Objective Growing evidence suggests that coeliac disease (CeD) is more common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease ...

AIM To test the hypothesis that children with behavioural and/or developmental problems have significantly higher blood lead concentrations than the general childhood population. METHODS Blood samples ...

5 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK Background Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a potentially disabling condition. There is a lack of evidence and ...

3 Molecular Medicine Unit and Birth Defects Research Centre, University College London (UCL) Institute of Child Health, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Jane Lucas, PCD Centre, Clinical and ...

Objective To systematically assess the modifiable risk factors for developing otitis media with effusion (OME) in children under 12 years. Methods We searched Embase, MEDLINE, INAHTA database, CENTRAL ...

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 ...

1 Department of General Paediatrics, Erasmus MC – Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Public Health, Centre for Medical Decision Making, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The ...

Objective Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder that manifests with motor deterioration and respiratory complications. The paradigm of care is shifting as disease-modifying ...

BACKGROUND In adults, erythema multiforme (EM) is thought to be mainly related to herpes infection and Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) to drug reactions. AIMS To investigate this hypothesis in children ...

Background Cefotaxime is one of the most frequently prescribed antibiotics for the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial sepsis in neonates. However, the dosing regi-mens routinely used in clinical ...

Background The use of patient-facing health technologies to manage long-term conditions (LTCs) is increasing; however, children and young people (CYP) may have preferences about health technologies ...

2 Paediatric Radiology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK 3 Paediatric Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK Aims Bilious vomiting in the newborn is a ...