RCPCH/NPPG joint standing committee on medicines, best practice consensus guidelines for medication safe paediatric ward rounds, December 2023 ...

Neonatal bradycardia is characterised by a heart rate below 80 bpm, irrespective of gestational age. It is generally self-resolving but, in some cases, represents an underlying pathology which may be ...

Optimising patient experience is a key part of effective healthcare for adults. Babies, children and young people are entitled to the same high-quality healthcare experience. This is the first ...

Vascular ring, double aortic arch with patent right arch, and atretic proximal left arch. Left PDA, left common carotid artery, left subclavian artery, and left arterial duct supplied by a large ...

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Acute asthma attacks are a frequent reason for emergency presentation in children and young people (CYP), and fatal asthma attacks can occur ...

Setting: England, Wales and Scotland. Patients : 1958 birth cohort. Exposure : Experience of abuse during childhood, measured prospectively by parent and teacher interviews and retrospectively by self ...

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common paediatric rheumatic disease with significant long-term morbidity and mortality. Major advances have taken place in recent years in our ...

### Design Randomised controlled trial. ### Allocation Computer-generated random schedule stratified by age and centre. ### Blinding Care givers and assessors blind to treatment. Blinded medications ...

Infection Sepsis creates an increased metabolic demand. The infant may be unable to meet the increased oxygen requirements of the tissues leading to peripheral vasoconstriction and cyanosis. In ...

Determining severity of illness and undertaking an adequate risk assessment is a fundamental part of acute paediatric practice. This review highlights physiology, communication, heuristics and ...

Emergency research with critically unwell children is vital to make sure that the most ill and injured children benefit from evidence-based healthcare.1 Ethical guidance require that consent be sought ...

Quality improvement project implementing the Genedrive MT-RNR1 point-of-care technology into a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Gentamicin is a commonly used aminoglycoside antibiotic. The ...