Evidence-based child health: a Cochrane journal

Edited by the Laboratorytalk editorial team Jun 12, 2006

John Wiley and Sons announces the launch of Evidence-based child health: a Cochrane review journal, to complement its expanding evidence-based medicine (EBM) portfolio

Available online via Wiley InterScience, Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal presents concise, easy to understand, interesting expert commentaries and summaries from The Cochrane Library and other key systematic child health reviews in their clinical context.

The purpose of the journal is to regularly highlight relevant, timely and topical reviews, to inform evidence-based decision-making in child health.

The new journal is edited by the paediatric leadership within the Cochrane Child Health Field.

These clinicians have vast experience in writing and publishing systematic reviews and have taken the next step of information translation to make the valuable information found in Cochrane Reviews work in actual practice.

Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal commentaries use all information around a given clinical problem, including the review that is set in context of all information.

The journal gives the authors of the original Cochrane Reviews the opportunity to respond to the child health experts' commentaries and a balanced discussion ensues.

A methodology piece written by paediatric colleagues is added to each issue, explaining statistical and epidemiological issues in order to make the use of the evidence easier for practitioners.

"Evidence-Based Medicine is playing an increasingly important role in the future of clinical practice," said Deborah Dixon, editorial and business development director, Health Sciences.

"With the launch of Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal, Wiley will provide practitioners, parents, patients and other child health advocates with content to inform their clinical decision making and an integrated content and tool offering that enhances the quality of medical care".

Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal adopts Wiley's new business model for newly launched medical journals and in 2006, institutions can opt to receive complimentary online access throughout the year.

The launch of Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal complements Wiley's existing EBM portfolio which includes Infopoems, Evidence-Based Medical Guidelines, and The Cochrane Library.

Content of the first issue includes an umbrella review which synthesizes the evidence from several Cochrane reviews on nocturnal enuresis (bed-wetting) in one accessible and usable document.

The review compiles evidence from seven separate Cochrane Reviews.

Other reviews in the first issue of Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal include:.

Intravenous aminophylline for acute severe asthma in children over two years receiving inhaled bronchodilators.

Chest radiograph in acute respiratory infections in children.

Preoperative fasting for preventing perioperative complications in children.

Alarm interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children.

Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birthweight babies.

Air versus oxygen for resuscitation of infants at birth.