Objective Assess sociodemographic disparities in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses and determine ...

Each year hundreds of randomised controlled trials are conducted in low- and middle-income countries addressing issues in clinical paediatrics and in child and adolescent health. The topics are as ...

Objective To describe the frequency and nature of non-pharmacological de-escalation methods used for children and adolescents presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with acute severe behavioural ...

Background Most guidelines recommend the use of capillary refill time (CRT) as part of the routine assessment of unwell children, but there is little consensus on the optimum method of measurement and ...

Introduction Ethnic differences in the birth prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) have been reported; however, studies of the contemporary UK population are lacking. We investigated ethnic ...

Clear sex differences exist in asthma and atopy with a preponderance of boys before puberty. There is a reversal of this sex ratio during puberty with girls having more asthma and atopy throughout the ...

BACKGROUND Mortality rates in children with insulin dependent diabetes (IDDM) in the UK are unknown and the causes of death not well documented. AIM To determine the mortality rate and causes of death ...

Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Bristol Children’s Hospital, Bristol, UK Correspondence to: Professor B K Sandhu Department of Gastroenterology, Bristol Children’s Hospital, Upper ...

Correspondence to Dr Mahjabeen Shah, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, London KT1 2EE, UK; mahjabeen.shah{at}kingston.ac.uk Objectives To develop waist circumference (WC) centile curves ...

Introduction HbA1c levels are used as objective long term measure of glycaemic control in patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM). Regular HbA1c measurement helps us to formulate the management ...

Aims While sexual abuse needs to be considered in cases of anogenital warts (AGW) in children, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) may be transmitted in other ways. The upper age limit of presentation with ...

Lawler et al ’s 2025 study, ‘Association between out-of-home care and mortality in children with prenatal drug exposure: a ...