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 ...

Objectives Guidance is currently lacking in the UK regarding which children and young people (CAYP) should be referred for ...

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Objectives The ‘Garden for the Future’ project aimed to redesign an outdated, inaccessible and underused outdoor play area at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle.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

Aims: To estimate the annual incidence of hospitalisations due to severe complications of varicella, describe the complications and estimate annual mortality. Methods: Active surveillance throughout ...

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 ...

4 Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety—Queensland, Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Professor Karen ...

Introduction and Aims Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) affects up to 5.7% of children and is associated with significant morbidity. Clinical assessment is subjective and an unreliable predictor of OSA.

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 ...