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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of infant hospitalisation due to lower respiratory tract infections. Until 2022, prevention was limited to the costly monoclonal ...

Objectives The Kaiser Permanente (KP) neonatal sepsis calculator is used to assess the risk of Early Onset Sepsis (EOS) in neonates. 1 In September 2022, a neonate scored ‘Yellow-Red-Red’ (YRR) on the ...

Correspondence to Dr Talat Mushtaq, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK; talat.mushtaq{at}leedsth.nhs.uk Adolescence is a time of great psychological ...

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 ...

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 ...

Objectives The RCPCH trainee charter was launched in 2019, stipulating trainees be rostered for at-least 8 (ST1–3) or 16 (ST4+) hours/month of supporting professional activity (SPA) time to complete ...