Paediatric sepsis remains a major cause of childhood mortality worldwide, despite substantial changes in its epidemiology, ...
Background The widespread use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) has changed the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children globally. Methods Multicentre prospective audit ...
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 ...
Correspondence to Dr John Murphy, Department of Neonatology, The National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin 2, Ireland; johnmurphy104{at}hotmail.com Aims Currently there is debate on how best ...
3 Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK 4 Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Brimingham, UK 5 Department ...
Objective When infants suffer from nasal congestion, xylometazoline spray or drops can be effective to facilitate breathing and drinking. However, case reports on side effects have resulted in ...
Correspondence to Dr Defne Saatci, Population Policy Practice, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK; defne.saatci.16{at}ucl.ac.uk Objective To assess differences across educational outcomes ...
Introduction Fluid overload of 10% at 48 hrs (100 ml/kg additional fluid) is strongly associated with morbidity in critically ill children.1 Contributors include fluid resuscitation, acute kidney ...
aDepartments of Medicine (Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism) and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, bDepartment of Medicine ...
In 2025, a government-commissioned, independent, cross-sector report on the decline in UK clinical academia highlighted multiple challenges facing clinical researchers, both those medically qualified ...
Confidentiality is the cornerstone of effective adolescent healthcare. The trust that sensitive information will be protected enables young people to disclose critical health concerns related to ...