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Blood folate level needed for fully effective fortification in the prevention of neural tube defects
Objective Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a preventable folate deficiency disorder; increasing folic acid intake through food fortification increases serum and red blood cell folate and reduces the ...
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900 Side-lying Kangaroo care: all the benefits whilst still maintaining midline head positioning
Aims Extremely premature infants are at higher risk for intracranial ischaemic and haemorrhagic injuries, which often occur in the first 72 hours after birth. 1 Intraventricular haemorrhages (IVHs) ...
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Outcome of convulsive status epilepticus: a review
Dr Rod C Scott, Radiology and Physics Unit, UCL - Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; r.scott{at}ich.ucl.ac.uk Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) is often defined as a ...
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Topical analgesia during needle-related procedures in children: a clinical practice guideline
During intensive and long-lasting treatments, short-term or emergency care, children often undergo minor needle-related ...
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The relevance of miracles in court decisions affecting children
It is unsettling when parents refuse treatment for their child’s serious illness based on their expectation of a miraculous ...
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Diagnosis, classification, and management of erythema multiforme and Stevens–Johnson syndrome
BACKGROUND In adults, erythema multiforme (EM) is thought to be mainly related to herpes infection and Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) to drug reactions. AIMS To investigate this hypothesis in children ...
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Psychiatric adverse drug reactions in the paediatric population
Objective Due to lack of information on drug use in children, many drugs are used off-label in paediatrics. Increased knowledge of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) would enable a better risk–benefit ...
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Gratification disorder (“infantile masturbation”): a review
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, ...
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Does well-child care education improve consultations and medication management for childhood fever and common infections? A systematic review
Background Fever is common in preschool children and is often caused by benign self-limiting infections. Parents' lack of knowledge and fever phobia leads to high healthcare consumption. Objective To ...
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Cancers and immune related diseases associated with Down’s syndrome: a record linkage study
Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Department of Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Correspondence to: Professor Michael J Goldacre Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, ...
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Pathophysiology of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia
Correspondence to: Prof. M Levin, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK; m.levin{at}ic.ac.uk Neisseria ...