Quality improvement project implementing the Genedrive MT-RNR1 point-of-care technology into a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Gentamicin is a commonly used aminoglycoside antibiotic. The ...

Determining severity of illness and undertaking an adequate risk assessment is a fundamental part of acute paediatric practice. This review highlights physiology, communication, heuristics and ...

Design : Randomised controlled trial. Allocation : Randomisation was done by university staff. Allocation was concealed using sealed envelopes that were sequentially numbered. Blinding : All patients, ...

### Design Randomised controlled trial. ### Allocation Computer-generated random schedule stratified by age and centre. ### Blinding Care givers and assessors blind to treatment. Blinded medications ...

PCRs have revolutionised the detection of bacteria in clinical samples since their widespread introduction in the 1990s.1 Quantitative PCR (qPCR), also known as specific PCR, involves the targeting of ...

Nutritional content of meal plansTable 1 Nutritional content of meal plans ...

Table 6 Clinical signs and symptoms typical of upper airway obstruction at different anatomical levels ...

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis on palate.Figure 3 Recurrent aphthous stomatitis on palate.

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common paediatric rheumatic disease with significant long-term morbidity and mortality. Major advances have taken place in recent years in our ...

Abusive head trauma (AHT) affects one in 4000–5000 infants every year and is one of the most serious forms of physical child abuse that has a high associated mortality and morbidity. Differentiating ...

Infection Sepsis creates an increased metabolic demand. The infant may be unable to meet the increased oxygen requirements of the tissues leading to peripheral vasoconstriction and cyanosis. In ...

The UK has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis (TB) in Western Europe.1 If current trends continue, with over 7500 cases per year,2 England will overtake the whole of the USA in the annual number ...