Background and aims Cow ’ s milk protein allergy (CMPA) is the most common food allergy in children. Eliminating diet plays a key role in CMPA management and extensively hydrolyzed formulas are used.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Background Stunting, defined as height-for-age under 2 standard deviations below the population median, is an important indicator of child health. Stunting has been extensively researched in ...
Objective To describe the demographic characteristics, causes and temporal patterns of child deaths occurring in a paediatric ...
1 Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium 2 Department of Diabetology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium 3 ...
Correspondence and requests for details of the questionnaire to: Dr S A Robb, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Guy’s Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK; stephanie.robb{at}gstt.sthames.nhs.uk Although ...
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 ...
Infants at highest risk of herpes simplex virus disease who should start immediate empiric aciclovir
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 ...
a Department of Paediatrics, South Cleveland Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK, b Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK ...
Objective To ascertain the relationship between prelacteal feeding, early formula feeding and adverse health outcomes, especially hospitalisation during the first year of life. Design Multicentre ...
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