From the age of 3 to 24 months, capillary Hb levels were measured on normal term infants who received no medicinal iron from any source. The mean and standard deviations are recorded at 3-monthly ...
Objective Cefepime, a fourth-generation cephalosporin, is used in the treatment of severe nosocomial infections in neonates. Pharmacokinetics of cefepime was limited. Therefore, we aimed to study the ...
Background There has been a rise in urgent paediatric hospital admissions and interventions to address this are required. Objective To systemically review the literature describing community (or ...
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AIM To test the hypothesis that children with behavioural and/or developmental problems have significantly higher blood lead concentrations than the general childhood population. METHODS Blood samples ...
Dr Shouichi Ohga, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812, Japan. An 8 year old boy with ring chromosome 21 who was susceptible to ...
Correspondence to Dr Kathleen E Walsh, Benedict Second Floor, UMass Medical Center, 55 North Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; walshk02{at}ummhc.org Background Children with chronic conditions ...
Objective To determine the prevalence of maternal colonization by GBS, evaluating the obstetrical and perinatal outcomes in low and high risk pregnant women from Porto Alegre, Brazil. Methods ...
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 ...
Background Children under Paediatric palliative care (PPC) often have complex life-limiting conditions (LLC). Good symptom control is a cornerstone of treatment. Managing symptoms in children with ...
Correspondence to Professor Andrew K Ewer, Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Womens Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK; a.k.ewer{at}bham.ac.uk In May 2019, the National Screening Committee (NSC) announced a ...
Objective To design a clinical guideline for the emergency management of retained button batteries (RBBs) through analysis of UK National Health Service hospital guidelines and published literature.