In Australia the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) is administered at 2, 4 and 6 months of age, with no booster dose. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• July 2011

Our results lend support to a vaccination strategy which includes family members in order to provide maximum protection for newborn babies. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• January 2017

Our findings only lend partial support to a link between diet and mental health, specific to females consuming a Western diet and to externalizing behaviours ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• March 2016

Australian energy drink users tend to have heavier alcohol consumption patterns be a cigarette smoker and use illicit drugs relative to non-users. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• September 2013

Presence of bacterial otopathogen in the middle ear during ventilation tube insertion was a predictor of children at-risk of repeat ventilation tube insertion ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• February 2020

Apgar score, birth weight, sex, socioeconomic status, and maternal ethnicity, in addition to gestational age, have pronounced impacts on disability-free survival. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• December 2019

Optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) are associated with significant risk of visual and endocrine morbidity, but data on long-term outcomes in symptomatic patients is sparse. This study reviews the clinical course, disease progression, survival outcomes and long-term sequelae in pediatric patients with symptomatic OPGs in our institution over three decades. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• July 2023

This study aimed to examine the relationship between advanced parental age and behavioural outcomes in offspring in a longitudinal cohort of children in... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2015
• January 2015

This paper reports on treatment, and preventing infection in close contact, of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) using the antibiotic clindamycin and... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2014
• April 2014

Identified no significant differences between the high- and low-risk fetuses in the rate of prenatal head and body growth throughout the 2nd and 3rd-trimester ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• February 2016