IN 363 Thai children with urinary tract infection, timing of voiding cystouretrogram - fewer or greater than 7 days after infection - made no difference to the prevalence of reflux detected. Here.

In 112 Finnish children with clinical bronchiolitis, PCR on nasal swabs agreed with fluoroimmunoassay of NPA in 109. Here.

Of 486 returned questionnaires about body art given to children and young people with cardiological risk factors, 56 of the 88 who had piercings knew of the endocarditis risks. Here

72 children were admitted to PICU in Auckland with pertussis over a 12 year period, of which 40 had been coughing for less than a week. Early discharge from PICU was associated with an increased risk of readmission. Here.

Comparing the BMI of triads of mother, father and child at 7.5 years for 4,654 children in the ALSPAC cohort shows that maternal BMI is no more closely associated with child BMI than paternal is BMI - suggesting that there has been no effect of interuterine programming. Here

Of 425 children under five treated along WHO guidelines for pneumonia in South Africa, 82 were HIV positive, of which the 27 under one year old had a threefold higher treatment failure rate. Here

In follow up of a series of 41 children with cyclical vomiting syndrome, 60% reported resolution of vomiting, many within weeks of the diagnosis. Somatic symptoms were common in children with and without vomiting. Here

A BSPU (British Surveillance) study identified 7 deaths in a 13 months period. When assessed by an expert panel, five deaths were thought unlikely to be medication related, and for the remaining two a consensus could not be reached. Here.

At age 3, children born in Hong Kong are shorter, on average, than would be expected from the WHO international standard growth charts. The authors conclude that this may be genetic, rather than related to environment. Here.

As a screening tool for developmental coordination disorder, the subscales of a tool called “Children’s Self-Perceptions of Adequacy in and Predilection toward Physical Activity” - (CSAPPA) - were as good as the whole tool. Here