To determine the incidence and demographic features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia in children in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and to characterise…
Systematic flexible bronchoscopy (FB) is advocated in the initial management of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis. Our aim was to describe and to compare the systematic FB…
Psychosocial adversity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults. We assessed associations of reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) – a measure of…
To investigate the prevalence of 14 viruses in infants with bronchiolitis and to study demographic and clinical differences in those with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human…
To compare the pain experienced by premature infants undergoing screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) by wide-field digital retinal imaging (WFDRI) and binocular indirect…
aEEG is a valuable tool for evaluating neonatal encephalopathy and identification of electrographic seizures. To compare seizure activity and background pattern (BGP)…
Renal tract imaging after urinary tract infection (UTI) has been widely recommended but clinical practice varies substantially among pediatricians. To describe changes in…
Glucose polymer based emergency feeds (EF), used during illness to prevent metabolic decompensation and encephalopathy in inherited metabolic disorders, should be produced accurately…
The diagnosis of severe type 1 SMA should be confirmed by an expert in paediatric neuromuscular disease. Invasive investigations are not usually necessary as the diagnosis is confirmed with a DNA…
The value of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) to diagnose active tuberculosis (TB) in children is not established, but these assays are being widely used for this purpose. We…
Several different companies now sell ‘DNA ancestry’ or ‘ethnicity’ testing kits via the internet. A small sample of a person’s blood or saliva can be sent via the post, its DNA extracted, and a…
