The New Zealand medical journal
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To audit parental perception of the apnoea monitor service given to neonatal graduates and infants surviving an apparent life threatening event in Christchurch. ⋯ Apnoea monitoring allays parental anxiety and may save the lives of a few infants. A technician is essential to coordinate all aspects of the service. Improvements could be made to instruction for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
The quest for normoglycaemia is worth the effort.
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To identify the role of firearms as a public health issue in New Zealand and to consider this information in the context of international research on potentially effective interventions for the prevention of firearm deaths. ⋯ While deaths from firearms are not a major public health problem in New Zealand, there is still a need to identify strategies likely to lead to reductions in the current levels of firearm deaths. Appropriately targeted legislative and educational strategies may be effective in reducing such deaths.