We encounter, occasionally, parents who are incapable of making medical decisions on behalf of their incompetent or ...

Aims Imperial neonatal service has implemented delivery room (DR) cuddles along the strong culture of Family Integrated Care. Bonding is challenging for parents with a baby born extreme prematurely.

Objectives To provide up-to-date information on the use of long-term ventilation (LTV) in the UK paediatric population and to compare the results with data collected 10 and 20 years previously. Design ...

Introduction The destination of transgender and gender variant young people referred by the National Health Service (NHS) Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) to, and discharged from the two ...

For anyone, undergoing surgery is stressful. For children on the autism spectrum, it can be even more traumatic. Sensory differences are present in the majority of children on the autism spectrum,1 ...

Background When children and young people (CYP) report their own suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs), different patterns of drugs and symptoms are noted. A new guide to reporting suspected ADRs ...

Oral health is part of general health and well-being and contributes to the development of a healthy child. The most common oral disease affecting young children is dental caries (figure 1), which is ...

Introduction Although the administration of activated charcoal (AC) is considered safe, the associated risk of pulmonary aspiration explains certain reluctance of physicians to use this procedure. The ...

Objectives To determine (1) which maternal and area characteristics are associated with reaching fidelity targets (the expected number of visits mothers should receive at each stage of the programme) ...

Aim DRC software aims to reduce dosing errors,1 however, it has been linked to ‘alert fatigue’, a phenomenon which causes prescribers to potentially override alerts despite being clinically relevant.2 ...

Background Historically, 0.9% saline(NS) has been the most commonly used solution. However, due to its high sodium (154 mmol/L) and chloride (154 mmol/L) concentrations, its administration has been ...

Methods PsycInfo, PsycArticles, PsycBooks and EBSCO databases were used to search relevant literature published in English and available in full-text. The keywords perceived parent support (‘social’ ...