As survival rates for children born extremely preterm (EP, <28 weeks’ gestation) have increased with advances in perinatal and neonatal care, their long-term functioning and quality of life assume ...

Objective To determine whether infants with severe persistent sleep problems are at increased risk of (1) meeting diagnostic criteria for a psychiatric disorder (age 10 years), and (2) having elevated ...

2 Division of Paediatric Medicine and the Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 3 Division of General Pediatrics, University ...

2 Great Ormond Street Hospital/Institute of Child Heath, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK An estimated 14 million of the world’s children are blind. A blind child is more likely to live in ...

Correspondence to Dr Susan Byrne, Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; suabyrne{at}rcsi.ie Introduction ...

Introduction The CORAL (Impact of Corona Virus Pandemic on Allergic and Autoimmune Dysregulation in Infants Born During Lockdown) study reported a reduction in social communication milestones in ...

Correspondence to Dr Penelope A Bryant, Infectious Diseases, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; penelope.bryant{at}rch.org.au Objectives During the COVID-19 ...

Objective Estimate the incidence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in infants under 90 days in the UK and Ireland and describe clinical presentation and outcomes. Design Prospective ...

Objectives To (1) describe the dispensing of asthma preventers at hospital discharge and estimate its effect on hospital readmissions, and (2) estimate the effect of community asthma preventer ...

Background The broad-spectrum antiparasitic drug ivermectin is widely used in children, and its use in children weighing < 15 kg is off-label, as little data is available to inform the use of ...

Correspondence to Dr Sarah H Milner, Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL, UK; S.Milner{at}leeds.ac.uk If you wish ...

Objective To test the hypothesis that kangaroo mother care (KMC) initiated either at birth or at 1 hour after birth reduces moderate or severe hypothermia in term neonates at (A) 1 hour after birth ...