A clinical score predicting a brief and uneventful course of newly diagnosed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children.

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links fieldThe Nordic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura study data showed that morbidity occurred mainly in children with thrombocytopenia lasting >3 months, whereas, the risk period with platelet counts <20 x 10(9)/l was short and the number of bleeding events low in children with shorter disease duration. These brief, uneventful courses were predicted by developing a scoring system based on six clinical features: abrupt onset (weight 5), age <10 years (3), preceding infection (2), platelet count <5 x 10(9)/l, wet purpura (1) and male gender (1). The score was derived and validated in two different cohorts of children. High scores (10-14) clearly identified low-risk patients. The score provides valid prognostic information and may be useful in clinical decision-making

Olga Morosova as the Street Dancer (centre bottom), Edouard Borovansky as the Athlete (centre middle), H Algeranoff as the Manager (centre top), and artists of the company, in Le Danube bleu, the Original Ballet Russe, Australian tour, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 1940 [picture] /

From: Le Danube blau (The blue Danube) / ballet on music by Johann Strauss.; Inscription: "3K/9".; Part of the collection: Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1938-1940.; Performed March - May 1940.; Scenes and dances arranged by Serge Lifar ; scenery executed by Vladimir Polunin after Constantin Guys ; costumes by Count Étienne de Beaumont.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4175093. One of a collection of photographs taken by Hugh P. Hall of 28 ballet productions performed by the Covent Garden Russian Ballet (toured Australia 1938-1939) and the Original Ballet Russe (toured Australia 1939-1940). These are the second and third of the three Ballets Russes companies which toured Australasia between 1936 and 1940. The photographs were taken from the auditorium during a live performance in His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne and mounted on cardboard for display purposes. For conservation and storage, the photographs have been demounted. The original arrangement of the photographs has been recorded, and details are available from the Pictures Branch of the National Library