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 ...
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 ...
Objective To describe the demographic characteristics, causes and temporal patterns of child deaths occurring in a paediatric ...
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 ...
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