Paediatric Resources/ Pediatric Resources
The main feature of this website is a clinical decision support tool. The programme allows health professionals to enter the symptoms of a patient. Different age groups and geographical areas can be chosen. A few seconds after submission the user receives a list of differential diagnoses. Clicking on the respective diagnosis allows you to read the digitalised version of the Nelson Behrmann Textbook of Paediatrics, view related images and treatment protocols and read summaries of related articles. Other features of this site are: an extensive image library, an experience section (contains interesting reports of cases and potential complications), MRCPCH teaching, links to websites related to paediatrics. The site requires subsciption since June 2004.
The Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology
This journal is published by an Open Access Publisher - Internet Scientific Publications (ISPUB). The Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology (IJPN) is a peer-reviewed journal published exclusively in electronic form. The editorial board consists of experts from several countries across the globe. All journals and articles can be accessed without subscription or charges. Equally, authors can submit their articles free of charge. The journal features: original articles, reviews, case reports, selected/recent topics, press releases and information about international meetings.
BioMed Central, an open access publishing house, offers a range of Paediatrics related journals on their website - including BMC Paediatrics. The journal features high-quality research articles, case reports, hypothesis and debates. All articles can be accessed in full text (free of charge) - both in html and PDF format. The site also allows users to comment on published articles and e-mail them to colleagues. Another interesting option is "Current Controlled Trials" (via BMC homepage) - which features two clinical trials resources - ISRCTN (database of RCTs with an International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) and mRCT (metaRegister of Controlled Trials). Both options allow you to search for and obtain details about current RCTs at international level after a brief registration process.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
The main objectives of the U.K. based RCPCH are to advance the science of paediatrics, improve standards of medical care to children, and to educate and examine doctors in Paediatrics. The site provides information on various committees, education and training (including Higher Specialist Training), events, exams and research in Paediatrics (includes information on the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit - BPSU). The "Publications" section contains documents related to the activities of the RCPCH, press releases and paediatric guideline appraisals.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centres for Disease Control are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The website offers a plethora of information on health-related topics including the following: birth defects, disabilities, diseases and conditions, emergency preparedness and response, environmental heath, genetics and genomics, health promotion, vaccines and immunisations. The site also provides links to the two main publications - the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal (both full text without subscription / charge). Other links provide growth charts and national, epidemiological data.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The "Health Topics" section of this site provides information on a variety of diseases, including recent research, treatment options and support groups and provides links to topic-related agencies (e.g. the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases). Another section outlines details of grants, funding and research training. The "Scientific Resources" section provides links to a number of resources within the NIH - such as the Mammalian Gene Collection, the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry and the AIDS Reagent Program.
World Health Organisation (WHO)
This website offers a multitude of useful information such as country-specific epidemiological data, disease outbreaks, data on immunisation and data on notifiable diseases. Another large section - called "Health Topics" - contains fact sheets about a large variety of diseases, health policies, press releases and information on current WHO programmes.
Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne - Paediatric Handbook Online
The site contains the full version of the 7th edition of the RCH Paediatric Handbook, which provides a comprehensive practical guide to the management of health problems in children. Sections include: emergencies, procedures and analgesia, fluids and nutrition, child public health, development, psychosocial problems, medicine and surgery. The emergency section provides background information on a wide range of topics and contains management guidelines and flow-charts for various conditions/presentations. Another useful feature is the "emergency drug and fluid calculator", which - after choosing age/weight - produces a chart with the age-specific limits for vital parameters, appropriate ETT size/length and emergency drug doses. A great resource!
This website is run by the Neonatal Emergency Transport Service Victoria (N.E.T.S.). The site covers a considerable range of topics related to Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care including common (and less common) medical and surgical conditions as well as procedures (e.g. UAC and UVC insertion, drainage of pneumothorax). Most topics are conveniently divided into introduction, aetiology, diagnosis, investigations and management. Navigation of the site is a bliss; the use of this resource is free of charge and registration is not required.
This site is based at the Children's Hospital of Iowa. Much of the contents is aimed at children and their parents, but it also includes some useful features for Health Professionals. The most interesting sections are mainly related to Paediatric Radiology. PaediapaediaTM is an online imaging encyclopaedia which outlines details of various radiological techniques and describes the typical radiological findings according to diseases/categories. The Paediatric Radiology Teaching Files provide short, text-book style articles on various conditions, as well as excellent images (x-ray, MRI, CT, etc.). Other sections are dedicated to pathology, anatomy, psychiatry and several surgical specialties.
Paediatric Organisations / Pediatric Organisations
American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP)
American
Medical Association (AMA) - Adolescent Health
Asociacion Espanola de Pediatria
Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde
und Jugendmedizin
Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri
Hong Kong Paediatric
Society (HKPS)
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kinder-
und Jugendheilkunde
Royal Australasian College
of Physicians (RACP)
Royal College of Paediatrics
and Child Health (RCPCH)
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Pädiatrie
Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria
Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria
Sociedad Paraguaya de Pediatria
Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria
Sociedad Uruguaya de Pediatria
Sociedad Venezolana de Puericultura
y Pediatria
Societe Francaise de Medicine Perinatale
Societe Francaise de Pediatrie
Union of National European Paediatric Societies
and Associations
Paediatric Journals / Pediatric Journals
Archives de Pediatrie (Societe Francaise de Pediatrie)
- abstracts
, full-text
requires subscription, pay-per-article
Archives
of Disease in Childhood (RCPCH) - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Archives
of Pediatrics & Adolescent Health (AMA)
- abstracts, full-text
requires subscription, pay-per-article
BioMed Central Pediatrics
- free full text access
Current
Opinion in Pediatrics - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Current
Paediatrics - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
European Journal of Pediatrics - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Indian
Journal of Pediatrics -
free full text access
Indian
Pediatrics (Indian
Academy of Paediatrics) - free full text access
International
Pediatrics (Miami Children's Hospital) - free
full text access
Journal
of Adolescent Health - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal
of Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (RACP)
- abstracts, full-text
requires subscription, pay-per-article
Paediatrics
and Child Health (Canadian Paediatric Society)
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Pediatrics
- abstracts, full-text
requires subscription, pay-per-article
Pediatric
Annals - free full text access (PDF)
Pediatric
Emergency Care - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Pediatric
Research -
abstracts, full-text
requires subscription, pay-per-article
Pediatrics International (Japan Pediatric Society) -
abstracts, full-text
requires subscription, pay-per-article
The Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology
- free full text access
The Journal of Pediatrics
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Other useful links
PubMed probably requires little explanation - it is the most widely used search-engine/database in Medicine. PubMed is provided by the U.S. National Library and contains 12 million citations from 4600 biomedical journals worldwide. Articles can be searched for according to author, keyword or subject, while MeSH allows the use of categories (indexing system) to find relevant articles.
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international, non-profit organisation providing up-to-date information about the effects of health care. The site contains a large database of evidence based, systematic reviews about treatments and interventions. However, the Cochrane Library itself can only accessed with password.
The British National Formulary - BNF.org
The British National Formulary is a drug compendium used nationwide in the United Kingdom. It provides healthcare providers with accurate, up to date information about a wide range of medications. The website contains the newest version corresponding to the printed version of BNF46. The compendium can be searched according to drug name, component name or indication. Another useful feature - "calculators" - allows to calculate Body Mass Index, Body Surface Index, imperial-metric conversions, creatinine clearance and other parameters.
The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
This website is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related topics produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA). Key features include: structured abstracts of guidelines, access to full text guidelines/articles and Palm-based PDA downloads. A search engine facilitates the retrieval of the relevant documents. The site contains a large number of investigation- and management-guidelines related to Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunology and vaccination.
The Karolinska Institute University Library
The library homepage of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm contains an enormous up to date database with a large number of links to websites related to bacterial infections, mycoses, viral diseases, parasitic diseases and Immunology. Another section contains links related to congenital, hereditary and neonatal diseases. Sections can either be browsed according to topic - alternatively, a search engine facilitates the search according to keywords.
Public Health Image Library by CDC (PHIL)
The PHIL provided by the CDC contains a large number of photos, illustrations and a few audio-visual files. The site contains historical images as well as clinical photos related to paediatric infectious diseases, paediatric immunology, tropical medicine and other specialties. Other images include: histology, cultures, posters (e.g. vaccination campaigns), electron micrographs, images of vectors, x-rays and illustrations. The images are in the public domain and can be accessed and used free of charge.
Interactive Human Atlas by Health Scout
This website features 3D computer animated video sequences, still images and models of pathogens. Although the contents is geared more towards lay persons the contents is entertaining and could be used for teaching purposes. Current topics include: allergies, immunisation, infectious diseases (AIDS, anthrax, herpes, hepatitis, influenza, lyme disease, meningitis, UTI) and numerous paediatric topics (e.g. Down's syndrome, ADHD).
This website is run by Johns Hopkins University. The starting page features a search engine allowing fast retrieval of relevant images. After entering a particular skin condition the engine displays one full-size image, as well as several smaller ones which can also be displayed in full size. All images are accompanied by a short case description and sometimes relevant hyperlinks are displayed simultaneously. Most of the photos are high-resolution images and of impressive quality. Another interesting feature is the Online Dermatology Quiz. This site is a useful resource for Paediatricians (covering conditions such as eczema, seborrhoic dermatitis, haemangioma etc.) as well as Infectious Diseases Specialists (covering scabies, leprosy, cutaneous tuberculosis, fungal infections etc).
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
This website features a complete online version of the classic 1918 publication by Henry Gray which includes 1,247 engravings. A search engine facilitates convenient navigation. The access is free of charge.
This website offers a wide range of articles (text-book style) on subjects related to Paediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Immunology and even Tropical Medicine. Most parts can be viewed without subscription/fees, but some features are only accessible to registered (and paying) users. The site also contains recent journal updates, medical image library and online CME. Other useful features are: medical dictionary (Stedman's), Medical Institution Finder (searches for medical schools, societies and organisations, libraries and medical centers) and links to a variety of medical journals.
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