As she lies in the bed that we have come to know as hers, her father, with love and devotion, brushes her long, dark hair before tying it into braids with colourful ribbons that she will never see.
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 ...
Objectives Babies born to mothers living in more deprived areas are at a higher risk of dying during the neonatal period. 1 Pre-term and unwell term babies are cared for in neonatal intensive units ...
aDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, Guy’s Hospital, London, bRadiology Department Guy’s Hospital, London, cDepartment of Neurosurgery King’s College Hospital, London, dOphthalmic Department Guy’s ...
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Background Children and young people (CYP) with asthma in the UK are at higher risk of poor outcomes compared with other high-income European countries due to factors including poor access to ...
AIM To test the hypothesis that overall intelligence quotient (IQ) is decreased in patients with Aarskog syndrome. METHODS 21 boys under 17 years of age with a confirmed clinical diagnosis of Aarskog ...
Nursing Clinical handover(CH) is a crucial point of vulnerability in patient care that can lead to errors and/or adverse events if incomplete or inaccurate (Department of health 2015, Manias et al ...
Background The newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme screens newborn babies within 72 hours of birth in England for congenital heart disease, congenital cataracts, ...
Previous histories presented at this meeting have separately covered individuals, institutions, specialities, subspecialties, and technology in the evolution of paediatrics and child health care. Dr ...
Objectives Posterior urethral valves (PUV) are the most common cause of bladder outlet obstruction in boys. 1 Hypertension can be one of the associated complications contributing to kidney impairment ...
Health Services Research Unit, Institute of Health Sciences, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK Correspondence to: Dr J Patterson, Health Services Research Unit, Institute of Health Sciences, ...