Archives of disease in childhood
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Multicenter Study
Barriers to education of overseas doctors in paediatrics: a qualitative study in South Yorkshire.
To explore the factors that may influence the progress of doctors who come from the Indian subcontinent to train in paediatrics in the UK. ⋯ Several intercultural factors were identified that could act as barriers to the progress of overseas doctors training in paediatrics in the UK. Increased awareness of these factors within the teams would be the first step in resolving some of the issues.
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To describe the short-term outcome of critically ill HIV-infected children with access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in a developing region. ⋯ The majority of HIV-infected children survived to discharge from PICU, but only half survived to hospital discharge. LOI decisions, usually made in PICU, directly influenced short-term survival and the opportunity to commence HAART. Although few critically ill HIV-infected children survived to become established on HAART, the long-term outcome of children on HAART is encouraging and warrants further investigation.
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To determine the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in a clinical sample of overweight and obese children and adolescents, and to examine the contribution of fat distribution. ⋯ SDB is very common in this clinical sample of overweight children. OSA is not associated with abdominal obesity. On the contrary, higher levels of abdominal obesity and fat mass are associated with central sleep apnoea.