BMJ5d
18th century amputations: two case reports
Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...
BMJ21h
Diagnosis, classification, and management of erythema multiforme and Stevens–Johnson syndrome
BACKGROUND In adults, erythema multiforme (EM) is thought to be mainly related to herpes infection and Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) to drug reactions. AIMS To investigate this hypothesis in children ...
BMJ8d
Characteristics and outcomes associated with fidelity in the Family-Nurse Partnership in England: a data linkage cohort study
Objectives To determine (1) which maternal and area characteristics are associated with reaching fidelity targets (the expected number of visits mothers should receive at each stage of the programme) ...
BMJ5d
Infant sleep and child mental health: a longitudinal investigation
Objective To determine whether infants with severe persistent sleep problems are at increased risk of (1) meeting diagnostic criteria for a psychiatric disorder (age 10 years), and (2) having elevated ...
BMJ5d
An open-label, phase IV randomised controlled trial of two schedules of a four-component meningococcal B vaccine in UK preterm infants
Objective To compare immunological responses of preterm infants to a four-component meningococcal B vaccine (4CMenB; Bexsero) following a 2+1 vs a 3+1 schedule, and to describe reactogenicity of ...
BMJ2d
Gratification disorder (“infantile masturbation”): a review
2 Department Community Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, UK 3 Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, ...
BMJ5d
Development of an international standard set of patient-centred outcome measures for overall paediatric health: a consensus process
Objective To develop an Overall Pediatric Health Standard Set (OPH-SS) of outcome measures that captures what matters to young people and their families and recognising the biopsychosocial aspects of ...
BMJ5d
Patterns of moderate and severe injury in children after the introduction of major trauma networks
Objective To describe the demographics, mechanisms, presentation, injury patterns and outcomes for children with traumatic injuries. Setting Data collected from the UK’s Trauma and Audit Research ...
BMJ5d
Weekly sport practice and adolescent well-being
2 Division of Paediatric Medicine and the Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 3 Division of General Pediatrics, University ...
BMJ2d
Vulvovaginitis: clinical features, aetiology, and microbiology of the genital tract
AIM To clarify the contribution of clinical and environmental factors and infection to the aetiology of vulvovaginitis in premenarchal girls, and to determine clinical indicators of an infectious ...
BMJ4d
Pathophysiology of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia
Correspondence to: Prof. M Levin, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK; m.levin{at}ic.ac.uk Neisseria ...
BMJ5d
Application of the CHALICE clinical prediction rule for intracranial injury in children outside the UK: impact on head CT rate
Objective The children's head injury algorithm for the prediction of important clinical events (CHALICE) is one of the strongest clinical prediction rules for the management of children with head ...