Hearing loss is a common congenital anomaly and there is clear evidence of the benefits of early diagnosis and then treatment. For maximum positive impact, the diagnosis needs to be made as early as ...

Air pollution poses a significant public health challenge, particularly for paediatric populations, with extensive evidence ...

Objective To explore parental perceptions of nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion for adolescents who have received inpatient treatment for an eating disorder and to identify factors shaping a positive or ...

Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934, is one of the most influential Italian authors of the early twentieth century. His work offers an exact and humane vision ...

Objective Risk prediction models for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalised children are limited, especially in upper-middle-income countries. We developed a PaEdiatric Pneumonia Severity ...

A 2-month-old boy presented with bilateral group-E intraocular retinoblastoma diagnosed at 40 days of life. While he was admitted for cycle 2 of standard chemotherapy with vincristine, etoposide and ...

Celebrating 100 years of the British Journal Archives of Disease in Childhood ( ADC ) provides a milestone opportunity also to look back on the achievements of our own specialty; the care of children ...

Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK Correspondence to Dr Matthew Thompson, Oxford University Department of Primary Health Care, Rosemary ...

Correspondence to Dr Neil Patel, Department of Neonatology, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; neilpatel1{at}nhs.net FIC builds on the foundations of Family-Centred Care, a ...

Background The diagnostic value of tests used in assessing hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) in children remains controversial. Design A systematic review and meta-analysis with ...

Background The broad-spectrum antiparasitic drug ivermectin is widely used in children, and its use in children weighing < 15 kg is off-label, as little data is available to inform the use of ...

1 Department of Paediatric Surgery, Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, University of Southampton, Southampton University Hospital ...