Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is a frequent yet often underdiagnosed cause of chronic wet cough in young children, commonly mistaken for asthma or other respiratory conditions. It is ...
• Desperate for drinks • Will drink anything offered • Waking at night for drinks • Saturated nappies • Failure to thrive • Bottle “addiction” • Preference for juices, sweetened drinks, refuses water ...
Lymphadenopathy is a common finding in children. It often causes anxiety among parents and healthcare professionals because it can be a sign of cancer. There is limited high-quality evidence to guide ...
Correspondence to Dr Rachel Sunley, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol BS2 8BJ, UK; Rachel.sunley{at}uhbristol.nhs.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of ...
1 National Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2 School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin and the National Children's ...
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm babies is a serious gastrointestinal emergency with potentially devastating consequences. Prompt and accurate diagnosis continues to be a challenge for ...
Congenital heart disease (CHD) remains a leading cause of infant mortality, which is even higher in infants with undiagnosed duct-dependent CHDs. Up to 39%–50% of infants with critical CHD are being ...
My Voice Matters: improving the quality and quantity of the voice of the child captured in child protection medical assessments by introducing a visual communication toolkit ...
Correspondence to Dr Claire Teresa Lundy, Dept. of Paediatric Neurodisability, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK; claireteresa.lundy{at}belfasttrust.hscni.net Objective This practical ...
We present a review of the Junior MARSIPAN (Management of Really Sick Patients with Anorexia Nervosa) guideline, which provides paediatricians with a framework for managing Anorexia Nervosa in the ...
*The basis for maintaining ductal patency with prostaglandin in TGA, and not, as commonly misconceived, to permit shunting of oxygenated blood (from the PA in TGA) into the systemic circulation, which ...
All adverse respiratory events 67/241 (27.8%) 114/238 (47.9%) 2.4 (1.6 to 3.5) Laryngospasm 12/241 (5.0%) 28/238 (11.8%) 2.5 (1.3 to 5.1) Cough 27/241 (11.2%) 79/238 (33.2%) 3.9 (2.4 to 6.4) ...