OBJECTIVE To study the effect of body composition on average daily metabolic rate (ADMR) and basal metabolic rate (BMR) in adolescence, and to examine current BMR prediction equations. STUDY Dutch ...

Background When children and young people (CYP) report their own suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs), different patterns of drugs and symptoms are noted. A new guide to reporting suspected ADRs ...

The median life expectancy for cystic fibrosis is now over 30 years, and it is projected that in newborn infants it will become more than 40 years. The identification of the cystic fibrosis gene and ...

You are the attending neonatal consultant. It is 6 pm on a Friday after a busy week on the unit. A rather flustered midwife appears from the postnatal ward with a baby and two anxious parents. The ...

Objective To identify risk factors for asthma attacks and poor asthma control in children aged 5–16 years. Methods Prospective observational cohort study of 460 children with asthma or suspected ...

Oral health is part of general health and well-being and contributes to the development of a healthy child. The most common oral disease affecting young children is dental caries (figure 1), which is ...

There is growing concern that the UK is not performing as well as it should in securing and promoting health for children and young people.1 The reasons behind the UK's child health problems are ...

We encounter, occasionally, parents who are incapable of making medical decisions on behalf of their incompetent or ...

It is unsettling when parents refuse treatment for their child’s serious illness based on their expectation of a miraculous cure. We have in 15 years encountered 26 cases where parents opposed serious ...

Aim DRC software aims to reduce dosing errors,1 however, it has been linked to ‘alert fatigue’, a phenomenon which causes prescribers to potentially override alerts despite being clinically relevant.2 ...

Background Having a baby requiring admission to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be very distressing for families and there may be a significant period after birth where parents do not see or ...

Objectives Historically diagnoses of Trisomy 13 (T13) and Trisomy 18 (T18) have been associated with a very poor prognosis. Median survival of full T18 is 14days, T13 is 10days and 3-month survival is ...