Aims Extremely premature infants are at higher risk for intracranial ischaemic and haemorrhagic injuries, which often occur in the first 72 hours after birth. 1 Intraventricular haemorrhages (IVHs) ...

Dr Rod C Scott, Radiology and Physics Unit, UCL - Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; r.scott{at}ich.ucl.ac.uk Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) is often defined as a ...

During intensive and long-lasting treatments, short-term or emergency care, children often undergo minor needle-related ...

Background Biosimilar infliximab became available in the UK in 2015. Paediatric experience to date on its use is limited. We prospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of biosimilar infliximab ...

It is unsettling when parents refuse treatment for their child’s serious illness based on their expectation of a miraculous ...

University of Adelaide School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Discipline of Paediatrics, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Correspondence to Amanda Highet, Department of Microbiology ...

Objective Due to lack of information on drug use in children, many drugs are used off-label in paediatrics. Increased knowledge of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) would enable a better risk–benefit ...

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Bacterial tracheitis is the most common paediatric airway emergency requiring admission to the regional paediatric intensive care unit in northern Ireland. We reviewed 89 admissions to our unit with ...

2 Department Community Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, UK 3 Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, ...

Background The safety of long-acting β 2 agonist (LABA) therapy in asthma remains controversial but no large scale analyses have been published of LABA safety in children. Methods The frequency of ...