In April 2024, the final report of the Cass Review, an independent review chaired by Dr Hilary Cass, was published, offering recommendations to improve gender identity services for children and young ...

Background Delayed recognition of clinical deterioration can result in harm to patients. Parents/carers can often recognise ...

Background Treatment to suppress or lessen effects of puberty are outlined in clinical guidelines for adolescents ...

There is a common perception that peanut/tree nut particles can be transmitted through aircraft ventilation systems and pose a significant risk to passengers with food allergies. In fact, food-induced ...

and reprint requests to: Dr Alastair J Baker, Department of Child Health, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS. Hepatitis GB virus-C (HGBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection was ...

Correspondence to Andreea Chiorean, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; andreea.chiorean{at}mail.utoronto.ca Objective To ...

Objective We aimed to explore the views of Malaysian children with asthma and their parents to enhance understanding of early influences on development of self-management skills. Design This is a ...

Setting: Home visits in nine European regions by research associates who administered standard questionnaires to parents. Patients: 279 children with hemiplegia aged 8–12 years were recruited from ...

Objectives To identify the evidence base behind the neuroradiological features that differentiate abusive head trauma (AHT) from non-abusive head trauma (nAHT). Design Systematic review. Setting ...

Aims Children and young people (CYP) requiring Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) are cared for across 17 hospitals within the Thames Valley and Wessex (TV&W) Operational Delivery Network (ODN), with 2 ...

Objectives Childhood obesity is an increasing problem with well-recognised health implications. 1 2 Our aims were to identify childhood obesity rates presenting to our local paediatric department, and ...

1 Department of Child Psychology, University Hospital of Wales, UK 2 Department of Child Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to: Dr S Channon, Consultant ...