Archives of Disease in Childhood

The most common pathway in children’s hearing services

In 2025, the UK government commissioned the Kingdon Review of Children’s Hearing Services, which identified ‘major problems’ ...
Archives of Disease in Childhood

Impact of antenatal biological response modifying drugs on infant infection risk and vaccination rates: a national cohort study

Background The use of biological response modifying drugs (BRMDs) in women of reproductive age is increasing, with reassuring ...
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A small but welcome light on the child-adult transition in epilepsy

The transition, and then transfer, from child to adult neurology represents one of the most consequential and under-examined junctures in the long-term management of epilepsy. For young people with ...
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Declines in support for and use of corporal punishment of children in Aotearoa New Zealand over time: what a difference a law change makes

According to the Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment (endcorporalpunishment.org), there are now 70 states worldwide with a full prohibition of corporal punishment of children. In 2007, ...
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Preparing for systematic tuberculosis screening of children and young people in a low-incidence setting: who should we target?

England is close to losing its status as a low-endemic country for tuberculosis (TB).1 Scotland has seen a similar rise in TB prevalence and seems set to follow England unless urgent action is taken.2 ...
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Epidemiology of children with head injury: a national overview

7 Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Correspondence to Professor Alison Kemp, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School ...
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Nationwide age references for sitting height, leg length, and sitting height/height ratio, and their diagnostic value for disproportionate growth disorders

Aims: To obtain age references for sitting height (SH), leg length (LL), and SH/H ratio in the Netherlands; to evaluate how SH standard deviation score (SDS), LL SDS, SH/H SDS, and SH/LL SDS are ...
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Efficacy and safety of diosmectite in acute childhood diarrhoea: a meta-analysis

Objective We evaluated the role of diosmectite as an add-on treatment to the ‘recommended treatment’ of acute diarrhoea in children. Methods We searched all published literature through the major ...
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The strengths and limitations of parental heights as a predictor of attained height

a Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE8 1EB, UK, b Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK Dr C M Wright, Community Child Health Unit ...
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The radiology of chronic lung disease in children

Correspondence to: Dr C M Owens X-Ray Department, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK; owenscgosh.nhs.uk Chronic lung disease (CLD) in children represents ...
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Defining normal ranges and centiles for heart and respiratory rates in infants and children: a cross-sectional study of patients attending an Australian tertiary hospital ...

2 Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 School of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ...
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Sleep patterns in children with autistic spectrum disorders: a prospective cohort study

Objective To investigate longitudinal sleep patterns in children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs). Study design Prospective longitudinal study using Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and ...