Archives of Disease in Childhood

Consensus statement on the need for a specialist service for paediatric saliva control in neurodevelopmental disabilities

Poor saliva control (sialorrhoea) represents a considerable burden to paediatric patients with neurodevelopmental ...
Archives of Disease in Childhood

Best interests: the domain of the living

Usually, when life-saving treatment is withdrawn from children with the agreement of their parents, there is no necessity for any legal involvement or intervention.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 ...
Archives of Disease in Childhood

Validating the PECARN rule to identify febrile infants at low risk of serious bacterial infections: an international validation study

Objective To externally validate the Paediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) rule for identifying febrile ...
BMJ

Androgen insensitivity syndrome: a survey of diagnostic procedures and management in the UK

a Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital, b University College London Hospitals, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and Middlesex Hospital, London Professor I A Hughes, ...
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SP9 Parent co-designed drug information for parents and guardians taking neonates home – survey of healthcare professionals and parents/carers – an interim analysis

Aim The aim of this project is to work with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and parents/carers to co-design resources aimed at improving medication safety and reducing parental anxiety for those ...
BMJ

Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease: improving early diagnosis

Correspondence to Professor R Mark Beattie, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Southampton Children’s Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; rm.beattie{at}btinternet.com For many conditions, ...
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Definition, investigation and management of gastrointestinal dystonia in children and young people with neurodisability

Background Children and young people with severe neurodisabling conditions (CYPSND)experience severe functional gastrointestinal symptoms and dependence on artificial nutrition. ‘Gastrointestinal ...
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Impact of hospitalisation of children on parental dietary habits: a qualitative study

Correspondence to Dr Vanessa Halliday, University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK; vanessa.halliday{at}sheffield.ac.uk Objective To explore how prolonged ...
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Acute otitis media guidelines in selected developed and developing countries: uniformity and diversity

Correspondence to Dr Tal Marom, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Zerifin 70300, Israel; ...
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Ending preventable child deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea by 2025. Development of the integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea

Despite the existence of low-cost and effective interventions for childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea, these conditions remain two of the leading killers of young children. Based on feedback from health ...
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769 Evaluating a clinic for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC): the importance of infectious disease screening and a holistic approach to care

Aims In the year ending March 2021, over 32400 individuals claimed asylum in the UK. Of those, 2044 (6%) were Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC). UASC receive healthcare as a looked after ...
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831 Adeno-associated virus gene therapies in neurology: an update on the need for consistent safety monitoring of a promising treatment

2 Dubowtiz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and Great Ormand Street Hospital, London, UK. NIHR Great Ormand Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, ...