Objective To describe the demographic characteristics, causes and temporal patterns of child deaths occurring in a paediatric emergency department (ED) over a 10-year period. Design Single-centre ...

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 ...

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a Department of Paediatrics, South Cleveland Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK, b Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK ...

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Objectives The ‘Garden for the Future’ project aimed to redesign an outdated, inaccessible and underused outdoor play area at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle.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

BACKGROUND Cause specific research on death certification in chronic disease has rarely involved cerebral palsy. AIMS To evaluate cause of death information in people known to have cerebral palsy by: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Early Years Research Programme, Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to Professor Alison Mary Kemp, Institute of Primary Care and ...

2 Dept of Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to: Dr S F Ahmed, Dept of Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, UK; ...