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

a Department of Pediatrics, King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India 226003, b Department of Radiodiagnosis, King George’s Medical College Diagnostic confusion often exists between tuberculous ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

AIM To compare the effectiveness of EMLA cream and Ametop gel in providing analgesia for venous cannulation. METHODS Single blind study in 120 children. RESULTS Both anaesthetic agents produced ...

Dr Shouichi Ohga, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812, Japan. An 8 year old boy with ring chromosome 21 who was susceptible to ...

Background Chronic conditions are the leading cause of mortality, morbidity and disability in children. However, children and caregivers are rarely involved in identifying research priorities, which ...

Correspondence to Dr Kathleen E Walsh, Benedict Second Floor, UMass Medical Center, 55 North Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; walshk02{at}ummhc.org Background Children with chronic conditions ...

Correspondence to Merel M Nap-van der Vlist, Paediatrics, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3508AB, The Netherlands; m.m.vandervlist-3{at}umcutrecht.nl ...

Background Acute chest syndromes (ACS) may be associated with upper respiratory tract infections, but the epidemiology of viral and intracellular respiratory pathogens in children with sickle cell ...

Objective Cefepime, a fourth-generation cephalosporin, is used in the treatment of severe nosocomial infections in neonates. Pharmacokinetics of cefepime was limited. Therefore, we aimed to study the ...