Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys (‘circumcision’) is legitimised by consent from those with parental responsibility for ...

Higher rates of childhood Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus (GAS)) infections following the COVID-19 pandemic ...

2 School of Dental Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Aim: To compare the prevalence of dental caries, dental calculus, and enamel defects in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and children ...

Within every paediatric respiratory and general paediatric clinic there will be a number of children and families who are ...

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

Introduction Although the administration of activated charcoal (AC) is considered safe, the associated risk of pulmonary aspiration explains certain reluctance of physicians to use this procedure. The ...

The transition to adult healthcare is a vulnerable period for young people (YP) with chronic conditions linked to non-adherence and suboptimal health outcomes, including increased mortality.1 2 ...

2 Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Correspondence to: Prof. P O D Pharoah Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GB, UK; ...

During the 10-year period 1960-69, 137 patients in Ruchill Hospital were diagnosed by clinical and laboratory findings as mumps meningitis. Parotitis was detected in only 51 (37%). There was a male ...

Correspondence to Andreea Chiorean, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; andreea.chiorean{at}mail.utoronto.ca Objective To ...

Objective To determine the safety of ciprofloxacin in paediatric patients in relation to arthropathy, any other adverse events (AEs) and drug interactions. Methods A systematic search of MEDLINE, ...

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 ...