Determining severity of illness and undertaking an adequate risk assessment is a fundamental part of acute paediatric practice. This review highlights physiology, communication, heuristics and ...

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Next generation sequencing (NGS), massively parallel or deep sequencing are related terms that describe a DNA sequencing technology which has revolutionised genomic research. Using NGS an entire human ...

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Correspondence to Dr Bushra Ahmed, Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK; b.ahmed{at}rbht.nhs.uk More challenging is the non-expectorating ...

Correspondence to Dr J Bryan Carmody, Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 601 Children's Lane, Norfolk VA 23507, USA; james.carmody{at}chkd.org ...

Correspondence to Dr Jan Dudley, Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol BS28BJ, UK; jan.dudley{at}uhbristol.nhs.uk The use of data to challenge and improve ...

A 3-month-old baby is brought to the paediatric emergency department by their parents because of a fever. You decide to check their inflammatory markers. Their C-reactive protein (CRP) level comes ...

Correspondence to Dr Montserrat Doukrou, Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 11 floor Tower, 235 Euston Rd, London NW1 2PG, UK; ...

Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and Saint Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Charlie B R Fairhurst, Department of Paediatric ...

Correspondence to Professor AS Garden, School of Health and Medicine, Centre for Medical Education, Faraday Building, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LancashireLA1 4YB, UK; ...