Images in paediatrics: Point break: atraumatic first rib fracture in a surfer (19 February, 2024) ...

Aim To assess treatment practices versus recommendations for fever treatment in children with acute respiratory infections (ARI). Material and methods We analysed 189 clinical records of children ...

Improved measurement in early child development (ECD) is a strategic focus of the WHO, UNICEF and World Bank Nurturing Care Framework. However, evidence-based approaches to monitoring and evaluation ...

Background and aims Organ dysfunction scores, such as the PEdiatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction (PELOD) score developed in 1999, are primarily designed to describe the severity of organ dysfunction.

Mixed longitudinal data on the physical changes at puberty in 228 normal boys are presented together with normal standards for stages of genital and pubic hair development. The genitalia began to ...

Background FAS has been described in adults following acute injury to the brain. Children commonly develop an accent closer to that of their peers than their parents’ native accent. Children with ASD ...

Charts are presented which give centile standards for boys' and girls' heights at ages 2 to 9 when parents' height is allowed for. Mid-parent height is used (i.e. the average of father's and mother's ...

Correspondence to Matthew A Jay, Legal Epidemiology Group, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK; matthew.jay.15{at}ucl.ac.uk Better understanding of the proportion of children who ever ...

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, ...

Background A male infant was admitted to the neonatal unit with respiratory distress, following delivery by emergency caesarean section at 36/40 for maternal illness (viraemia). The patient’s ...

Aim Gentamicin is widely used to treat early neonatal sepsis as part of a regimen recommended by NICE. 1 However, it is frequently implicated in clinical incidents relating to errors in prescribing ...