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New technologies in microbiology and their potential impact on paediatric practice

Correspondence to Dr Manjusha Narayanan, Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology, Infection prevention and control, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK; ...
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Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and risk of allergic sensitisation in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Wojciech Feleszko, Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, The Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Działdowska 1/3, PL-01-184 Warsaw, Poland; ...
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Prenatal diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease

ADC is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and as highlighted by the introductory article by Dr Bulock, this article, along ...
Archives of Disease in Childhood

Helping parents after a traumatic paediatric intensive care admission

Despite a wealth of studies demonstrating that a significant minority of parents are affected psychologically by their child’s admission to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), there is still little ...
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‘Funny turns’ in children: the long history of a paediatric conundrum

Jean Aicardi In paediatric practice, the term ‘funny turn’ is commonly used to refer to a child presenting with paroxysmal episodes of transient loss of consciousness, blank staring, unusual behaviour ...
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Why is the evidence not affecting the practice of fever management?

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Randomised controlled trial comparing an acute paediatric hospital at home scheme with conventional hospital care

2 Head of the Clinical Practice Research Unit and Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 3 Consultant Paediatrician, Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 4 Team Leader, Paediatric ...
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Semaglutide treatment for children with obesity: an observational study

Objective To assess efficacy and tolerability of semaglutide as a weight loss treatment for children living with comorbid obesity. Design Retrospective observational study of the first 50 children ...
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Learning from the past, structuring the future: using large language models to unlock a century of paediatric research in Archives of Disease in Childhood

Background and aims The centenary of Archives of Disease in Childhood ( ADC ) presents an opportunity to reflect on a century ...
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Variations in the Pattern of Pubertal Changes in Boys

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 ...
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Does the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in children with varicella increase the risk of soft tissue infections?

Correspondence to Dr Allison Low, Department of Paediatrics, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, S10 2TH, UK; allison.low{at}nhs.net A 3-year-old is seen in Accident & Emergency with ...
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Insulin glargine supplementation during early management phase in children with diabetic ketoacidosis: a double-blinded randomised controlled trial

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of early supplementation with insulin glargine (GI) during the acute management of paediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Design Double-blinded ...