Epidemiology and outcome of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a 9-year experience.

The aim of this study was to report the birth prevalence and short-term outcome of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in a large geographically defined population, and to assess the feasibility of performing a randomised control trial (RCT) in this population. Data were collected on all cases of CDH reported to the East Midlands and South Yorkshire Congenital Anomalies Register between 1997 and 2005. A total of 194 cases of CDH were identified from 547,025 births; a birth prevalence of 3.

Woodstoves uncovered: a paediatric problem.

Objectives: To document and describe the effects of woodstove burns in children. To identify how these accidents occur so that a prevention strategy can be devised.

Design, Patients And Setting: Retrospective departmental database and case note review of all children with woodstove burns seen at the Burns Unit of a Tertiary Referral Children's Hospital between January 1997 and September 2001.