Determining severity of illness and undertaking an adequate risk assessment is a fundamental part of acute paediatric practice. This review highlights physiology, communication, heuristics and ...

Design : Randomised controlled trial. Allocation : Randomisation was done by university staff. Allocation was concealed using sealed envelopes that were sequentially numbered. Blinding : All patients, ...

Commentary This study from the Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group in the USA is the first blinded trial comparing the three most commonly used antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in Childhood Absence ...

Table 6 Clinical signs and symptoms typical of upper airway obstruction at different anatomical levels ...

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common paediatric rheumatic disease with significant long-term morbidity and mortality. Major advances have taken place in recent years in our ...

Infection Sepsis creates an increased metabolic demand. The infant may be unable to meet the increased oxygen requirements of the tissues leading to peripheral vasoconstriction and cyanosis. In ...

1H-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) is a novel advanced imaging technique used as an adjunct to MRI to reveal complementary non-invasive information about the biochemical composition of imaged ...

Nutritional content of meal plansTable 1 Nutritional content of meal plans ...

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis on palate.Figure 3 Recurrent aphthous stomatitis on palate.

Figure 4 Presentation of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC).