AIM To obtain a prevalence rate and determine the distribution of accidental bruising in babies. METHODS 177 babies aged 6–12 months were examined naked to look for bruises. They were seen in health ...

Background The newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme screens newborn babies within 72 hours of birth in England for congenital heart disease, congenital cataracts, ...

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, Centre for Suicide Prevention, Centre for Mental Health and Risk, Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health ...

Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, 9th floor, Guy’s Tower, Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, UK OBJECTIVES Capillary refill time is an important diagnostic adjunct in the acute ...

2 Academic Department of Child Health, Royal London Hospital, Whitechaple, London E1 1BB, UK 3 Department of Paedietrics, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London W2 1PG, UK 4 ...

Objectives NHS England has piloted the introduction of paediatric clinicians working in NHS111 clinical assessment service (CAS) to improve the emergency care pathway. This has been shown to increase ...

1 National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Children's Hospital at Westmead and University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 Vaccinology ...

a Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE8 1EB, UK, b Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK Dr C M Wright, Community Child Health Unit ...

3 Department of Clinical Psychology, St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, UK 4 Department of Paediatrics, St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, UK 5 David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary’s ...

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, ...

1 Department of Child Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XX, Wales, UK 2 Department of Child Health, University of Queensland, Paediatrics and Child ...

1 Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 2 Murdoch Childrens ...