Wrongful birth’. How does the law in the UK view a mother’s claim that her baby should never have been born? Twice in the last 15 years, we have encountered the situation where parents reject further ...

Multiple long-term conditions (MLTC, previously referred to as multimorbidity) are defined as two or more chronic health ...

Background Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a multisystemic disorder caused by pathogenic (P) variants in the fibrillin-1 gene (FBN1), associated with life-threatening cardiovascular complications. Early ...

Paediatric sepsis remains a major cause of childhood mortality worldwide, despite substantial changes in its epidemiology, ...

Objective While the impact of earthquakes on children’s mental health is frequently discussed in the literature, the extent ...

Correspondence to Dr Evelien Snauwaert, Department Paediatric Nephrology (3K12D), Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, Ghent 9000, Belgium; evelien.snauwaert{at}uzgent.be Purpose Since 1997, ...

Objective The UK national incidence of nutritional rickets is unknown. We aimed to describe the incidence, presentation and clinical management of children under 16 years with nutritional rickets in ...

Background Studies from low-income countries have suggested that diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine provided after Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination may have a negative effect on ...

Correspondence to Marije A Brouwer, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9700 VB, Netherlands; m.a.brouwer{at}umcg.nl Objective Breaking bad news about ...

Background The diagnostic value of tests used in assessing hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) in children remains controversial. Design A systematic review and meta-analysis with ...

Despite the existence of low-cost and effective interventions for childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea, these conditions remain two of the leading killers of young children. Based on feedback from health ...

3 Department of Radiological and Imaging Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 4 Department of Neuroradiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK Correspondence to ...