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 ...
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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: ...
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to Dr Claire Irving, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, Newcastle upon ...
Clear sex differences exist in asthma and atopy with a preponderance of boys before puberty. There is a reversal of this sex ratio during puberty with girls having more asthma and atopy throughout the ...
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 ...
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Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than liquid medications. Children and young people (CYP) often remain on liquids due to habit, reluctance to change or staff and parents’ lack of ...
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 ...
Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder of unknown aetiology. A prolonged QT interval has been described previously in patients with Rett syndrome. To investigate QT prolongation and the ...
1 Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, UK 2 Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, c/o Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Royal ...
Early Years Research Programme, Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to Professor Alison Mary Kemp, Institute of Primary Care and ...