Role for insulin in recovery and repair
10.
New Onset Diabetes Mellitus (NODM) after Tacrolimus
9.
Evidence that hypertension is an inflammatory disorder
8.
Pancreatic beta cells are sensitive to treatment of ALL
(acute lymphoblastic leukaemia)
7.
How malaria affects the placenta
6.
Air pollution and the respiratory allergic response
5.
Role of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in meningococcal shock
4. Emerging role for vitamin K in
treatment of osteoporosis?
3.
Steroid sprays not all equal in the treatment of allergic rhinitis
2.
Erythropoietin (Epo) as a cause of antibody-mediated pure red cell
aplasia (PRCA)
1.
Is resistin a mediator of gestational diabetes?
2003
48.
Caesarean delivery appears to be associated with increased risk of
subsequent stillbirth
47.
How good is BAD for diagnosis of causative organism in meningitis?
46.
COX-2 inhibitors may not be safe for tocolysis
45.
SLIT vs SCIT for management of allergic disease
44.
Expanded role of leptin
42.Glimmer
of light into aetiology of neonatal cholestasis?
41.
Nevirapine vs Zidovudine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission
of HIV
40.
Ischaemic tolerance: does it occur in the foetus?
39.
Higher carbonated soft drink consumption associated with lower bone
density
38.
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia may have similar outcome in black and
white children
37. Electronic Foetal Monitoring: the debate
continues
36.
Pneumococcal vaccine better for prevention of acute otitis media than
for cure?
35.
House dust mite allergen avoidance different in adults vs children?
34.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment - scientific research is lacking
33.
Inappropriate outpatient use of flouroquinolones
32.
Questions around use of bisphosphonates for paediatric bone disease
31.
Possible consequences of TNF (tumour necrosis factor) suppression
30.
Another strategy to limit mother-to-child transmission of HIV
29.
Intravenous IgG (IVIG) appears to have a place in management of severe
asthma
28.
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) more likely following assisted
reproduction?
27.
Early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis probably
underestimated
26.
Chlamydia should be regarded as an organism affecting the paediatric
population
25.
Inhaled magnesium sulphate enhances bronchodilatation in severe asthma
in adults
24.
Prevention of preterm birth due to vaginosis
23.
Inhaled steroids better than leukotriene antagonists for asthma
maintenance
22.
Most HIE appears to be of recent onset
21.
Lead toxicity - still a significant risk in children
20.
Does early steroid therapy prevent permanent airway damage in asthma?:
19.
Do seizures in childhood have long term consequences?
18.
Room air for resuscitation of asphyxiated neonates:
17.
Erythropoietin as neuroprotectant:
16.
Bronchiolitis in infancy:
15.
Passive immunisation of infants at risk for bronchiolitis:
14.
COX-3: specific for pain and temperature effects?:
13.
Hyperglycaemia and foetal malformation:
12.
Thrombocytopenia in the NICU:
11.
Ghrelin in the foetus, neonate and infant:
10.
Endocrine and metabolic control of appetite:
9.
Adiponectin and protection against type 2 diabetes mellitus:
8.
Activated protein C for severe sepsis:
7.
Hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning:
6. Nitric oxide and malaria:
5.
Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension:
4.
Erythromycin and pyloric stenosis:
3.
Rotavirus vaccine and intussusception:
2.
Anaemia of Chronic Disease:
1.
Exhaled nitric oxide as a marker of airway inflammation: