Poor saliva control (sialorrhoea) represents a considerable burden to paediatric patients with neurodevelopmental ...

Usually, when life-saving treatment is withdrawn from children with the agreement of their parents, there is no necessity for any legal involvement or intervention. In the small number of cases where ...

Correspondence to Dr Alison Salt, Neurodisability Service, The Nurses Home Building, Great Ormond, Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK; alison.salt{at}gosh.nhs.uk ...

Objectives Pica is a problematic and little-studied health concern in children with sickle cell disease, defined as the age-inappropriate consumption of non-nutritive materials. 1 Pica behaviours can ...

BACKGROUND Cause specific research on death certification in chronic disease has rarely involved cerebral palsy. AIMS To evaluate cause of death information in people known to have cerebral palsy by: ...

Objective To evaluate the efficacy differentials among corticosteroid regimens by type, dosage and duration, we conducted a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials ...

Background: Cerebral palsy presents with a range of severity of cognitive, motor, and sensory disabilities, which might affect survival. Aims: To quantify the effects of motor, cognitive, and sensory ...

Mixed longitudinal data on the physical changes at puberty in 228 normal boys are presented together with normal standards for stages of genital and pubic hair development. The genitalia began to ...

Mortality outcomes of children and young people who have spent time in care: evidence from Children’s Health in Care in Scotland, a population-wide administrative data cohort study (5 June, 2025) ...

Correspondence to Dr Mary E Ramsay, Department of Immunisation, Hepatitis and Blood Safety, Public Health England, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK; Mary.ramsay{at}phe.gov.uk By 2010, the ...

1 Paediatric Liver, Gastroenterology & Nutrition Centre and MowatLabs, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Portal hypertension (PHT), defined as raised intravascular pressure in ...

The hierarchy of evidence in assessing the effectiveness of interventions or treatments is explained, and the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, the randomised controlled ...