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The Geelong study is a prospective study of common abnormalities of pregnancy and birth and subsequent development. It outlines the prevalence and interrelationships of breath-holding attacks, febrile convulsions and non-febrile convulsions in the first 11 years of life. The interrelationship between febrile and non-febrile convulsions, behaviour and learning at 5 and 11 years is described. The predictive value of assessment at 5 years for later performance and behaviour at 11 years is also discussed.
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Apnea/complications , Apnea/epidemiology , Child Behavior Disorders/epidemiology , Child Behavior Disorders/etiology , Developmental Disabilities/epidemiology , Developmental Disabilities/etiology , Learning Disabilities/epidemiology , Learning Disabilities/etiology , Seizures, Febrile/complications , Seizures, Febrile/epidemiology , Birth Weight , Child , Child Behavior Disorders/diagnosis , Child, Preschool , Delivery, Obstetric , Developmental Disabilities/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Incidence , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Learning Disabilities/diagnosis , Male , Predictive Value of Tests , Pregnancy , Prevalence , Prospective Studies , Retrospective Studies , Risk Factors , Urban Population , Victoria/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Two hundred and seven Australian paediatricians were sent a questionnaire to determine whether they undertook developmental screening and/or assessment. Replies were received from 140 (68%) paediatricians of whom 115 (82%) stated they did developmental screening and 58 (41%) said they did developmental assessment. The Denver Developmental Screening Test was the most widely used (74%), but several other tests were used, not all correctly. There was greater confusion in the area of developmental assessment and appropriate tests, although 37 (26%) used the Griffiths. The results are described in detail and some of the current concerns about developmental screening and assessment are discussed.
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Developmental Disabilities/diagnosis , Pediatrics , Psychological Tests , Australia , Child , Child Development , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Mass Screening/statistics & numerical data , Practice Patterns, Physicians' , Psychological Tests/standards , Reference ValuesABSTRACT
Scientific fraud, much in the news recently, is not a new phenomenon. What follows is a personal account of a particular case.
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Biomedical Research , Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal/adverse effects , Disclosure , Scientific Misconduct , Whistleblowing , Australia , Blood Proteins/metabolism , Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal/administration & dosage , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Ethics Committees , Ethics Committees, Research , Female , History, 20th Century , HumansSubject(s)
Learning Disabilities/prevention & control , Mass Screening , Australia , Child , Child Behavior , Humans , Motor SkillsABSTRACT
A prospective study of convulsions in 5803 consecutive newborn infants from an Australian city is described; 535 children were lost to study, leaving 90.9% of the original sample. Of the remaining 5268, 325 had at least one convulsive episode during the first three years of life--an incidence of 61.7 per thousand. Convulsions following breath-holding attacks were experienced by 8.1 per thousand, while a further 4.0 per thousand had simple breath-holding attacks associated with transient loss of consciousness, but no convulsion. Convulsions associated with fever were experienced by 39.9 per thousand. In addition, 8.2 per thousand had idiopathic convulsions, 2.8 per thousand had neonatal convulsions and 2.7 per thousand had convulsions of mixed aetiology. Factors relating to the convulsion are described in detail. Pregnancy and birth data are compared with those of a control group taken from the study.