Background Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) has been related to neurodevelopmental and learning disabilities. Only undernutritional models have been used to study these alterations. It is ...

Background According to the Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) guidelines, the weight of children between the ages of 1 and 10 years can be safely estimated using the formula: weight=2 × (age +4) ...

Correspondence to Dr Nils Krone, Academic Unit of Child Health, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK; n.krone{at}sheffield.ac.uk Steroid biosynthesis ...

Aims Hirschprung’s Disease (HSCR) is a congenital disorder of dysfunctional enteric nervous system (ENS) development, resulting in distal aganglionosis of the bowel. The cellular composition of the ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate physical activity energy expenditure (AEE) in groups of free living infants in the first year of life. DESIGN Mixed longitudinal study of 124 healthy infants, using 232 ...

Background Guidelines and evidence identify that children and young people (CYP) who die from asthma frequently have a severe preceding attack. There is no agreed name or case definition for the most ...

BACKGROUND Fresh intrapulmonary and oronasal haemorrhages in cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) might be markers for accidental or intentional smothering inappropriately diagnosed as SIDS.

Aims: To evaluate ibuprofen population pharmacokinetics in a large series of data collected in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) treated with high doses of ibuprofen (59 patients; 2–18 years), and to ...

Correspondence to Jennifer Preston, Women's and Children's Health, University of Liverpool School of Life Sciences, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK; Jennifer.Preston{at}liverpool.ac.uk Background Engaging ...

1 Neurodisability Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, The Wolfson Centre, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AP, UK 2 Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 ...

Introduction After a child is discharged home following an emergency admission to hospital, little is known about contact ...