Completed studies

Conditions for which National Paediatric Surveillance Units completed studies as at December 2003

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CONDITION UNIT PERFORMING SURVEILLANCE
A
Abdominal injury due to child abuse BPSU
Acute flaccid paralysis BPSU,PNGSU
Acute liver failure MPSU,ESPED
Acute renal failure ESPED, WPSU
Anaphylaxis following food ingestion CPSP, APSU, BPSU
Androgen insensitivity syndrome BPSU,ESPED
Apparent life threatening events NSCK
Autoimmune hepatitis ESPED
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita APSU
Asthma (fatal/near fatal) ESPED,MPSU
Ataxia NSCK
B
Bronchiectasis NZPSU
C
Cerebral oedema in diabetic ketoacidosis BPSU, CPSP
CHARGE association APSU
Chemistry set poisoning BPSU
Childhood dementia APSU
Children in house fires WPSU
Chronic renal failure WPSU
Coeliac disease IPSU,NSCK, WPSU
Complications of medication(severe & or fatal) NSCK,BPSU, CPSU
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia APSU,WPSU,NSCK
Congenital cataracts BPSU
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection BPSU, APSU
Congenital dislocation of the hip BPSU
Congenital and neonatal varicella APSU
Congenital hypothyroidism PNGSU
Congenital rubella NSCK
Congenital syphilis BPSU
Congenital toxoplasmosis BPSU, SPSU
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease CPSP
Cystic periventricular leukomalacia SPSU
D
Drowning or near-drowning APSU, BPSU
Duchenne muscular dystrophy MPSU
E
Extrahepatic biliary atresia APSU, BPSU
F
Facial palsy WPSU
Fatal or near fatal asthma ESPED
Fetal alcohol syndrome NZPSU
G
Galactosaemia BPSU
Group A streptococcal-infection exclusive glumerulonefitis NSCK
Group B streptococcal infection CPSP,BPSU,ESPED,PPSU
GLUT 1-deficiency ESPED
H
Haemoglobinopathy NSCK, WPSU
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis BPSU
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome BPSU,CPSP,SPSU,ESPED,PPSU
Hernia diaphragmatic IPSU
Hepatitis C virus infection BPSU,CPSP
Herpes 6/7 virus Infection BPSU
High order births BPSU
Haemorrhagic shock encephalopathy syndrome (HSES) BPSU, ESPED
HIV/AIDS MPSU,NSCK
Hypophosphatasia ESPED
I
Idiopathic thrombocytopenia ESPED,NSCK
Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis ESPED
Idiopathic interstitial lung disease ?
Imported tropical diseases ESPED
Inflammatory bowel syndrome/disease BPSU,NZPSU,NSCK, WPSU
Ingestion of household products WPSU
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus/newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus BPSU,NZPSU,PNGSU,PPSU, WPSU
Invasive fungal infections in VLBW infants BPSU
Invasive Haemophilus influenzae i nfection ESPED, NSCK, APSU,BPSU
Irregular blood group reactions (non-D, non-ABO) NSCK
J
Juvenile dermatomyositis BPSU
K
Kawasaki disease APSU, BPSU, ESPED,NZPSU,PPSU,CGPSU
Kernicterus ESPED
L
Live threatening and lethal poisoning ESPED
Long term total parenteral nutrition BPSU
Lowe Syndrome BPSU
M
Marfan Syndrome WPSU
Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency BPSU
Meningococcal infections (systemic) ESPED
MMR vaccine-associated meningoencephilitis BPSU,ESPED
Multiple sclerosis in infants ESPED
Munchausen syndrome by proxy/Non-accidental poisoning and suffocation BPSU, APSU
N
Narcolepsy ESPED
Necrotising fascilitis CPSP
Nephrotic syndrome (congenital and idiopathic) APSU,NZPSU,ESPED
Neonatal abstinence syndrome WPSU
Neonatal-alloimmune thrombocytopenia NSCK
Neonatal congenital heart disease MPSU
Neonatal fungal infections ESPED, BPSU
Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection CPSP, NZPSU,BPSU
Neonatal liver failure/perinatal hemochromatosis CPSP
Neonatal thrombosis ESPED,MPSU
Neonatal meningitis BPSU,MPSU
Neonatal necrotising enterocolitis BPSU,PNGSU
Nephrocalcinosis IPSU
Neural tube defects CPSP,IPSU,NSCK
Neurologic endemic cretinism PNGSU
Newly diagnosed malignant disease and haemoglobinopathy WPSU
O
Ondine’s curse ESPED
Organoacidopathia and fatty acid oxidation defects ESPED
P, Q
Palliative care WPSU
Pertusis (hospitalised&complications) ESPED,CGPSU,NSCK
Post neonatal mortality in premature babies NSCK
Physical child abuse WPSU
Progressive Intellectual & Neurological Deterioration CPSP
Pneumococcal sepsis/meningitis NZPSU
Poliomyelitis NSCK
Progressive intellectual and neurological deterioration CPSP
Pyridoxine dependent status epilepticus BPSU
R
Renal tubular acidosis PNGSU
Retinopathy or prematurity (Stage III) NZPSU
Rett syndrome APSU, BPSU
Reye’s syndrome ESPED, BPSU
Rheumatic fever BPSU, NSCK
Rickets CPSP
Rota virus gastroenteritis NSCK
RSV disease requiring intubation and artificial ventilation ESPED
S
Severe child abuse WPSU
Sickle Cell Disease NSCK
Small bowel insufficiency NSCK
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome CPSP
Splenectomy and hyposplenism WPSU
Stroke in infants ESPED,BPSU
Status epilepticus IPSU
Subacute scelrosing panencephalitis BPSU,CPSP,PNGSU
Subdural haemorrhage/shaking baby syndrome BPSU, NZPSU,WPSU
T, U
Thalassaemia major NSCK, PNGPSU
The critically ill child WPSU
Tic borne encephalitis ESPED.SPSU
Transient and permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus BPSU
Transient myeloproliferative syndrome in neonates with Down-syndrome ESPED
Tuberculosis WPSU
Tuberculous meningitis IPSU
Tuberculous infections (atypical) NSCK
V
Varicella (complications) BPSU,ESPED,SPSU
Varient Crutzfeldt Jacob disease CPSP
Venous thrombosis BPSU,NSCK
Visual impairment and blindness BPSU
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding/HDNB BPSU,CPSP,ESPED,SPSU
W, X, Y, Z
Water births BPSU
West Syndrome CGPSU
X-linked anhydrotic ectodermal dysplasia BPSU

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APSU

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit

BPSU

British Paediatric Surveillance Unit

CGPSU

Cyprus/Greece Paediatric Surveillance Unit

CPSP

Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program

ESPED

German Paediatric Surveillance Unit

IPSU

Irish Paediatric Surveillance Unit

LPSU

Latvian Paediatric Surveillance Unit

MPSU

Malaysian Paediatric Surveillance Unit

NSCK

Netherlands Paediatric Surveillance Unit

NZPSU

New Zealand Paediatric Surveillance Unit

PNGPSU

Papua New Guinea Paediatric Surveillance Unit

PPSU

Portuguese Paediatric Surveillance Unit

SPSU

Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit

WPSU

Welsh Paediatric Surveillance Unit