Objective To determine the significance of bruises in cases of infant death to ascertain if their presence was associated with other injuries or homicide. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting ...

2 Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton 3 Paediatric Neurology, Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Objective To describe the natural ...

Objective To determine the safety of ciprofloxacin in paediatric patients in relation to arthropathy, any other adverse events (AEs) and drug interactions. Methods A systematic search of MEDLINE, ...

Introduction Mobile devices and medical apps are used by healthcare professionals in adult and paediatric emergency departments worldwide. Recently, there has been a drive toward increased ...

Objective Exploration of a novel therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) strategy to personalise use of ibuprofen for closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm neonates. Design Prospective, ...

Improved measurement in early child development (ECD) is a strategic focus of the WHO, UNICEF and World Bank Nurturing Care Framework. However, evidence-based approaches to monitoring and evaluation ...

Correspondence to Matthew A Jay, Legal Epidemiology Group, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK; matthew.jay.15{at}ucl.ac.uk Better understanding of the proportion of children who ever ...

Charts are presented which give centile standards for boys' and girls' heights at ages 2 to 9 when parents' height is allowed for. Mid-parent height is used (i.e. the average of father's and mother's ...

Background A male infant was admitted to the neonatal unit with respiratory distress, following delivery by emergency caesarean section at 36/40 for maternal illness (viraemia). The patient’s ...

Background The American Thoracic Society guidelines for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) consider the presence of a bi-allelic pathogenic variant confirmatory for the diagnosis of PCD ...

Background NICE guideline NG84 sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute sore throat. The aim is to limit inappropriate prescribing, which can lead to antibiotic resistance as well as ...

1 Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Inchon, South Korea 2 Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inha University Correspondence to: Dr J W Choi, ...