Objective To determine the safety of ciprofloxacin in paediatric patients in relation to arthropathy, any other adverse events (AEs) and drug interactions. Methods A systematic search of MEDLINE, ...

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 ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects around 1–3% of children. There is a high level of comorbidity with developmental and learning problems as well as with a variety of psychiatric ...

Objective This study aimed to quantify the incidence rates of common mental and physical health conditions in mothers of children with a life-limiting condition. Methods Comparative national ...

Objective Guidelines state that verapamil is contraindicated in infants. This is based on reports of cardiovascular collapse and even death after rapid intravenous administration of verapamil in ...

a Department of Paediatrics, United Medical and Dental Schools, St Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK, b Department of Child Health, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr. Xiaohui Li, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Children’s Hospital Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China; lxhmaggie{at}126.com and Dr. Caifeng Li, Department ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Andreea Chiorean, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; andreea.chiorean{at}mail.utoronto.ca Objective To ...

Background The use of patient-facing health technologies to manage long-term conditions (LTCs) is increasing; however, children and young people (CYP) may have preferences about health technologies ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in childhood and adolescence is an impairing condition, associated with a specific set of distressing symptoms incorporating repetitive, intrusive thoughts ...