PRÉCIS
A brief digest of the February issue
PERSPECTIVES
Failure to think about failure to thrive
N. J. Spencer
Confusing terminology attempts to define the undefinable
I. Hughes
Image or reality: why do infant size and growth matter to parents?
Charlotte M. Wright and Lawrence T. Weaver
From principle to practice: moving from human rights to legal rights to ensure child health
Barry Zuckerman, Ellen Lawton, and Samantha Morton
ATOMS
Atoms
Howard Bauchner
EDITORIALS
Some relief for expert witnesses
H. Marcovitch
LEADING ARTICLES
Getting guidelines to work in practice
P. McMaster, D. Rogers, M. Kerr, and A. Spencer
How good is the evidence available in child protection?
Jonathan R. Sibert, Sabine A. Maguire, and Alison Mary Kemp
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Failure to thrive: the prevalence and concurrence of anthropometric criteria in a general infant population
E. M. Olsen, J. Petersen, A. M. Skovgaard, B. Weile, T. Jørgensen, and C. M. Wright
Postnatal factors associated with failure to thrive in term infants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
A. Emond, R. Drewett, P. Blair, and P. Emmett
A systematic review of lay views about infant size and growth
P. Lucas, L. Arai, J. Baird, J. Kleijnen, C. Law, and H. Roberts
The natural history of Noonan syndrome: a long-term follow-up study
A. C. Shaw, K. Kalidas, A. H. Crosby, S. Jeffery, and M. A. Patton
Do risk factors differ between explained sudden unexpected death in infancy and sudden infant death syndrome?
M. Vennemann, T. Bajanowski, T. Butterfaß-Bahloul, C. Sauerland, G. Jorch, B. Brinkmann, and E. A. Mitchell
Determinants of neuropsychological and behavioural outcomes in early childhood survivors of congenital heart disease
C. G. McCusker, N. N. Doherty, B. Molloy, F. Casey, N. Rooney, C. Mulholland, A. Sands, B. Craig, and M. Stewart
Randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of a metered dose inhaler with bottle spacer for bronchodilator treatment in acute lower airway obstruction
H. J. Zar, S. Streun, M. Levin, E. G. Weinberg, and G. H. Swingler
Improved outcome of referrals for intestinal transplantation in the UK
Girish L. Gupte, Susan V. Beath, Sue Protheroe, M. Stephen Murphy, Paul Davies, Khalid Sharif, Patrick J. McKiernan, Jean de Ville de Goyet, Ian W. Booth, and Deirdre A. Kelly
SHORT REPORT
Decreasing prevalence of obesity in primary schoolchildren
Rod Thomas Mitchell, Catherine M. McDougall, and Jacqueline E. Crum
GLOBAL CHILD HEALTH
Why children’s rights are central to international child health
T. Waterston and J. Goldhagen
JOURNALWATCH
REVIEWS
Recommendations for sudden infant death syndrome prevention: a discussion document
E. A. Mitchell
Vitamins for babies and young children
A. A. Leaf on behalf of the RCPCH Standing Committee on Nutrition
What is the rationale for hydrocortisone treatment in children with infection-related adrenal insufficiency and septic shock?
Rajesh Aneja and Joseph A. Carcillo
Neurological disorders presenting mainly in adolescence
S. Macleod and R. E. Appleton
LETTERS
Mothers with their babies in prison: the first Italian experience
P. Ferrara, V. Emmanuele, A. Nicoletti, A. Mastrangelo, G. Marrone, and G. Pedote
An audit of the mental health problems of the parents of children on the Coventry Child Protection Register • Author’s response
Manjula Govindshenoy, Taruna Bindal, and Barry Zuckerman
Re: From health surveillance to health promotion: the changing focus in preventive children’s service
Barry Zuckerman
Non-adherence to tuberculosis treatment
M. Khan
Chronic intestinal ischaemia and Hirschsprung’s disease
Richard G. Fiddian-Green
Trisomy 13 is associated with anorectal malformations
Nicola A. Lewis and Anthony D. Lander
BOOK REVIEWS
Cystic fibrosis care—a practical guide
Cystic fibrosis in the 21st century
I. Pollock
Crohn’s & colitis: understanding and managing IBD
M. Tebruegge
Paediatric surgery
Jonathan W. Davis
Handbook IMCI: integrated management of childhood illness
J. Thomson and A. Chavan
LUCINA
MISCELLANEA
Once bitten, twice shy! A mother’s reluctance to put BLS training into use ever again
V. P. Balasubramaniam, A. T. Isaac, M. J. Crawford, and D. S. Urquhart
The Loeys–Dietz syndrome
Hip dislocation in severe cerebral palsy
