Part 7 Medicine and Surgery

Chapter 19 - Allergy and immunology

Mimi Tang and Joanne Smart
- www.allergy.org.au — The Australian Society of Clinical Allergy and Immunology. Contains excellent information for patients and health care professionals. Includes anaphylaxis action plans.
- www.primaryimmune.org — Immune Deficiency Foundation. Patient organisation website containing excellent handouts for primary immune deficiencies.
- www.esid.org — Eurpean Society for Immunodeficiencies. Contains a useful clinical section which details diagnostic criteria of various primary immunodeficiencies.

Russell Taylor
- www.sagediagram.com - Fantastic resource from Oregon Burn Center which allows users to draw on areas of partial and full thickness burns, print out diagrams, calculate burn areas and fluid resuscitation.

Paul Brooks and Dan Penny
- RCH Cardiology: Heart defects. Excellent website with pictures and parent handouts regarding the major structural abnormalities.
- www.heartkids.org.au — Parent support organisation.

Nicky Kilpatrick
- Spencer AJ. The use of fluorides in Australia: guidelines. Australian Dental Journal 2006; 51(2): 195—199.
- www.aapd.org/pediatricinformation — American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry includes links to Parent Education Brochures and Clinical Guidelines.
- www.ada.org/public/topics/tooth_eruption.asp — The American Dental Association website includes eruption charts and animations.

Rod Phillips and David Orchard
- www.dermnet.org.nz — An excellent website with online courses (including pictures, investigations and management) and patient information.

Robert Berkowitz and Michael Marks
- www.hearing.com.au — Hearing Australia
- www.entnet.org — American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgeons. Links to websites and case scenario teaching.
- www.tracheostomy.com — Aaron's tracheostomy page. An excellent site regarding tracheostomy management, run by an American parent and nurse.

Margaret Zacharin, Garry Warne, Fergus Cameron and George Werther
- www.apeg.org.au — Australian Paediatric Endocrine Group includes downloadable booklets for patients.
- Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome CAIS by Garry Warne.
- www.magicfoundation.org — Major Aspects of Growth in Children, a USA-based organisation supporting families and children with conditions affecting growth.

James Elder and Peter Barnett
- cim.ucdavis.edu/eyes/version1/eyesim.htm - A brilliant simulation program addressing eye movements and associated defects in muscles or cranial nerves.
- www.aapos.org/ - American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and StrabismusTM. Covers information on most major topics in paediatric ophthalmology.
- www.eyesite.ca/7modules/index_e.html - Self-directed learning modules in ophthalmology with excellent slides, from the Canadian Ophthalmological Society.

George Alex and Lionel Lubitz
- www.naspghan.org - The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Site includes pdf factsheets for parents, online continuing medical education and publications.
- www.aafp.org/afp/990401ap/1823.html - Excellent article from the American Academy of Family Physicians on chronic abdominal pain.

John Heath and Paul Monagle
- www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/childhoodcancers - US National Cancer Institute.
- www.childrensoncologygroup.org - CureSearch Children's Oncology Group.
- www.aspho.org - American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

Nigel Curtis, Mike Starr and Joshua Wolf
- www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas/bluebook/ — Australian national information on infectious diseases and their control, from the Department of Human Services. Has detailed information on most infections.
- www.cdc.gov — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has an enormous array of information on infectious diseases and travel medicine.

Avihu Boneh and George Werther
- Neonatal Handbook: Metabolic Diseases
- http://emedicine.com/emerg/topic768.htm — Summary article of inborn
errors of metabolism.

Peter McDougall and Rod Hunt
- Neonatal Handbook
- American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines. From Pediatrics 1994; 94: 558-565, Oct. (tables reproduced with permission).
- http://www.neonatology.org/ - Excellent collection of resources including clinical teaching, links, important papers.
- http://depts.washington.edu/nicuweb/ - From the Department of Neonatal Pediatrics, University of Washington; protocols, references and links.

Andrew Kornberg, Simon Harvey, Mark Mackay and Wirginia Maixner
- RCH Children's Epilepsy Program - Children's epilepsy program includes information about epilepsy, tests, treatments; proformas for seizure diary and management plan and links to other resources.
- www.pedisurg.com/PtEduc/Craniosynostosis.htm - Texas Pediatric Sugical Associates - includes diagrams and discussion about surgical management.
- www.headaches.org/education/Educational_Modules - A series of education modules provided by the US National Headache Foundation.

Kerr Graham and Peter Barnett
- Hugh Williamson Gait Lab - The Hugh Williamson Gait Analysis Laboratory includes case studies and summaries of research undertaken.

John Massie and Sarath Ranganathan
- RCH Clinical Guidelines: Acute asthma guideline
- RCH Clinical Practice Guidelines [croup, cough, pneumonia, acute airway obstruction]

Roger Allen and Jane Munro
- www.arc.org.uk/arthinfo/emedia.asp — Arthritis research campaign with link to DVD on administration of pGALS.

Noel Cranswick and Andrew Rechtmann
- www.drugdoses.net - For information regarding and purchase of Frank Shann's drug doses book for your PDA.
- www.australianprescriber.com/ - An independent journal with articles relevant to both paediatric and adult prescribing.
- www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/mip/medicine.htm - Prescribing medicines in pregnancy.

Last Updated 12-Dec-2008. Authorised by: Mike South. Enquiries: Dominic Wilkinson.