Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Mar 2010
Considerations about hastening death among parents of children who die of cancer.
To estimate the frequency of hastening death discussions, describe current parental endorsement of hastening death and intensive symptom management, and explore whether children's pain influences these views in a sample of parents whose child died of cancer. ⋯ More than 10% of parents considered hastening their child's death; this was more likely if the child was in pain. Attention to pain and suffering and education about intensive symptom management may mitigate consideration of hastening death among parents of children with cancer.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Mar 2010
Review Comparative StudyChild vs adult randomized controlled trials in specialist journals: a citation analysis of trends, 1985-2005.
To compare secular trends in the age representation of published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in specialty journals during a period of 20 years. ⋯ Adult RCT publications are increasing at a faster rate than pediatric RCTs in almost all specialties.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Mar 2010
Comparative StudyTrends in childhood violence and abuse exposure: evidence from 2 national surveys.
To assess trends in children's exposure to abuse, violence, and crime victimizations. ⋯ The declines apparent in this analysis parallel evidence from other sources, including police data, child welfare data, and the National Crime Victimization Survey, suggesting reductions in various types of childhood victimization in recent years.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Mar 2010
Comparative StudySource of admission and outcomes for critically injured children in the mountain states.
To determine whether mortality and length of stay at a pediatric trauma center differ between patients admitted by interhospital transfer and those admitted directly from the injury scene. ⋯ Pediatric trauma center mortality rates are lower among children admitted directly from the injury scene compared with those admitted by interhospital transfer.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Mar 2010
Editorial policies of pediatric journals: survey of instructions for authors.
To study whether specific recommendations aiming to improve publication practice were included in author instructions of pediatric journals. ⋯ Many pediatric journals do not include recommendations that aim to improve publication practice in their author instructions. About one-fifth of journals do not require authors to disclose conflicts of interest on manuscript submission and more than three-quarters do not require/recommend trial registration.