Background and objective Speech disorders are a common presenting concern to paediatricians. Yet evidence to guide detection and speech sound therapy referral of cases at risk for persistent speech ...
Purpose Sarcomas are cancers of connective tissue and account for approximately 10–15% of all cancer cases in children aged ≤16 years. Treatment often involves chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy.
Introduction Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive condition involving movement and muscle tone difficulties due to injury to the developing brain. Most cases arise around birth, but a smaller ...
Objectives To systematically analyse parent-to-parent guidance for those receiving a diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) to inform clinician counselling and advance development of support ...
Infants at highest risk of herpes simplex virus disease who should start immediate empiric aciclovir
The third British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) survey of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in infants presenting before 90 days of age, reported in this edition of Archives, informs us that ...
Objective To describe the demographic characteristics, causes and temporal patterns of child deaths occurring in a paediatric ...
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of infant hospitalisation due to lower respiratory tract infections. Until 2022, prevention was limited to the costly monoclonal ...
Correspondence to Dr Talat Mushtaq, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK; talat.mushtaq{at}leedsth.nhs.uk Adolescence is a time of great psychological ...
Aims: To examine the childhood overweight and obesity prevalence trends between 1974 and 2003 and to assess whether these trends relate to parental social class and household income. Methods: A school ...
Daniel E Lumsden, Robert Spaull, Sarah Abernethy, Mayy El Gamal, Katharine Forrest, Louisa Akwaama Lemaire, Jean-Pierre Lin, Sofia Marques, Valerie Orr, Lucinda Carr, Yasmin De Alwis, Anita Devlin, ...
OBJECTIVES To investigate the relation between pacifier use and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). DESIGN Three year population based, case control study with parental interviews for each death and ...
Background Understanding why children die is important for grieving parents and for informing system improvements aimed at prevention and future care. Many countries have child death review (CDR) ...
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