Background Children and young people with severe neurodisabling conditions (CYPSND)experience severe functional ...

Clinicians of all professions who treat children have an interest in the capabilities of their patients. Not least as to whether the child in front of them can make treatment decisions. We seek, ...

OBJECTIVE To study the medical, emotional, and developmental profile of children being considered for permanent substitute care. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of 100 adoption/permanency medicals.

1 Academic Department of Paediatrics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland 2 Department of Radiology, Galway University Hospital, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, ...

Objective Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder that manifests with motor deterioration and respiratory complications. The paradigm of care is shifting as disease-modifying ...

Improved measurement in early child development (ECD) is a strategic focus of the WHO, UNICEF and World Bank Nurturing Care Framework. However, evidence-based approaches to monitoring and evaluation ...

Objective To explore perspectives of paediatric cardiac and palliative care professionals on providing palliative care to children with complex cardiac conditions. Design A national survey including ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Background Medication review is recommended at asthma appointments. The presence of ...

Department of Paediatrics, Level 4, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will ...

Aims: To conduct a prospective, community based study in an impoverished urban site in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in order to measure the burden of cholera, describe its epidemiology, and search for ...

a Department of Paediatrics, South Cleveland Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK, b Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK ...

Correspondence to Dr Stefan Peterson, Chief of Health, UNICEF, New York NY 10017-4414, USA; speterson{at}unicef.org The Nurturing Care Framework, launched in May 2018, provides a policy roadmap for ...