Publications by authors named "Amanda Jane Friend"
Objective: To assess the utilisation of and funding structure for fertility preservation for children diagnosed with cancer in the UK.
Design: Survey of paediatric oncologists/haematologists. Questionnaires were sent electronically with reminder notifications to non-responders.
Childhood kidney disease is associated with increased risk of end-stage renal failure in adulthood.
Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed
February 2019
General anaesthesia under the age of 4 years has minimal impact on future academic performance.
Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed
October 2017
Introduction: Childhood asthma is the most common chronic paediatric illness. There is no cure for asthma but good treatment to palliate symptoms is available. Asthma is more common in children with a personal or family history of atopy, increased severity and frequency of wheezing episodes, and presence of variable airway obstruction or bronchial hyperresponsiveness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Acute childhood asthma is a common clinical emergency presenting across a range of ages and with a range of severities.
Methods And Outcomes: We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical question: What are the effects of treatments for acute asthma in children? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library, and other important databases up to June 2010 (Clinical Evidence reviews are updated periodically, please check our website for the most up-to-date version of this review). We included harms alerts from relevant organisations such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).