Background Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a multisystemic disorder caused by pathogenic (P) variants in the fibrillin-1 gene ( FBN1 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Difference-in-differences (DID) is a quasi-experimental method used to estimate causal effects when randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are not feasible. It uses longitudinal data to compare changes ...

6 Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK Objective This systematic review aims to identify the health and social impacts of vaping in children and young people (CYP). Methods A ...

According to the Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment (endcorporalpunishment.org), there are now 70 states worldwide with a full prohibition of corporal punishment of children. In 2007, ...

An 11-month-old infant with known atopic dermatitis presented with a 3-month history of a progressively enlarging left-arm lesion. Examination revealed a 2 cm solitary, well-demarcated annular ...

Bronchiolitis remains one of the leading causes of hospitalisation among infants under 1 year of age in the UK. Although the condition is usually self-limiting, it causes significant clinical and ...

Objective To compare the total direct healthcare costs of nasal high flow (NHF) therapy and standard oxygen therapy (SOT) as first-line treatments for paediatric acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure ...

Although hearing services can tend to focus on babies or children with permanent (often sensorineural deafness affecting the inner ear), glue ear (a conductive hearing difference affecting the middle ...