Objective Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a preventable folate deficiency disorder; increasing folic acid intake through food fortification increases serum and red blood cell folate and reduces the ...

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

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

Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...

Objectives To determine (1) which maternal and area characteristics are associated with reaching fidelity targets (the expected number of visits mothers should receive at each stage of the programme) ...

Objective To determine whether infants with severe persistent sleep problems are at increased risk of (1) meeting diagnostic criteria for a psychiatric disorder (age 10 years), and (2) having elevated ...

Objective To compare immunological responses of preterm infants to a four-component meningococcal B vaccine (4CMenB; Bexsero) following a 2+1 vs a 3+1 schedule, and to describe reactogenicity of ...

Objective To develop an Overall Pediatric Health Standard Set (OPH-SS) of outcome measures that captures what matters to young people and their families and recognising the biopsychosocial aspects of ...

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 ...

BACKGROUND In adults, erythema multiforme (EM) is thought to be mainly related to herpes infection and Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) to drug reactions. AIMS To investigate this hypothesis in children ...

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, ...

Objective To describe the demographics, mechanisms, presentation, injury patterns and outcomes for children with traumatic injuries. Setting Data collected from the UK’s Trauma and Audit Research ...