Hypertension in children is a relatively uncommon condition but its prevalence is increasing with the rising rates of excess weight during childhood. It is important that hypertension is diagnosed ...

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) refers to a range of conditions that disrupt normal breathing patterns during sleep, including apnoeas, hypopnoeas and/or hypoventilation. It affects between 2% and 11 ...

Optimising patient experience is a key part of effective healthcare for adults. Babies, children and young people are entitled to the same high-quality healthcare experience. This is the first ...

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Acute asthma attacks are a frequent reason for emergency presentation in children and young people (CYP), and fatal asthma attacks can occur ...

Quality improvement project implementing the Genedrive MT-RNR1 point-of-care technology into a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Gentamicin is a commonly used aminoglycoside antibiotic. The ...

Introduction of a visual communication toolkit into child protection medical assessments (CPMAs) to ensure that verbal communication is never a barrier to being heard—a multi-agency quality ...

A quality improvement (QI) project was established in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to reduce late-onset sepsis (LOS) through multiple plan–do–study–act (PDSA) cycles focusing on hygiene, ...

Heightened perception of sounds generated by the body—for example, hearing their own footsteps abnormally loudly, altered perception of own voice. Feeling dizzy on hearing loud sounds, feeling dizzy ...

Objective To present a structured approach for an outpatient consultation of a child with recurrent mouth ulcers. Method Review of literature and description of approach followed in our unit.

Lifestyle intervention with or without metformin (intergroup changes) ...

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations ...