Varicella, known as chickenpox, is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), with an estimated 84 million cases annually. It primarily affects children, for most of whom it is a self-limiting ...

Objective Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a preventable folate deficiency disorder; increasing folic acid intake through food ...

It is unsettling when parents refuse treatment for their child’s serious illness based on their expectation of a miraculous ...

During intensive and long-lasting treatments, short-term or emergency care, children often undergo minor needle-related ...

Department of Gastroenterology, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia A Morrow, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, Sydney ...

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Aims Parenting a child with a chronic health condition can be difficult. Parent wellbeing is important in its own right, and also for the sake of the child. Parents who become, albeit understandably, ...

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Background Children with cancer are at increased risk of malnutrition.Early nutrition intervention helps to maintain weight, lean body mass, improved treatment tolerance and QOL.RUTF, with higher ...

Aims Extremely premature infants are at higher risk for intracranial ischaemic and haemorrhagic injuries, which often occur in the first 72 hours after birth. 1 Intraventricular haemorrhages (IVHs) ...

Aims Main purpose of presenting this clinical case is that RSV BRONCHIOLITIS can present with lobar pneumonia,Fulminant viral septic shock with DIC,pulmonory haemorrhage and asystole. Viral VS ...

Aims The North East London Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Hub was established in April 2019 following a 2015 review by Goddard et al. This review – commissioned by NHS England and the Mayor’s Office for ...