Body mass index standards for children. 1990 data will remain available.
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Body Mass Index↗
Biomedical subjects
T Fry
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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with labial crepitus in an infant with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Female↗
Monitoring children's growth: how are we doing?
This month the Chief Medical Officer's National Screening Committee held its first conference on systematic reviews of screening in child health. It was managed by the Child Growth Foundation, included an interim report on growth screening and posed the question whether children needed more of the same. Tam Fry, Honorary Chairman of the Foundation, believes that, as far as growth is concerned, they do despite the improvements that have been made since the "new" centile charts were introduced four years ago and reported in Professional Care of Mother & Child.
Benchmarking↗
Metastatic laryngeal carcinoma as a cause of progressive ophthalmoplegia.
We have described a patient with primary laryngeal carcinoma who had bilateral progressive ophthalmoplegia. Repeated studies of cerebrospinal fluid and initial radiologic examinations failed to provide a diagnosis. Sphenoidal sinusotomy and biopsy were necessary to confirm the diagnosis of metastatic laryngeal carcinoma--a previously unreported phenomenon.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell↗
Introducing the new Child Growth Standards.
All children should have their length and weight regularly measured at birth and throughout childhood Growth is a major indicator of child health; deviation from the normal is an important pointer to disease or distress. Measurements must be plotted on a centile chart so that any deviation from the normal pattern of growth can be detected and action taken. The new Child Growth Standards supersede the old Tanner/Whitehouse Standards of the 1950s. The new Standards are compiled from measurements of approximately 30,000 children taken from two national surveys. They are more up-to-date and representative than the old data and should be introduced as soon as possible. Midwives have an important part to play by measuring the baby accurately at birth and measuring both parents' heights. Health visitors, school nurses and practice nurses should ensure growth is regularly measured throughout childhood and deviations promptly referred.
Adolescent↗