The Archives of Disease in Childhood ’s centenary provides an opportunity to reflect on how our attitudes to child abuse have ...

Rationale Studies suggest that increased breastfeeding rates can provide substantial financial savings, but the scale of such savings in the UK is not known. Objective To calculate potential cost ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Jamie G Cooper, Emergency Department, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, UK; jamie.cooper2{at}nhs.net Deaths from choking are a major cause of childhood mortality, ...

Most children in hospital who are clinically deteriorating are monitored regularly, and their treatment is escalated effectively. However a small, but significant, number of deteriorating children ...

1 Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, Mtubatuba, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa 2 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa Correspondence to: Dr ...

Dr Astrid E Lammers, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK; astridlammers{at}gmx.de Objective: The 6-minute walk test ...

AIMS To evaluate the effectiveness of home visiting programmes on parenting and quality of the home environment. DESIGN Systematic review of the literature of randomised controlled trials and ...

1 Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, ...

ADC is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and as highlighted by the introductory article by Dr Bulock, this article, along ...

Correspondence to Laila Akbar Ladak, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney Nursing School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; llad8915{at}uni.sydney.edu.au Background As survival improves ...

1 Paediatric Rheumatology/Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 2 ...