In an eight year study of mortality in a tertiary paediatric intensive care, risk of death from RSV significantly higher in those children with pre-existing morbidity, especially cardiac or respiratory.  Here.

Perspective:  Ekelund asks if we are measuring the right thing when we attempt to measure children’s physical fitness.  Here.

In a cohort of 671 children followed to 14 years, genetic variants of cortisol pathways were a significant contributor to blood pressure variation.  Here.

In a series of 20 normal infants, prone sleeping was associated with lower blood pressure which, at 4 weeks and 6 months, had a coincident increased heart rate, a finding not replicated at two to three months - the peak age for sudden infant death.  Here.

In 102 patients with heart failure, use of a diuretic called torasemide was effective and had little or no effect on plasma electrolytes.  Here.

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In a series of 28 post mortem studies conducted over ten years conducted on children and which demonstrated histologically confirmed myocarditis, 40% had no macroscopic features suggestive of myocardial pathology.  Here.

Of 80 Norwegian children who died more than 30 days following surgery for congenital heart defects, a large number had a significant fall in weight after surgery.  Here.

In Japanese children with Kawasaki disease whose condition did not respond to the first dose of intravenous immunoglobulin, pulse methylprednisolone was a helpful additional therapy.  Here.

328 normal children aged 4 to 11 were used to generate normal values for this test which can be used to assess exercise capacity in children with cardiac or respiratory disease. 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