There are no outcomes-based commissioning structures in child health. This needs to change. Preschool wheeze is a very common condition. Many families present at emergency departments with their ...

This review provides an overview of the use of antihistamines in children. We discuss types of histamine receptors and their mechanism of action, absorption, onset and duration of action of ...

Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and Saint Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Charlie B R Fairhurst, Department of Paediatric ...

*The most common organic causes are highlighted. A detailed history and examination is paramount to help identify rarer causes and guide investigations appropriately.

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1 Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, University Hospital Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK 2 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Nottingham, Queen’s ...

1 Department of Paediatric Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK 2 Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to ...

Next generation sequencing (NGS), massively parallel or deep sequencing are related terms that describe a DNA sequencing technology which has revolutionised genomic research. Using NGS an entire human ...

Correspondence to Dr Ben Christopher Reynolds, Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Great North Children's Hospital, Victoria Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 4LP, UK; pinkdoc{at}doctors.org.uk Disorders ...

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare condition where intracranial hypertension is found in the context of normal brain parenchyma and no mass lesion, ventriculomegaly, underlying ...

Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the most common single cause of viral encephalitis in infants and children. Treated or untreated, it can be associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, ...

Every day we interpret examination findings and clinical tests with the aim of coming to a diagnosis. But how well do we interpret these tests? Whether it is a traditional examination technique used ...