Introduction With approximately 50% of the drugs being prescribed off-label, the pediatric population is in need for an innovative approach to establish harmonized, best evidence-based dosing ...

Objectives To provide up-to-date information on the use of long-term ventilation (LTV) in the UK paediatric population and to compare the results with data collected 10 and 20 years previously. Design ...

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 ...

Background Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) and spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) are gastrointestinal pathologies affecting preterm neonates that are associated with significant morbidity and ...

Background Brunner’s gland is a gland in the submucosa of the duodenum and its hyperplasia rarely presents with any symptoms. We present an unusual case of a 3½ year old child with gastric outlet ...

Objectives Housing conditions and ease of access to nutritious food are both well-established social determinants of health.1 The RCPCH identified poverty as indisputably influential on children’s ...

Objectives Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) are a stressful place and a recent national survey of staff working in PICUs in the United Kingdom found that psychological problems were common.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The incidence of respiratory depression following treatment of prolonged seizures with benzodiazepines is variable in the literature. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of children treated for ...