This review outlines current literature regarding access to and quality of healthcare for children and young people seeking asylum and refugees in the UK. The multiple factors influencing their ...
Background Trauma is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in children worldwide. While adult studies have demonstrated hypocalcaemia’s association with adverse outcomes, its impact on paediatric ...
Child and adolescent gender medicine is currently one of the most heatedly debated fields in medicine. The recent Cass Review,1 underpinned by a comprehensive research programme from the University of ...
Objective Boys born with posterior urethral valves (PUV) often experience bladder development issues due to urethral obstruction during gestation. Despite early surgical intervention, bladder ...
BACKGROUND Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a highly penetrant autosomal dominant condition predisposing affected individuals to schwannomas and meningiomas. The proportion of children presenting ...
Correspondence to Dr Moira S Cheung, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; Moira.Cheung{at}gstt.nhs.uk Background Achondroplasia is associated ...
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, ...
Objective Obesity and excess adiposity are leading causes of metabolic and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Early identification of individuals at risk is key for preventive strategies. We ...
The rise in non-communicable disease as a principal cause of premature mortality and a continuing failure to address health inequalities requires a critical examination of prevailing paradigms in ...
Correspondence to Dr Louise Oni, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; louise.oni{at}liverpool.ac.uk Introduction Vancomycin is a recognised cause of ...
Correspondence to Dr Vanessa Laveglia, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya, Barcelona 08190, Spain; vanessalaveglia{at}gmail.com If you wish to reuse any or all of ...