Guideline for referring short or tall children in preventive child health care

Aim To develop a guideline for preventive child healthcare professionals in order to improve early detection of pathological disorders associated with short stature (or growth faltering) or tall stature (or accelerated growth). Methods We updated the previous Dutch guideline for short stature in children aged 0‐9 years and extended it to...

Adherence to three different strategies to prevent early onset GBS infection in newborns

Problem: Despite the introduction of preventive guidelines, no decrease in the incidence of early onset infection was observed. Background: Early onset group B streptococcal (EOGBS) infection is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Aim: Our study was conducted to determine adherence to three guideline-based group B...