Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol · Nov 2014
Gestational age-specific associations between infantile acute bronchiolitis and asthma after age five.
Infantile acute bronchiolitis (AB) is a risk factor for the development of paediatric asthma. The associations might differ according to gestational age. ⋯ A positive association was observed between ED visits for AB and subsequent asthma ED visits after age 5; associations did not vary meaningfully by gestational age. Sensitivity analyses did not suggest large biases due to differences in ED utilisation across sociodemographic groups or loss to follow-up from residential migration.
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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol · Nov 2014
Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring.
Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) is the most common complication of pregnancy. NVP has been associated with improved fetal outcomes, but its association with childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes has rarely been studied. ⋯ Overall, there were few differences between children exposed and unexposed to NVP. NVP was associated with slightly worse visual motor performance, and prolonged NVP and NVP extending late into pregnancy were associated with poorer scores on several neurodevelopmental measures.
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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol · Nov 2014
Hospital admissions and gestational age at birth: 18 years of follow up in Western Australia.
Infants born moderate to late preterm are twice as likely to be rehospitalised within the first few weeks following discharge from the birth admission. It is not understood how rehospitalisation risk changes with age or how risks have changed over time. ⋯ Rehospitalisation risk is greater for singleton children born at all gestational ages compared with those born full term. This effect of gestational age on rehospitalisation is highest in the first year post-discharge, but has almost disappeared by adolescence.
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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol · Nov 2014
Biography Historical ArticleMervyn Susser and community psychiatry.
Mervyn Susser's contributions to community psychiatry from 1957-1968 comprised a creative and significant phase of his career, though less well known than his other work. This included work in Salford, a town next to Manchester, where he developed a programme to improve community health (including mental health care), as well as a programme of research on mental disorders. The publication of his book, Community Psychiatry: Epidemiologic and Social Themes (1968) attempted to set the stage for the practice of psychiatry in the community and to establish a future direction for development of the field.
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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol · Nov 2014
Observational StudySeasonal influenza vaccination during pregnancy and the risks of preterm delivery and small for gestational age birth.
Influenza vaccination is routinely recommended for pregnant women, yet information on perinatal outcomes is sparse. ⋯ Though limited by study size, these findings add support to previous observations of little or no increased risk of PTD or SGA associated with seasonal influenza vaccination for three of the four influenza seasons in our study. The increased risk of PTD observed for the 2009-10 influenza season warrants further investigation.