Introduction: The aim of this prospective audit was to assess the effectiveness and safety of rectal paraldehyde in the management of acute, including prolonged, tonic–clonic convulsions. There are ...

Correspondence to Professor E Anthony S Nelson, Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China; tony-nelson{at}cuhk.edu.hk; Dr Patrick Ip, 1/F, ...

Correspondence to Dr Magdalena Mazurak, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center, Wroclaw 51-124, Poland; madzia-mazurak{at}wp.pl The history ...

1 Yorkshire Regional Centre for Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK 2 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and ...

AIMS To assess the occurrence of infantile colic in the community and the need for professional help; and to study the influences of potential determinants of infantile colic. METHODS Surveys were ...

1 Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, UK 2 Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, c/o Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Royal ...

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Introduction Children are at higher risk of medication errors due to the complexity of drug prescribing and administration in this patient group. Intravenous (IV) paracetamol overdose differs from ...

Correspondence to Dr Sarah Hopkins, Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; hopkinss1{at}email.chop.edu Acute flaccid myelitis, defined by acute flaccid limb ...

Continuity of care would result in a better standard of care As doctors working in a busy clinic alongside colleagues, we often encounter a number of patients whom we have never met before. Within the ...

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK If you wish to reuse any or ...

1 Population, Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK; UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health, ...