Aims Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, several working practices were changed to allow for better infection control awareness and practice. St Richard’s Hospital paediatric department adopted the use ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in childhood and adolescence is an impairing condition, associated with a specific set of distressing symptoms incorporating repetitive, intrusive thoughts ...

Objective To evaluate the safety of short-term use of inhaled salbutamol in children under 2 years of age with acute wheezing. Data sources Electronic databases (PubMed, Trip, MEDLINE) and the ...

Aim To ensure neonates in transitional care and postnatal wards are receiving antibiotics appropriately. NICE CG149 1 advises to consider stopping antibiotics at 36 hours in babies given antibiotics ...

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1 Biochemical Genetics Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK 2 Department of Paediatrics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK ...

AIMS To evaluate the effects of discontinuing growth hormone (GH) treatment on energy expenditure and body composition, which might help predict those most likely to benefit from early reintroduction ...

Higher rates of childhood Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus (GAS)) infections following the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys (‘circumcision’) is legitimised by consent from those with parental responsibility for ...

Correspondence to Dr Jitendra Meena, Pediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India; jitendra.2544aiims{at}gmail.com Background Acute pyelonephritis in ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Background Medication review is recommended at asthma appointments. The presence of ...

AIM To assess delay in confirming hearing impairment in infants identified by universal neonatal screening and to investigate the causes. PATIENTS Infants identified from 25 199 babies screened from ...