Objective To externally validate the Paediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) rule for identifying febrile ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a potentially chronic infection that can be transmitted from mother to child with the risk of ...

Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to Dr Claire Irving, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, Newcastle upon ...

The term Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) encompasses a group of inherited connective tissue disorders. The manifestations of EDS can be seen in skin, joints, blood vessels and internal organs and vary ...

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

Paediatricians need to develop a strategy for assessing and managing the short child because it is a common reason for referral to paediatric services. Understanding what is normal is a key ...

Correspondence to Professor T J Cole, Population, Policy and Practice Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK; tim.cole{at}ucl.ac.uk Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't ...

4 School of Clinical Medical Sciences (Child Health), Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 5 Division of Health in the Community, Warwick ...

Fibre is an essential nutrient in the human diet that is crucial for human health. It provides a range of functional benefits, including stool bulking, and physiological benefits through fermentation ...

Aims: To investigate whether it is possible to determine the age of a bruise in a child in clinical practice by means of a systematic review. Methods: An all language literature search up to 2004.

1 Department of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Correspondence to Dr Rachel Y Moon, Division of General Pediatrics and Community ...

The hierarchy of evidence in assessing the effectiveness of interventions or treatments is explained, and the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, the randomised controlled ...