Meningococcal disease remains a major global cause of meningitis and septicaemia. In Europe and other industrialised countries, serogroup B (MenB) is responsible for most cases of invasive ...

1 Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 2 ...

Aim To survey sleep patterns and determinants of sleep quality in teenagers living in the United Kingdom (UK) and India. To study understanding amongst teenagers of the impact of poor sleep. Method ...

Introduction A more coordinated haemoglobinopathy screening is desired across European countries 1. A non-funded pilot screening programme was implemented in six Irish maternity units in 2005 2. It ...

Aims: To obtain age references for sitting height (SH), leg length (LL), and SH/H ratio in the Netherlands; to evaluate how SH standard deviation score (SDS), LL SDS, SH/H SDS, and SH/LL SDS are ...

This review covers the basic principles of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The problems associated with traditional narrative reviews are discussed, as is the role of systematic reviews in ...

1 Paediatric Neurology, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK 2 Department of Paediatric Neurology, Leicester Royal ...

Context The literature on melatonin as a sedative agent in children is limited. Objective To conduct a systematic review of studies assessing the efficacy and safety of melatonin for non-operating ...

Aims Each year approximately 65,000 young people present to Emergency Departments (ED) as a result of alcohol intoxication. There is a large body of evidence in the written literature, detailing ways ...

Correspondence to Dr Afshin Zilanawala, Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK; afshin.zilanawala{at}ucl.ac.uk ...

Objectives Primary: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the diagnosis of appendicitis in paediatric patients presenting with suspected appendicitis. Secondary: ...