Objective The objective is to determine the incidence of sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC) for children aged ...

Objective To describe infants with acute gastroenteritis symptoms in primary and secondary care who have the Rotarix vaccine-derived G1P[8] rotavirus strain identified in their stools. Design This is ...

AIMS To examine the clinical and biological features of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children with Down's syndrome (DS), to compare their survival with other children, and to determine if entry to ...

2 Department Community Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, UK 3 Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, ...

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 ...

aProfessor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK, bConsultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lincoln District Healthcare NHS ...

Objective To improve success rates of children requiring sedation for MRI. Methods Audits of sedation success for children attending planned MRI using three different approaches: (1) National ...

Correspondence to Dr Louise Oni, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; louise.oni{at}liverpool.ac.uk Introduction Vancomycin is a recognised cause of ...

Department of Paediatric Surgery, United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and St James’s and Seacroft University Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds Mr M D Stringer, Department of Paediatric Surgery, ...

Correspondence to Dr Shaman Rajindrajith, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Thalagolla Road, Ragama 11010, Sri Lanka; shamanr0{at}lycos.com Objectives To assess ...

topical anaesthetic venepuncture Topical local anaesthetic agents are proven to reduce the distress caused to children during venepuncture and venous cannulation.1 EMLA (eutectic mixture of local ...

aDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, Guy’s Hospital, London, bRadiology Department Guy’s Hospital, London, cDepartment of Neurosurgery King’s College Hospital, London, dOphthalmic Department Guy’s ...