Background Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) is the main cause of chronic neutropenia in children, but its infectious consequences ...

In the earliest part of the twentieth century, the scant attention paid to child mental health reflected a medical interest ...

Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than liquid medications. Children and young people (CYP) often remain on liquids due to habit, reluctance to change or staff and parents’ lack of ...

Growth hormone (GH) therapy has now been available for over 5 decades, with all GH now biosynthetically produced, and administered by daily injection. Paediatric GH is currently licensed in six ...

AIM To obtain a prevalence rate and determine the distribution of accidental bruising in babies. METHODS 177 babies aged 6–12 months were examined naked to look for bruises. They were seen in health ...

aDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, Guy’s Hospital, London, bRadiology Department Guy’s Hospital, London, cDepartment of Neurosurgery King’s College Hospital, London, dOphthalmic Department Guy’s ...

2 School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, UK Background: There is an unexplained excess of cerebral palsy among male babies. There is also variation in the proportion of ...

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Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, 9th floor, Guy’s Tower, Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, UK OBJECTIVES Capillary refill time is an important diagnostic adjunct in the acute ...

Background The newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme screens newborn babies within 72 hours of birth in England for congenital heart disease, congenital cataracts, ...

Correspondence to Dr Sarah Montgomery-Taylor, Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK; sarah.montgomerytaylor{at}gmail.com ...

Correspondence to Dr Heather E Elphick, Respiratory Medicine, Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK; h.elphick{at}nhs.net Objectives To provide up-to-date ...