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2017

Vol 11, No 2 (2017)

Risk factors for IVH in VLBW infants
Endoscopic management of oesophageal strictures
Dysphagia in a NICU
How well do childcare facilities feed their children?
Recovery from severe acute malnutrition
A review of neonatal sepsis

• First do no harm – medication errors in paediatrics
• Nutritional status of school children in Limpopo
• Oral health promotion in KwaZulu-Natal
• Selenium status and HIV infection
• Pubertal development in Nigerian children
• The role of HIV in severe acute malnutrition
mortality

2016

Vol 10, No 4 (2016)

The outcome of CPAP use in VLBW neonates
The reasons for upper GIT endoscopy in a Nigerian hospital
Is acute diarrhoeal disease being appropriately managed?
An audit of medical admissions to a paediatric ICU
Omphalocoele presentation over the past decade
The management of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Vol 10, No 3 (2016)

Aetiology and risk factors for neonatal sepsis,Nigeria
Pregnancy-related deaths among adolescents, South Africa
Outcome of children admitted to a general highcare unit, Western Cape
Policies, practices and perceptions regarding children as visitors to public hospitals, KwaZulu-Natal
Clinical presentation of infants hospitalised with pertussis

Vol 10, No 2 (2016)

Kidney diseases in developing countries
Are we screening for infant hearing?
Referral pathways and utilisation of short-stay wards
Is the early diagnosis and management of HIV in infants a reality?
Do paediatric registrars encourage adolescent preventive services in Nigeria?

Vol 10, No 1 (2016)

• Mothers’ reasons for refusing to give consent to

HIV testing on their infants

• Audiological findings in neurologically

compromised children

• Haemophilia: A disease of women as well

• Nutrition in the first 1 000 days of life in vulnerable

communities

• Analysis of paediatric poisoning

• Childhood and adolescent fatalities at the Pretoria

Medico-Legal Laboratory

• Screening for retinopathy of prematurity in VLBW

babies

2015

Vol 9, No 4 (2015)

EPI and vitamin A coverage in KZN
Transfer of critically ill children to tertiary care
Acute pain management in children with sickle cell anaemia
Effect of lactose-free formula feeds on growth
Feeding practices in neonatal wards

Vol 9, No 3 (2015)

Preventing GBS disease in South African infants
Severe pneumonia in HIV-infected and exposed infants in a paediatric ICU
Current practices around HIV disclosure to children on HAART
Adherence to case management guidelines of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness by PHC nurses
Effect of a nutrition education programme on nutritional status of children

Vol 9, No 2 (2015)

Hypoxaemia and pneumonia severity
Apartheid and healthcare access
AudiologicalpracticespostHPCSApositionstatement
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV despite
PMTCT interventions
Early renal surveillance and tuberous sclerosis
complex

Vol 9, No 1 (2015)

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endotracheal tube positioning using bedside ultrasonography
Trends in perinatal health indices
Sleep duration and nutritional status in adolescents
Adherence to phototherapy guidelines in neonates
Diagnosis of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

2014

Vol 8, No 4 (2014)

Cost of cancer treatment in children
Cytomegalovirus infection in neonates
Weight gain in very low birth weight infants
Dominance in grade 1 learners

Vol 8, No 3 (2014)

Linking SA’s Youth-friendly Services to its community health worker programme
Skin thickness and needles in children
Weight gain with ready-to-use therapeutic food in stunted HIV-infected and -uninfected children
Hypoglycaemia in children aged 1 month to 10 years in Nigeria
The prevalence of malnutrition in children at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

Vol 8, No 2 (2014)

Healthcare professionals and breastfeeding: To practise or to preach?
Infant feeding patterns in the first 6 months of life in a low-income area
Babies born before arrival in a peri-urban setting
D- haemolytic-uraemic syndrome in south India: Profile and outcome
Recreational abuse of antiretrovirals combined with addictive drugs in pregnant women

In Press Articles

Vol 8, No 1 (2014)

Waardenburg syndrome in childhood deafness
Noise levels in neonatal intensive care units
Predictors of prolonged hospitalisation in childhood pneumonia in a rural health centre
Reticulocyte haemoglobin content as a diagnostic tool for iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anaemia

2013

Vol 7, No 4 (2013)

Keeping children alive and healthy in South Africa – how do we reach this goal?
Ambient pollution and respiratory outcomes among schoolchildren in Durban, South Africa
Outcomes of babies born before arrival at a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a child from an informal settlement: 12 litres of fluid drained from the lungs and successful use of ECMO
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome and intestinal aganglionosis

Vol 7, No 3 (2013)

Pre-hospital management and risk factors in children with acute diarrhoea
Outcomes of neonates with perinatal asphyxia
Characteristics of children with pervasive developmental disorders
Weight status and eating habits in adolescence
Dilemmas of telling bad news: Paediatric palliative care providers’ experiences

Vol 7, No 2 (2013)

• Paediatric triage in South Africa

• Clinical presentation of type 1 diabetes in children

• Variations in anterior fontanelle size in newborns

• Performance of black South African urban infants on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development III

• Paediatric intussusception radiological reduction

Vol 7, No 1 (2013)

• Changing perceptions on feeding in neonatal care
• Enteral feeding practices in preterm infants
• Prophylactic phenobarbital in neonates with perinatal asphyxia
• Screening for neonatal sepsis – use of neutrophil CD64
• Indications for radiography in a neonatal ICU
• Neonatal meningococcal meningitis with subdural empyema

2012

Vol 6, No 4 (2012)

• Still separate, still unequal – Child Gauge 2012
• Clinical photography – ethical positions and legal implications
• Time to take action against congenital rubella?
• Health benefits of family hygiene promotion in peri-urban Cape Town
• Acute otitis media in rural Bangladesh
• Cognitive effects of cranial radiation for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Vol 6, No 3 (2012)

• Reducing neonatal deaths in South Africa – are we there yet?
• Incorrectly diagnosing children as HIV-infected
• Practicality and acceptability of text message reminders for
childhood immunisation
• Epidemiological factors in admissions for diarrhoea –
a Tanzanian study
• Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Vol 6, No 2 (2012)

• Paediatric hospital admissions – levels of care surveyed
• Education and training in kangaroo mother care
• Treating VLBW infants – attitudes of mothers versus staff
• Neurodevelopmental status of HIV-exposed but uninfected infants
• Menkes disease – a lesson not to be forgotten

Vol 6, No 1 (2012)

• Neonatal blood gas sampling methods
• Point-of-care haemoglobin estimation in neonates and infants
• Noise levels of children’s toys
• Should routine diarrhoea management be modifiedwhen the prevalence of paediatric HIV infection is high?