There are at least 12 paintings from the late 17th to the early 20th centuries titled, ‘The Sick Child’. They were painted by ...

Aims Term admissions contribute a significant burden with respect to neonatal unit care and maternal-infant separation. Thus, there has been a recent NHS England focus on reducing avoidable term ...

Clinicians of all professions who treat children have an interest in the capabilities of their patients. Not least as to whether the child in front of them can make treatment decisions. We seek, ...

Background Preterm infants often require line insertion and are known to be at high risk of temperature instability during these procedures. Both hypothermia and hyperthermia adversely affect patient ...

The hierarchy of evidence in assessing the effectiveness of interventions or treatments is explained, and the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, the randomised controlled ...

Improved measurement in early child development (ECD) is a strategic focus of the WHO, UNICEF and World Bank Nurturing Care Framework. However, evidence-based approaches to monitoring and evaluation ...

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 ...

1 Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, Saint Stephen's Hospital, Delhi, India 2 Department of Paediatric Medicine, Saint Mary's Hospital for Women and Children, Manchester, UK Aims: To compare ...

Background and Aims Production of C-reactive protein (CRP), an acute phase reactant of hepatic origin, may be affected by perinatal asphyxia. This study tested hypotheses that circulatory CRP ...

Objectives To estimate the incidence of clinically diagnosed congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), clinical features and age at first presentation. To assess the potential benefit of newborn screening ...

Dr Mary Fewtrell, Reader in Childhood Nutrition, Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH; m.fewtrell{at}ich.ucl.ac.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of ...