Objectives To systematically analyse parent-to-parent guidance for those receiving a diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) to inform clinician counselling and advance development of support ...
Purpose Sarcomas are cancers of connective tissue and account for approximately 10–15% of all cancer cases in children aged ≤16 years. Treatment often involves chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy.
Background and objective Speech disorders are a common presenting concern to paediatricians. Yet evidence to guide detection and speech sound therapy referral of cases at risk for persistent speech ...
Introduction Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive condition involving movement and muscle tone difficulties due to injury to the developing brain. Most cases arise around birth, but a smaller ...
The third British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) survey of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in infants presenting before 90 days of age, reported in this edition of Archives, informs us that ...
Objective To describe the demographic characteristics, causes and temporal patterns of child deaths occurring in a paediatric ...
Aims: To examine the childhood overweight and obesity prevalence trends between 1974 and 2003 and to assess whether these trends relate to parental social class and household income. Methods: A school ...
Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, The Conway Institute for Biomedical and Biomolecular Research, University College Dublin, Ireland If ...
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Daniel E Lumsden, Robert Spaull, Sarah Abernethy, Mayy El Gamal, Katharine Forrest, Louisa Akwaama Lemaire, Jean-Pierre Lin, Sofia Marques, Valerie Orr, Lucinda Carr, Yasmin De Alwis, Anita Devlin, ...
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 ...
Objective To determine the feasibility and impact of having paediatric clinicians working in the Clinical Assessment Services (CAS) within NHS 111, a national telephone advice service. Design ...