Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) performed by paediatric emergency medicine (PEM) clinicians for suspected paediatric appendicitis. Design Prospective ...

Mixed longitudinal data on the physical changes at puberty in 228 normal boys are presented together with normal standards for stages of genital and pubic hair development. The genitalia began to ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Jenny M Kindblom, Pediatric Clinical Research Center, Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital, Vitaminvägen 21, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg 413 45, Sweden; ...

1 Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, 01330, Adana, Turkey 2 Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division ...

Correspondence to Professor T J Cole, Population, Policy and Practice Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK; tim.cole{at}ucl.ac.uk Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't ...

Correspondence to Dr Stuart Haggie, The Children's Hospital Westmead, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia; stuart.haggie{at}gmail.com Objective Empyema is the most common ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Vic Larcher, Consultant in Paediatrics and Clinical Ethics, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK; larchv{at}gosh.nhs.uk Competence is ...

Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK Correspondence to Dr Matthew Thompson, Oxford University Department of Primary Health Care, Rosemary ...

Medical Genetics Unit, LG Floor, Jenner Wing, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr A C Shaw Medical Genetics Unit, LG Floor, Jenner Wing, St George’s, ...