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Infant fat mass and later child and adolescent health outcomes: a systematic review
Objective Obesity and excess adiposity are leading causes of metabolic and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Early identification of individuals at risk is key for preventive strategies. We ...
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What causes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects around 1–3% of children. There is a high level of comorbidity with developmental and learning problems as well as with a variety of psychiatric ...
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Brain abscess in children, a two-centre audit: outcomes and controversies
Correspondence to Dr Vianney Gilard, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris 5 University, Paris 75015, France; vianneygilard{at}hotmail.fr Objective The aim ...
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Potential economic impacts from improving breastfeeding rates in the UK
Rationale Studies suggest that increased breastfeeding rates can provide substantial financial savings, but the scale of such savings in the UK is not known. Objective To calculate potential cost ...
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Cardiovascular abnormalities in Down's syndrome: spectrum, management and survival over 22 years
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to Dr Claire Irving, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, Newcastle upon ...
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Paediatric tic-like presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic
1 Evelina London Children's Hospital Neurosciences Department, London, UK Background and aim Clinical centres have seen an increase in tic-like movements during the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of ...
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G72(P) Management of Acute Appendicitis in Children
Aim Acute appendicitis is the leading cause of emergency abdominal surgery in the paediatric population with 2508 cases presenting to our surgery department between 2002–2012. The purpose of this ...
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Potential benefits and harms of universal newborn pulse oximetry screening: response to the UK National Screening Committee public consultation
Correspondence to Professor Andrew K Ewer, Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Womens Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK; a.k.ewer{at}bham.ac.uk In May 2019, the National Screening Committee (NSC) announced a ...
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Adding fever to WHO criteria for diagnosing pneumonia enhances the ability to identify pneumonia cases among wheezing children
Objective To examine the ability of the criteria proposed by the WHO to identify pneumonia among cases presenting with wheezing and the extent to which adding fever to the criteria alters their ...
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G464 Polypharmacy in paediatric palliative care
Background Children under Paediatric palliative care (PPC) often have complex life-limiting conditions (LLC). Good symptom control is a cornerstone of treatment. Managing symptoms in children with ...
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Presenting features of inflammatory bowel disease in Great Britain and Ireland
Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Bristol Children’s Hospital, Bristol, UK Correspondence to: Professor B K Sandhu Department of Gastroenterology, Bristol Children’s Hospital, Upper ...
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564 Facio-brachial dystonic seizures and autoimmune encephalitis – a post COVID-19 neurological presentation?
Background Facio-brachial dystonic seizures (FBDS), which affects the ipsilateral face and arm, is a disorder in the watershed between epilepsy and movement disorders, and a transitional presentation ...