BACKGROUND Overweight children become obese adults who are prone to develop the “metabolic syndrome” and premature coronary arterial disease (CAD). AIMS To assess whether sex hormone binding globulin ...

Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to: Dr C Wren Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK; ...

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Objectives The guidance surrounding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) supports the use of a dummy to reduce the chance of SIDS. A literature review was carried out to examine the history and use of ...

Dr P S Blair, Institute of Child Life and Health, Level D, St Michael’s Hospital, Southwell St, Bristol BS2 8EG, UK; p.s.blair{at}bris.ac.uk Background: Some victims of sudden infant death syndrome ...

Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than liquid medications. Children and young people (CYP) often remain on liquids due to habit, reluctance to change or staff and parents’ lack of ...

Correspondence to Dr Chandra Sekhar Devulapalli, Medical Advisor Service, Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV), Work and Benefits Kristiania, Oslo NO-0653, Norway; chandev{at}gmail.com An ...

Aims There is an increasing interest in prevention and population health following the publication of the NHS Long-Term Plan and Advancing Our Health, Prevention in the 2020’s. This paper examines the ...

Paediatric Epidemiology and Community Health (PEACH) Unit, Department of Child Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK David Stone, PEACH Unit, Department of Child Health, Glasgow University, ...

Objectives To review the effects and safety of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) for bronchiolitis. Methods Six electronic databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled ...

Introduction This systematic review aims to collate evidence of the causes of genital bleeding, other than child sexual abuse ...

Aims: To evaluate ibuprofen population pharmacokinetics in a large series of data collected in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) treated with high doses of ibuprofen (59 patients; 2–18 years), and to ...