Introduction Although the administration of activated charcoal (AC) is considered safe, the associated risk of pulmonary ...

The transition to adult healthcare is a vulnerable period for young people (YP) with chronic conditions linked to ...

Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse led clinic (NLC) compared with a consultant led paediatric gastroenterology clinic (PGC) in the management of chronic constipation. Methods: Children ...

Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Guy’s Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK Dr S Tibby, Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Guy’s Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK; Shane.Tibby{at}gstt.sthames.nhs.uk ...

Objective To assess the pharmacokinetics and safety/tolerability of isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide in children and adolescents with tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Design Prospective ...

Correspondence to Dr Frances Hutchings, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8BJ, UK; fhutchings{at}doctors.org.uk ...

PURPOSE To determine the characteristics that permit diagnosis of the type of epilepsy beginning in the 1st year of life, and to determine from what age such characteristics are recognisable. PATIENTS ...

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The Roald Dahl EEG Unit, Department of Neurology, Royal Liverpool Children’s NHS Trust (Alder Hey), Liverpool, UK Correspondence to: Dr R Appleton The Roald Dahl EEG Unit, Department of Neurology, ...

aDepartments of Medicine (Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism) and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, bDepartment of Medicine ...

AIMS To delineate common and variable features and outcome of children with congenital disorder of glycosylation type Ia (CDG-Ia) caused by the frequent R141H/F119LPMM2 genotype. METHODS Clinical data ...

and reprint requests to: Dr Alastair J Baker, Department of Child Health, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS. Hepatitis GB virus-C (HGBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection was ...