Archives of Disease in Childhood

Extent to which local authorities will exercise their parental responsibility

Local authorities may apply, under the Children Act 1989, to the Family Court for a care order in respect of a child under ...
Archives of Disease in Childhood

Assessing and investigating children with suspected soft tissue sarcomas: an e-Delphi consensus process

Background The clinical presentation of childhood soft tissue sarcoma (STS) creates a diagnostic challenge; however, time to ...
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Severe accidental poisonings in children: a British Paediatric Surveillance Unit nationwide prospective study

Background Poisoning in children and young people is common. Understanding the incidence, causes and circumstances of severe accidental poisonings, requiring admission and medical intervention, may ...
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Bruising in children who are assessed for suspected physical abuse

1 Early Years Research Programme, Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK 2 Department of Haematology, ...
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Undertriage in the Manchester triage system: an assessment of severity and options for improvement

1 Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Centre for Medical Decision Making, Public Health, Erasmus MC, ...
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Stress and psychosomatic symptoms in Chinese school children: cross-sectional survey

Objective The Chinese educational system is highly competitive from the start of primary school with great emphasis on academic performance and intolerance of failure. This study aimed to explore the ...
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Does insulin pump therapy offer benefits for behaviour, mood, cognition and HbA1c in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes? A randomised controlled trial with ...

Aims Improved behaviour, mood, cognition and HbA1c have been reported with short-term use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) in youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D). We sought to ...
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A systematic review of time to diagnosis in children and young adults with cancer

1 Yorkshire Regional Centre for Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK 2 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and ...
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Mothers’ knowledge and attitudes to sudden infant death syndrome risk reduction messages: results from a UK survey

Correspondence to Anna S Pease, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; ...
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590 Does co-sleeping cause sudden infant death?

Objectives To review the association between co-sleeping and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and also look at other risk factors which may contribute to SIDS. Methods Literature searches were ...
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1571 The use of centor and/or feverPain scoring criteria to determine antibiotic prescribing in acute sore throat according to NICE NG84 guideline

Background NICE guideline NG84 sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute sore throat. The aim is to limit inappropriate prescribing, which can lead to antibiotic resistance as well as ...
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Benefits of newborn circumcision: is Europe ignoring medical evidence?

Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Genetics, Regional Perinatal Screening Program, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, California, USA and reprint requests to: Dr Edgar J ...