Helmet use in bicycles and non-motorised wheeled recreational vehicles in children.

Aim: Injuries involving non-motorised wheeled recreational vehicles (NMWRV) and bicycles are a common cause for hospitalisation in children. Studies show that helmet use whilst bicycle riding can decrease mortality and morbidity due to head injury. However, there remains an important proportion of children who are non-helmet users (NHU).

Sacrococcygeal teratoma: the 13-year experience of a tertiary paediatric centre.

Aim: To describe the management, morbidity and mortality of infants admitted to a tertiary paediatric hospital in New South Wales, Australia with a diagnosis of sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT).

Methods: All neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit with a SCT between January 1996 and December 2008 were included in this retrospective review. Data collected included maternal and neonatal demographics, time of diagnosis, tumour characteristics, surgical treatment, operative complications and outcomes.