Objective For most children with kidney failure, a decision is made to commence kidney replacement therapies (KRT); however, ...

In the UK, registration with a primary care provider does not simply provide access to a general practitioner (GP), but is a ...

Background Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) is the main cause of chronic neutropenia in children, but its infectious consequences ...

In the earliest part of the twentieth century, the scant attention paid to child mental health reflected a medical interest ...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, paediatricians and child mental health practitioners have noticed an increase in tic symptoms in some children and adolescents already diagnosed with tic ...

Background WHO recommends simplified antibiotics for young infants with sepsis in countries where hospitalisation is not feasible. Amoxicillin provides safe, Gram-positive coverage. This study was ...

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, ...

Medical Genetics Unit, LG Floor, Jenner Wing, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr A C Shaw Medical Genetics Unit, LG Floor, Jenner Wing, St George’s, ...

1 Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 2 Murdoch Childrens ...

2 Academic Department of Child Health, Royal London Hospital, Whitechaple, London E1 1BB, UK 3 Department of Paedietrics, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London W2 1PG, UK 4 ...

Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than liquid medications. Children and young people (CYP) often remain on liquids due to habit, reluctance to change or staff and parents’ lack of ...

Objectives To evaluate the potential associations between fever without a source (FWS) in children and detection of human enterovirus (HEV), human parechovirus (HPeV), adenovirus (AdV) and human ...