Introduction Papilloedema is defined as swelling of the optic disc caused by raised intracranial pressure. Following a recent highly publicised court case, our paediatric and other services 1 have ...

Correspondence to Dr Tryggve Nevéus, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden; Tryggve.Neveus{at}kbh.uu.se Objective According to international guidelines ...

Background One of the most frequent conditions facing the neonatologists daily is the neonatal jaundice. About 60% of term and 80% of preterm infants develop jaundice early in the first seven days of ...

Aims To assess the impact of a national programme in paediatric secondary care, to introduce ETAT protocols and train nursing staff to lead emergency management. Methods Within a wider strategy to ...

Background An umbilical granuloma is an overgrowth of tissue that usually occurs when the umbilical stump has fallen off. It occurs commonly in the neonatal period usually after Day 15 of life.

Objective To explore associations between maternal body mass index (BMI) in early pregnancy and childhood infections. Design ...

Mary is running around her hospital bed, playing with dolls, crayons and toy stethoscopes (or the real thing if she can get ...

Trainee-led Research Networks (TRNs) can mitigate against the lack of in-training academic opportunities by offering research ...

Objective To determine the birth prevalence, maternal risk factors and 5-year survival for isolated and complex anorectal malformations. Design National birth cohort using hospital admission data and ...

Within previous research, to examine the role of ward managers, it was acknowledged that these positions were pivotal, vital, and extremely influential within the trust. Therefore recommendations were ...

Context This quality improvement work aimed to improve the management of infants on the postnatal ward (PNW) at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth who were undergoing phototherapy for the management ...

A/Prof E Elliott, Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health University of Sydney, c/o The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australiaelizabe2{at}chw.edu.au AIMS To ...