The prevalence of vaping among children and young people (CYP) is on the rise. This is perhaps a result of perceiving vaping as ‘harmless’, especially after an extensive public acceptance through the ...

Specialist paediatric palliative care is a relatively new area of paediatrics, and the interface with other disciplines can occasionally pose challenges for referrers due to lack of information about ...

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of children worldwide.1 The most recent National Institute for Health and Care Excellence asthma guidelines explicitly state that asthma should not be ...

Objectives To present a structured approach to the management of a child with a mediastinal mass presenting to the emergency department. To raise awareness of presenting features of less-obvious ...

An 8-year-old boy was admitted to our emergency department because of scrotal swelling and redness, starting a few hours earlier. No fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, dysuria or local trauma were ...

A staff-led, multidisciplinary quality improvement project addressing workplace well-being in a large inner-city children’s hospital. Many health workers report low workplace well-being, which ...

You have a question, or want to find out current perceptions about a subject, and a comprehensive literature search does not give the answer. A questionnaire or survey, if appropriately designed and ...

Children and young people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) often require support when faced with the common illnesses and infections of childhood. Illnesses particularly associated with fever can cause ...

Varicella zoster virus primarily causes chickenpox, usually a mild self-limiting illness of childhood. However, complications occur in 1% with 4200 annual deaths. Since the first vaccination was ...

Review of Lyttle M, Rainford NEA, Gamble C, et al. Levetiracetam vs phenytoin for second-line treatment of paediatric convulsive status epilepticus (EcLiPSE): a multicentre, open-label, randomised ...

Having some understanding of pharmacokinetics is important for all clinicians when prescribing medications. Key elements to effective and safe prescribing include making sure that we don't underdose a ...