Mobile touch screen devices (smartphones and tablet computers) have become an integral part of many parents’ and children’s lives, with this interaction linked to physical, mental and social outcomes. Despite the known importance of parent-child attachment, evidence on the association between device use and attachment was yet to be reviewed. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• July 2021

Intramuscular injection of a large bolus of Vitamin D effectively increases serum 25-hydroxyVitamin D levels without evidence of metabolic abnormality. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017

For healthcare workers performing aerosol-generating procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic, well fitted filtering facepiece respirators, for example, N95/FFP2 or N99/FFP3 masks, are recommended as part of personal protective equipment. In this review, we evaluate the role of fit checking and fit testing of respirators, in addition to airborne protection provided by respirators. Filtering facepiece respirators are made of material with sufficient high filter capacity to protect against airborne respiratory viruses. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

Annual economic cost of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy was found to be high, reflecting a significant socioeconomic burden, especially in boys who reach adulthood ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• June 2016

The Paediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative identified multiple attempts and persistence with direct laryngoscopy as risk factors for complications in children with difficult tracheal intubations and subsequently engaged in initiatives to reduce repeated attempts and persistence with direct laryngoscopy in children. We hypothesised these efforts would lead to fewer attempts, fewer direct laryngoscopy attempts and decrease complications. ...

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• 2024
• February 2024

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with group A Streptococcus. ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Melissa Fiona Helen Rebecca Peter O'Donnell Stanley Leonard Glauert Jacoby M FJ HM RA PJ BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa) MBChB MPH ...

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Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children in rural/remote areas suffer high rates of persistent otitis media (OM) from early infancy. We aimed to determine the proportion of Aboriginal infants living in an urban area who have OM and investigate associated risk factors. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

Melissa Gail Matt Jenny Andrew Licari Alvares Cooper Downs Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew ML GA MC JA AJ PhD PhD BCA Marketing, BSc Statistics and Applied Statistics, PhD BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD PhD Senior Research Fellow Senior Research ...

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Rett syndrome (RTT) is caused by mutations in the transcriptional repressor methyl CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2). ...

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• 2009
• July 2009

This study uses data from a large international database, InterRett, to examine genotype-phenotype relationships and compares these with previous findings in... ...

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• 2008
• March 2008

The long-term cardiopulmonary outcomes following preterm birth during the surfactant era remain unclear. Respiratory symptoms, particularly exertional symptoms, are common in preterm children. Therefore, cardiopulmonary exercise testing may provide insights into the pathophysiology driving exertional respiratory symptoms in those born preterm. This review aims to outline the current knowledge of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the assessment of children born preterm in the surfactant era. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• October 2023