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 ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the ability of clinicians involved in the provision of paediatric intensive care to estimate cardiac index in ventilated children, based on physical examination and clinical and ...

Correspondence to Professor Gary Butler, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, University College London Hospital NHS Trust, London NW1 2PQ, UK; gary.butler{at}ucl.ac.uk There has ...

The use of long-term ventilation (LTV) in children is growing in the UK and worldwide. This reflects the improvement in technology to provide LTV, the growing number of indications in which it can be ...

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of home-based blood pressure (BP) screening in a group of paediatric patients with known elevated risk of developing ...

2 Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, Mezzanine, BMA House, London, UK 3 Centre for Medication Safety and Service Quality, Imperial College Healthcare NHS ...

To discover that there is uncertainty about the sex of one’s newborn baby is devastating and often incomprehensible for most parents. It is paramount that clear explanations and investigations are ...

a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK, b Portex Anaesthesia, Intensive Therapy and Respiratory Medicine Unit, Institute ...

OBJECTIVE To study the medical, emotional, and developmental profile of children being considered for permanent substitute care. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of 100 adoption/permanency medicals.

1 Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland 2 Department of Allergy, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki, Finland 3 Department ...

Correspondence to: A Sahib El-Radhi Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, UK; sahib.el-radhi{at}qms.nhs.uk Body temperature is commonly measured to confirm the presence or absence of fever. However, ...

BACKGROUND Growth monitoring consists of routine measurements to detect abnormal growth, combined with some action when this is detected. It aims to improve nutrition, reduce the risk of death or ...