Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...

Background Gender identity services for children and young people are currently being reorganised in England and Wales. Provision is required to negotiate clinical uncertainty and a public debate that ...

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Objectives To determine (1) which maternal and area characteristics are associated with reaching fidelity targets (the expected number of visits mothers should receive at each stage of the programme) ...

Correspondence to Professor Gary Butler, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, University College London Hospital NHS Trust, London NW1 2PQ, UK; gary.butler{at}ucl.ac.uk There has ...

Objective To describe the demographics, mechanisms, presentation, injury patterns and outcomes for children with traumatic injuries. Setting Data collected from the UK’s Trauma and Audit Research ...

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 ...

Objective To determine whether infants with severe persistent sleep problems are at increased risk of (1) meeting diagnostic criteria for a psychiatric disorder (age 10 years), and (2) having elevated ...

Objective To evaluate long-term associations between early childhood hyperactivity and conduct problems (CP), measured using Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and risk of injury in early ...

Correspondence to Dr Susan Byrne, Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; suabyrne{at}rcsi.ie Introduction ...

1 Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 2 Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 3 ...