Introduction Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive condition involving movement and muscle tone difficulties due to injury to the developing brain. Most cases arise around birth, but a smaller ...

Correspondence to Dr Moira S Cheung, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; Moira.Cheung{at}gstt.nhs.uk Background Achondroplasia is associated ...

Objectives The ‘Garden for the Future’ project aimed to redesign an outdated, inaccessible and underused outdoor play area at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle. The project was sparked ...

Introduction Ethnic differences in the birth prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) have been reported; however, studies of the contemporary UK population are lacking. We investigated ethnic ...

Estimates for the UK suggest that alcohol consumption during pregnancy and prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)—the most common neurodevelopmental condition—are high. Considering the ...

Correspondence to Dr Kate Armon, Paediatric Department, Jenny Lind Children's Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK; Kate.armon{at}nnuh.nhs.uk Research ...

Paediatric Microbiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK N J Sebire, Department of Paediatric Pathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for ...

Sepsis is an important global health issue that is estimated to affect more than 25 million children per year worldwide and results in 3.4 million deaths, predominantly in children younger than 5 ...

Vincent Fairfax Paediatric Pain Unit, and Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia Dr S A Kanagasundaram, Dept of Anaesthesia, Jenner ...

Introduction Amoebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by a protozoan called Entamoeba Histolytica (EH). It is responsible for up to 100,000 deaths every year worldwide. Only a handful of cases of ...

Background Functional symptoms can be defined as physical symptoms without a physical cause. Pervasive Arousal Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS), which can be conceptualised as an extreme functional disorder ...