September 2007. Volume 3. Number 3

Editorial
Making well-informed clinical decisions based on the current scientific evidence: from the article to the patient
Critically appraised articles
Bases of evidence based medicine
Editorial
ED | Are radiological tests for the diagnosis and investigation of urinary tract infection useful in children?
Ochoa Sangrador C. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:59
ED | Adolescents and drugs. A challenge for health providers
Hidalgo Vicario MI, Redondo Romero AM. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:60
ED | The protecting role of breastfeeding in childhood infections: a critical appraisal of the studies methodology
Paricio Talayero JM. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:61
Making well-informed clinical decisions based on the current scientific evidence: from the article to the patient
AAP | Treatment with topical steroids of phimosis should be recommended before surgical correction
Orejón de Luna G, Fernández Rodríguez MM. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:82
Critically appraised articles
AVC | Exclusion criteria of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are not always justified and such exclusions may impair the generalizability of RCT results
Martín Muñoz P, Fernández Rodríguez MM. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:62
AVC | Topical, intranasally administered, steroid preparations could be useful in children with adenoidal hypertrophy although more studies are warranted to confirm the efficacy
Fernández Rodríguez MM, Martín Muñoz P. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:63
AVC | Pregnant women in Spain take the folic acid for the primary prevention of congenital anomalies after conception and they use doses much higher than recommended
González de Dios J, Ochoa Sangrador C. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:64
AVC | Is the current weight estimation formula still valid in the emergency department?
Suwezda A, Melamud A, Matamoros R. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:65
AVC | Is the current weight estimation formula still valid in the emergency department?
Esparza Olcina MJ, Buñuel Álvarez JC. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:66
AVC | Insufficient time and lack of training are the greatest barriers of providers to screening adolescents for substance abuse
De la Rosa Morales V, González Rodríguez MP. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:67
AVC | Breastfeeding decreases the risk of hospitalization for diarrheal and lower respiratory tract infections in developed countries
Olivares Grohnert M, Buñuel Álvarez JC. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:68
AVC | 8-year-old boys, who frequently bully, and with psychiatric symptoms associated, are at risk of criminality in late adolescence
Chalco Orrego JP, Bada Mancilla CA, Rojas Galarza RA. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:69
AVC | A composite index based on the country’s alcohol control policies provides a good relationship with alcohol consumption
Carvajal Encina F, Balaguer Santamaría A. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:70
AVC | Cryptorchidism should be treated before puberty to decrease the risk of testicular cancer
Orejón de Luna G, Aizpurua Galdeano P. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:71
AVC | Botulinum toxin injection is equally effective as myectomy of the internal anal sphincter for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation in children
Bonillo Perales A, Ibáñez Pradas V. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:72
AVC | In patients with mild to moderate bronchiolitis and without risk factors, chest radiography has little usefulness
Ochoa Sangrador C, Castro Rodríguez JA. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:73
AVC | Invasive pneumococcal disease: increase of incidence caused by nonvaccine serotypes among alaska native children with high levels of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage
Ruiz-Canela Cáceres J, Juanes de Toledo B. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:74
AVC | Probiotic supplementation in preterm neonates of very low birth weight could reduce the risk o necrotising enterocolitis
Ibáñez Pradas V, García Vera C. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:75
AVC | Pulse oximetry has a limited sensitivity in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in asymptomatic newborns, and it seems little useful as a screening tool
Aparicio Sánchez JL, Puebla Molina SF. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:76
AVC | In young women without previous infection, quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus, prevents high-grade cervical lesions associated with HPV-16 and HPV-18
Orejón de Luna G, Ochoa Sangrador C. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:77
AVC | Mortality among very-low-birth-weight infants was lowest for deliveries that occurred in hospitals with neonatal intensive care units that had both a high level of care and a high volume of such patients
Bernaola Aponte G, Aparicio Rodrigo M. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:78
AVC | Osteoarticular infections in young children: do we need to think in Kingella kingae?
Carreazo Pariasca NY, Cuervo Valdés JJ. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:79
AVC | In children with a normal antenatal renal ultrasonogram, after a first urinary tract infection could be no necessary to obtain a renal ultrasonogram
González de Dios J, Perdikidis Olivieri L. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:80
Bases of evidence based medicine
MBE | Assessment of scientific articles about prognosis
González de Dios J, Ibáñez Pradas V, Modesto i Alapont V. Evid Pediatr. 2007;3:81