Background and objective Cardiorespiratory polygraphy (CRP) is the predominant technology used to diagnose obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in tertiary centres in the UK. Nocturnal pulse oximetry (NPO) ...

Background Children and young people with severe neurodisabling conditions (CYPSND)experience severe functional gastrointestinal symptoms and dependence on artificial nutrition. ‘Gastrointestinal ...

AIM To establish a reference range in the paediatric population for the new glomerular filtration rate (GFR) marker, cystatin C, and to compare it with that of creatinine. METHODS Cystatin C and ...

Background Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common childhood disease, with an enormous economic and healthcare-related burden. Guidelines and consensus papers for AOM diagnosis and management were ...

Paediatric clinical pharmacology is the scientific study of medicines in children and is a relatively new subspecialty in paediatrics in the UK. Training encompasses both the study of the ...

Background: Vision screening addresses the visual impairments that impact on child development. Tests of long-sightedness are not found in most school screening programmes. The evidence linking ...

Objective Boys born with posterior urethral valves (PUV) often experience bladder development issues due to urethral obstruction during gestation. Despite early surgical intervention, bladder ...

Clinical, immunological, and intestinal studies on 26 children with IgA deficiency in the age range 2 to 16 years are reported. 9 of these children were suffering from autoimmune disease, namely ...

Who are Travellers? The 1968 Caravan Sites Act ignored ethnicity and cultural distinctiveness by defining Travellers as: “persons of nomadic habit, whatever their race or origin”.1 However, in 1989, ...

Aims ‘Diagnostic odyssey’ encompasses time from initial disease recognition or symptom onset to final diagnosis as experienced by patients with rare genetic diseases and their families. General ...

Introduction Amoebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by a protozoan called Entamoeba Histolytica (EH). It is responsible for up to 100,000 deaths every year worldwide. Only a handful of cases of ...

Background Haemorrhagic varicella is a serious complication of a relatively benign disorder and usually occurs in immunocompromised persons and those on immunosuppressive therapy. We report a case of ...