Methods All children (under 16 year) who had a DMSA scan following UTI in 2007 (Jan-July) prior to the introduction of the NICE guidelines were identified, and compared with those undergoing DMSA ...

Fibre is an essential nutrient in the human diet that is crucial for human health. It provides a range of functional benefits, including stool bulking, and physiological benefits through fermentation ...

A review of the history of confidential enquiries The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) was established in April 2003. It replaces CESDI (the Confidential Enquiry into ...

The most recent in a series of dangerous social media trends has seen children ingesting large quantities of nutmeg in an attempt to gain a natural ‘high’. Over the past 20 years, there has been a ...

Objective To study the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in children. Patients and methods All children and adolescents under 16 years of age with a ...

BACKGROUND Antenatal screening for cystic fibrosis has been endorsed by the US National Institutes of Health. Edinburgh is the only city in the UK with an established routine antenatal screening ...

Objective To investigate, among children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and elevated liver enzymes, what threshold of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) best distinguishes those with and without ...

Objective To establish a birth rate for catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) diagnosed in childhood and observe trends in presentation and management. Design Retrospective ...

A series of systematic reviews commissioned by the Cass Review and published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

The relief of pain and anxiety associated with painful or invasive procedures is a top priority in paediatrics. A ‘Sounding Board’ in the New England Journal of Medicine 30 years ago stated that ‘The ...

The UK has a longstanding system of general practice which provides the vast majority of primary care, including that for children. It acts as a 'gatekeeper' to more specialist care. Parents may also ...

Parents’ ability to provide consent: the zone of parental responsibility ...