Calley and colleagues provide a timely reminder of the high morbidity and mortality associated with pertussis (whooping cough ...

Objective For most children with kidney failure, a decision is made to commence kidney replacement therapies (KRT); however, ...

In the UK, registration with a primary care provider does not simply provide access to a general practitioner (GP), but is a ...

Background Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) is the main cause of chronic neutropenia in children, but its infectious consequences ...

In the earliest part of the twentieth century, the scant attention paid to child mental health reflected a medical interest ...

Medical Research Council/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to Dr Alison Parkes, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University ...

Professor R Grahame, Department of Rheumatology, Arthur Stanley House, 40–50 Tottenham Street, London W1P 9PG, UK. If you wish to reuse any or all of this article ...

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 ...

Daniel E Lumsden, Ramalakshmi Ramiah, Todd Smallbone, Will Singleton, Sam Amin, Sarah Perides, Gina Lumsdon, Reiko Ashida, Jonathan Ellenbogen, Keymoumars Ashkan ...

The term Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) encompasses a group of inherited connective tissue disorders. The manifestations of EDS can be seen in skin, joints, blood vessels and internal organs and vary ...

Aims: To examine the childhood overweight and obesity prevalence trends between 1974 and 2003 and to assess whether these trends relate to parental social class and household income. Methods: A school ...

Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than liquid medications. Children and young people (CYP) often remain on liquids due to habit, reluctance to change or staff and parents’ lack of ...