Introduction After a child is discharged home following an emergency admission to hospital, little is known about contact ...

Objectives The prevalence of autism in England is approximately 3%. 1 Autistic children are more likely to experience medical comorbidities requiring hospital presentation than the general population.

Background Guidelines and evidence identify that children and young people (CYP) who die from asthma frequently have a severe preceding attack. There is no agreed name or case definition for the most ...

Aims Bilateral dysfunction of the parieto-occipital cortex, linked to the visual cortex by the dorsal stream, variably produces simultanagnosia (SIM), optic ataxia (OA), and gaze apraxia. This triad, ...

Introduction The CORAL (Impact of Corona Virus Pandemic on Allergic and Autoimmune Dysregulation in Infants Born During Lockdown) study reported a reduction in social communication milestones in ...

Correspondence to Dr Susan Byrne, Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; suabyrne{at}rcsi.ie Introduction ...

The rise in non-communicable disease as a principal cause of premature mortality and a continuing failure to address health inequalities requires a critical examination of prevailing paradigms in ...

Correspondence to Dr Nils Krone, Academic Unit of Child Health, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK; n.krone{at}sheffield.ac.uk Steroid biosynthesis ...

Aims: To evaluate ibuprofen population pharmacokinetics in a large series of data collected in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) treated with high doses of ibuprofen (59 patients; 2–18 years), and to ...

2 Paediatric Radiology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK 3 Paediatric Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK Aims Bilious vomiting in the newborn is a ...

Background Paracetamol is the most commonly prescribed medicine for children. Age-based dosing guidelines can lead to inappropriate dosing. Methods A review of age-based guidelines for paracetamol in ...

Mixed longitudinal data on the physical changes at puberty in 228 normal boys are presented together with normal standards for stages of genital and pubic hair development. The genitalia began to ...