Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and Saint Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Charlie B R Fairhurst, Department of Paediatric ...

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Measurement of cerebrospinal fluid pressure through lumbar puncture (LP) manometry is an essential practical skill all paediatricians should possess competency in. The ability to perform manometry is ...

Correspondence to Dr Felicity Fitzgerald, UCL Great Ormond Street of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; felicity.fitzgerald{at}ucl.ac.uk PCRs have revolutionised the detection of ...

Determining severity of illness and undertaking an adequate risk assessment is a fundamental part of acute paediatric practice. This review highlights physiology, communication, heuristics and ...

Major trauma is a principal cause of morbidity and mortality in children. Severe haemorrhage is the second-leading cause of death in paediatric trauma, preceded by traumatic brain injury. Major ...

We present a review of the Junior MARSIPAN (Management of Really Sick Patients with Anorexia Nervosa) guideline, which provides paediatricians with a framework for managing Anorexia Nervosa in the ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland 2 Department of General Practice, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland Correspondence to Nicholas M Allen, ...

Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm babies is a serious gastrointestinal emergency with potentially devastating consequences. Prompt and accurate diagnosis continues to be a challenge for ...

This review provides an overview of the use of antihistamines in children. We discuss types of histamine receptors and their mechanism of action, absorption, onset and duration of action of ...

A vascular ring is when vascular structures encircle the trachea and oesophagus and can lead to compression of these ...

Correspondence to Somiah Siddiq, Department of ENT, Birmingham Childrens Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; somiah.siddiq{at}nhs.net In February 2013, the American ...