Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects around 1–3% of children. There is a high level of comorbidity with developmental and learning problems as well as with a variety of psychiatric ...

Objective Guidelines state that verapamil is contraindicated in infants. This is based on reports of cardiovascular collapse and even death after rapid intravenous administration of verapamil in ...

3 The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Correspondence to Dr Sandeep Jayawant, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, ...

Varicella, known as chickenpox, is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), with an estimated 84 million cases annually. It primarily affects children, for most of whom it is a self-limiting ...

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Estimates for the UK suggest that alcohol consumption during pregnancy and prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)—the most common neurodevelopmental condition—are high. Considering the ...

2 Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr S Nadel, Consultant in ...

Aims: To determine the prevalence of petechial spots in well babies. Methods: A total of 116 babies under the age of 12 months were fully examined at child health surveillance clinics. The number and ...

3 Children's Neurosciences, Evelina Children's Hospital @ Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre, London, UK Correspondence to Professor ...

1 Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2 Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to ...

Background We assessed the biopsychosocial needs and key health drivers among children living with a common chronic illness, as baseline for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a child health ...

Correspondence to Dr Adrian Plunkett, PICU, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; adrian.plunkett{at}bch.nhs.uk In healthcare, we tend to place greater emphasis ...