TY - JOUR T1 - From the journals, September and October 2004 JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 881 LP - 881 VL - 54 IS - 508 A2 - , Y1 - 2004/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/54/508/881.1.abstract N2 - 1175 Talking about death to your dying child must be one of the hardest tasks a parent can face, but those who managed to do it never regretted it, as detailed in this study of Swedish parents bereaved of a child by cancer.1285 Kidney function and heart function are closely inter-related, and patients with renal impairment tend to fare badly following myocardial infarction, according to data from the VALIANT study.1306 The croup season is about to begin, and the strange bark of parainfluenza will be heard throughout the land. Spare a thought for the exhausted child, parents, and out-of-hours doctor, and prescribe a single dose of dexamethasone early in all but the mildest cases.1493 Carotid endarterectomy has become quite a common procedure, made safer by the arrival of emboli-preventing filters. This trial added a stent in high-risk cases; the stented … ER -