3 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent 4 Department of Psychology, City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent Correspondence to: C Hawley Principal Research Fellow, Centre ...

Correspondence to Dr Sharon Conroy, Division of Medical Sciences & Graduate Entry Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Royal Derby Hospital Centre, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3DT, ...

Correspondence to Merel M Nap-van der Vlist, Paediatrics, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3508AB, The Netherlands; m.m.vandervlist-3{at}umcutrecht.nl ...

Hypocalcaemia is a common clinical scenario in children with a range of aetiological causes. It will often present with common symptoms but may occasionally be identified in an asymptomatic child. An ...

A CAUSAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MEASLES mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was confirmed using immunisation/hospital admission record linkage. The absolute risk ...

Aims: To determine the impact of adverse publicity on MMR uptake and measles susceptibility, including whether vaccination is delayed and the role of deprivation. Methods: A population database for ...

Search strategy The following databases were searched for studies about colchicine in children with pericarditis (June 2015): Cochrane Central, Medline, EMBASE and LILACS. Eligibility criteria All ...

1 School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK 2 Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK 3 Pharmacy Department, Addenbrooke's ...

Introduction Previous studies including Welsh National Audit on management of Broncholitis have stimulated interest to assess appropriateness of CXR requests within Welsh paediatric departments. Basic ...

AIMS To determine whether nebulised budesonide improves the symptoms or shortens the duration of stay of children admitted to hospital with a clinical diagnosis of croup. METHODS A prospective, ...

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