In the final instalment of her series, Dr Lala Manners addresses the tricky area of holistic assessment of physical development At Ore Church Mice Pre-School in Hastings, practitioners observe what ...

When used alone, the physical assessment lacks sensitivity and specificity in identifying sepsis. A single assessment provides only a snapshot of information that must be viewed in context with the ...

The Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM 2016:35) recommends a minimum of three hours of daily physical activity during early childhood. Of this, one hour should be vigorous physical activity. The ...

Objective To summarise the current evidence on the effects of physical activity (PA) interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children, and formulate research priorities and ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Unrelieved pain in children has several undesirable physical and psychological consequences in the short and longer term. Other effects of unrelieved pain include prolonged hospital stays, more ...

Melody Smith receives funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand, Lotteries Health Research, and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. University of Auckland, Waipapa ...

The Division of Public Health Pediatrics trains clinicians of the next generation to provide high-quality care and thoughtful clinical evaluations for children who are suspected victims of child ...

In the not-too-distant past, the kindergarten classrooms at Pleasant Grove Elementary in Heflin, Ala., looked much the same as classrooms for older children. Desks were arranged in rows. Children ...

This article provides the resources for the bedside caregiver to conduct a focused physical assessment of the infant with suspected sepsis. The importance of obtaining a complete history to identify ...