Loucia Ashikkali,Will Carroll,Christine Johnson
Loucia Ashikkali
Since the detection of COVID-19 in December 2019, the rapid spread of the disease worldwide has led to a new pandemic, with the number of infected individuals and deaths rising daily. Early experience shows that it predominantly affects old...
Kim S Golding
Kim S Golding
Children who experience maltreatment from within their families can suffer trauma that is devastating to their physical and psychological development. The label developmental trauma has developed to describe this trauma and to guide diagnos...
Jascharanpreet Bansal,Wesley Hayes
Jascharanpreet Bansal
Kidney replacement therapy (KRT) can provide lifesaving support for children with severely impaired kidney function. The decision about who needs KRT and when is often complex. Many acute kidney problems will resolve with conservative maana...
Logan Manikam,Monica Lakhanpaul
Logan Manikam
Despite efforts in prevention worldwide including recent advances in vaccine therapy, childhood community acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality both in the developed and the developing world. Traditionall...
Kimberly Davis,Shaun Wilson
Kimberly Davis
Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a common and dangerous consequence of myelosuppressive chemotherapy but can occur as part of the disease processes. Bacterial bloodstream infection is the most commonly diagnosed cause of febrile neutropenia, wit...
Are infection control measures helpful in reducing paediatric ward infections? [0.03%]
感染控制措施有助于减少儿科病房的感染吗？
Yvonne Beuvink,Scott Hackett
Yvonne Beuvink
As the majority of children on paediatric wards, especially in winter, have infections all paediatricians will be involved in infection control and prevention (ICP) without realising it. ICP measures include decisions on isolation of patien...
Management of bronchiolitis [0.03%]
毛细支气管炎的管理
Madeleine Adams,Iolo Doull
Madeleine Adams
Bronchiolitis is the commonest cause of hospital admission in infancy. Severity varies from mild and self-limiting through to respiratory failure requiring intensive care and ventilation. Many viruses cause bronchiolitis, the commonest bein...
Maria Loades,Amberly Brigden,Esther Crawley
Maria Loades
Fenella Kirkham
Fenella Kirkham
It is now clear that a number of paediatric emergencies with a neurological presentation, including hemiparesis, visual loss, seizures and coma, commonly have a vascular basis which may not be obvious on CT scan. Although many children do w...