1 Department Af Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark 2 Department Af Pediatrics, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark 3 Department Af Pediatrics, Aarhus University ...

Correspondence to: Prof. M Levin, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK; m.levin{at}ic.ac.uk Neisseria ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the ability of clinicians involved in the provision of paediatric intensive care to estimate cardiac index in ventilated children, based on physical examination and clinical and ...

Correspondence to Professor Gary Butler, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, University College London Hospital NHS Trust, London NW1 2PQ, UK; gary.butler{at}ucl.ac.uk There has ...

Objective To determine whether infants with severe persistent sleep problems are at increased risk of (1) meeting diagnostic criteria for a psychiatric disorder (age 10 years), and (2) having elevated ...

Objective Nurse home visiting (NHV) is designed to redress child and maternal health inequities. Of the previous trials to investigate NHV benefits beyond preschool, none were designed for populations ...

Background The broad-spectrum antiparasitic drug ivermectin is widely used in children, and its use in children weighing < 15 kg is off-label, as little data is available to inform the use of ...

To discover that there is uncertainty about the sex of one’s newborn baby is devastating and often incomprehensible for most parents. It is paramount that clear explanations and investigations are ...

Mixed longitudinal data on the physical changes at puberty in 228 normal boys are presented together with normal standards for stages of genital and pubic hair development. The genitalia began to ...

Correspondence to: A Sahib El-Radhi Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, UK; sahib.el-radhi{at}qms.nhs.uk Body temperature is commonly measured to confirm the presence or absence of fever. However, ...

Objectives To determine (1) which maternal and area characteristics are associated with reaching fidelity targets (the expected number of visits mothers should receive at each stage of the programme) ...

Correspondence to Dr Susan Byrne, Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; suabyrne{at}rcsi.ie Introduction ...