Introduction Although the administration of activated charcoal (AC) is considered safe, the associated risk of pulmonary ...

The transition to adult healthcare is a vulnerable period for young people (YP) with chronic conditions linked to ...

Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to Dr Claire Irving, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, Newcastle upon ...

Objectives The majority of drugs used in sick newborns receiving intensive care are unlicensed and off-label, exposing infants to greater risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Our aim was to study ...

Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK Correspondence to Dr Michael Stanton, Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital ...

Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Guy’s Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK Dr S Tibby, Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Guy’s Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK; Shane.Tibby{at}gstt.sthames.nhs.uk ...

During the 10-year period 1960-69, 137 patients in Ruchill Hospital were diagnosed by clinical and laboratory findings as mumps meningitis. Parotitis was detected in only 51 (37%). There was a male ...

1 Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, ...

a Department of Paediatrics, Kolding Hospital, DK-6000 Kolding, Denmark, b Astra Draco AB, PO Box 34, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden AIM To evaluate the systemic availability and basic pharmacokinetic ...

Correspondence to: Prof. M Levin, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK; m.levin{at}ic.ac.uk Neisseria ...

2 School of Dental Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Aim: To compare the prevalence of dental caries, dental calculus, and enamel defects in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and children ...

Dr B Alm, Department of Paediatrics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, S-416 85 Göteborg, Sweden. AIM To establish whether smoking is an independent risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome ...