Air pollution poses a significant public health challenge, particularly for paediatric populations, with extensive evidence from systematic reviews linking short-term exposure to increased ...
Correspondence to Dr Ali Shabbir Hussain, Department of Pediatrics & Child health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan; ali.hussain{at}aku.edu Objective Central line associated ...
Objectives Intravenous (IV) salbutamol is a second line treatment for children with acute wheeze or asthma, after initial treatment with inhaled or nebulised bronchodilators. 1 It can be given as a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Methods Vitamin-D POCT 6 compared with gold standard liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry 25-hydroxyvitamin D assay. Ethics approval not required as laboratory samples sent for vitamin D ...
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 ...
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