OBJECTIVES To evaluate the ability of clinicians involved in the provision of paediatric intensive care to estimate cardiac index in ventilated children, based on physical examination and clinical and ...

To discover that there is uncertainty about the sex of one’s newborn baby is devastating and often incomprehensible for most parents. It is paramount that clear explanations and investigations are ...

Objective Chronic diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), can impact negatively on education and social development. Examining the impact of IBD on school/college attendance for children ...

Mixed longitudinal data on the physical changes at puberty in 228 normal boys are presented together with normal standards for stages of genital and pubic hair development. The genitalia began to ...

OBJECTIVE To study the medical, emotional, and developmental profile of children being considered for permanent substitute care. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of 100 adoption/permanency medicals.

Correspondence to: A Sahib El-Radhi Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, UK; sahib.el-radhi{at}qms.nhs.uk Body temperature is commonly measured to confirm the presence or absence of fever. However, ...

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Objectives To determine (1) which maternal and area characteristics are associated with reaching fidelity targets (the expected number of visits mothers should receive at each stage of the programme) ...

University of Glasgow Division of Developmental Medicine, Yorkhill Hospitals, Glasgow, UK Professor John J Reilly, University of Glasgow Division of Developmental Medicine, 1st Floor, Tower Block QMH, ...

Correspondence to Dr Susan Byrne, Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; suabyrne{at}rcsi.ie Introduction ...

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 ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in childhood and adolescence is an impairing condition, associated with a specific set of distressing symptoms incorporating repetitive, intrusive thoughts ...