Objectives This study aimed to compare the clinical outcome of nebulized isotonic magnesium sulphate along with standard treatment in hospitalized children with acute exacerbation of asthma who ...

In 2018, Her Majesty's Government published statutory and operational guidance setting out how children’s deaths are reviewed in England, aiming to ensure practice is standardised and review of each ...

a Department of Paediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, b Child Health Division, TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, Netherlands Dr A M Fredriks, TN0-P8, PO Box 2215, 2301 ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate physical activity energy expenditure (AEE) in groups of free living infants in the first year of life. DESIGN Mixed longitudinal study of 124 healthy infants, using 232 ...

1 Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK 2 Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, ...

Introduction Paracetamol is a readily available antipyretic and analgesic, widely used to treat mild to moderate pain. Unintentional overdosing in neonates occurs, but so far only single case reports ...

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 ...

Background and Objectives Prolonged neonatal jaundice is defined as jaundice persisting in a term neonate at 14 days and a preterm neonate at 21 days of age. Prolonged neonatal jaundice is most ...

Base deficit is a parameter often used to guide further treatment in acidotic children and is taken as a measure of how “sick” they are. Five children with septic shock are presented who had ...

Correspondence to Dr Vianney Gilard, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris 5 University, Paris 75015, France; vianneygilard{at}hotmail.fr Objective The aim ...

Background The period through pregnancy and the early years is crucial for optimising child growth, development and lifelong well-being. Son-preference (family desire for male over female children) ...

1 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Working Group on Recognising Acute Illness in Children, London, UK 2 Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, UK 3 Department ...