Objectives To investigate the prevalence of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in children aged 0-19 across 7 major ethnic groups. Background In March 2009, researchers in the department of health in ...

Correspondence to Dr Claire Kerr, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK; c.kerr{at}qub.ac.uk Background Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive disorder of ...

Rationale Studies suggest that increased breastfeeding rates can provide substantial financial savings, but the scale of such savings in the UK is not known. Objective To calculate potential cost ...

Study design A descriptive study. Methodology A total of 175 children 1 months to 13 years of age from Jan 2014 – 2015 admitted with diagnosis of meningitis were included. Complete blood count, CSF ...

1 Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health and the Department of paediatrics and Child Health, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa 2 Department ...

Neonatal atrial flutter is an atrial activity that is regular and rapid (up to 350–450 bpm). We report the history of a full-term newborn. Antenatal echocardiography had diagnosed an atrial flutter.

Objectives Thyroglossal duct cysts are the most common paediatric midline neck mass. Recurrence reported in literature following classical Sistrunk’s operation remains a problem for 10% of patients, ...

AIMS To address some of the issues in the ongoing debate over the optimal diagnostic imaging following childhood urinary tract infection (UTI), by determining the risk of missing renal cortical ...

Correspondence to Dr Kshitij Mankad, Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK; drmankad{at}gmail.com We reviewed the incidence of ...

Objectives Early childhood development shapes children’s future well-being. 1 2 The Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3) is used to assess children’s development aged between 2–2.5 years as part of ...

Aims 1. To evaluate the compliance with BAAP 2015 guidelines 1 for aetiological investigations of permanent childhood hearing impairment 2. To determine number of children who completed the ...