Comparison of clinical presenta ...
The true burden of influenza in children is difficult to assess and is probably underestimated as clinical signs are usually nonspecific, and formal ...
Prevalence of overweight and ob ...
This study in children aged 6–13 years (n=1,499) was performed between October 2008 and March 2009. Height and weight measurements were taken to cal ...
Salt-losing crisis in infants—n ...
Three infants (age 1.5, 4 and 7 months) presented with vomiting, hyponatremia and hyperkalaemia suggestive of a salt-losing congenital adrenal condi ...
Food allergy-related paediatric ...
The aims of this study were to evaluate the implication of food allergy as a cause of paediatric constipation and to determine the diet period neede ...
Infective endocarditis in conge ...
Congenital heart disease (CHD) has become the leading risk factor for pediatric infective endocarditis (IE) in developed countries after the decline ...
Monogenic forms of hypertension
Arterial hypertension in childhood is less frequent as compared to adulthood but is more likely to be secondary to an underlying disorder. After rul ...
Glucocorticoids in the treatmen ...
Meconium aspiration syndrome is a serious neonatal disease with complex pathophysiology. With respect to the contribution of meconium-induced lung ...
Broad and unexpected phenotypic ...
Mutations in the Wilms’ tumor suppressor gene 1 (WT1), most commonly within exons 8 or 9 or intron 9, are found in cases with the overlapping condit ...
Drawings of very preterm-born c ...
differences in drawing skills between very preterm and term children, and to determine whether very preterm children’s cognitive and motor developme ...
Quantifying high dependency car ...
High dependency care (HDC) is a level of care situated between intensive care and usual ward care with its delivery being independent of location. I ...
Educational paper Imaging chil ...
Fractures are reported to be the second most common findings in child abuse, after skin lesions such as bruises and contusions. This makes careful i ...
Risk factors for hyperbilirubin ...
Increased breastfeeding was suggested as a contributing factor to significant hyperbilirubinemia. The aim of this study was to identify the risk fac ...
Spontaneous clearance of hepati ...
Spontaneous viral clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been reported to occur in children with vertical HCV infection. However, factors which ar ...
Outcome of ventilated infants b ...
The longer-term outcome of term-born infants without congenital anomalies requiring ventilation in the first 24 h after birth has rarely been report ...
Neonatal outcomes of very prete ...
The objectives of the study are to investigate gestational age-specific mortality and neonatal outcomes in preterm infants admitted to a tertiary ce ...
Lung ultrasound in bronchioliti ...
The diagnosis of bronchiolitis is based mainly on the patient’s medical history and physical examination. However, in severe cases, a further evalua ...
Prospective study of the burden ...
This was the first study to characterize the total burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) at both hospital and general physician (GP) clinics in ...
Infantile cortical hyperostosis ...
Infantile cortical hyperostosis (ICH, OMIM 114000) is a rare familial disorder which affects infants. It spontaneously heals in the first years of l ...
Progression from first symptom ...
This study was undertaken to investigate the evolution of clinical features between onset of symptoms and diagnosis in children with brain tumours a ...
Serum procalcitonin is not an e ...
Serum procalcitonin (PCT) has been proposed as a marker to identify bacterial infection in children. For optimal management of cystic fibrosis (CF) ...
Stressful life events in childh ...
Individuals exposed to high levels of stress might have an increased risk of infectious diseases. However, most of the previous studies have been co ...
Clinical characteristics of acu ...
In infants, acute mitral regurgitation resulting from ruptured chordae tendineae is very rare, but often fatal. There are a few case reports, but th ...
Reducing VAP by instituting a c ...
Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the Department of Health Saving Lives initiatives. We describe the institution of a purpo ...
The podocyte as a target: cyclo ...
Children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome secondary to WT1-associated glomerulopathies (WT1-GP) were considered unresponsive to cyclosporin ...
Increasing prevalence of domici ...
We examine the incidence and prevalence of domiciliary ventilation in the South West region of the UK, assess trends over 15 years, and describe pat ...